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The Celtics believe Sullinger weighed in excess of 300 pounds this season. The power forward balks at that number
"The heaviest I got was 298,'' he insisted.
He is told his team begs to differ.
"I didn't get over 300,'' Sullinger said. "I was close, but I didn't.''
He paused for a moment.
"Well, maybe one day I was ...'' he offered.
Ben-N1ce wrote:I don't know why people are knocking him. He's an alien and it's not his fault. A change of diet and working out isn't going to help him.
StojkoVrankovic wrote:
Stop making excuses for the lazy bastard
ryaningf wrote:
Struggling with your diet and weight isn't some kind of character indictment
StojkoVrankovic wrote:
Stop making excuses for the lazy bastard
ryaningf wrote:This thread is filled with misplaced anger and a whole lot of ignorance.
Struggling with your diet and weight isn't some kind of character indictment. It's about knowledge and discipline, about understanding what makes you overweight and then coming up with a plan to combat it. From the comments in Jackie's article, Sully doesn't understand why he's overweight (he chalks it up to genetics and a lack of self-control), nor does he have anyone in his life (the Cs included) who can tell him what to do right.
To wit:Sullinger is out of his walking boot and looks visibly slimmer. He claims to have lost "10 or 15 pounds" from riding the exercise bike and committing to a daily workout regimen in the pool.
"My conditioning has been the best it's been all season because of the swimming,'' Sullinger said. "I don't really like it because it's hard, but I feel myself getting faster.''
Under the watchful eye of strength and conditioning coach Bryan Doo and his staff, Sullinger said his first timed lap was 2 minutes, 34 seconds.
"But I've got that down to 1:45 now,'' he said. "I've turned it into a mental competition for myself.''
Eff the pool, Sully. Swimming great for toning and getting in some low impact cardio. But like all cardio exercise, it's not a great calorie burner. Weight training at a high pace (limited breaks between sets) is much more effective in burning calories and if you do it at a high enough pace (while keeping proper form) you can also get a good cardio workout."Do you think I want to be like this? I don't,'' Sullinger said. "My genetics aren't the same as your genetics. Some people can drop 10 pounds in a week. Some can drop 10 pounds in three weeks. My body doesn't work like that."People say, 'Hire a nutritionist,' but it's not that simple,'' he explained. "What people don't understand is after a game, you get hungry. I stay up late, I'm not falling asleep and I want to eat. The hardest calories to burn off are those late-night calories.
"And that's what has been getting me this year. I have to work 10 times, 30 times as hard to keep off those extra 400 calories.
"Even though the stuff [in the locker room] is good stuff, healthy stuff, my body doesn't react to it the way an Avery Bradley or a James Young does.''So he hops in the pool, rides the bike, then drinks as much water as he can to curb an appetite that seems insatiable to him.
"I know what people think,'' Sullinger said. "They think a snack for me is a sandwich or a couple of burgers. It isn't. It's a cup of fruit. I'm trying.''
Eff your cup of fruit, Sully. One of the worst things he could be doing is eating fruit to curb his appetite (nothing but simple sugars, water, and a little fiber...only the fiber is good for you). This is where a nutritionist and some direction from the Cs would do wonders. Sully's right that he's got slow metabolism and a genetic history that predisposes him to obesity. Where he and the Cs are failing is how they're treating this. This isn't about portions and eating effing fruit. It's about getting most of his calories from carbs. Carbs cause spikes in blood sugar. In people with low metabolism, this is bad news. They struggle metabolizing those sugars genetically and their carb-rich diet compounds this problem.
The cure is simple. Sully needs to retrain his body to burn fat, not carbs. Fat takes more energy to metabolize and levels your blood sugar and provides even energy levels throughout the day, something that curbs appetite (why are you hungry a half hour after eating that Snickers? Because the temporary short term energy boost provided by simple carbs--SUGAR basically--is followed by a crash and that loss of energy prompts you to think hey I should eat something else not because you're hungry but because you're tired).
You wanna lose weight? Go absolutely no-carb for 10-20 days (carbs are everywhere so shoot for 30 grams or less of carbs everyday, absolutely no sugar). This will retrain your body to burn fat. Then shoot for a 50% protein, 25% fat, 25% carb diet, but make sure you're eating complex carbs like quinoa, oatmeal, pototoes, peas, beans, and lentils. Swear off sugar. Vegetables are your friend, so if you need to pig out grab a bag of baby carrots and go to town. Eat a whole can of peanuts. Have 3 steaks, I don't care. Put butter on EVERYTHING. Whatever you pig out on, make sure it's high in fat or protein or fiber. Always make sure you get your fiber (oatmeal, flaxseeds, broccoli) so your poop comes out on the regular. Hemp seeds might be the greatest food source in the world because they're high in protein, fat, and fiber. Put hemp seeds on everything. Have a smoothie with greek yogurt, low sugar peanut butter, some hemp and flax seeds, some raw cacao powder, and soy or coconut milk and some black coffee and you'll go hard all effing day long and not be hungry. People think a low carb diet is hard, how hard is it to have eggs and bacon every day? Hit those eggs hard! Eff apples, an egg a day keeps the doctor away. You like cheese? B!tch please you can eat all the cheese you want just avoid pasta, rice, juices, gatorade, bread and all those simple carbs and you'll be slimmer in no time.
ryaningf wrote:This thread is filled with misplaced anger and a whole lot of ignorance.
Struggling with your diet and weight isn't some kind of character indictment. It's about knowledge and discipline, about understanding what makes you overweight and then coming up with a plan to combat it. From the comments in Jackie's article, Sully doesn't understand why he's overweight (he chalks it up to genetics and a lack of self-control), nor does he have anyone in his life (the Cs included) who can tell him what to do right.
To wit:Sullinger is out of his walking boot and looks visibly slimmer. He claims to have lost "10 or 15 pounds" from riding the exercise bike and committing to a daily workout regimen in the pool.
"My conditioning has been the best it's been all season because of the swimming,'' Sullinger said. "I don't really like it because it's hard, but I feel myself getting faster.''
Under the watchful eye of strength and conditioning coach Bryan Doo and his staff, Sullinger said his first timed lap was 2 minutes, 34 seconds.
"But I've got that down to 1:45 now,'' he said. "I've turned it into a mental competition for myself.''
Eff the pool, Sully. Swimming great for toning and getting in some low impact cardio. But like all cardio exercise, it's not a great calorie burner. Weight training at a high pace (limited breaks between sets) is much more effective in burning calories and if you do it at a high enough pace (while keeping proper form) you can also get a good cardio workout."Do you think I want to be like this? I don't,'' Sullinger said. "My genetics aren't the same as your genetics. Some people can drop 10 pounds in a week. Some can drop 10 pounds in three weeks. My body doesn't work like that."People say, 'Hire a nutritionist,' but it's not that simple,'' he explained. "What people don't understand is after a game, you get hungry. I stay up late, I'm not falling asleep and I want to eat. The hardest calories to burn off are those late-night calories.
"And that's what has been getting me this year. I have to work 10 times, 30 times as hard to keep off those extra 400 calories.
"Even though the stuff [in the locker room] is good stuff, healthy stuff, my body doesn't react to it the way an Avery Bradley or a James Young does.''So he hops in the pool, rides the bike, then drinks as much water as he can to curb an appetite that seems insatiable to him.
"I know what people think,'' Sullinger said. "They think a snack for me is a sandwich or a couple of burgers. It isn't. It's a cup of fruit. I'm trying.''
Eff your cup of fruit, Sully. One of the worst things he could be doing is eating fruit to curb his appetite (nothing but simple sugars, water, and a little fiber...only the fiber is good for you). This is where a nutritionist and some direction from the Cs would do wonders. Sully's right that he's got slow metabolism and a genetic history that predisposes him to obesity. Where he and the Cs are failing is how they're treating this. This isn't about portions and eating effing fruit. It's about getting most of his calories from carbs. Carbs cause spikes in blood sugar. In people with low metabolism, this is bad news. They struggle metabolizing those sugars genetically and their carb-rich diet compounds this problem.
The cure is simple. Sully needs to retrain his body to burn fat, not carbs. Fat takes more energy to metabolize and levels your blood sugar and provides even energy levels throughout the day, something that curbs appetite (why are you hungry a half hour after eating that Snickers? Because the temporary short term energy boost provided by simple carbs--SUGAR basically--is followed by a crash and that loss of energy prompts you to think hey I should eat something else not because you're hungry but because you're tired).
You wanna lose weight? Go absolutely no-carb for 10-20 days (carbs are everywhere so shoot for 30 grams or less of carbs everyday, absolutely no sugar). This will retrain your body to burn fat. Then shoot for a 50% protein, 25% fat, 25% carb diet, but make sure you're eating complex carbs like quinoa, oatmeal, pototoes, peas, beans, and lentils. Swear off sugar. Vegetables are your friend, so if you need to pig out grab a bag of baby carrots and go to town. Eat a whole can of peanuts. Have 3 steaks, I don't care. Put butter on EVERYTHING. Whatever you pig out on, make sure it's high in fat or protein or fiber. Always make sure you get your fiber (oatmeal, flaxseeds, broccoli) so your poop comes out on the regular. Hemp seeds might be the greatest food source in the world because they're high in protein, fat, and fiber. Put hemp seeds on everything. Have a smoothie with greek yogurt, low sugar peanut butter, some hemp and flax seeds, some raw cacao powder, and soy or coconut milk and some black coffee and you'll go hard all effing day long and not be hungry. People think a low carb diet is hard, how hard is it to have eggs and bacon every day? Hit those eggs hard! Eff apples, an egg a day keeps the doctor away. You like cheese? B!tch please you can eat all the cheese you want just avoid pasta, rice, juices, gatorade, bread and all those simple carbs and you'll be slimmer in no time.
Tommy Heinsohn wrote:The game is not over until they look you in the face and start crying.
KGboss wrote:WTF? over 300? Seriously? Wasnt he listed at 260 when he was drafted or am i thinking of someone else?
This guy has no dsicipline or control over his body and i have no patience for that. Already played the Fat Mamba experiment with Glen Davis. Dont want to again.
sully00 wrote:KGboss wrote:WTF? over 300? Seriously? Wasnt he listed at 260 when he was drafted or am i thinking of someone else?
This guy has no dsicipline or control over his body and i have no patience for that. Already played the Fat Mamba experiment with Glen Davis. Dont want to again.
He was 3 bills when he showed up at OSU and then put the work in to get in that 260 range prior to the draft. He needs to a better job but he did deal with a career threatening back injury. I might be his biggest fan I would be cautious with committing a lot of money to him but he is only 22 and a hell of a player. Big Baby's problem wasn't the weight in Boston he got that under control his problem was the crazy and he has never gotten that under control.
Can't believe he let it get to 300 though he was playing basketball almost 30 mpg what the hell was he eating?
ryaningf wrote:
You wanna lose weight? Go absolutely no-carb for 10-20 days (carbs are everywhere so shoot for 30 grams or less of carbs everyday, absolutely no sugar). This will retrain your body to burn fat. Then shoot for a 50% protein, 25% fat, 25% carb diet, but make sure you're eating complex carbs like quinoa, oatmeal, pototoes, peas, beans, and lentils. Swear off sugar. Vegetables are your friend, so if you need to pig out grab a bag of baby carrots and go to town. Eat a whole can of peanuts. Have 3 steaks, I don't care. Put butter on EVERYTHING. Whatever you pig out on, make sure it's high in fat or protein or fiber. Always make sure you get your fiber (oatmeal, flaxseeds, broccoli) so your poop comes out on the regular. Hemp seeds might be the greatest food source in the world because they're high in protein, fat, and fiber. Put hemp seeds on everything. Have a smoothie with greek yogurt, low sugar peanut butter, some hemp and flax seeds, some raw cacao powder, and soy or coconut milk and some black coffee and you'll go hard all effing day long and not be hungry. People think a low carb diet is hard, how hard is it to have eggs and bacon every day? Hit those eggs hard! Eff apples, an egg a day keeps the doctor away. You like cheese? B!tch please you can eat all the cheese you want just avoid pasta, rice, juices, gatorade, bread and all those simple carbs and you'll be slimmer in no time.
