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Well, my friend we are about to change this!
I am going to grab your hand....hold on to it......and together we walk in the right direction:
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I am 21 years old and am in a bind. I gained 70 pounds during my pregnancy with my first child (currently 5'9-200 pounds)and the weight loss has been excrutiating!
Don't be sad or unhappy with the reason for the weight gain, it served a life giving purpose.
Congrats on your new baby, I wish you and your husband all the best in life.
Around December 2006, I was down to a very reasonable 160 lbs. I was very excited but the way I lost all the weight was through the diet pill 'Venom' and excessive cardio. As soon as I stopped taking the supplement the weight started to come back on.
You
WILL NOT convince me that this pill is FULLY responsible for your weight loss:
Venom Diet Pills - Potent Fat Burner - FemNutrition.com
I would put more odds that a change in the diet V activity ratio had more to do with the tissue loss you experienced, and the diet V activity ratio had more to do with your tissue gain, rather than any marketed and hyped and so called fat loss pill.
The bottom line is you can pop these "Venom" pills all day, do cardio until the sun burns black, and if you are eating more than what your body needs in calories, you WILL gain weight with or without this pill and without or without the cardio.
Therefore your caloric equation was tipped to the negative (deficit) side of what your body needed, and this is the reason you lost weight. Without knowing your full cardio routine and other parts of your training, I would play odds that the cardio and activities played a immense part of dipping your calories lower than what the body needed, which led to your impressive weight loss experience.
Give yourself more credit: You in fact did the work. It wasnt this pill that did the work, it was you.
The magic pill is you:
The Magic Pill:
There is a magic (fat burner) pill:
One walks in their...Magic Pillbox....everyday.
Its you and the body.
And, every time you continue your diet and exercise, you take one pill out of the box toward your goal.
Yes, there is a magic pill. Its you. And, you walk within it everyday.
Chillen
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An opposite Thought:
A Poison Pillbox
One walks in this Pillbox......everyday.
Every time you make an excuse to not exercise (when scheduled) or inappropriately cheat on the diet, you take one pill from this box against your goal
Yes, there is a poison Pillbox, and you walk in this everyday you make an inappropriate choice when dealing with the natural human impulses of the body.
Answer: Be the Magic Pill.
This time I want to do it in a way where I can lose the weight and keep it off. I have been lifting weights and hitting the cardio at my local gym at least four times a week and I don't see anything drastic yet.
How long have you been doing this? What exercises have you been doing? When working out, has this been a FBW (Full Body Workout)? List your exercises, sets, and reps, for this period up to the date of your post so we can get an idea of what you had been doing, and assist you in making adjustments if necessary........LETS GET IT ON!...........>
If the activities you are currently doing is not resulting in fat loss, then I would seriously look at your diet. You need to determine your calorie needs (Maintenance Line with activities) and then create a small deficit in calories reduced from your approximated MT LINE.
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This is how you do this:
Calculate your BMR:
The Harris Benedict equation determines calorie needs for men or woman as follows:
• It calculates your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) calorie requirements, based on your height, weight, age and gender.
• It increases your BMR calorie needs by taking into account the number of calories you burn through activities such as exercise.
This gives you your total calorie requirement or approximated Maintenance Line (I call it the MT Line).
Step One : Calculate your BMR with the following formula:
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Women: BMR = 655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)
•Men: BMR = 66 + (6.23 x weight in pounds) + (12.7 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)
Step Two : In order to incorporate activity into your daily caloric needs, do the following calculation:
•If you are sedentary : BMR x 1.2
•If you are lightly active: BMR x 1.375
•If you are moderately active (You exercise most days a week.): BMR x 1.55
•If you are very active (You exercise daily.): BMR x 1.725
•If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training.): BMR x 1.9
Create a Calorie Deficit:
In order to lose weight, you must create a calorie deficit. It is easier and healthier to cut back your calorie intake a little bit at a time.
Every 3,500 calories is equivalent to approximated 1 pound.
If you cut back 500 calories a day, you will lose approximated 1 pound per week. (not necessarily all fat)
If you exercise to burn off 500 calories a day you will also lose approximately 1 pound per week.
The calorie deficit margin is just an example:
Apply this knowledge by backing off the approximated MT Line (approximated Maintenance line), say for example, a -500c per day, for about 1 week. Before the week begins, weigh yourself in the AM when you FIRST get up (do not eat yet) (remember your clothing, preferably with just underwear and t-shirt or like clothes).
Note the time, and the approximated wgt. Each day spread your caloric content out throughout the day (keep the body fed, with calories in the 300 to 500c approximated calories each meal), or a like division which mirrors your end caloric deficit limit (meaning MT-500c).
This way you have your entire day and body encircled with nutrition (I assume you already know to eat clean), which if your eating right, will give an approximated good energy (not optimal because your in deficit) to fuel your training and exercising schedule.
At the end of the week, on the same day, the same time, with the same like clothes, weigh yourself again. Note whether you lost or gained tissue (or weight I mean). To further assist you, I want to tell you that for every approximated caloric deficit of (-3500c), one could lose 1lb of fat tissue. (though some may not all be fat tissue, this information is for another question, and isn't presently suited here).
Now, in this example you were calculating a -500c per day deficit. There needs to be -3500c to lose approximated 1lbs of fat. Now lets do some basic math. -500cX7=-3500c. With all things considered equal, and you were meticulous and faithful on the diet, you should have been CLOSE to losing at least one pound of tissue in the week.
If this didn't happen, this means you need to make finer adjustments, and the MT line is not accurate, and you need to adjust this on your own.
Based upon the FEEDBACK your body is giving you, ask yourself how faithful you were on the diet, AND how faithful in training (whether you kept the training schedule (if you didn't, this would effect the caloric equation, no?!), AND how accurate you figured in your activities caloric wise.........but, you have the base information to begin making adjustments.
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My husband is a power-lifter and I realize when I eat what he eats. I gain weight! Help!
The calories needs for men and not withstanding a male powerlifter are going to be different than for you, young lady. It may not be "nessarily" "what" you are eating as much as "how much" you are eating of what he eats.
From this day forward, you need to configure your MT LINE to your personal stats, adjust your calories for a deficit, and exercise at least 3 times per week, and you will see results..........and FLAT ROCK!
What kind of foods should I be eating and how many times a day!
Consider these types of foods:
○ Substitute an artificial sweetener of your choice in the replace of refined white sugar (Refrain from Refined Sugar like you would a disease)
○ Try eating 5 to 6 smaller meals during the day
○ Balance your meals out during the day so in one day you have a mix of protein, carbohydrate and good fats
○ Drink lots of water during the day and before, during and after exercise
○ Simple Carb Examples: Grapefruit, Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Strawberries, Oranges, Apples, Pineapple, etc
○ Complex Carb Examples: Whole Wheat Pita Bread, Oatmeal, Long Grain Brown Rice, Brown Pasta, Malto-Meal (Plain, whole wheat),etc
○ Good Protein Examples: White or Dark Tuna, Chicken Breast, Lean Turkey, Lean Ham, Very lean Beef, Quality Whey Protein Powder,, etc
○ Good Fats Examples: Natural Peanut Butter, Various Nuts, Flax Seed, Fish Oils.
Are carbs the enemy- is high protien the answer? There are so many diet plans I am confused.
A sound exercise routine that is complemented with a deficit diet will lead to the fat loss you seek, young lady.
Carbs are not your enemy, they are your friend......especially when deficit dieting for fat tissue loss. THE MOST IMPORTANT thing to concern yourself with is: the CALORIE v ACTIVITY equation. You nail this down......
You will dance like this when you lose weight and reach your goal:
and smile like this:
and this will get you there:
I wish you the best in all that you set out to do.
I am in your corner all the time everyday.......I couldnt wish you more luck in your journey, young lady!
Sincerely,
And to bring a smile:
