Quick Weight loss

[Hoofy]

DervVW said:

Hoofy said:

DervVW said:

Woah! Roughly 1200miles?

Who knows. We're built to use energy efficiently.

This is quite interesting: http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articl...

But then, just 2 unimpressive biscuits will have you eating back those 100 calories!

Edited by Hoofy on Thursday 25th June 13:37

nice article

Yeah. Useful... but then scary when you do the sums eg you grab a takeaway with everything and realise you've eaten 1500kcals in one sitting. How many miles do you have to run, then?

[sealtt]

Blog post on a great little weight loss trick! Makes a big difference, especially if you use it along with a full plan.

http://www.buysupps.co.uk/blog/the-healthiest-easi...

[944fan]

shakotan said:

toohangry said:

shakotan said:

Nothing processed or pre-prepared.

Agree with processed by what do you have against pre-prepared food?

Sorry, probably not made myself clear, I mean stuff like 'ready meals'.

You also need to be cautious of things like pre-prepared fruit. Fruit salads and even packets of raisins / cranberries etc and often coated with a glucose mixture to keep them shiny. You think you are eaten something healthy and are getting a double wallop of sugar on top.

[toohangry]

944fan said:

shakotan said:

toohangry said:

shakotan said:

Nothing processed or pre-prepared.

Agree with processed by what do you have against pre-prepared food?

Sorry, probably not made myself clear, I mean stuff like 'ready meals'.

You also need to be cautious of things like pre-prepared fruit. Fruit salads and even packets of raisins / cranberries etc and often coated with a glucose mixture to keep them shiny. You think you are eaten something healthy and are getting a double wallop of sugar on top.

Let's be completely honest though, cranberry sheen isn't the reason most people are overweight.

I'm always amazed at how often I read people stopping having sugar in their 2 cups of tea a day. That's 70kcal.

[Hoofy]

sealtt said:

Blog post on a great little weight loss trick! Makes a big difference, especially if you use it along with a full plan.

http://www.buysupps.co.uk/blog/the-healthiest-easi...

That is a good "trick".

[Foliage]

Its all about the diet, its gonna be tough to do what you want, id usually advice a slow build up starting off with controlling portion size and increasing water/liquid intake. But to do what your asking you pretty much have to starve yourself, 1400 calories a day, every single day.

my top tips are
drink plenty of water,
take multi-vitamins,
Eat breakfast,
cut out starchy/sugary carbs (bread, sweets, pasta, rice)
eat protein foods when you feel hungry, (you'd be surprised by the effect of eating a boiled egg for example)
veg soups etc are filling and glow in calories, but wont make your brain feel full
Herbs and spices have no calories.

You are going to feel the sugar craving, the craving for processed sugars, for greasy foods, you will dream about food, day dream about food. The toughest part is the mental battle, but you can do this, you just need to be stubborn with yourself concentrate on your goals and celebrate every success, don't dwell on the negatives keep pushing yourself forward.

Exercise will supercharge your weight loss BUT it gonna hurt, low calories and exercise is tough and you cant lose weight via exercise alone.

You need to embrace and enjoy the feeling of being hungry, this needs to become your natural state, feeling hungry with your goal means that its working. You also need to realise that food is no longer a thing of joy or emotion, it is just a fuel, eat what you need to and can stomach to reach your goal

Also you will plateau keep at it, weight doesn't come off in a uniform manner it comes off in dribs and drabs, a better indicator than weight is waist size.

Edited by Foliage on Thursday 25th June 15:27

[Hoofy]

Foliage said:

The toughest part is the mental battle

People often say how they've plateaued and starvation mode has kicked in. If you stay focused, there's no such thing as starvation mode.

I was going to post a photo of an anorexic woman but the photos are so depressingly grim that I decided if you want to see an actual skinny woman (rather than someone who is fit who borderline obese women call skinny), you can just google "anorexic woman" and click images yourself.

[lemonslap]

Low carb works for me, less than 20grams of carbs per day and it shifts 1 stone per month.

[texaxile]

I found cutting out the "c"'s helped me,

chips, coke, crisps, cheese, "cookies" (I know), chocolate , cream and cakes (pastry) and carbs.

Pastry, I've since found out, is the food of satan and one of the worst foodstuffs you can eat if trying to diet, apparently.

My diet changed and was stuff like a meal replacement shake for breakfast, tomatoes on toast or poached egg on raw sliced tomatoes for dinner, home made carrot soup or a bowl of chopped tomatoes with curry powder for tea.

I'd also eat every 2 to 3 hours, either a grapefruit, apple or a handful of olives.

Coupled with going to the gym and doing 2 to 5k cardio a day three times a week helped me easily lose a stone within 4 weeks. I did lose some rapidly then plateaued for a while, then it started to come off again.

[944fan]

toohangry said:

944fan said:

shakotan said:

toohangry said:

shakotan said:

Nothing processed or pre-prepared.

Agree with processed by what do you have against pre-prepared food?

Sorry, probably not made myself clear, I mean stuff like 'ready meals'.

You also need to be cautious of things like pre-prepared fruit. Fruit salads and even packets of raisins / cranberries etc and often coated with a glucose mixture to keep them shiny. You think you are eaten something healthy and are getting a double wallop of sugar on top.

Let's be completely honest though, cranberry sheen isn't the reason most people are overweight.

I'm always amazed at how often I read people stopping having sugar in their 2 cups of tea a day. That's 70kcal.

No I wasn't suggesting that was the reason most people are overweight. I was pointing out that if you want to lose weight quickly you need to smart about what you eat and avoid anything processed as they have hidden calories and crap in them.

[Foliage]

944fan said:

No I wasn't suggesting that was the reason most people are overweight. I was pointing out that if you want to lose weight quickly you need to smart about what you eat and avoid anything processed as they have hidden calories and crap in them.

Yep, start reading them packets folks. Its really that simple.

[Mike22233]

deckster said:

This. Exercise is great but a very distant second to a good diet when it comes to weight loss.

True. I find it MUCH MUCH easier to lose weight though when burning 1000-2000 calories per day. I can still eat 2500 calories and lose weight.

[Mike22233]

944fan said:

A more simpler longer time approach is to ditch booze and refined carbs. Eat nutrient dense food as much as possible.

Stop all this complication. He could have 2 pints a day and cheese sandwich and still lose weight as long as their is a calorie deficit.

[Foliage]

Mike22233 said:

Stop all this complication. He could have 2 pints a day and cheese sandwich and still lose weight as long as their is a calorie deficit.

Yes and no, calorie deficit is the actual process of losing weight (your body burning fat reserves), but the mental battle is sustaining that deficit, you could just lean into it but some foods make you feel hungry and some foods make you feel full (its all in the brain its nothing to do with your stomach) eating the foods that make you feel full makes it a hell of a lot easier, funnily enough the foods that make you feel full are unprocessed, protein rich foods like egg, nuts, yoghurt, cuts of meat etc.

[LordGrover]

Hoofy said:

sealtt said:

Blog post on a great little weight loss trick! Makes a big difference, especially if you use it along with a full plan.

http://www.buysupps.co.uk/blog/the-healthiest-easi...

That is a good "trick".

I've also found 'mindful eating' has helped me cut down.

[shakotan]

Mike22233 said:

944fan said:

A more simpler longer time approach is to ditch booze and refined carbs. Eat nutrient dense food as much as possible.

Stop all this complication. He could have 2 pints a day and cheese sandwich and still lose weight as long as their is a calorie deficit.

True, but you open yourself up to a world of other issues depending on the make-up of the calories entering your body.

[Mike22233]

shakotan said:

True, but you open yourself up to a world of other issues depending on the make-up of the calories entering your body.

Sure. I just feel people over specify and leads to more debate. I hope people know what's good and bad for them or at least that protein: tuna, eggs, chicken....fills you up

[J4CKO]

LordGrover said:

Hoofy said:

sealtt said:

Blog post on a great little weight loss trick! Makes a big difference, especially if you use it along with a full plan.

http://www.buysupps.co.uk/blog/the-healthiest-easi...

That is a good "trick".

I've also found 'mindful eating' has helped me cut down.

Yeah, that makes perfect sense, I am like the bloody Cookie Monster, throw it down like no tomorrow and overshoot how much I need to eat, I am eating smaller meals now but at normal speed, using willpower to get past the delay between eating and feeling full, but it does come, so eating more slowly like that method makes total sense.

[944fan]

shakotan said:

Mike22233 said:

944fan said:

A more simpler longer time approach is to ditch booze and refined carbs. Eat nutrient dense food as much as possible.

Stop all this complication. He could have 2 pints a day and cheese sandwich and still lose weight as long as their is a calorie deficit.

True, but you open yourself up to a world of other issues depending on the make-up of the calories entering your body.

I recently had a diet and fitness DNA test done. Some people genetically get more energy per calorie out of certain foods. I am super sensitive to carbs and so they should be avoided for me.

For the very vast majority of people sure being in calorie deficit is all you need but there is more to it than that. By focusing on proper eating of nutrient dense food will achieve the weight loss and be more healthy.

[Foliage]

944fan said:

I recently had a diet and fitness DNA test done. Some people genetically get more energy per calorie out of certain foods. I am super sensitive to carbs and so they should be avoided for me.

For the very vast majority of people sure being in calorie deficit is all you need but there is more to it than that. By focusing on proper eating of nutrient dense food will achieve the weight loss and be more healthy.

How much was the test?