When should I expect some results?

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Max Myers

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Hi, I'm 23 years old, and I've been wanting to get rid of my gut. It isn't a big gut at all. I'm 6'0 188, but you can see it poking out of my shirt just a tiny bit. So lately I've went on a diet and have been getting back to running at least 2 miles a day, and playing basketball for a couple hours every day. I have also started up weight-lifting again 4 times a week for an 45 minutes to an hour each day. My diet is consisting of low-fat lean meats like turkey or grilled chicken on wheat bread or salads with low-fat dressing.

I've been on my diet and exercise for about a week and a half now and haven't noticed any change in my waist size. The only thing I've noticed is my appetite has been significantly smaller, as I only eat about 2 small meals a day and pretty much no snacks.

When should I expect results? Am I doing anything wrong? Unfortunately my scale is broken, so I can't check my weight progress as of yet. Hopefully I lost some weight.
 
I should eat even if I am not hungry? I don't see how shoving food down my throat when I'm not hungry is going to help me lose weight. I eat when I am hungry. I simply don't have the appetite. I'm not trying to purposely starve myself.

I should also add that not only am I trying to ditch this minor gut, but I am trying to get down to 160-165 on top of it.
 
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I should eat even if I am not hungry? I don't see how shoving food down my throat when I'm not hungry is going to help me lose weight. I eat when I am hungry. I simply don't have the appetite. I'm not trying to purposely starve myself.

I should also add that not only am I trying to ditch this minor gut, but I am trying to get down to 160-165 on top of it.
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No, don't shove food down your throat if you're not hungry. Instead, divide the amount of food you'd eat in 2 meals, and make it in to several smaller meals....IE eat every 3 hours, but small portions.

The entire point is to never be hungry....If you get hungry, that means you didnt eat as often as you should. You should always try and feel satisfied....Then 3 hrs later you can eat a snack or a small meal..you dont have to be HUNGRY to eat a peach or can of tuna do ya?
 
Basically here is my schedule. I work late and I don't get off work until 6 am, so when I get home I get to sleep at 7amish I pretty much sleep until 2 pm. When I wake up since I've been trying to get back in shape, I haven't been getting hungry AT ALL until about 8 pm. When I do get hungry, 2 small turkey and lettuce sandwiches(square wheat bread) are enough to satisfy my hunger until about 11 pm where I typically have another small craving. Then I usually eat something like a salad or maybe make another sandwich. Sometimes in between or after the meals I eat some fruit like honey dew or apple slices I cut up myself.

After that 11 pm meal, the only thing I'll be hungry for until I go back to sleep again after work is a very minor snack, which I usually bring like a small bag of rold gold pretzels to work with me.

That is pretty much my weekly routine and eating schedule. With that it seems hard to break it down into smaller meals.
 
You don't have to eat 6-7 meals as suggested above.

Let me ask you this. How did you get in a position where you want to lose weight eating such a small amount of food?
 
The reason I want to lose weight is mainly to get in better shape for basketball moreso than to ditch this mini-gut. As for eating the small meals, I don't know, my appetite just got significantly smaller. I didn't purposely try to eat less, it just sort of happened. As I started eating healthier food and exercising, I started getting less and less hungry throughout the day and having less and less cravings.

Before I started trying to get back in shape, I'd used to get hungry at about 6 pm and I'd be insanely hungry. Now I get hungry at about 8 pm and I'm not that hungry at all. In fact if I wanted, I could probably wait until about 10 until my stomach started to growl.
 
Let's remember that food is not only to satisfy hunger. It is also the fuel to drive activity.

I'd suggest starting by inputting your food intake into something like .

This will allow us to see how many calories you are consuming as well as food composition.
 
Should I have noticed a difference in my appearance in only 1.5 weeks? It is really hard to tell at this point because I can't weigh myself. So right now I am only going by appearance. I will have a scale by monday, but I'm just concerned that I don't notice a difference in my body yet.
 
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Should I have noticed a difference in my appearance in only 1.5 weeks? It is really hard to tell at this point because I can't weigh myself. So right now I am only going by appearance. I will have a scale by monday, but I'm just concerned that I don't notice a difference in my body yet.
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No. You really have to give it time.

My concern is this:

A) You are not getting enough of the vital nutrients such as protein and fats

B) Your caloric deficit is too severe which will cause plateaus in progress sooner then need be.
 
I'll keep a log of what I eat I guess, but I don't eat much variety. Even before I started dieting I never really had much variety.
 
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I'll keep a log of what I eat I guess, but I don't eat much variety. Even before I started dieting I never really had much variety.
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Well that might be something you work towards.

After all.... this isn't all about losing weight. It's about total health too, I hope. And total health comes from a balanced, nutrient-rich diet.

The more I evolve in terms of experience and education, the more I realize how true it is that our physical bodies are merely end-products derived from the foods we put in our mouths.

Shit in = shit out
 
Bought a scale today. Not an electric, but a needle one. It was cheaper and I figure what the heck is the difference.

Anyway, it says place the scale on the flattest surface you have(preferably hard ground and no carpet) for the closest results. Then move the arrow dial so it aligns with 0 lbs before weighing. I weighed myself on carpet which wasn't very thick so I figured what the heck is the difference. I weighed in at 184. I took it in another area where there is no carpet and flat concrete basement floors, and I did it again and I weighed in at 176. Can a thin carpet really make that much of a difference? I have no idea how much I weigh. 8 lbs is a hell of a difference.
 
hmm good question but my digital scale won't work at all if it is on carpet. It comes up ERROR and then when i put it on the tile it works. So i'm guessing it does? not sure why. I just use as directed.. but maybe one of our scale wises know :)

Welcome Max, I hope you find this site helpful and motivating while creating the "new" you!!!
 
I just weighed myself on tile carpet(which is thinner than the original carpet I used, but obviously not as thin as flat concrete surface). I weighed in at 180. So I guess the basement concrete floor was more accurate? If so I lost 12 lbs since I last weighed myself.

The only thing is wouldn't I notice a huge difference in my body with 12 lbs?
 
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