[nabwong]

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Originally Posted by RnB180 how did this help? did you do it as an apetite suppresant? Ive never heard of that before. interesting.

Yeah, appetite suppresant. After a while, the stomach shrinks and then you'll eat less and be full faster. The other thing is to eat slower. The brain takes a long time, 20 mins or so to recognise that food is going down and that you're full. Also, eat less bread and more rice. Eating spicy food also makes you full faster apparently. Lastly, exercise.

Oh yeah, drink water only. No sodas. I also think it's the asian vs american portions. The portions here are huge compared to back home. At first i was always tempted to finish what was on my plate. Now i split it, half for now and half for later.

 

[bobbyk]

Eat little and often. This will increase your metabolism.

Make breakfast your main meal.

Avoid fats, particularly saturated fat.

Reduce your carb intake whilst you are on the diet.

Suplement vitamins if you think you may be missing some in your diet.

You can expect to loose around 2 to 3 lbs a week.

Excercise to gain that body tone. Remember though that if you are increasing muscles mass you are increasing weight. Muscle is more dense than fat.

I lost 30lbs in 8 weeks last July and have managed to keep most of it off.

I'm 6'2" and around 177 lbs. Not too bad at 41.

 

[n_maher]

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Originally Posted by RnB180 Current weight, 200lbs 5'10" goal weight 175lbs

This is just my opinion, so take it for what it's worth (not much

) but the only real way to lose weight and keep it off is through a lifestyle change. While that might include a modified diet it also probably means increased physical activity. As you already admit the time in your life when you were at a more ideal weight is when you were regularly working out, this shouldn't be a surprise. So, instead of radically changing your diet only, which probably won't last, try subtly changing your diet while adding some sort of regular physical activity that you enjoy (ride a bike, run, walk, whatever). And as a general rule of thumb, it'll take 10x as long to lose weight as it does to add it on.

Best of luck.

Nate

 

[jbloudg20]

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Originally Posted by bobbyk Eat little and often. This will increase your metabolism. Make breakfast your main meal. Avoid fats, particularly saturated fat. Reduce your carb intake whilst you are on the diet. Suplement vitamins if you think you may be missing some in your diet. You can expect to loose around 2 to 3 lbs a week. Excercise to gain that body tone. Remember though that if you are increasing muscles mass you are increasing weight. Muscle is more dense than fat. I lost 30lbs in 8 weeks last July and have managed to keep most of it off. I'm 6'2" and around 177 lbs. Not too bad at 41.

Pretty good!

I'm 6'3" and 235, although I am a pretty big (muscular) guy, I plan on dropping some of my body fat as soon as the semester is over.

 

[tyrion]

Definitely do not eat burgers, fries and beer after midnight like wmcmanus and I did last night.

 

[viator122]

I've been swimming 5 times per week for about 45 minutes to an hour. It's a great workout and it means I don't have to watch my food intake that much.

 

[Genetic]

With my overclocked metabolism..... par ici la pizza!!!!!

Amicalement

 

[ken36]

Try low to no carbos. For me all appetite leaves in about 48 hours. From then on it's a walk in the park. So to speak.

 

[Jeff E]

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Originally Posted by n_maher This is just my opinion, so take it for what it's worth (not much ) but the only real way to lose weight and keep it off is through a lifestyle change. While that might include a modified diet it also probably means increased physical activity. As you already admit the time in your life when you were at a more ideal weight is when you were regularly working out, this shouldn't be a surprise. So, instead of radically changing your diet only, which probably won't last, try subtly changing your diet while adding some sort of regular physical activity that you enjoy (ride a bike, run, walk, whatever). And as a general rule of thumb, it'll take 10x as long to lose weight as it does to add it on. Best of luck. Nate

Nate is understating the case for lifestyle change. His "opinion" is shared by a number of respected nutritionists and health educators. They tend to avoid the word diet when referring to a program involving weight loss and use life style change. As I recall, that word useage preference is motivated by recidivism data. For details, try "weight loss" & "lifestyle" in Goggle Scholar.

Take heart. As Stanley Schachter pointed out, our knowledge of weight loss is based on studies sampling folks who had trouble slimming down on their own. There well may be a lot of hidden, successful weight losers.

 

[jumpinjohn1234]

watch "supersize me" for some motivation ?
Makes you want to never visit a fastfood joint

 

[wakeride74]

Myo, how old are you my friend?? Things really started catching up with me after about 27.

I'm 32 and same height as you and I'm about 190-195. I'm not overweight until I take my shirt off

Or you could say I'm in really good shape I just hide it well

Anyways, my wife and I eat well but we both sit on our cans in an office all day. She has nothing to worry about as she is 5'4" and 107 or something crazy. We both recently got mountain bikes and have started riding after work for about 45min....

Huge difference and it beats the hell out of the gym... anyways just thought I'd pass that along. It's a great way to be outside and spend time with a spouse, SO, or friend and exercise at the same time.

 

[jbloudg20]

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Originally Posted by viator122 I've been swimming 5 times per week for about 45 minutes to an hour. It's a great workout and it means I don't have to watch my food intake that much.

Swimming is one the the best full body workouts available.

 

[ej82m]

Don't forget to eat your good fats. Omega 3's, ect.. I take a couple spoonfulls of flax seed oil in my morning shake and maybe some fish oil capsules if I don't forget.

 

[mulveling]

Congrats, and good luck. It's a big step in the right direction to decide that you want to change; it's even better that you have a concrete goal. I did something similar last May. Started with only dieting - nothing structured or hardcore, just watching what I ate and reduced portions - went from about 186 to 176 when further progress stopped. In September I also started exercising and eventually lost another 6 pounds or so. 16 pounds isn't too much but I look a lot better and feel way better too. I'm in great shape and I don't get out of breath easily. Got back into competitive swimming too, which is awesome.

Hope you stick with it, and I hope you work in some exercise, too! Dieting is much more effective that way. It's also best if you can join a team or small group for whatever exercise you choose (cross motivation).

 

[MarconiSalad]

Check out Dr Susan Kleiner powereating.com. Great book!