Good first post, stick around!

Truth is, losing weight is all about diet, work out your daily needs in terms of calories, protein, fats, carbs, and reduce slightly, with exercise. After you stop seeing results, alter things I.E: lower your calories again, lower carbs, and us efats as fuel, your body digests fat easier, plus less sugar so it doesn't sit on you as much.

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Cheers mate.

Echoing what Chelios said, should have been a major thing in my post. Your diet is the most important. Take his advice and you will be loosing weight in no time. Im no expert in diets though.

We all forget things, I'm stupid especially like that haha.

If anyone wants diet help, I can help, example:

I'm 21 now, at 16 was 17 stone, fat, 42 waist.

Dropped to a 32 waist, now bulked, quite lean, strong, 34 waist, sort my diets myself, pretty decent knowledge.

We are a community, here to help each other, PUA terms, whatever terms.

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In regards to diet, in needs to be balanced. It should be 30% Fat, 30% carbs 40% Protein. You want to eat 4-6 meals a day as this will boost your metabolism.

In regards to how much you should eat. (calories)You need to to eat at least enough calories to meet the needs of your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). Put simple this is the number of calories that the body will use in a 24 hour period; suffiecient only for the function of our vital organs, heart, skin, muscles, nervous system etc. For men it is usually between 1800-2200 calories a day.

What happens when your calories intact is less then your BMR the body will be put under stress and will go into starvation mode, releasing enzymes that will store fat. This will change the fuel source the body will use for energy to amino acids (protein) therefore a decrease in muscle mass. Also slowing down you metabolsim

So therefore, if you want to PUT ON muscle mass you need to give your body extra fuel so your body has the energy to repair your muscles. So you need to eat more then your BMR. Also adding in calories for digestion and daily tasks..you really need to eat quite alot to put on muscle.

You can see why low calorie diets DO make you lose WEIGHT....that is not neccesarily fat. It is more likely to be a lose of MUSCLE! Which is not what you want.

This is why i dont believe or would I ever get a client to do a low calorie diet...I will add that this is NOT a quick fix! This is a long term fix, and will make it possible to keep yourself at a healthy weight. If you want to loose body fat and increase muscle mass (which is etreamly hard) I get my clients to cycle thier calorie intact. So for 5 days of the week eat you BMR calories (1800-2200) + calories needed for digestion (about 400). Then on your rest days, double your calorie intake. I have seen some good results using this method.

What to Eat? Keeping it simple...eat CLEAN! So cut out processed foods; high in salts and sugars, stay away from artificial sweetners and colours..Eat lots of green vegetables! they are packed full of vitamins and minerals. Like I said 4-6 meals a day, also 2-3L of water a day. Its all about balance as well, We live in the real world, and i dont expect anyone to eat perfectly, so if you wanna eat crap, you can, but try a limit it to once in a while!

This is a guide as to what sort of exercise routine you could use to help you with your goals

- Walk 30mins before breakfast each day (you can run if you like)
- 2 Full Body Resitance/Weight training sessions per week
- Maybe add some more cardio session if you like, things like pilates and yoga would be awesome, maybe 1-2 session per week.
- 2 Rest Days, on your rest days do 20-30min full body stretch

I know this is extreamly long winded, but I hope it helps. I think it was neccesary to explain it properly. I also hope this emphasises the importance of diet, which I believe will have account for around 70% results.

If any of it doesnt make sense, or u dnt agree, feel free to ask questions!

Good post L_G!

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I like this post thanks L_G, think my problem is now that I'm not getting enough calories per day. Fortunate for me, I consumed around 1900 calories today, but that's only because I fucked around and ate a slice of cake. My target caloric intake is around 2200 to maintain my weight. 1800 if I want to lose a reasonable pace. So I actually think I need to eat more than I'm eating. I currently attempt to break up my portions into 5 meals. But I might include a mid-day snack of like a protein bar or something. Something that'll help me keep going.

Now does the cutting of carbs include complex carbs? I don't know, letta guys know .

Carbs are carbs man, depends on what your targets are. Stick to wholgrain carbs mot of the time if possible, fruit and veg if you can hack them.

If your not reaching your caloric needs, add in a shake for 2, or a few glasses of milk.

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I think your problem can be remedied by just a few suggestions.

Eat beans in a couple of the meals (start with breakfast).
Cut out all grains from your diet (SPAM, rice, cereal, cakes, etc.).
No fruit or juice.
No Dairy
No potatoes.
Try 4 meals instead of 5
Drink water, lots of it
If you need a snack, eat leftovers or a handful of almonds.

Not to piss any one's pants, but take a look at Intermittent Fasting: http://www.Leangains.com
The whole bollocks about eating 4-6 times a day, every three hours etc. etc. Don't buy it.

Read up on it, try it, and if it suits you, keep it up.

(Basically this is the diet for those of us who skip breakfast.)

Hello twisted66,
I think that you should have some kind of the proper diet plan and make a routine for your health and fitness....
Drink excess water,
Eat fresh veggies,
Fruit juices also helps you,
Have a fat burner like green tea,
Avoid cheese and protein's rich foods....
Do cardio exercise's and swimming help's you more....

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