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Jericho
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Diet. When I say diet I mean what you eat, not some plan that others sell to you. Weight loss is calories in < calories out. You can run on a treadmill at 6 miles an hour for 3 hours but if you still eat more calories than you burn in a day then yes, you will gain weight.
So you need to look at what you eat over your gym membership.
So you need to look at what you eat over your gym membership.
Exactly. Diet is the most important thing when it comes to weight loss, more important than working out in my opinion (although it would be extremely wise to do both).
Also if you are weight lifting you may be gaining muscle mass which weighs more than fat which would be a good thing. Body fat % is what you should really be focused on more than weight.
Also if you are weight lifting you may be gaining muscle mass which weighs more than fat which would be a good thing. Body fat % is what you should really be focused on more than weight.
KaraCooks
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Note that both of the above posters are not talking about "diet" as in crazy fad diets or "go on a diet". They're talking about diet in terms of "what you eat".
You can workout until the cows come home, but if you're eating more food to make up for the working out calorie burn, you're not going to lose weight. Until you get control of your eating, you'll never lose.
You can workout until the cows come home, but if you're eating more food to make up for the working out calorie burn, you're not going to lose weight. Until you get control of your eating, you'll never lose.
Flumes
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Thats a tuff question but I'll answer to the best of my ability. (a whole 35 days of experience! lol)
First you need to define your goals. For example. You want to lose 20 lbs in the next 5 months.
(Make your goal achievable, but also think about how your going to maintain your goal after.)
Then you need to figure out the number of calories you need to consume to lose the weight according to your goal. ie 500 calorie per day deficit will result in 1 lb per week loss. Too little deficit and you wont reach your goal...too much deficit and you probably wont keep the weight off after you reach your goal.
Then you have should look at your diet and make healthy choices instead junk foods or processed foods.
You should also look at making sure three meals a day are of a good macro....ie protein carbs and good fat. I eat 6 meals a day...three major meals and three snacks.
If you are working out, you may want to keep your protein intake at about 1 gram per lb...to protect from muscle loss.
Finally, lots of water.
For me, I have
-oatmeal in the morning. w/blueberries, maybe rasberries or raisins.
-100% Whey Protein shake 2-3 hours later
-Chicken breast with salad for lunch. 1/2 sweet potato and a scoop of cottage cheese
-snack of either yogurt and some almonds or rice cake with peanut butter or protein shake
-dinner small lean steak 6 oz with broccoli and a scoop of brown rice.
-snack lf cottage cheese (just cause I like it!)
Some days if I am still hungry, I make a tuna salad and eat it on some lettuce.
It looks like alot of food....but its within my limits.
So far, I'm down 5 lbs in 5 weeks. (Im also working out 3 days a week and feel like I have made some muscle gains)
Good luck in finding a suitable diet for your goals. Hope this helps.
First you need to define your goals. For example. You want to lose 20 lbs in the next 5 months.
(Make your goal achievable, but also think about how your going to maintain your goal after.)
Then you need to figure out the number of calories you need to consume to lose the weight according to your goal. ie 500 calorie per day deficit will result in 1 lb per week loss. Too little deficit and you wont reach your goal...too much deficit and you probably wont keep the weight off after you reach your goal.
Then you have should look at your diet and make healthy choices instead junk foods or processed foods.
You should also look at making sure three meals a day are of a good macro....ie protein carbs and good fat. I eat 6 meals a day...three major meals and three snacks.
If you are working out, you may want to keep your protein intake at about 1 gram per lb...to protect from muscle loss.
Finally, lots of water.
For me, I have
-oatmeal in the morning. w/blueberries, maybe rasberries or raisins.
-100% Whey Protein shake 2-3 hours later
-Chicken breast with salad for lunch. 1/2 sweet potato and a scoop of cottage cheese
-snack of either yogurt and some almonds or rice cake with peanut butter or protein shake
-dinner small lean steak 6 oz with broccoli and a scoop of brown rice.
-snack lf cottage cheese (just cause I like it!)
Some days if I am still hungry, I make a tuna salad and eat it on some lettuce.
It looks like alot of food....but its within my limits.
So far, I'm down 5 lbs in 5 weeks. (Im also working out 3 days a week and feel like I have made some muscle gains)
Good luck in finding a suitable diet for your goals. Hope this helps.
Most diets are either low fat or low carb, both are proven to work it's just a matter of finding one you like and sticking to it. I have personally lost weight on both types of diets.
Some good general rules to follow are to cut out sugar, and for breads and pasta try to only eat whole wheat or whole grain.
Some good general rules to follow are to cut out sugar, and for breads and pasta try to only eat whole wheat or whole grain.
Harold14370
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First find the sticky that tells you how to determine the number of calories you need to eat for weight loss. Then do an internet search for meal plan and the approximate number of calories you need to eat. Example: search for 2000 calorie meal plan. You will find several that can be downloaded free.
Eventually you will get bored with the meal plans you find on the internet, and/or find them inconvenient to follow, and will want to plan you own meals. Then you will want to sign up for a free account on an online diet journal like Fitday to track your calories and other nutrients, or download the free CRON-o-meter software for that purpose.
Harold14370
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The trouble with cereals is that most of them are loaded with sugar. Cheerios, or the generic toasted oat cereal, are about the least sugary cereals I've found. Even the supposedly healthy organic cereals usually have "evaporated cane juice" (like we don't know that's sugar). I don't like oatmeal much either, but find it tolerable with a whole banana cut up into a bowl of it.
You don't have to eat cereal for breakfast. Sometimes I'll eat eggs and turkey bacon with whole wheat toast, or something like that.
You don't have to eat cereal for breakfast. Sometimes I'll eat eggs and turkey bacon with whole wheat toast, or something like that.