I stopped right there. That's what most people do and get fat: meal, snack, snack, meal, snack, snack, meal! No! (personal opinion.)
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I stopped right there. That's what most people do and get fat: meal, snack, snack, meal, snack, snack, meal! No! (personal opinion.)
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It really is that simple. I would just offer an addendum to #8. Focus on your breathing and take in as much air as you can. Being better ventilatied well help metabolize more fat quicker.
I have GOT to start drinking more water and less Diet Coke. I have a feeling that would be five pounds right there.
What happened to turning off the tube and going for a walk???
Eat to live; Not live to eat..!
I found, as I got into my thirties, that making dinner my big meal of the day was a mistake, and have come to believe that anything eaten after, say, 8 PM is going to be stored as fat, because very few calories are burned while asleep.
Cutting out meat is always helpful...(flameproof undies on)
This is almost identical to the Zone diet (it is not a low carb diet like Atkins), which is not really a diet but a permanent change in eating habits. Sears' books have some helpful tables that show the amount of grams of protein, carbs (both good and bad types), and fat in various types of food and how much you should be eating a day based on your lean body mass. After a few weeks it all becomes second nature and completely changes how you eat. I went from 180 to 160 in a matter of weeks while eating more and better foods. But this wan't the whole story. I added close to 10 pounds of lean body mass (through exercise and weight training), which means that I lost 30 pounds of fat, for a net loss of 20 pounds
Aye, but do I havta gev oop kayk?
I was actually very concerned that this time, the weight wouldn't come back off. I gained 77 lbs. with my first son, 55 lbs. with my daughter (she was over 2 months premature), and 72 lbs. with my second son (he was 3 weeks early). The thing is, there are over 4 years between my second and third pregnancies, and I wasn't a spring chicken when God blessed us with children. I actually thought I was going through menopause, only to discover I was pregnant!
I've always had a slim figure and not much of an appetite, so I guess my body's natural inclination is go back to "normal." Thank God! I know women who found their body-type and metabolism had changed after their children came, and it took years to drop the pounds.
Hubby had triple bypass and they put him on a very low fat diet along with brisk walks. In a year he lost 60 lbs.
All the above advice is fantastic. There are a couple tips I'd add:
The "8 glasses of water" isn't strictly necessary and has been disproven, as far as the old idea that everyone is basically dehydrated all the time. But if you're exercising and sweating out more water than you used to, the water needs to be replaced. Additionally, the body doesn't do a very good job of differentiating between hunger and thirst; sometimes a bottle of water is the cure for a "hunger" pang, especially if you're otherwise eating properly.
The idea of 5-6 small meals a day is tough to do properly. Eating the same three unhealthy meals a day, and adding a 10 A.M. donut and a 3 P.M. bag of Doritos won't cut it. The idea is that the average person trying to lose weight and getting moderate exercise should consume around 1500-1800 calories a day; the point of multiple meals is to divide that caloric total roughly equally among 5 or 6 meals. The simplest way to think of it is that, assuming your "three squares" are themselves healthy and the right caloric balance, divide each of them in half and eat half of one every three hours.
For me, the "day off" of the diet, or eating whatever you want one day of every week, wasn't as big a deal as finding a way to enjoy what I eat on the other six days. I had to find a way to add flavor to the healthy meals I eat, and the key is to find things that are flavorful but not caloric. Spices, like garlic or pepper, are one way. I found myself "addicted" to hot sauce, of which there are literally thousands of different varieties from mild to insane. Fresh vegetables and fruits are another good way to add "healthy" flavor to well-balanced meals.
Finally, exercise should be intense for the person exercising. It's critical to rapid, healthy weight loss, but it can't be standardized. If it's a stretch to walk from the mall to the parking lot, 20 minutes of brisk walking is sufficient; trying to jog for a half hour will result in quitting after five minutes and not trying again. But if you've been jogging for a half hour every day for the past three months and hit a plateau, more is necessary.
Good luck to those just starting out; it really is a lifestyle change.
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Pinging to send to the kid later, thanks for posting this, it sounds like very sensible advice.