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Time for me to loose weight... Need Help
So, I am an unmotivated college kid (5'10" 230) who realized he is a bit overweight I hate being a heavy object in my weight and balance when I fly . Time to burn it off.
I have been going to the gym ~3 times a week and getting about 30mins of cardio and a small amount of lifting (only machines no free weights in the complex). The biggest issue is most likely my diet, you tell me haha. ----------------------------- Breakfast... I try and eat it, but the majority of the time thats a big zilch. If I do get something in its a small bowl of cereal and milk Lunch... Usually some sort of wrap, most likely turkey or roast beef, from time to time a salad or whole wheat turkey sandwich. Dinner... I go out most nights so its a toss up. But it usually consists of a small salad to start with dressing on the side and some sort of chicken or meat with veggies... ----------------------------- I made a pact with my self yesterday to cut out all fried foods from my diet, just like I did with Soda this summer! On a typical day I will have 3-4 bottles of water, its what I live off of. Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated because honestly everything else I have tried I gave up with after a month of not seeing any change! Thanks guys
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02-15-2009, 11:55 AM | #2 |
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EAt something between meals, like a cup of almonds or something.
Don't skip breakfast for sure, but don't eat something like a couple of eggs and bacon. |
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I don't feel like starting a new thread, so I'll just ask it here. Are there any supplements that one can take to boost or speed up metabolism? I've heard that drinking green tea in the morning will help, but are there any supplements (i.e. not chemical or synthetic) that can do it as well? Of course I also want it to be safe/not unhealthy.
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Also, you say you recommend this diet 'for someone trying to lose weight.' Do you take into account the persons weight, sex, and current body composition? It seems to me that a 130lb dieting female would have different dietary needs than a 230lb dieting male. And do you factor in activity level at all? |
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Taking into account factors such as weight, body composition, sex, and activity level, establishing a maintenance caloric intake, and prescribing a deficit based on that intake is the opposite of cookie cutter. Thats individualized. At the end of the day, its calories that determine your weight. Calories are measurable, quantifiable, and reliable. Appetite is not a reliable indicator of caloric intake. There are too many overlapping systems to even begin to use this as an indicator. Hunger pangs are usually at their worst during the start of a diet. ghrelin levels increase, making you hungrier, so you overeat until you are satisfied, and you end up with a caloric surplus. hardly an effective dieting method. |
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02-15-2009, 06:46 PM | #11 |
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I dropped 40lbs a few years back.
You can analyze the living crap out of this stuff if you want, but the bottom line is that you have to change your LIFESTYLE, this isn't something you'll do until the weight is gone and then go back to your old ways. I look at it this way - I'm still a fat guy waiting to happen. I have to stay on top of this the rest of my life because I have a predisposition to gaining weight easily. Once you change your lifestyle to include eating right and exercising regularly (don't go overboard and burn yourself out either - this isn't the Olympics) the weight will come off over time, and more importantly it will stay off. |
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if people were so much healthier than us at every time prior to now, then why is the average world life expectancy today 66 (this is including shithole countries like Africa btw), while the second highest figure at any point in the history of the world prior to 1900 was 35, and topped out at 40 just 100 years ago? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy this, of course, cannot be attributed to scientific or medical advances, because according to you, science cannot be trusted and research is only carried out to make money, not to benefit society in any way. Quote:
look at horses. their appetite is really a great indicator of their dietary needs. they eat until they die. same with goldfish. have you ever seen a dog that eats until he's satiated? no, this is why no matter how much you feed a dog, he will never stop begging for your table scraps, and why any dog left with free access to food will become overweight. Quote:
with calories accounted for, you would eat more on days of high activity, and less on days of lower activity, depending on goals anyway. Quote:
anywhere from 10-14 cals/lb for weight loss 14-16 cals/lb of lean bodyweight for maintenance 16+ to gain weight Quote:
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2. babies are fat. 3. if people ate until they were full, they would all be as fat as babies. |
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actually, those tangents were previously mentioned in this thread, so they are really more relevant than half the shit you have posted. Quote:
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02-15-2009, 09:33 PM | #17 |
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something you should have gotten around to. then maybe your arguments would be logically sound, relevant, and coherent.
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02-16-2009, 12:07 AM | #18 |
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CARDIO.
Hit the gym up more than three times a week man, if time permits. I go once a day (excluding Saturday and Sunday) and break my workout schedule like so: M: Cardio, Circuit Workout (Arms, Legs, Chest), Crunches (150-200), Stretch. T: Cardio, Core Circuit (Abs, Back, Neck), Crunches, Stretch. W: Repeat Monday. T: Repeat Tuesday. F: Repeat Monday. S/S: Chill. I changed my workout routing to this, exactly what I listed, around January. It's now been about a month and a half and I've lost 15 pounds. I'm 5'11" and 205lbs. If I stick to what I do I'll be around 190 by April-ish. It's a matter of working out frequently and consistently. Make sure to work different muscle groups on adjacent days, but make sure you hit up the cardio machines every day. Also, eat sensibly. I don't do diets. I just eat smart. I don't do fast food (except for when I get munchies after a lil chiefin'), and I skip chocolate, regular sodas, candy, basically all the shit out there. Eventually it just doesn't sound appetizing anymore. Just be consistent.
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And eat slowly. Just chew a lot. You'll be full much faster.
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to the op www.precisionnutrition.com Get advice form people who have actually studied this stuff. Not self professed experts on car forums. |
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I don't have any personal interest in proving I'm some sort of diet guru, and I don't have any interest in attacking anyone. But I think the first thing that you might need to do is to be more honest with yourself. I say that because unless there is some information that you've left out, you should have lost weight after a month of strictly sticking to that diet and putting full effort into that much exercise. I don't really care if I'm right or not. And I won't be posting on this thread again, because I have nothing to prove about whether I'm right or not. So just take it as you would like, and if in deep reflection it hits home, then I hope I've helped. If I'm far off the mark, hopefully somebody else's advice will help instead. Having been there myself, I sincerely hope nothing more than your success. It WILL happen. |
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02-16-2009, 02:10 PM | #22 |
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Well this thread went sideways . But to those to whom have provided advice thank you!
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