I've been feeling a bit shitty about my weight recently, and I was hoping to lose some weight. I'm not prepared to do this fad shit, by using laxatives, or throwing up, or special milkshakes.
Here is my progress so far:
- Since I'm working now, I'm out of bed and walking around more, and since it;s at a school I'm usually on my feet.
- I've been eating smaller with meals, with smaller plates
- I've cut out snacking... almost.
Anything else you totseans can recommend? Anyone used to be tubby, but cut down?
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And yeah, cutting out on the snacks and junk food is a good idea. Replace the snack with an apple or something, so you're still eating regularly but healthily.
Best thing to do is just be more motivated to do things. Use the stairs, not the lift. Go for a walk around town to explore. Eat more filling meals with decent stuff in (pasta, rice and sauces with chicken etc) instead of takeaway or microwave/convenience shit.
In other news, I've managed to put on a stone this month. Well chuffed
The last thing you want to do on the Master Cleanse is supplement. It will throw you off balance. There are plenty of minerals, vitamins, and electrolytes in the lemonade mixture and the rest you pull from stored energy in your fat cells. I recommend 14 - 21 days.
I really recommend you read the short web-book The Hackers Diet. It treats the problem as basically a numbers game. It used Calories as a reference. I used Carbs.
The basic summary is: Eat less then you burn. Your body will use up your fat. It gets harder as your body adapts. This is the point where you may want to exercise to break the plateau.
If you're working out - REALLY working out - that should be enough with what you are doing. Quite frankly it sounds like you're already on track to me. Focus on workouts that leave your muscles really burning, not endurance exercises like jogging. If you're not too overweight, sprinting would help. If you have stationary bikes, put them on the most resistance and really have at it. Fast twitch exercises that really burn off energy. When your body starts going into overdrive, it's going to consume what's available - fat. Lean proteins, calcium sources low in fat, and a touch of natural sugar and potassium will help you be able to continue working out like that but won't be giving you the calories you need to maintain your weight. In other words, you'll burn off more fat. Tuna, carrots, spinach, bananas in moderation, and calcium supplements are your friends here.
Quite frankly, weight is just a number. Don't shoot for a target weight. Shoot for a body fat percentage and physique. Keep your muscles in good shape and don't let your bone mass wither away by starving yourself of the nutrients you need to maintain them. You are going to crave calories and salt when your metabolism kicks up but you can't let yourself give in to that. Find snacks you can eat to your heart's content but are low in calories. Again, I've never had to go through losing weight. It doesn't sound very fun to me, so I wish you the best in the struggle to curb cravings.
Some things I've heard are that vinegar can decrease appetite and jello is pretty popular among fighters and wrestlers trying to cut weight because it makes you feel full but it's mostly water and "empty" content. Might be worth researching, maybe spike water with apple cider vinegar if you can stand the taste.
I've also heard that most of the things you are doing are the way to go. Small plates psyche your mind out into being satisfied when you finish, as if you've had a full meal. Exercise is better than any weight-loss oriented diet out there. Walking is great. If nothing else, it keeps your mind in physical activity mode and helps your blood pressure and cholesterol. There's more to the game than body fat. I've always been a lean guy but as recent as 2007 I loved soda and sugar. My blood pressure was getting high and I was probably a heart attack waiting to happen. "Skinny" =/= fit.
Good luck man, you are giving yourself the best thing you can possibly have: good health.
I'll be sure to update my goings on, and see if I can get a regular thing going. I might also try the lemonade diet, and see what happens