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losing weight 3-May-2007 At 9:53:04 AM Organ Pipe

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Josh,

Like you, I decided to begin training / trying to climb hard recently.

I'm a little taller than you - 6 foot 4, and was 90kg too.

In the last 3 weeks I've got down to 85kg while increasing my overall muscle mass too (so I expect I've actually lost quite a bit more than 5kgs in that time.)

I've done this by:

1) forcing myself to go for a 45 min walk each night.
2) boulering at Burnley 3 times a week (well, I was already doing this)
3) drink alot more water. You need alot of H2O to help your body break down fat.
4) almost completely cut out Alcohol (this sucks but a means to an end)
5) diet:

My diet has changed quite a bit to do this. No more pasta for dinner, and smaller portions for every meal. More veg and lean meat (more chicken and fish). I've almost completely cut out carbs for dinner, but still eat carbs for breakfast (Organic weetbix) and the bread for my sandwhich at lunch time.

I still drink alot of coffee though.

I feel bl00dy great too!