Ok, what I m doing now is working, but, most of what I m eating is water, or cashews [[both fend of hunger w/o too many cals]]... and then yesterday all i ate was a bagel and a waffle, jello and pudding. The weird thing was, I wasn t hungry all day. And today, I wake up completely energized and ready to go and run. That was only 475 calories, for the whole day. It sooo should not be doing this to me???Anyway, I feel horrible that I m being so unhealthy, but IT WORKS SO WELL!(i ve lost 2.5 lbs in only the last couple of days. you can t argue with that)Anyone else have some HEALTHY weight loss solutions? Thank you!
There is a diet that s called the 50-25-25 diet. It works pretty good for me. and u can about a pound a week. It is the healthiest diet I ve heard of. In this diet 50% of your daily calories go to carbohydrates, 25% to proteins, and 25% to fats. One way to estimate your daily calories for maintaining your current weight (not losing weight) is to take your present weight and multiply by 15. That total number covers your metabolic needs for the day and factors in a little bit of light activity. Subtract 500 calories from that number and thats your starting point for daily calories for weight loss. This is a chart for how many calories you should eat per day from each group.daily calories-carbohydrate calories-protein calories-fat calor.1,200-600-300-3001,400-700-350-3501,600-800-400-4001,800-900-450-4502,000-1,000-500-5002,200-1,100-550-5502,400-1,200-600-600I hope you understand the chart. its pretty hard to type it on yahoo answers. oh yea and dont forget this:ALL CARBOHYDRATES AND PROTEINS CONTAIN 4 CALORIES PER GRAM AND ALL FATS CONTAIN 9 CALORIES PER GRAM.Your main carbohydrate sources should be fruits and vegetables. They each have 10-100 calories per serving. These are some examples:FRUITS(about 60 calories per serving)*apple, orange, pear, nectarine (tennis-ball size)*banana: 1 small (5 )*peach, plum: 1 medium (fist size)*grapefruit: 1/2 whole fruit*berries, green or red grapes, melon: 1 cup*canned fruits (in its own juice): 1/2 cupLOW STARCH VEGETABLES(about 25 calories per serving)*raw vegetables: 1 cup*cupped vegetables (including broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, eggplant, green beans, leeks, onions): 1/2 cup*100% tomato or vegetable juice: 1/3 cupYou main source for proteins should be meant, eggs, and fish. Remeber that the fattier the protein is , the smaller the serving should be. This is a list of what you should eat from proteins hte most:VERY LEAN(about 35 calories per serving)*chicken, or turkey breast, skinless: 1 ounce*fish fillet (all whitefish): 1 ounce*canned water-packed tuna: 1 ounce*egg whites: 2 large*egg substitute:1/4 cupYou best choice fats should be these:FULL-CALORIE FATS(about 50 calories per serving)*vegetable oils (canola,olive): 1 teaspoon*avacado (medium): 1/8*almonds, cashews, filberts: 6*Peanuts: 10*Pistachios: 12*olives, green or black: 8 medium*peanut butter (creamy or crunchy): 1 teaspoonWell, in order to lose weight a basic concept of weight loss is not to go too many hours without eating because you can become overhungry, with your brain signaling starvation mode and stimulating your appetite even farther. Also, another good tip is if you want to binge, then a book recommends that you gargle minty mouthwash and wait 15 minutes. Your urge to eat should go away.Hope I helped, and good luck on losing weight :)
1. Stop eating everything in sight.2. Get your big @ss outside and do something.
The reason you can eat 475 calories and still feel energized is because your metabolism is slowing down to compensate for your reduced food intake. When your metabolism was normal, and you drastically reduced you intake, you lost weight. When that happened your body told itself, Whoa! I m wasting away! I m starving!!! The body s next response is too slow down so what little you take in feels like enough. Try keeping up eating at that pace. You re going to start to see your weight come off a lot slower. Moreover, you won t be likely to continue eating like that. A lot of people do what you just did. They go on some drastic diet, see some incredible weight loss during the first week, tell all their friends about Atkins, South Beach, Hollywood 48, Protein Power, water and chashews, etc., etc. Peaple aren t winning the battle by following diets . If it worked no one could get rich selling you a new one. After a few weeks MOST people give up and go back to eating the way they did before the diet. It s a fact. Most people can t stay on diets because they get tired of, and bored with, not eating the foods they like. Face it, when your diet includes a waffle, jello, and pudding, you aren t eating healthy. You re just eating small portions of high calorie, low nutrition foods. With the exception of some grain from the bagel, and a little dairy from the pudding, there isn t anything healthy in that day s diet. When you plateau, you re going to start to realize how hungry you are. Then those servings of pudding are going to start getting a little bigger. If you were eating from all the food groups (in proper portions), your intake would be a lot higher for the same amount of calories. You d have food to chew throughout the day and be less likely to feel hungry. You d have more meal options if you added fruits, and vegetables, as well as grain and dairy. When you have more healthy food options you ll find you can occasionally satisfy your sweet tooth with fruits and make pudding a once a week treat. Ice cream too. That s the difference between dieting and lifestyle change. It s also often the reason some people diet (over and over again), while others lose weight, keep it off, and still seem to be able to eat all the foods they like.Try: http://www.mypyramid.gov/There s information and free tools you can use to track your intake and activity.
Actually, I can argue with that. I ve helped people lose hundreds of pounds of fat over the past decade and the 2.5 pounds of weight loss is nothing to get excited about. Why? Because it s not going to do much to help you slim down, which is the main reason people lose weight. Your body can only burn a limited amount of fat each day. Anything more and you are simply losing water weight and perhaps muscle. Because muscle is far denser than fat, you can lose a lot of muscle and not even see your dress size go down. You are right to be bothered that it s unhealthy, but ultimately it s not going to help you improve your physique. People who drop weight through starvation end up perhaps dropping a few sizes, but then complain about how flabby they still are (a common phrase is skinny fat. ) You can actually lose far more fat, trim your figure and improve your physique by eating MORE calories and exercising. Here are my tips for the practical way to lose fat, based on an article of the same name: Today s society is about speed. We no longer have to wait for the oven to warm our food because we have microwaves ready to do the work in less time. Breaking news events don t travel by telegraph across the great oceans; they are transmitted instantly with live video over the Internet or bounced from the array of satellites that float in constant, geosynchronous orbit. It comes as no surprise that supplement sales are on the rise as we continue to seek out quick, convenient ways to lose fat - fast! What s The Secret?Losing fat is not difficult. I have been coaching clients to break through plateaus and send their fat cells running for cover for years now. So why does this continue to be an elusive goal for so many people, who struggle just to lose a few inches? We can address this by creating a practical guide to lose fat. Is this a special diet that will have the pounds melting off? No. Is it a secret workout program that causes you to burn fat while you sleep? Nope, not that, either - your body already does it. So what on earth can we share? There is a secret, over 2,000 years old that was leaked to the general public by the father of medicine, Hippocrates. Somewhere along the way, it was lost again. Let s bring it back to light. If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health. �� HippocratesSound almost too good to be true, doesn t it? The problem is that in our efforts to find something - fast - we tend to resort to equations and formulas that should magically spit out the right number of calories, or eliminate entire food groups like sugars or carbohydrates in our quest to make our fat cells cry (what some people call sweat. ) The triathlete will benefit by reducing fat and increasing muscle. It s not so much your weight that may slow you down, it s the percentage of that weight that comes from fat! So how do you target the love handles and saddle bags without losing your guns or wheels, as biceps and thigh muscles are affectionately termed in the bodybuilding world? Move More, Eat More.Whoa - wait a second! We all understand the idea behind moving more. That means burning more calories. But eat more? You thought it was eat less, didn t you? The truth is that you must eat more - more intelligently. You must eat more nutrient-dense foods. In turn, you will consume fewer calories. Less calories does not mean less nutrition, when done correctly. Even engineered foods (shakes, bars, and sports drinks) contain little nutritional value for the calories that go with them. There is nothing that beats nature s own packaging - fruit, vegetables, lean proteins, healthy fats, and so on. Want To Remain Satisfied And Full?Try consuming over 50% of your calories from fresh fruit and vegetables. Your calories automatically go down, while your intake of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients goes up. The idea is to consume foods as close to their natural state as possible. This means you ll do most of your shopping on the outer edge, or perimeter, of the grocery store, where the meats, eggs, and fresh produce exists, rather than in the middle, where everything comes in boxes, bags, and cans. Want Some Nutrition-Packed Snacks?Try dates or figs with raw cashews. Roasting nuts may damage some of the healthy fats. You ll notice that roasted or cooked nuts are addictive, while raw nuts are not. Can t Take The Blandness?Buy roasted, lightly salted and raw nuts, then mix the two together for a compromise. Afraid Of The Fats?Don t be. These come loaded with fiber, protein, and carbohydrates, along with a healthy dose of fatty acids. My personal favorite is celery sticks with all-natural peanut butter. Make Your Muscles Resist!As your calories decrease, there is a chance you may lose muscle mass. Avoid this by making your muscles resist. Your muscles don t know the difference between gravity or any other form of resistance. The way to keep them active and toned is to engage in weight bearing activity. While the majority of your training will be focused on endurance, don t neglect the power of strength training. Strength training will improve your bone density, build lean muscle mass or preserve it while you are trimming the fat, and provide explosive power when you need that kick during your competition. It also helps maintain joint integrity and strength, which is necessary to combat the repeat-use syndrome many runners develop in their ankles, knees, and hips. Because your goal is not to stand on stage in a bodybuilding competition, but instead an endurance goal, keep your workouts to two or three short, intense training sessions - 20 or 30 minutes each - every week. Get in, give it 100%, and then recover and focus on the rest of your training. Remember to stretch thoroughly, and properly. There is an added benefit as well - resistance training burns calories for hours after you are finished, and studies show the combination of resistance training and aerobics burns more fat than aerobics alone. Slow And SteadyWant a recipe for disaster? Try doing too much, too soon. Most people grasp this concept with training, so why do they fall short when it comes to nutrition? Think better, not perfect when changing your nutrition habits. You want to crash? Go on a diet. You want to change? Transform your lifestyle. Small changes over time tend to last longer than quick-fixes like fad diets or magic bullet pills and supplements. As An ExampleIf you currently drink soda, don t go cold turkey and jump straight to water. Most will find themselves chomping at the bit for something cold and fizzy! Instead, make a gradual transition. First, switch to diet soft drinks. After you are used to the change, try sparkling mineral water with a lemon or lime. Finally, transition to water. Make small changes, get used to them, and you will be well on your way to trim, fit body.ConclusionIf you are like most people, you did not suddenly gain fat overnight. It was a gradual transition. So why should you expect that losing the weight would be any faster? Take it slow. A pound of weight per week is a good rule of thumb for permanent fat loss. Anything faster may be too restrictive and could be lean mass (even muscle) instead of simply fat weight. Perhaps the most useful tool for losing fat isn t a nutrition guide or workout program after all - it is a trait. Patience is by far the most powerful tool to lose fat and keep it off. 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