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amir0727
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Posted: 17 January 2008 04:55 am |
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Hi everyone, this is my first post on this site and I'm hoping someone can give me a hint or have an idea to what's going on with me. Well, I just graduated from college and am pushing 225. I'm 5'11", medium build, and need help shredding 20 ~ 30 lbs. My weight during the beginning of my freshman year was 173 on the dot. I had weighed that amount and have been 5'11" since I was a freshman in high school. My dieting habits were unfortunately the same in college as they were in high school - if it fits in your mouth and won't kill you, then eat it. So, after I began my college career, during my freshman year, over a 3 month period, my weight sky rocketted from 173 to 230. It was like someone pumped me full of air. As I await the beginning of my graduate program which begins in Sept, I need to lose some weight. I've done it all, supplements, diets, everything, I haven't shed a pound. Recently, I started running in the morning prior to eating anything, I've been told this is a great way to burn stored fat. I've been keeping my heart rate in the fat burn zone (I'm 22, so it's roughly 118 ~ 125). I don't know what to do. I don't smoke, I don't drink alcohol, I don't know what's going on!!! I don't want to pay a couple of hundred bucks for a personal trainer to give me a simple workout plan, because I've already gone that route, and nothing came out of it. My diet generally consists of water, fruits, vegetables, chicken breasts, etc. Now, I'm not going to lie, a few weeks on the diet and after all this hard work, when the scale still shows 223, I head down to carl's jr and have a blast. Even then my weight doesn't change. I can't figure this out. In college, if I ate carl's jr for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 3 weeks, my weight wouldn't change an ounce! Though I would feel like #%@&!. Anyone have any suggestions, ideas, what's going on with me? I have till Sept. to lose 30 lbs....
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Nir
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Posted: 17 January 2008 03:25 pm |
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Hearing your story, I don't know if your problem is that you are eating too many calories or too few. And chances are, neither do you. The solution is to track calories (for a while). [The food calculator on this site can help with that.]
Also, if you have not read the tutorial, I recommend it.
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trimB
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Posted: 17 January 2008 06:25 pm |
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I agree with Nir. Some people don't like to track calories, but it is immensely helpful in cases like these. You could very well be underestimating how big your portions are, and taking in more calories than you think. Or you could be eating so little that you've damaged your metabolism. If you track calories for a few days, at least you can narrow it down a bit.
And congrats on the running... exercise is ALWAYS good for your body, dieting or not. Do you have an idea of how far you run?
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kakki
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Posted: 24 January 2008 03:20 pm |
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| I have to agree w/ Nir and trimB. If you don't do some kind of food journal; whether writing or using the online one here; you may think your eating less than you really are or are not eating enough. Have to pay attention to serving size; a pain I know but it works. Good luck and don't give up!!!!
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moni
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Posted: 29 January 2008 07:30 pm |
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trimB wrote: I agree with Nir. Some people don't like to track calories, but it is immensely helpful in cases like these. You could very well be underestimating how big your portions are, and taking in more calories than you think. Or you could be eating so little that you've damaged your metabolism. If you track calories for a few days, at least you can narrow it down a bit.
And congrats on the running... exercise is ALWAYS good for your body, dieting or not. Do you have an idea of how far you run?
In order to lose weight, you simply need to increase your daily activity or consume fewer calories than those needed to maintain your weight. That's the main reason for which we have to track the calorie intake as almost everyone in this thread has said. I just want to add that you can get a BMR calculator online for free that can help you with the tracking.
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php
Last edited on 29 January 2008 09:48 pm by trimB
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DaniMae1
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Posted: 18 February 2008 07:10 pm |
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| Have you seen a Dr.??? This happened to a friend of mine and she had a small (harmless) tumor in her parathyroid gland. They took it out and the weight came off....Just a thought.
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sfulmer
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Posted: 11 April 2008 04:19 am |
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Keeping a food journal was the best thing I ever did. Once I started planning my meals the night before, I was able to keep track and make sure I was getting enough food or making sure I wasn't eating too much.
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darkraptor
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Posted: 2 October 2008 05:18 am |
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| YOU KNOW I GIVE ADVICES TO PEOPLE ALOT AND I DON'T FOLLOW BY KEEP A FOOD DAIRY TO TRACK AND TRY TO 6 TIMES A DAY AND SMALL PORTIONS WITH MORE PROTEIN IN THOSE ALSO TRY LOTS OF VEGETABLE AND FRUITS THEY HELP.GOOD LUCK
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fusionetics
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Posted: 6 October 2008 06:29 pm |
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hello everyone ,i found keeping a diary and planning my meals was an importantant part in burning the fat ,i found that certain foods gave me different moods,im very sensitive to sugar and found myself craving sugar if i started on cake ,chocolate etc....
Which is no good for the weight loss ,a food journal is a must and also a very sensible approach.
--Edited to remove product links. This is your last warning
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