Losing Weight

[Geminex]

In regards to diet plans, apparently there's a way to totally hack your metabolism. Or, well, not hack it. Just take advantage of the way your body uses insulin and glucagon. One gets produced when your body wants to absorb the sugar in your blood, one gets produced when your body wants to put more sugar (or, rather, glucose) into your blood.

You want the latter to happen, since your body's getting the sugar it puts into your blood from your glycogen and fat reserves.

In a nutshell, what happens is this:
You eat only carbohydrates for breakfast. That gives you a lot of energy reserves, and gets your insulin production going. That'd usually mean that you're absorbing a lot, but since you'll be reasonably active during the day, the stuff in your blood will get burned before it goes to your thighs.

Eat whatever you want for lunch.

No carbohydrates for dinner. You wanna starve your body a little. Eat as much protein as you like, but no fat or carbohydrates. No chocolate, no bread. Nothin'. What that'll do is get your body to start producing glucagon, which'll circulate in your bloodstream and cause your fat reserves to start breaking down. That'll keep happening all night, and your sleeping body will keep using the energy.

Basically, during the day you run on what you eat, during the night, you run on your reserves.
I guess you could say you're losing weight
*sunglasses*
in your sleep!

...

No, seriously, though, the science is sound. And dad actually did this, is still doing it, to great success. He says he feels great.

Forgot what it's called, but if you don't mind eating nothing but steak for dinner, this might be an option.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by Lev

Fit = capable of performing tasks. If you can perform tasks better, longer and more reliably without your body having to take its reserves from other areas of the body you are more fit.
Increasing your stamina is not irresponsible.

It sure is.

[Hanuman]

Red meat generally has a fair bit of fat in it.

[McTahr]

Originally Posted by Seil

'Cause what I've been doing is skipping breakfast

No no bad horrible ragequit.

You want your metabolism to run steadily, not stall and stop and slowly crawl every once in a while. Skipping breakfast pretty much means it's effectively doing jack until you get some lunch.

[Azisien]

Originally Posted by Lev

Uh, no. High GI foods will do this, not protein.

I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. Protein in the morning is great for you. Not that you should be eating steak at 7am, but it's the perfect time for a protein shake or some eggs.

What does suck, is skipping any meal ever. Don't skimp on protein and fat, cut carbohydrates for calorie control purposes. Of course all this minor differentiation of foods isn't going to make it or break it for you in the end. I think the only absolute in dieting and exercise at all is that your total intake just has to be less than your daily output as far as energy is concerned. Really it doesn't matter if your diet consists entirely of doughnuts, vitamin issues aside, so long as you only eat like maybe two a day. Don't do that though.

Eat when you are hungry and stop when you aren't. Exercise. Watch number on scale drop. Exercise harder or eat less when if it does not drop. I wouldn't exceed more than 2lbs of weight loss per week but that's just me. As far as Shiney was saying, you have to starve yourself quite a bit to go into "conservation mode." The reason 1-2lbs a week is good is it means your caloric deficit is relatively small, but steady.

[Darth SS]

Here's what you do if you need to drop 15 lbs...

Lose 10 pounds by the methods suggested by previous posters. Then get into a sweatshirt and sweatpants, grab an exercise bike and go into a sauna. Ride the exercise bike until you have dropped five pounds. BOOM, goal achieved. Now go and stick an IV in yourself to replenish the massive amount of water weight you just sweated out.

[Nikose Tyris]

There are a number of ways to achieve weight loss without worrying about muscle gain right now- And if you just want the weight down, Muscle Gain should be the last thing on your mind, since it will make your weight go up. Healthy weight, but weight none the less.

1) 3 healthy meals a day. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

2) Remove Fats and Sugars significantly from your diet. Drink water for a beverage, cut back on meats (Eat Ham that's clearly labelled as fat free for dinner, and Eggs for breakfast. You absolutely need your protein. Eggs and Ham aren't expensive.)

3) Depending on your dire need to lose weight, you can look up a healthy "Soup" that will give you your diet needs. I don't recommend this- using a specific food in a small portion to assist in weight gain, and then changing off it, doesn't help at all in my opinion. I gain it right back in a couple weeks after I stop the soup diet.

4) Lunch should be open to you. Pick something reasonable, but make your lunch your "Cheating" time. Grab a burger or a slice of pizza with your friends. Make a mental note to burn the calories away later by going for a long walk, or riding your bike around town. Don't remain stationary on a computer.


4 is important. Nobody is made of steel, and having a reasonable "This is my treat for today" is important. It slows progress, but if you're responsible even with your treats, you'll see weight loss.

Following these steps, I've lost 45 lbs now. I'm still trying to lose a bit more, but I've gotten lazy lately. I need to go walking more. These are full disclosure on how I've been living the last... two and a half months or so.

Edit: Fuck Rice and Potatoes. Starchy foods are the ENEMY. If you have trouble pooping, add a glass of prune juice to the mix with dinner.

[Fenris]

Originally Posted by Nikose Tyris

Eggs and Ham aren't expensive.

What if they're green?

[Kurosen]

I would hate that post more, but I love that the smiley is looking right at Fenris's completely unamused avatar too much to hate it at all.

[Token]

Originally Posted by Kurosen

I would hate that post more, but I love that the smiley is looking right at Fenris's completely unamused avatar too much to hate it at all.

Do what I do, and just settle for hating Fenny.