silly question about weight loss, bear with me....

Cutting 500 calories per day and an extra workout should help.. But i think it also depends in what form those 500 calories comes in..
What do you eat on a regular basis?
Breakfast?
Lunch?
Dinner?

Do you have these 3 meals everyday? Do you eat small meals in between? Do you snack before bedtime?

 

1500kcal is far too low.

 

Yeah dude, you are on the right track. Dont drop your calories too low depending on how your body reacts to your workouts. As long as you eat clean foods... keep your sugar intake low becuase that will create excessive bloating, and consumer a moderate amount of lean protein.. chicken, fish, lean beef. Load up on veggies... can never have too many veggies. try to eat them raw becuase cooking will reduce the nutritional value. Consider adding more running into your routine. Doesnt have to be a killer 5k run every time. But if you can make time for, lets say, 1.5 miles a day 4 days out of the week, you will see results. Running in the most effective form of cardio and uses every muscle in the body... burns the most amout of calories than any other form or cardio, and keep your metabolic rate high long after you are done with your run. Get a good amount of rest each night as rest s crucial in muscle recovery. But not matter what, diet is always the #1 ingredient to succesful weight loss. You have to eat to lose weight. Throw in a snack between each meal... perhaps a serving of vegetables, just to give your metabolism something to burn. You want your metabolism to work as long as possible throughout the day and if you allow too much time between meals, it will slow down and stop burning. Try to get the majority of your carbs in during the earlier part of the day (breakfast in particular) and as the day goes on, rely on protein and healthy fats and of course veggies to fuel your body. Im a personal trainer and fitness enthusiast so if you have any questions drop me a line.

 

you don't need to explicitly count your calories, etc. It'll only make your life way harder.

For permenant weight loss, i would suggest you take a slow and sustainable route. Eat healthy (stay away from oily food, chocolate, generally food which nutritional value do not match their calories ) avoid the beers and make sure you eat only till you are 80% full.

The reason why i suggest not to count your calories is because it's gonna make your weight loss very tough. Based on my experience, i felt very restricted and my mood was affected. It seemed like i placed myself in a mental jail and calorie counting was just driving me nuts. From time to time i couldn't take it and went binging which of course affected my weight loss progress..

Also, keep active. Exercise daily, preferably a variation of exercises if you get bored easily. ( Running, skipping, swimming ,cycling )

and btw, 1500 cal goal is way too low, do go for too drastic changes because most likely u will give up.

 

I lost 17 kg over the last 8 months through boxing and dieting. I worked out roughly 4-6 days a week, about 2-2.5 hours a day. I used a calorie counting app at first to get a general idea on how many calories I was eating. I was eating roughly 1700-2000 calories a day and kept the foods I ate during the week pretty consistent. I stopped counting calories after that since they pretty much stayed the same. On weekends I ate pretty much whatever (reasonable amounts) and also drank beer every once in awhile, but got back to my routine during the week.

I recently stumbled across this from the bodybuilding.com forums. You might find it helpful.

Link: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=121703981

 

I will never understand the concept of having a "cheat day". If you have a goal in mind to better yourself, no matter what that goal may be, why would you take a day off and allow youself a potentially large step back. Thats like a boxer dropping his hands cause he gets all cocky and then getting knocked the **** out in that one split second that he felt like showboating. I know everyone on this board can name an instance when they've seen that happen. Granted, Brand NOOBian did say "reasonable amounts", but if its "reasonable" then why even bother tempting yourself. Consistency does not afford time off, and you have to be consistent to reach your health goals.

 

Or he could get into the habit of tracking calories and include foods such as chocolate in moderation without restricting his food intake, which for a lot of times makes them much more prone to a binge.

Track calories, get sufficient protein & fat, get plenty of vitamins and minerals and most important avoid food avoidance.

 

Different strokes for different folks. I reached my goals even though I had "cheat days". I never saw eating food that tastes good once in a while as "tempting" myself. It's not like having the occasional burger/pizza/fried chicken/beer/etc. is gonna suddenly turn me into a junk-food eating, no exercise getting couch potato. A more appropriate analogy for this scenario would be a boxer winning a fight, taking a day or two off to relax and celebrate, and then getting back to work. But most of my "cheat" meals are meals I eat with other people who don't want to eat what I usually eat.

If having a cheat day significantly affects your motivation/weight loss and you don't have the will power to stay on your diet the other days of the week, then don't have cheat days. If you can have cheat days without them significantly affecting your progress, then it's not a big deal. Just my 2 cents speaking from my experience.

 

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/breaking-news-carb-backloading-actually-works-162166.htm

 

You know what all of these carb timing protocols tell us? It doesn't make a difference when you eat them purely from a body composition standpoint.

 

ditch them beers man

alcohol makes you fat