I don't think you are eating enough. I was eating 2000 calories a day when I was losing 8 pounds a week. I exercised a lot. 20 miles of biking and an hour or weights a day. If you are working your body you have to fuel it - with the right fuel.
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losing weight
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Yes, it is. Anything else is wishful thinking. Calories as calories. If you think of building body mass, that's true, happens but it's logical if you exercise and the body builds up mass to handle it.
As long as your caloric intake deficit isn't too low - you don't need a kick. Your metabolism will never slow down.
Sure it does - a variable calorie burn rate is still simple math.
It would be simple math if you could quantify it, which you can't with any great deal of accuracy.
There's much more to it than simple math. If you doubt that, you need to read a lot of books.
Actually, you can easily quantify it over time. It just requires consistency of caloric intake and exercise regimen over longer time periods.
On any given day you'll be off by a bit - but on the aggregate you can get very accurate.
Thanks Bassdude404 for the weight watcher's points idea.
WW updated their system in the last month for the first time in years. The new Points Plus brought lots of hits on google.
Invalid Link Removed some of the basics on scoring points based on eating chicken, or fruit, etc.
I've got a ton of clothes sitting, and want to lose about 25-30 to get back in them.
I would also like to add that during that time I lost all that weight, I was employed as a truck driver...So I was getting basically NO excercise, sitting on my butt for 10-14 hours a day...I started at around 226 pounds, and got down to a low of 169 in April 2009..Kept that off through our July wedding, then it crept back up to the 175 pound area..Thanksgiving killed me, as I got up to 182 Friday morning...I kept all my "skinny" clothes, and three weeks ago was able to get back into my 32" waist jeans...
I always hear folks say you can't have carbs, no spaghetti, no beer, etc...Blah, blah, blah...I never gave up beer (Coors Light), or anything else I like...And doing Weight Watcher's, you can have 1 plate of spaghetti that's so big that it'll feel like you ate a bed pillow afterwards....The first two weeks was the toughest...Stomache growling, having the urge to grab a bag of munchies while I was on the road...In fact I tried it when my wife started it, and I gave up within the first two weeks....But 6 months later I saw how much she had lost, and how much smaller her backside was getting, and it gave me the inspiration to stick with it...Best decision I ever made...My knees don't hurt anymore, and I have alot more energy than I did when I was 226 pounds...
My honey hates for me to do this, as she hates her "fat" pics also, but she's not here, sooooo here's before and after pics of her...
June 2007, I was proposing to her...
Approximately 70 pounds lighter in April 2009....
July 18, 2009....
Yeah, my band played at our reception/party...
This is the most recent pic of us at the labor day weekend MDA ride in South Bend Indiana...Not the best as we're all bundled uip for the ride, as it was in the low 50's when we left...
The biggest thing is to pick a plan and stick to it....The first couple weeks are the hardest, after that it becomes easier everyday...
Excellent results from both you and your wife!
+1 on sticking to it and the first 2-3 weeks being the hardest, after that it becomes routine.
+1 on sticking to it and the first 2-3 weeks being the hardest, after that it becomes routine.
What is it you are doing in your 20 minutes?
(I'm just wondering if you really need it to be split when using what equipment you have).
I found this on the net quite a while back, here's a full body workout that'll hammer you:
(I'm just wondering if you really need it to be split when using what equipment you have).
I found this on the net quite a while back, here's a full body workout that'll hammer you:
using resistance bands, also do dips, modified pushups, i use the big giant exercise pill shaped ball as a bench with the resistance bands, running in place then going down into a blowout or the modified version for now, jumping jacks, football shuffle, squats and thats all i remember with the upper body. You do each exercise at your full potential for a minute then take a 30 second break to setup the next one
Okay I must've mixed a few definitions up in my head. Stupid A-&-P lab practical and final being on the same day.
The point really isn't to win. The whole point is to provide competition for both of us to meet our goal. And so far its working really well. I'm sure he isn't putting on ALL muscle, but I'm really not worried about it.
True, but I'm sure he isn't wanting to pack on the flab too
He is a really hard gainer. So while I'm having to watch what I eat, he gets to go back for 3rds and 4rths. I'm sure it looks odd to other people in our cafeteria, seeing the big guy it 1 plate and a salad, and the small guy stacking plates up.
When I raised the "starvation," I didn't mean so much the diet as the body's reaction to the diet. You can eat less and exercise more and therefore lose weight, that's not starvation. It's starvation when you're taking in too little to maintain normal bodily functions and the body starts to slow metabolism and break down useful tissues (other than fats!) to make up the deficit.
There's no one formula, it all depends on height, sex, age, activity level, etc., but my understanding is that around 2000 calories a day should be a healthy intake (depending on the individual, it might be 1800 or 2200 or whatever) for an adult, and I am very worried that the OP is not hitting that and may start to damage himself.
I'm also anxious over aggressive pounds-per-week targets. Someone who starts to lose weight when they're 300 pounds is going to drop a lot more each week in the beginning than someone who is 220. I have yet to hear the OP say what his doctor's input has been and that's worrying me.
+1 to a solid cheat meal or two per week. I personally think there is nothing finer than 2 or 3 full plates at the Indian buffet (or Chinese buffet). Or a Brazillian steakhouse (only once in a while - they are expensive!).
Why does the OP need to see his doctor? What will a doctor possibly say other than the numerous weight-loss tips offered (for free!)? There is some silly BS that has been put forward, but for the most part, if the OP follows the advice of some of the posts on here, he will lose weight. I guarantee it.
The doctor is not a nutritionist, and out of fear of being sued in the event he (she) is wrong, will fail to give any real, solid advice. Sure, they will test for blood pressure & any abnormalities, but for crying out loud - he's an overweight male teen. He isn't a geriatric, morbidly obese person who can barely walk.
Hit the exercise hard, recover well (adequate sleep), eat clean with sufficient macronutrient ratios for your goals, and limit excess consumption. Following exactly this program will result in fat loss. I am so confident I'd bet a year's salary on it.
...and the workout portion is simple, too?
Yes, relatively.
Do the same exercise and eating plan for a month.
You know your weight at the beginning and end of the month. You know your caloric intake. You can estimate your exercise output using standard measure.
From those factors you can easily calculate an average daily caloric burn.
If there are dramatic swings in your caloric burn rate happening - there is something wrong.
