Diet Plan Recommendations

Jonbo298 · 08-21-2005, 02:31 AM

Right this minute, I cant "overhaul" my food selection. Granted, I may have the money to do so starting tomorrow but I just got groceries for the next few weeks and feel it would be odd ot just trash it all or whatever.

But I WANT to do it. I walk back/forth to work each day even if its only a block but I think its going to help. Plus, if I started more on the salad route and other healthy things, I need to plan it out just a smidge in the first place. But I think this will be the last time for a bit I buy the "throw in the microwave and eat it in under 15 minutes" route for when I do lunches for work (lunches are a half hour but always walk home for lunch).

Dyne · 08-21-2005, 03:39 AM

I used to weigh 255 and now I weigh an absolutely steady 190. I used to be formidably strong and I lost a lot of muscle but I also lost a lot of fat. It was over the course of about 4 months.

Anyways, my secret was diet and exercise. And the diet was mainly basic loose calorie counting. You lose 1 pound for every 3000 calories you burn / not eat. The average person needs only 2000, but when I was about 230, I calculated I needed about 2,100 for the extra weight.

My diet was pretty much a cup of non-sugary cereal in the morning with a bit of milk (200 calories-ish), a powerbar and lots of water for lunch (250 calories or so), and a hearty dinner, but only one helping of each (less than 1000 most always.) That was about 1450 calories for me. If you go to a buffet, that's fine; just don't take too much of anything - rather a little bit of everything.

Drink lots and lots of water. A faster metabolism means you'll lose weight faster.

Exercise. For god's sake exercise. You won't notice much difference at all if you don't. You'll never go out of a 20-pound range. And exercise isn't weight-lifting. It's more of a cardiovascular work-out that you need. I was 255 and I was doing stuff like that. You only start to burn fat after continuous but not exactly a rigorous 30 minutes of exercise, so keep that in mind. Exercise often. 3 times a week at least. I was doing it 5 times a week.

And finally, try to stay away from the scale. It won't tell you much other than your current weight with water-weight factored in. Check maybe every week or so, just to make sure you're on track. Other than that, just make sure you're going down. It's like the addage - it's impossible to watch water boil. Or at least it takes a really long time.

Find out your optimal weight on that height-to-weight scale and lose just enough weight to be, maybe, 5-10 pounds over. If you go right on or lower that fast, you will not get used to it. 90% of people gain more weight back. Get used to 10 pounds over, and then gradually fall down to it. It's a hell of a lot easier on your body.

Anyways, I hope this tips help. Good luck.

Teuthida · 08-21-2005, 09:29 AM

On average a pound burns 12 a day. So simply pick the weight you want to be, multiply that by 12, and try to take in no more than that many calories per day. You'll eventually reach that weight. That number of calories is what it takes your body to keep running. So if you exercise too you'll burn more and lose weight faster. And don't take in any calories from liquids. Oh, and green tea is magical.

I accidently lost 10lbs one week when I started drinking it everyday. Besides helping in weight loss I noticed it cut my appetite.

This should help a lot:

http://home.howstuffworks.com/diet.htm

Jonbo298 · 08-21-2005, 10:40 AM

Thanks for the suggestions so far. Will surely keep em in mind

Stonecutter · 08-21-2005, 02:00 PM

There are a lot of foods that actually take more calories out than they put in. I know corn is one where, you might ingest 150 eating a cob but you'll lose like 175 digesting it. Might be something to look into.

*Those numbers are total bull****, but the concept isn’t.

Jonbo298 · 08-21-2005, 03:59 PM

Intriguing

Joeiss · 08-21-2005, 04:18 PM

Jonbo, start hitting the gym, bud. I don't know how much muscle you have on you right now, but if you are overweight (or chubby or whatever, I don't know what you look like), and you start to loose a lot of weight, you'll want some muscle underneath there. Just do some basic workouts, I can make a plan for you if you want.

And what everybody else said seems good so far. Green tea does work wonders. Just concentrate on your eating, don't eat junk food or pop, don't eat fast food. And if you can, try to eat oatmeal and eggs every morning.