Monday, August 20, 2007

Weight Loss Advice Please? -

Any weight loss tips that work?

try to drink 8-10 glasses a day make sure its cold make a 6-7 week exercising plan be sure to change it up or if you have comcast with the cable box go to demand on the free spot and go to exercise tv

I have lost 30 pounds and ignoring hunger will make your body hold onto the weight. I am so sick of ppl listening to such crap on supposed weight loss only to not lose weight, then become more desperate and end up with eating disorders. You need to fuel your metabolism constantly, every three hours you eat a small healthy snack with both carbs and protein. Google a healthy eating plan and follow it, then do 30 minutes of exercise a day and sweat. You need to drink water, and eat zero junk food, fat, sugar, soda and refined foods. I did it this way and tried it your way only to have my body plateau, as in stop losing weight.

Aaaarrrggghh!!! Do not ignore hunger!!! Do not take diet pills!!! FFS!!Just adopt a healthy lifestyle.Eat a good healthy diet and excercise a lot!!! The more excercise you do the better!For a healthy diet, you need to be eating small to medium meals regularly. 4 or even 5 times a day. Each meal (apart from breakfast which should preferably be fibre rich), should contain a balanced ammount of carbohydrates for energy, (from potatoes, rice and pasta, etc) protien (from fish, chicken, occassional red meat is fine, soya is good too) and plenty of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants (simple fresh fruit and veg). Eat like this and make sure you are well hydrated (fruit juice is as good as water, any fluid counts, but some fluids have negative effects too, such as alcohol or caffiene rich drinks.)You can have a wide range of healthy meals with this, from Thai, Chinese, Italian, British, Indian, etc. Just make sure each meal contains balanced ammounts of these three. On the bright side too, fresh veg and rice and pasta is a lot cheaper than crappy junk food!This doesn t mean you cant have chocolate or pizza/takeaway/etc, just save them as very occassional treats.The big secret to keeping a healthy weight and staying healthy is EXCERCISE, particularly cardio excercise. Cardio exercise includes any form of excercise such as running/jogging/swimming/cycling etc that gets your heart rate pumping and you sweating and out of breath. It will not only burn calories and reduce your body fat levels, therefore making you slimmer by having less fat on you, but will also improve your resting heart rate and lung function, making you healthier. I cannot understate the importance of cardio excercise. It is this which will basically burn the body fat off you. But you have to remember that once you have shed a bit of fat you have to have a nice toned body underneath the fat to show off. Strength training will help you strengthen and tone your muscles. This is done with the use of weights or by free training.There are essentially (without getting overly complicated) two types of strength excercises based on different types of muscle fibres depending on wether you want to build size, bulk and power, or just tone up the lean muscles an get more muscle endurance.Heavy weights with short reps/sets will build your fast twitch muscle fibres and build size, power and strength. Imagine big guys at the gym lifting heavy weights. But if you use light to medium weights with lots of reps/sets you will excercise your slow twitch muscle fibres, you wont build size, but you will tone up your body and train muscle endurance. This will obviously make you look healthier and more toned, but will also increase your metabolism (as your muscles demand more energy) so you will burn calories faster. These muscles are also excercised a lot with cardio workouts (i.e your leg muscles when running).Your arms for example, will need bicep curls and tricep dips using weights and reps of your choice (heavy - low reps, light - lots of reps) and also shoulder excercises such as holding the weights at your waist and lifting them perpendicular to your side or in front of you, etc etc.Your stomach will need excercises that cover the entire torso. Leg raises for your lower ab wall, crunches, sit ups and planks for your upper and all over ab wall, oblique twists for your sides and superman stretches for your lower back for example.These are just basic examples, there are literally hundreds of excercises, but it is impossible to show you on a site like this, get a trainer at your gym to show you some but remember the basic rules of muscles and weights. As far as excercise goes, you should aim to strike a balance between cardio training and strength training, this way you will build good strong and toned muscle, but also keep your body fat levels down and increase your heart and lung performance, making you much fitter and healthier.Hope this helps.

I do not believe in any faddy diets or exercise plans. I believe in eat smaller portions, drink loads of water before meals, it fills you up, and take an hours exercise each day, whatever, it doesnt have to be in a gym, just walking is fine. Cut out alcohol and sweets and eat fruit instead. Drink pure fruit juice, no fizzy drinks. Eat porridge with honey for breakfast. It keeps you full for hours. Eat soups for lunch. Only eat one potatoe with dinner, bulk up on vegetables. Sounds boring but it works and it is something you can maintain. Good luck. Weights a constant battle for everyone.

There are so many I don t know where to begin. Your diet plays a large roll in your weight. I ll leave you a few links below from ehow and squidoo that have a lot of good info.

Well, I used to look at Men s Fitness magazine and Men s Health. They really help. My diet consists of stuff like:Peanut ButterFishAlmonds, Cashews, ect...Turkey, Chicken breast.. the boneless skinless kind.. lean red meats..Lots of beans and legumes..Eggs.. lots of them.. i usually use about 4 or 5 egg whites and 1 whole egg.. eggs are actually easy to seperate if you crack the egg in your hand and move it around from one hand to another and eventually the yolk will still be there..And fruits, veges... I eat fiber one bars sometimes, and I always drink 2 protein shakes a day.. one after breakfast, one before bed/working out.. those are key for my diet..My advice.. don t eat refined sugars, too much white or other bread unless it s 100% whole grain.. yeah the stuff isn t too good, but the white bread is a lot harder to process than the good stuff.. makes you fatter.. and if you want fiber, fruits and veges.. they also have hidden benefits in them you might not have realized, google certain benefits and you may find yourself eating them more often. It s hard to do, but do it.. They help you feel fuller, longer and are best ate w/ the chicken or turkey or if you re a vegetarian.. tofu/beans..5-7 small meals a day, and a protein shake can be one of them.. low calorie recipes.. man, there are so many.. check out the abs diet online.. you ll find a lot of appetizing meals in there. best of luck, lmk if u need anything else

drink alot of water, cut down on carbs. snacking between meals makes you fat. do jumping jacks, run up and down the stairs, dance.

Here is where you can read a good article called Top Ten Principles and Tips for Weight Loss http://www.weightlossfatloss.us/ten_weig��They are good tips that work.

Exercise is guaranteed if you stick with it.

jumping jacks are a really good form of fitness so try doing 200-300 a day.

exercise.