My weight loss

[raviinc]

Hi

I was about 112 kgs and from 42 days I am on a diet consisting of only lean meat, veggies, and fruit. totally cut off rice, bread, and sugar, I also walk for about 1 hour five days a week and have lost 8 kgs and now weigh 104 kgs. My height is 5feet 11 inches. Any suggestions to modify the above regimen to further accelerate the weight loss welcome. I also want to know if to much veggies and fruits add carbs content to the diet.

Thanks

[westie1]

Its all about calories in v calories out.

You should try a calorie counter site. Fit day is one to look at. It also helps to keep a food diary

How much water are you drinking.???

 

I would suggest adding some jogging/weights into your routine

 

Keep up the good work

[raviinc]

Its all about calories in v calories out.

You should try a calorie counter site. Fit day is one to look at. It also helps to keep a food diary

How much water are you drinking.???

 

I would suggest adding some jogging/weights into your routine

 

Keep up the good work

Its all about calories in v calories out.

You should try a calorie counter site. Fit day is one to look at. It also helps to keep a food diary

How much water are you drinking.???

I would suggest adding some jogging/weights into your routine

Keep up the good work

Thanks westie. I drink about 1.5 litres a day.

[Lwn320]

Good job mate. Yes I to would suggest some weights, or better still some bodyweight exercises ( pushups, chinups, pullups ) a suggestion would be to get most of your carbs from vegetables be careful of fruits as most are very high in carbs you should aim to stay under or on about 150 grams of carbs a day, if you look at sites such as I quit sugar (IQS.com) gives some good advice on the hidden sugars in food. It is the sugars in food that is the killer. PM if you would like some further advice. Hang in there mate it gets easier as you go along.

 

 

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[JHolmesJr]

Cutting out rice (sugar), bread (gluten) and sugar is great…I would add all processed foods to the list…plus dairy (except yogurt/kefir) and other sources of gluten like pasta.

The tough part is not losing the weight it's keeping it off…you have to be strong all the time.

[taylor1975]

I would say long term success comes by making a lifestyle change. Get in the habit of eating the right food at the right volume and you've cracked it.

 

Doing bodyweight exercises is a great way to get some muscle but also an easy way to keep track of your progress. 

[Dr.Winston]

I was prone to weight gain for much of my adult life and made a big effort to lose 21 kg in 5 months about 3 years ago. I think that you are on the right track, just keep your food as simple and natural as possible. Stay away from anything processed especially carbs and beer.

 

I'd also recommend an exercise regime, running for me, if I'm keeping to a simple natural diet combined with exercise then I actually find it pretty hard to gain weight. I think that I've finally cracked it since I lost that 21kg as my taste buds have now changed to the extent that I actually prefer simple food now. For example I find the taste of things like favoured potato crisps overpowering. It's all a lot simpler when your taste buds re-adjust and you actually want to eat what you should be eating. It's your habits, what you do everyday, that will win or lose the battle so don't beat yourself up if you slip off for a day or two, just get back on track as soon as you can.

 

Supplements like Acetyl L Carnitine, Chromium Picolinate and Co-enzyme Q10 can help too but it's your dietary and exercise habits that form the foundation.

[Farangkie]

I lost a lot of weight eating Thai take away , by ordering stir fried meat and veg dishes without the rice , but managing portion control by making one takeaway meal last 2 days.

[tps]

apps eg myfitnesspal or loseit are great for tabulating food intake and exercise/calories burned, and also for making u aware of where excess sugars are coming from.

[B-Man]

I would recommend on your walks every couple of minutes to do something like sprint, run in place for 30 seconds. Do as many push ups, sit ups, scalp depressions as you can. This will be like a mild form of interval training which spikes metabolism. Also any resistance training you do like push ups or burpees will break down muscle in some form, your body will then burn calories rebuilding the muscle. Hope this helps, cheers

[jocky king]

First I came on 11 th December , was 93.40 , checked last night at central (same as first time) 87.30 . Cut down cokes , eating Thai foods .

[rollingstonedan]

Just take a good look at the food and drink you are consuming. Research the food, if it's in a packet read the ingredients. If it sounds like it was made in a lab, put it back.

Eat plenty of green veg. Green smoothies and juices ( natural, not bottled) are great. Just be very wary of clever marketing.

Get into a good routine of good eating and some general exercise and before you know it, it will feel like a natural routine and good lifestyle.

[scnitzer3]

Hi and well done for your Wright loss.

I lost a good deal of weight (30 kgs in 4 months), and as I found out its 80% diet and 20% training.

I was on a no wheat, dairy and sugar diet but found it hard so went to little and often of good foods, chicken and rice, salmon and greens, sweet potatoe and cream cheese etc.

I found keeping my metabolism going all day was the key.

When you get to training the best way I found to shift body fat was the interval training, minute on and minute off with running or cycling etc. but needs to be hard and pushing yourself I was told by my trainer that it's not the fat you burn in the gym but what your body will burn for the rest of the day that is why interval training is so good.

Also the Basal counter is good as it will tell you how many calories to eat to lose weight in relation to height, age, work and excercise etc.

The best thing though is find what works for you and stick to it, when I fell off the wagon I just made sure I got back on as soon as I could, what people say is right that you need to make the positive change and make it routine, mine was as soon as I done a month clean it was easy or easier lol.

All the best and keep up the good work.

[felix the cat]

Well done for losing 8kgs! Have you ever thought of weight loss shakes? I've never tried them but they are suppose to substitute at least one meal per day (preferably lunch) & keeps you feeling full until dinner. 

[cooky]

I lost 17Kg in 7 weeks, but am currently in conservation mode. I was losing weight too fast and the last thing I want is saggy skin so I am letting my body catch up.

 

Some of the things I say here won't be popular. Some is opinion,much is based on evidence, so here goes.

Firstly, despite what anyone says, it is purely about input versus output. Consume fewer calories (I'll use them rather than Kilojoules) than you require and you will lose weight. There are fancy articles by people who think they know that say calories aren't calories, an d OK, there is a little bit of truth in that. Sugar=empty calories, alcohol=empty calories, in that both really don't do a lot except produce energy, however at the end of the day if you eat only sugar, or drink only booze, and in doing that if your calorie intake is less than you burn, you'll lose weight. However that was just an example and I don't advocate certainly sugar, and alcohol is a nasty one for the weight.

 

On ALL diets you will lose muscle, it is a fact. Now there are 'experts' who say that muscle burns more energy than say fat, even when not used. It's true, muscle does burn more energy, but it is a very small amount and when at rest makes very little difference. However, losing muscle is never a good idea and as well as having a useful purpose-moving bones, protecting and strengthening you, it also makes you look better. Loss of muscle in a calorie deficit diet can never be totally eliminated in most people, but resistance exercise which builds muscle will help minimize the loss.Muscle being protein it is a good idea to eat protein with every meal.Without going into it too much, your body breaks down muscle in preference to fat and the proteins are broken down to their amino acids, and the carbon-hydrogen-oxygen bits are used in the Kreb's cycle to produce ATP=energy, and the amino part is converted into urea and is pissed out. Because the amino acid content of the blood increases, water is drawn from the tissues to keep the blood at its necessary pH range of 7.35-7.45. Anything outside that and you are going to be in trouble, so your body has a variety of mechanisms for making sure it stays in those ranges. This is why anyone talking about acid or alkaline diets is talking complete and utter shite. If your blood pH falls outside that narrow range you will die.

Anyway, back to protein, you will be losing it so it is a good idea to eat it as well as exercise to help replace muscle. 

 

I used to go by the metabolic enhancement theory whereby eating say 5 small meals a day can help because it boosts your metabolism. It doesn't. At the end I'll give alink to an e-book where a guy called Tony Colpo  dispels many myths and he uses proper references from peer-reviewed scientific papers. Basically many controlled experiments have been done with people effectively help prisoner( voluntarily) with no access to any extra food, etc, everything measured, and they found that there is no such thing as a fast metabolism or slow metabolism, eating 5 minutes before you go to bed or at 3 pm makes no difference, eating 2000 calories of fat or 2000 calories of protein makes no difference, eating one meal a day or 5 makes no difference if the intake is the same, etc. 

 

OK, now it may sound like a departure from what I am saying, but refined carbs are definitely a problem because they cause insulin spikes and end up making you feel hungry. Refined sugar is poison, it fucks up your blood vessels and spikes insulin. Complex carbs are much better and really, we should eat some everyday as they are a good source of energy. Ketosis, which happens when we have no carbs, is not an efficient way to produce energy and only exists because the brain can only use glucose or ketones for energy.Ketosis is also bad for you. 

 

Diets. The problem with diets is that they are just that, diets, not your life. You can't diet forever and when your diet stops and you go back to what you did before, the weight goes back. Diets are also restrictive and starve you of essentials that you may need. What you need to do is eliminate the shit from your diet, all the hidden calories, eat a balanced diet, not removing food groups, but just eat less good stuff, like I said it's about calories in versus calories out. Obviously if you are burning even more calories by exercising it will help.

This is why I have a problem with meal replacements like shakes. They may be balanced, and have the desired effect, but you can't live on them forever and eventually you will go back to food instead, and if you haven't learned good habits, ie breaking the ones that made you a fat bastard in the first place, then you will eventually be a fat bastard again. 

There's another thread somewhere about intermittent fasting. I think it's bollocks and I have stated why on that thread.

 

Now, what really helped me. A GP who decided to prescribe me Duromine. It's a slimming tablet, fucking expensive, $120/month in Australia, but effective. It is amphetamine based. It doesn't give you a buzz, but if don't take it early in the morning it would well keep you awake. As well as being an appetite suppressant, it helps induce fat metabolism. Being hungry on a calorie deficit lifestyle is a problem but I found with duromine  my appetite is suppressed. I still eat normal, good food, just less of it. Obviously it takes a bit of willpower too.

 

So to the OP, all I can say is stick with it, don't lose too much too fast, eat all food groups, don't eat sugar,eat rice in moderation, eat protein with every meal and exercise. 

[tl6237]

First I came on 11 th December , was 93.40 , checked last night at central (same as first time) 87.30 . Cut down cokes , eating Thai foods .

And assuming you banged lots of tgs :-)

[davidge]

I've managed to lose about 15 kg since August just from changing what I eat & drink. I'm unable to do much exercise as my back is buggered!

 

I stopped drinking alcohol altogether. I just drink mineral water - 3-4 litres a day.

 

I still have toast, OJ and coffee for breakfast but have changed my other meals. Usually crispbread rather than a sandwich for lunch then lots of stir-fry veg with tuna and either rice or noodles as main meal. Very little meat, no sweets, snacks etc.

 

To give you an idea of quantity, one packet of microwave rice + one can of tuna + babycorn/French beans/carrot/mangetout/broccoli/asparagus etc sliced up, does me for 3 meals.

 

I also take fat metabolisers and raspberry ketones. Don't know what difference they make!

 

Good luck with your weight loss. I'm determined to keep on losing ready for my trip to Pattaya next June.

[cooky]

One problem guys. I have gathered from various sites that the older and fatter one is in Pattaya, the more one is a handsome man. Losing weight may not be a good idea.

[jocky king]

And assuming you banged lots of tgs :-)

Forgot about that ... Good exercise in bed helps also.

[westie1]

First I came on 11 th December , was 93.40 , checked last night at central (same as first time) 87.30 . Cut down cokes , eating Thai foods .

 

 

 

 

You must be doing some shagging ☺☺:-)

[chris2004]

My weight is not too bad but i find i am putting on 1kg a year which over 10-15 years will be too much. I've decided to try the 5:2 diet where you eat/drink normally for 5 days and limit yourself to 600 calories for 2 days a week. At least you know that you are never on a diet for more than one day at a time. You should consume @ 3,000 calories less a week which for me should at least keep my weight stable.

[Lwn320]

Hello mate diets can be very restrictive and require some thought and just the very thought of a diet puts most people off. You should try to make it a method of eating that you will follow for the rest of your life. With most people sugar is the number one factor in weight gain. You would be surprised how much sugar is in most foods. Google the sugar content of most foods and you would be surprised, remember sugar is sneaky and can be called a number of different names so be wary of anything in your food that contain a ose or use on the end. Another tip is to learn how to read food labels. Lastly fat in food does not make you fat the body will burn fat more readily than sugar. By the way carbohydrates are another form of sugar.

 

 

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[JHolmesJr]

Yea it blew my mind that rice is basically sugar.

[Harry Brown]

My weight is not too bad but i find i am putting on 1kg a year which over 10-15 years will be too much. I've decided to try the 5:2 diet where you eat/drink normally for 5 days and limit yourself to 600 calories for 2 days a week. At least you know that you are never on a diet for more than one day at a time. You should consume @ 3,000 calories less a week which for me should at least keep my weight stable.

 

 

That diet was in conjunction with 3 minutes a day of very intense exercise.

[cooky]

Yea it blew my mind that rice is basically sugar.

All carbs are sugar, rice, potatoes etc. However rice and potatoes and other things, carrots, whatever, are complex carbohydrates.

Raw sugar, raw glucose or raw fructose are absorbed through the stomach very fast and enter the bloodstream very fast and cause insulin to be released. Complex carbs like rice and spuds need to be broken down into simple sugars before they are absorbed, hence no sudden rush of sugar-insulin. Do some research on Glycemic Load to see which carbs can cause insulin spikes. Despite what some 'experts' may say, we do need carbs to survive properly, but good quality carbs. Sugar also causes inflammation-blood vessel disease. Insulin spikes btw will lead to weight gain.