Sprouting: How I’ve Lost 25 Pounds In 2 Months With No Exercise, For Very Cheap, And The Freshest If Not Healthiest Way Possible

At a visit to the doctor’s office a couple months back i was shocked when the scale read 240. I’ve never weighed that much in my life. The problem is that whole momentum thing. I’d been going in the wrong direction for years. And it’s not that i eat too much. It’s the drinking. But i’ve been able quit that.

I’ve gotten fat before, but never that fat. Before when i was the fattest i ever was, i was probably about 215 around 2005. The way i lost weight then was i came across a book at the library, the American Yoga Association’s Beginner’s Manual. Besides being a blueprint for becoming flexible and strong for your body, the book also discusses all aspects of health, and at one point the author makes the obvious but often overlooked essence of all successful weight loss: in order to lose weight you must burn more calories than you consume.

Obvious but also mind blowing to me. So i followed that path back then. I actually went fully to calorie restriction as not just a way to lose weight, but also as a path to living longer. Everyday i did yoga and then put on an electric ab belt while taking a 45 minute walk that involved steep elevation changes.

At my thinnest i made it to 137 pounds. At that point i started eating more just because i was losing a pound a day and didn’t know where it would end.

Fast forward 15 years and i’m fat, out of shape, my body’s now racked with arthritis. But that visit to the doctor’s office woke me up. I got out my copy of the American Yoga Association’s Beginner’s Manual in order to start trying to do the stretches. While reading it i once again came across the nugget of diet wisdom bestowed above and realized that this book is where i had read that.

So i immediately set out to repeat my feat of 15 years ago and lose weight by restricting/counting calories and doing yoga.

That lasted a week. I’ve since learned i can’t do the stretches. I paid for weeks trying to do that. So i was left with the diet. And that is working.

At first i was just interested in counting calories and eating as healthy as i could--granola, museli, salads, lean meats, etc.

But i ended up going a different path pretty quickly: Sprouting.

I actually first got into sprouting years ago just after my massive weight loss, so i’ve done it before. Also, last year in March and April when everything was shutting down, I spent about $800 buying sprouting trays, lids and jars, as well as 35 pounds of sprouting bean seeds, 35 pounds of salad sprouting seeds, 50 pounds of sprouting peas, 50 pounds of hard red spring berries, and 25 pounds of kamut sprouting seeds. All organic. And all had just been sitting in storage.

But now for the past 2 months, my diet has been almost exclusively the above sprouted seeds. My brother and his wife eat a lot of them too, and i’ve still gone through only maybe 5 percent of the seeds, except for the peas. They’re going a little faster.

I don’t know how you could eat any fresher. Or healthier. And making them takes less than 5 minutes of work in the morning and at night. You can eat the veggie sprouts raw anytime or add them to any food (cooked or raw). You can steam or even just microwave the bean and grain sprouts (i don’t want to hear it about microwaves. All they do is excite water molecules. If you disagree, don’t derail this thread over it please :)).

I decided to eat vegetarian almost completely too just to try to be as healthy as possible. I still eat meat once in awhile, especially to make sure i’m not missing anything nutrient wise. But one thing i think is cool about the way i eat is my odor. Or rather lack of it. And how amazing my skin is. I’ve had adult acne and had a greasy face my whole life. Now i can go days without showering and don’t smell at all and my skin feels amazing.

I bought some milk kefir grains online and make kefir to mix with my grain sprouts. Here’s my typical daily diet:

But first to let you know, I have a kid’s cereal bowl i use for all my meals. Small bowls make smaller portions look bigger and eliminate the need to measure. And remember, you have to consume fewer calories than you’re burning.


Breakfast--kamut and/or wheat sprouts, steamed 2-3 minutes/microwaved 30 secs, with whole milk kefir added to it. You can add a little honey or agave or stevia or whatever if you want. I’ve acquired the taste for plain kefir. Fruit makes an awesome topping

Lunch--pea sprouts mixed with bean sprouts, steamed 5 minutes/microwaved 1 minute. Afterwards, olive oil or something similar added (you need fat with every meal to help feel full and to help your body burn fat).. Also low or zero calorie organic dressings. Walden Farms makes a bunch of zero calorie dressings and barbecue sauces that are good. Or they taste amazing with just salt and pepper. A1 makes them taste awesome lol.

Next Meal--kamut/wheat sprouts again.

Next Meal--same as lunch.

Alternatively, you can mix the peas or beans with the grain sprouts. But if you do this, add the grain sprouts halfway through as they don’t take as long to cook. The texture of mixing grains and beans is amazing.

That’s it. It’s pretty tough at first with the eating fewer calories. At first i was eating muesli and granola for breakfast instead of the grain sprouts. And i was feeling a lot more light headed all day. Once i switched to the grain sprouts, that went away.

Also, don’t torture yourself. What i’ve learned to enjoy is just small amounts of junk food you like. Eating just one McDonald’s french fry is amazing. In fact, eating like this makes all crappy food taste unbelievable because you’re not overloading your taste buds with it all the time. Get a little piece of chocolate and nibble on it.

In fact i do eat candy everyday. I haven’t been smoking weed for awhile, but i tired Delta 8 recently and love it. Waaaay better than Delta 9. Doesn’t make you tired or dumb but gives you energy. awesome. But that’s for another thread. Point is, i probably eat about 200 day in calories from the delta 8 gummies i have.

But i’m still losing about half a pound a day. I started weighing myself a few days after I started the diet. I’ve gone from 231 to 204 since December 21st. I got a scale on Amazon for under $30 that connects to your phone so your weight is automatically tracked. Nothing is more motivating than seeing your weight drop. That’s how you get momentum going in the right direction

Anyway, if you made it this far, thanks for reading. If you have any questions or whatever, i’ll keep checking back on this thread.

Take care!

Last Edited by The Philosopher Stoned on 02/20/2021 02:42 PM