Weight loss tips.

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Coke works wonders for weight loss.

But then you always have a runny nose...

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

I have decided that once I finish off my stockpile of soda (2 cases) I am giving it up.

 

[BlueFlamme]

Go for a quick walk everytime you feel compelled to check ATOT at work.

/heresy

 

[alphatarget1]

Cut back on fatty foods and start exercising.

It's easy for a 21 year old to say... I'd probably be in you guys' boat when i'm around 30.

 

[KoolDrew]

Turn the fat into muscle.

 

[dullard]

It is a simple mass balance. If the mass that goes in is less than the mass that goes out, then you lose mass. THERE IS NO OTHER POSSIBLE WAY TO LOSE MASS. Forget what you think you know, it is probably wrong. Focus on that mass balance only. There are two things that are important:
1) Have less mass go in.
2) Have more mass go out.

You have direct control over #1. Eating/drinking less is the only way to affect what goes in. Now there are smart ways and dumb ways to eat less mass. The smart way is to eat good healthy foods that fill you up. That means to eat lots of protein, eat sufficient amounts of fat (but don't overdo it), and to keep your glycemic levels steady (avoid fast digesting sugars). Also eat foods that expand in your stomach if you are the type of person who judges fullness by volume in your stomach.

Indirectly you can also control #1. Mental tricks are powerful here. Use smaller plates - you'll eat a lot less and still be just as full. Listen to music you don't like while eating - you'll eat a lot less and still be just as full. Don't completely give up your favorite foods - it is a receipe for a disasterous end to your diet attempts. Etc. Indirectly, excercise makes you want to eat less if you do it properly.

You do not have direct control over #2. Thus, it is much more difficult to affect. The easiest way of course is to eat lots of both types of fiber. Fiber will go right through you, and will pull some other normally digestable foods with it. Excercise helps indirectly here too.

 

[Trikat]

Originally posted by: Aquaman

Originally posted by: Syringer
Two tips:

Eat less, excercise more.

and kill more spiders.

Cheers,
Aquaman

YA! FVCK THOSE SPIDERS! I HATE EM'!

Anyways fiber is pretty important too. Eat fibery stuff and you will lose some weight. In other words more high quality poo.

To dullard: I think the hardest thing is trying to eat less "bad" foods. A lot of people can't fight the urge to eat that McDonalds and other fast foods. Some of the best ways are to get "help." Help comes in many ways such as diets that help reduce your craving for fast foods.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Trikat
To dullard: I think the hardest thing is trying to eat less "bad" foods. A lot of people can't fight the urge to eat that McDonalds and other fast foods. Some of the best ways are to get "help." Help comes in many ways such as diets that help reduce your craving for fast foods.

McDonalds or other fast food now and then won't distroy any diet and instantly make you fat. The key is that you do everything in moderation. If fast food is the key to make your life wonderful, you will never sucessfully give it up 100%. In fact, most people will eventually fail and go back with a bang by pigging out on fast food multiple meals a day for weeks on end. Eliminating it altogether is not a long term solution.

But you can cut back. A small fry instead of the large. Actually a small fry doesn't have that much fat or calories. One cheeseburger instead of three. Eat McDonalds once a month instead of once a week. Things like that. The Supersize deals are the fastest and easiest way to violate the "eat less" part of dieting.

 

[Sealy]

Originally posted by: Aquaman

Originally posted by: Sealy
I got my treadmill back from my m.i.l. so watch out world a leaner sexier sealy is going to emerge in 2006!!!

OMG.......... my eyes are going to explode :Q

Oh the humanity

Cheers,
Aquaman

:heart: You're so funny

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: Wapp

Originally posted by: monk3y
Great tips... In adding to the 'don't skip meals, ever.'
Start eating breakfast (if you don't already).

No problem, comes from being married to an Air Force Fitness Specialist.

Soda: If you look at the health facts of soda there
are enough calories within that 20 oz cola to equal one meal. I used
to be able to down about 3 of those at once, so technically within an
hour I just ate 3 meals. No more, toss em or give em to a friend.

Diet Soda: Still a no go. It may have zero calories but its also
considered another one of a dieters worst nightmare

Uh, proof?

 

[Conky]

Eat things smaller than your head.

 

[monk3y]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Uh, proof?

In terms of calories, it is true that diet sodas do not contain any. However, the major issue with diet sodas is not the calories but the artificial sweeteners used in these products. Nearly 10 years ago, studies revealed that artificial sweeteners can:

Stimulate your appetite (spike insulin levels which will increase hunger very shortly after eating).

Increase carbohydrate cravings (consuming sweeteners will cause your sweet tooth to actually get worse).

Stimulate fat storage and weight gain (increase in insulin levels cause you to get hungry and eat more).

Artificial sweeteners like aspartame (NutraSweet®) and sucralose (Splenda®) can contribute to many additional side effects. Sucralose, the sweetening agent in Splenda®, is actually made from sugar (sucrose). The advertising campaigns for Splenda® never cover how chemists then add three chlorine molecules to these sugar molecules to create the final product.

In many animal studies, its been revealed that sucralose can cause:
Shrunken thymus glands (up to 40 percent shrinkage)
Enlarged liver and kidneys
Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
Reduced growth rate
Decreased red blood cell count
Diarrhea

I will look for specific journal articles once I get home...

 

[eakers]

Originally posted by: Sheepathon
Bulemia is the obvious solution.

Not quite, if you binge without purging it completely (which is quite difficult for most) you'll pack the pounds on fast.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: monk3y

Originally posted by: Syringer
Uh, proof?

In terms of calories, it is true that diet sodas do not contain any. However, the major issue with diet sodas is not the calories but the artificial sweeteners used in these products. Nearly 10 years ago, studies revealed that artificial sweeteners can:

Stimulate your appetite (spike insulin levels which will increase hunger very shortly after eating).

Increase carbohydrate cravings (consuming sweeteners will cause your sweet tooth to actually get worse).

Stimulate fat storage and weight gain (increase in insulin levels cause you to get hungry and eat more).

Artificial sweeteners like aspartame (NutraSweet®) and sucralose (Splenda®) can contribute to many additional side effects. Sucralose, the sweetening agent in Splenda®, is actually made from sugar (sucrose). The advertising campaigns for Splenda® never cover how chemists then add three chlorine molecules to these sugar molecules to create the final product.

In many animal studies, its been revealed that sucralose can cause:
Shrunken thymus glands (up to 40 percent shrinkage)
Enlarged liver and kidneys
Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
Reduced growth rate
Decreased red blood cell count
Diarrhea

I will look for specific journal articles once I get home...

There are no reputable science journals that will confirm that any sweetener provides any sort of negative side effects. The FDA, WHO, etc..have all deemed it to be completely safe..anyone who's "founded" differently is not a credible source.

 

[monk3y]

Originally posted by: Syringer
There are no reputable science journals that will confirm that any sweetener provides any sort of negative side effects. The FDA, WHO, etc..have all deemed it to be completely safe..anyone who's "founded" differently is not a credible source.

*Link*
Under Saccharin
Animal studies have linked saccharin, another artificial sweetener, with the development of bladder cancer.

However, researchers looked at the data for those people who were heavy saccharin users (6 or more servings of sugar substitute or 2 or more 8-ounce servings of diet drink daily) and found some evidence of an increased risk of bladder cancer, particularly for those who heavily ingested the sweetener as a table top sweetener or through diet sodas. The results of the NCI?FDA study, together with findings of additional research with laboratory animals, suggest that consumption of saccharin is not a major risk factor for bladder cancer in humans. For these reasons, Congress removed the warning label in December of 2000.

That's just odd... they found increased incidence... but deemed it safe.

*Link*
Findings from animal studies indicated that sodium saccharin (the chemical in artificial sweeteners) caused bladder cancer. However, studies on people haven't shown any link between bladder cancer risk and saccharin intake.

That's somewhat scary as we have a MUCH larger life span than any lab animals. The problems I've been having is locating the ACTUAL research. I am going to keep looking.

I've changed my tune for sure. While these artificial sweeteners have been deemed safe, I'm still going to stay away from them.

 

[manlymatt83]

When working out, is it better to lift first and then do cardio? Or do cardio first and then lift?

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
When working out, is it better to lift first and then do cardio? Or do cardio first and then lift?

Shouldn't be doing them together preferably. Although, if you must, do the weights first, then cardio.

 

[edro]

My tips: Completely change the way you look at food and the way you eat it. Eat 6 times a day, limitting each meal to about 300-400 calories a piece. Each meal should be high in protein and low in fat. If you follow this scheme, your body will treat food as a fuel to burn for the next few hours, not as a fuel to stock up on to use later. As a result, your metabolism will skyrocket and you will burn fat like crazy.

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
When working out, is it better to lift first and then do cardio? Or do cardio first and then lift?

If you are lifting heavy, it is better to lift first, then cardio. You have more energy to do the lifting (which is more important), and you won't be a sweaty pig making all the equipment nasty for the rest of us.

 

[cwoz94]

Eat more soup. I like the Campbell's Chunky (many good flavors) and it has about 200-250 cals a can!

 

[yoda291]

don't eat until full, you'll give yourself a tummy ache.

 

[Mo0o]

Control your portions. Snack on fruit. No soda or other empty calories.

 

[Conky]

Eat less, poop more.

/thread

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: cwoz94
Eat more soup. I like the Campbell's Chunky (many good flavors) and it has about 200-250 cals a can!

I hope you drink a lot of water. Canned soups have a ton of sodium.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: Qosis

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
When working out, is it better to lift first and then do cardio? Or do cardio first and then lift?

Shouldn't be doing them together preferably. Although, if you must, do the weights first, then cardio.

Actually you want to do cardio first then weights.

 

[Amused]

Losing weight is not as simple as merely lowering calorie intake. If it was, diets wouldn't fail 90+% of the time.

The key to weight loss is activity first and foremost. For most people, a religiously followed exercise program will bring their weight down with little to no change in diet.

For others, their diet may be so bad, they need to clean it up.

Weight loss, as in all things medical is NOT an "one size fits all" proposition. It is as individual as they are.

For me, it was mainly exercise that helped me lose fat. I also cleaned up my diet but NEVER limited calorie intake.

Calorie deprivation is the surest way to gain weight in the long run.