Weight control
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i am currently a bit overweight and i find it difficult to stick to a good eating plan to lose weight!
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I had the exact same problem. I lost 50 pounds in 4 months - all I had to do was at eat 1,750 calories everyday, and did 20 push-ups in the morning. I ate basically whatever I wanted, just as long as I didn't go over my limit. I used an app called Fooducate. It did all the math for me - all I had to do was scan the labels of what I ate and it had all the info. Really worked for me
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I have the same issue with losing weight.
It's not a simple thing.
Food intake is about 80% of the battle, and exercise the other 20%There are many free apps Like Fooducate
but I like the MyFitness ones
there are several and all free
My FitnessPal is good for food and you can connect it to MapMyFitness and MapMy Walk to add in exercise
Just remember less food meets losing weight
If you do a lot of exercises don't eat the extra caloriesGood luck
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One of the best tips I can give anyone is find a sport you love. If you have to force yourself to "work out" or "go to the gym" you won't stick with it, but if you find something you love to do just for fun then you'll want to do it more and more. Doesn't matter what it is - rock climbing, tennis, wrestling, rock climbing, raquetball, soccer. As long as it involves sweating a lot and you grow to love it and want to do it every week for the rest of your life it'll have a great impact on your fitness.
Now diet is 80% of losing weight but if you are playing a sport you love you'll discover the weight comes off faster when you're eating right and it comes on slower when you're eating bad. Finally, you'll also find you want to eat more healthy because as you make bad decisions and gain weight you'll find it hurts your athleticism in your sport or if you find yourself going out and drinking you'll find the hangover hurts your sports the next day and you won't want to have those consequences anymore. So you'll find yourself wanting to make better decisions.
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I really like MyFitnessPal as the barcode reader on the phone app is great for quickly finding out the calories on something. It makes working how much to eat so much easier, and it helps with sticking to an eating plan. Chocolate has always been my downfall when it comes to losing weight. I'm reading this book called the chocolate diet by alex landerson which has some interesting advice on how to include chocolate in a diet without overeating it. Something a little hard to do this time of year with all the easter eggs floating around.
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I had the exact same problem. I lost 50 pounds in 4 months - all I had to do was at eat 1,750 calories everyday, and did 20 push-ups in the morning. I ate basically whatever I wanted, just as long as I didn't go over my limit. I used an app called Fooducate. It did all the math for me - all I had to do was scan the labels of what I ate and it had all the info. Really worked for me
sounds like a plan! thank you!
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just do what most gays do : you go to the gym club: you exercise for 20 minutes every night after work, then you go in the sex section of the gym club: you fuck, makes more exercice and you see many other guys that you wanna fuck so it motives you to workout more. and after workout , and sex you finish the day with sauna or hamman still in the same club.
I'm pretty sure if you live in a town big enough you have gay gym clubs like that. It's great. -
I've had weight problems my whole life, I peaked around 350 pounds when I was 17 years old, I slowly got some weight off over the years, but at 32 years old and 235 pounds I still weighed too much so decided to take it seriously and set myself a tough goal when I booked flights for a holiday to lose 80 pounds in 9 months, I managed to lose 85 and got to 150 pounds and have stuck around that for the last 8 months :cheers:
like sexypooface I used an app to work out my calories and exercise etc, but I used lifesum instead, sounds like it had pretty much the same functions. I used the 5-2 diet though (eat normal 2000-2500 calorie diet for 5 days a week and eat v low calories (~600) the other 2) I bought a fitness tracker watch and set myself a reasonable steps goal, but I already have a dog I had to walk so that was an easy goal, I don't berate myself if I don't hit it, it's a target and I naturally make up for it on other days. Once I got to a reasonable level of fitness through natural excercise I joined a gym to help tone up where I'd lost the fat (with the added bonus of spying on the guys in the showers)
In terms of banting, it's probably not a bad diet, Ideally I would follow a paleo diet, but modern life makes that difficult, next best thing I would say is a farmhouse diet… i.e. what would be on a plate in a traditional farmhouse kitchen. Ideally your diet should be a good balance of fresh fruit & veg, nuts, seeds, meat, fish, pulses and legumes which will provide all the nutrition you need, anything without a label is your friend, if it has a label, the fewer ingredients the better and avoid anything with a scientific sounding ingredient you can't pronounce.
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iifym is the best way to go. And with a right accountability partner.
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My issue is in Spring and Fall I have to take Prednisone for allergies. In the 30 or so days I am on it I gain on average 10-20LBs. The older I have become the harder it has been to take it off. I know weight is weight but a woman I was talking with last week said when she is on prednisone she needs to works out twice as much to lose the same 10lbs. The wonderful world of pharmaceuticals. Going to look into the apps that were posted on here.
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eat moderately, work out every day
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thx for the advice
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you have to change your life style. Change your diet and start working out (otherwise its the "yo-yo effect")
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you have to change your life style. Change your diet and start working out (otherwise its the "yo-yo effect")
Quite true, but it's a struggle for me: I have a high-pressure long-hours job that I truly love, and there's not always time or energy for the gym.
I try to be moderate with food, but I used to be a professional chef and I love to cook/eat…and I've been single for a while now, and many purchased items are portioned for two people rather than one...and I don't have the discipline to save half as leftovers.
One thing that does help is to put a few pictures of really in-shape guys on my fridge door. It tends to slow me down reaching for the wrong things
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Another tip: try a vegetable/fruit/grians diet
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I had the exact same problem. I lost 50 pounds in 4 months - all I had to do was at eat 1,750 calories everyday, and did 20 push-ups in the morning. I ate basically whatever I wanted, just as long as I didn't go over my limit. I used an app called Fooducate. It did all the math for me - all I had to do was scan the labels of what I ate and it had all the info. Really worked for me
You may not see my comment as it has been like 3 years lol but I'm looking towards losing some weight and your advice really helps!
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Be on a diet on your own may be a bit risky. I would say go to the doctor and ask him/her to state a good and appropriate diet for you.
Apart from the kind of food you eat, exercise is always good.
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Yes, go your primary doctor (if he/she has a strong interest in dispensing dietary advice). If you're insured, see if you can get a referral to a certified nutritionist or similar.
On your own, the Mediterranean Diet is gaining wide acceptance as a healthy regimen, and as a general rule, avoid highly processed foods. :hug2:
