9:40 pm - 02/18/2013
Chaz Bono's 2013 has gotten off to a healthy start!
The former Dancing with the Starscontestant, 43, has already dropped 43 lbs. since announcing his public mission to lose 50 lbs.beginning in mid-November.
He's now upped his goal to dropping a total of 80 lbs.
"I've been sticking to a really strict diet," he tells PEOPLE. "It's not any type of starvation thing. I'm just cutting out a lot of stuff and eating primarily protein and vegetables and fruit."
Bono, who weighed 250 lbs. pre-diet, first addressed his goal publicly with Dr. Travis Stork on an episode of The Doctors, after being approached by the show to get help.
"That episode was the most uncomfortable I've ever been on television in my life," Bono admits. "I had been wanting to lose weight. It was something I had been trying to do and failing at. This opportunity just kind of came in, and my initial reaction was 'absolutely not.' And after that, the more I thought about it, I realized I've been wanting to deal with this issue and somebody's willing to help me do it, so I decided to throw my pride away and get help."
The initial weight-loss process actually wasn't too challenging. He shed the pounds with the help of exercise and the Freshology delivered-meal plan.
"It hasn't been that long, but when you're a guy and you've got a lot of weight to lose, the initial stuff comes off pretty easily," says Bono, who'll return to The Doctors Wednesday to show off his weight loss. (check local listings). "You start to see results and you want to keep going. It's not to say you don't have cravings sometimes, but I'm very happy with how I'm looking and feeling. Especially when I'm traveling or I have to go out to eat or whatever, it's actually kind of easier than I thought to [eat healthy], so that's been good."
But now, the pounds aren't coming off as easily.( Read more...Collapse )
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He's looking good.
Chaz Bono: How I Lost 43 Lbs. – and Hope to Lose More
Chaz Bono's 2013 has gotten off to a healthy start!
The former Dancing with the Starscontestant, 43, has already dropped 43 lbs. since announcing his public mission to lose 50 lbs.beginning in mid-November.
He's now upped his goal to dropping a total of 80 lbs.
"I've been sticking to a really strict diet," he tells PEOPLE. "It's not any type of starvation thing. I'm just cutting out a lot of stuff and eating primarily protein and vegetables and fruit."
Bono, who weighed 250 lbs. pre-diet, first addressed his goal publicly with Dr. Travis Stork on an episode of The Doctors, after being approached by the show to get help.
"That episode was the most uncomfortable I've ever been on television in my life," Bono admits. "I had been wanting to lose weight. It was something I had been trying to do and failing at. This opportunity just kind of came in, and my initial reaction was 'absolutely not.' And after that, the more I thought about it, I realized I've been wanting to deal with this issue and somebody's willing to help me do it, so I decided to throw my pride away and get help."
The initial weight-loss process actually wasn't too challenging. He shed the pounds with the help of exercise and the Freshology delivered-meal plan.
"It hasn't been that long, but when you're a guy and you've got a lot of weight to lose, the initial stuff comes off pretty easily," says Bono, who'll return to The Doctors Wednesday to show off his weight loss. (check local listings). "You start to see results and you want to keep going. It's not to say you don't have cravings sometimes, but I'm very happy with how I'm looking and feeling. Especially when I'm traveling or I have to go out to eat or whatever, it's actually kind of easier than I thought to [eat healthy], so that's been good."
But now, the pounds aren't coming off as easily.( Read more...Collapse )
Source
He's looking good.
A lot of people who lose weight by diet alone are unhappy with how their bodies look at goal weight because they didn't preserve muscle mass with exercise.
Edited at 2013-02-19 04:21 am (UTC)
Edited at 2013-02-19 04:38 am (UTC)
For the first time in my life I have a workout routine that I'm actually sticking to. Free weights + p90x ab ripper 3 days a week, cardio for 3 days (swimming for 2, light cardio on the 3rd) then 1 day of rest but I walk 2-3 miles on that day. I've been doing this for a month but I'm only gaining weight- I know I'm gaining lean muscle and sort of losing inches but I fear that I have a bodytype that's just going to retain pockets of fat on top of the muscle I build. This might not be logical, but it's just a weird thought process that I can't stop.
I just hate hate hate hate hate cardio and I don't want to increase that to see dramatic changes on the scale. Unless I'm swimming, doing cardio like running or on the elliptical make me incredibly unhappy after I work out and I'm more likely to binge-- does anyone else have this issue or have any alternatives for getting more (and different types of) cardio in?
Edited at 2013-02-19 05:03 am (UTC)
Are you lifting heavy enough weights? I swear that is they key to shaping your body (I refuse to use the term 'toning' lol)
For cardio I am a big fan of Zumba and walking or hiking outdoors.
This kind of approach is a recipe for failure/gaining the weight back imo.
I lost the same amount of weight as him, but it took me over a year because I still eat cake and cookies and pizza and everything I like (sometimes in moderation, sometimes not). I never feel deprived and I feel like I could eat this way for the rest of my life.
Slow and steady wins the race.