Letsrun - Help me get skinny!!

Stop eating so goddamned much. Geez. It's not fricking rocket science.

On diet and do more excierse.

Haha thanks,

real replies?

Do you drink a lot of beer/soda? Switch to water. Cut down desserts to once or twice a week. Less sugar. Boom, thinner you

sweet! real reply - yeah am cutting beer and don't really drink soda but will cut that entirely

Behavior mod: never consume a calorie while you're doing/thinking about something else. When you're in front of a screen (tv/movie/computer), restrict yourself to water or seltzer. And don't read while you're eating, either. When you're eating (and/or drinking anything with calories in it), just do that.

It's the "unconscious" calories--e.g. eating while watching tv, just so your hands have something to do--that kill. Experience speaks.

Cut your calories down to 1800 per day. Make 900 cal from processed cheese , and the other 1000 from Fruits and eggs.

thrs, fantastic advice thanks so much, this is actually something i always do - even with breakfast now i watch tv. will just eat to eat!!

nutritionalist - I have heard arguments for a diet called ketosis - sounds a little over the top where you eat lots of fat but no carbs, I'm guessing your just joking around though

I would strongly recommend eliminating as much processed food as you can- that being granola/cereal bars, cereal, junk foods, bagels, etc...

This has really helped me with weight-gain issues. If you eat large varieties of fruits and vegetables and lean meat then it becomes difficult to gain excess weight. Stick to a couple pieces of fruit for breakfast, a salad and nuts for lunch, and a rice, salad, meat combination for dinner. Develop a routine.

Best of luck.

Damn, I wish I was that skinny!

Counting calories is the best way to go. Count how many you normally eat to stay the weight you are now. Subtract 500 from that total and that is what you eat everyday. You will lose a pound a week. You will soon figure out that if you eat lower calorie foods, you get to eat more.

Thanks a lot!

So far I have:

1 - No food while doing anything (like tv, reading etc.)

2 - No processed food

3 - count calories

Making those 3 rules - however looking to lose a little more than a pound a week - need to shock the system a bit without injuring myself!

Add: do not drink calories (water only)

the real fat guy wrote:

Making those 3 rules - however looking to lose a little more than a pound a week - need to shock the system a bit without injuring myself!

You don't want to lose anymore than 2 lbs a week so you can cut 1,000 calories a day if you are fairly active. Trust me, dropping 2 lbs a week is pretty difficult for any length of time. (unless you are really heavy)

Why is losing more than 2 lbs not a good idea? Mind you if I could lose 16 lbs in 8 weeks and go from 180 - 164 that would be ideal - that is probably my goal - too ambitious?

the real fat guy wrote:

Why is losing more than 2 lbs not a good idea? Mind you if I could lose 16 lbs in 8 weeks and go from 180 - 164 that would be ideal - that is probably my goal - too ambitious?

If you try losing too much, too fast, your workouts and recovery will suffer. The one thing you always want to make sure is that you are fueled up for your workouts. You want to cut the calories after your workout and the rest of the day. That gives your body time to use the fat you are trying to get rid of. It isn't going to be doing that WHILE you are working out.

well why don't I just eat very protein rich / no carbs diet post workout (with the exception of some carbs within an hour of finishing) and a normal diet beforehand? I work out in the morning so I would just have a regular brekky then diet like crazy for the rest of the day

Ketosis is great for aesthetics, but horrible for actual athletic performance.

as someone posted earlier, for long term weight loss, it's difficult to lose more than 2lbs a week. If you have not started dieting, you'll probably lose several pounds your first week or 2. It'll be mostly water weight. But after the initial 2 weeks, it will be a slow weightloss. Roughly 3,500 calories equals 1 pound. Do you think you can continuously have more than 1,000 calorie deficit, day in and day out? That's what it takes to just lose 2 pounds a week.

Just be realistic that it may take longer than 2 months for you to reach your goal.

I think what helps is keeping a journal of your workouts and your diet. And no processed food.