Weight Loss experts

[nabeelk]

Situation, after months of neglect I gained a fair bit of weight. To put things in perspective, I'm about 5'7 and 193lbs. What's a realistic weight I can hit by the end of the month, I have a prior commitment that'll last probably 4 hours a day, after that I'm basically up to anything...not looking to lift weights...I think I have a bad shoulder, losing fat is the best idea atm. Plus my target area is my stomach, it's really big all of a sudden...I didn't even know how this happened, I never had to watch my weight and now I do.

So, realistically If I was to excersise 8 hours a day plus weekends...what weight could I hit by September 1st 2007.

And if so, what do you reccomend. My gym will have a swimming pool (can't swim though), excersise bikes, weights, basketball court, tread-climber and some other things.

After September 1st, I don't really plan on excersising anymore because of school + freshman.


Thanks.

[trinh]

GOOD DIET is the only way for weight loss, with your current weight, you can hit the gym all day but still won't do it.
Try not to eat any carb (ie, pasta, rice, bread,.... anything that made from flour) for two week, then you'll know the differences. Eat fruits, veggie, and fishes for your daily energy.

DO NOT STARVE .

[df329]

i'm gonna disagree

you can eat whatever you want... you just gotta exercise a ton!

[nabeelk]

See the tough thing is...I eat Indian food. And I don't know how much calories are in so and so. We eat things like lentils, rice, curries (some yougurt based, some are like oil-based I think).

What target weight do you think I can hit?

[Kohanz]

8 hours per day in the gym is ridiculous overkill and something that you won't be able to sustain in the long run. If you want to make a change, you want to make a permanent lifestyle change, something you'll be able to do as you grow older.

Just try to get in a couple of hours of exercise in every day, not much more than that. Rest at least 1 day per week when you're starting out. Read through the weight-loss techniques sticky, it's made for people like yourself.

To lose fat, do cardio, and lots of it. Eat right, otherwise you won't see results. Even if you are eating Indian food, don't have huge portions, don't go for seconds, etc., stay away from anything sugary. Drink water as much as you can. Do not drink pop or juice or anything else sugary.

As for how much you can lose in a month, you can safely lose, at a maximum, 2.5 lbs. of fat per week, so 10 lbs. in a month is reasonable IF you work hard.

[nabeelk]

8 hours for a month, something I think I could do...I mean ya I'm going to take a break in between. Drink water, eat nuts/veg. It's just a matter of doing it, and finding the motivation. Always been the problem with many things.
I am more than certain that I cannot start excersising regurarly till April/May, I'd have to figure out if I could fit it in with my sked in University (starting 1st yr).

[Kohanz]

8 hours for a month, something I think I could do...I mean ya I'm going to take a break in between. Drink water, eat nuts/veg. It's just a matter of doing it, and finding the motivation. Always been the problem with many things.
I am more than certain that I cannot start excersising regurarly till April/May, I'd have to figure out if I could fit it in with my sked in University (starting 1st yr).

8 hours a day is just not smart. As one experienced poster around here likes to say "Work smart, not just hard" (paraphrasing). At your level, you're begging for burnout, muscle loss, and at worst, a bad injury due to fatigue.

Your body can only lose so much fat at a time, you can't just put as much work in as you can and your body will be able to handle it. If you do 8 hours of exercise in a day (given your current statistics you gave for height and weight, pardon me if I'm extremely skeptical about your ability to exercise for 8 hours a day, and if you can, I would question the intensity of your workouts), you will do more than you need to lose fat, and the rest of your workout will just be fed by your body breaking down your muscles and using them for fuel. Is that something you want?

Do 1-hour of cardio, 4-6 times a week, and you'll be doing more than enough.

[trinh]

The key to loosing weight is calories reduction. Exercises does help, but without proper DIET, it won't.

[Hunt]

From what I can get out your posts Nabeelk, you're not ready for the commitment for such a weight loss. Realistically, if you were to do everything near perfection, you could probably drop 4-5lbs a week. But, you definitely are not ready for something like this.

It would entail getting a perfect diet(what your family eats isn't perfect), and a very well thought out and time training program of both cardio and resistance training.

I noticed in the career forums you posted another similar thread about making a certain amount of cash in a certain period. I don't think you understand the dedication required. Try going to the gym for 8 hours a day for 3 days straight, you'll know what I mean.

Setting unrealistic goals does nothing more than set yourself up for failure. Train smart and sustainable. School is no excuse for not exercising! If you can't budget your time to study and exercise, good luck with your current goals.

I'm very blunt about this topic because I have a lot of experience with it.

[d0fuz]

From what I can get out your posts Nabeelk, you're not ready for the commitment for such a weight loss. Realistically, if you were to do everything near perfection, you could probably drop 4-5lbs a week. But, you definitely are not ready for something like this.

It would entail getting a perfect diet(what your family eats isn't perfect), and a very well thought out and time training program of both cardio and resistance training.

I noticed in the career forums you posted another similar thread about making a certain amount of cash in a certain period. I don't think you understand the dedication required. Try going to the gym for 8 hours a day for 3 days straight, you'll know what I mean.

Setting unrealistic goals does nothing more than set yourself up for failure. Train smart and sustainable. School is no excuse for not exercising! If you can't budget your time to study and exercise, good luck with your current goals.

I'm very blunt about this topic because I have a lot of experience with it.


:arrowu:
It is so true... So what if you will lose some weight before school? You will gain it all back after you stop exercising. Yes you can change your diet but from the sound of your commitment it doesn't seem so. I see so many wanting to lose weight and also wanting to gain muscle but they all give up 2 weeks in. Honestly look in the mirror and seriously ask yourself, do you really want to lose that gut. Are you willing to give up time and whatever it takes to get your desirable goal? Losing weight isn't a magic trick. And please don't even tell me or anyone here on the fitness forum that you don't have time. I had one hectic schedule during my first year of university. I still fit in at least an hour a day, and this was between classes.

http://www.skwigg.com/id13.html

A good read for you, and to anyone thats been keeping fit.

[nabeelk]

From what I can get out your posts Nabeelk, you're not ready for the commitment for such a weight loss. Realistically, if you were to do everything near perfection, you could probably drop 4-5lbs a week. But, you definitely are not ready for something like this.

It would entail getting a perfect diet(what your family eats isn't perfect), and a very well thought out and time training program of both cardio and resistance training.

I noticed in the career forums you posted another similar thread about making a certain amount of cash in a certain period. I don't think you understand the dedication required. Try going to the gym for 8 hours a day for 3 days straight, you'll know what I mean.

Setting unrealistic goals does nothing more than set yourself up for failure. Train smart and sustainable. School is no excuse for not exercising! If you can't budget your time to study and exercise, good luck with your current goals.

I'm very blunt about this topic because I have a lot of experience with it.

That's something I can't control..they eat Indian food, we're Indian. If you guys could perhaps give me a list of recipes suitable for a goal like this, yeah I'd go out and buy it, I could probably cook it myself.

I want to spend 8 hours there, there is a basketball court there, swimming pool, etc. I am working with a friend, so it's not 8h continuously...we'll probably talk for an hour or two.

I have August to do whatever I want, upper year students tell me it's difficult for me to fix working out in my sked.

I understand, I've watched the shows on Life Network, Taking it Off, X-Weighted. They take a year to 6 months...I know I'm not going to lose 50lbs. I'm just thinking that I shed some weight...I can probably excersise more effectively once I get this weight off.

Going to reply a bit more later on.

[Kohanz]

1) I want to spend 8 hours there, there is a basketball court there, swimming pool, etc. I am working with a friend, so it's not 8h continuously...we'll probably talk for an hour or two.

2) I have August to do whatever I want, upper year students tell me it's difficult for me to fix working out in my sked.

3) I understand, I've watched the shows on Life Network, Taking it Off, X-Weighted. They take a year to 6 months...I know I'm not going to lose 50lbs. I'm just thinking that I shed some weight...I can probably excersise more effectively once I get this weight off.

Going to reply a bit more later on.

1) Like I said, don't workout more than a couple of hours total (real workout time), any more than this, and you're likely doing more harm than good (muscle loss).

2) It is difficult, I can't say I worked out all that regularly in Uni, but it's definitely possible; I know a lot of guys who did work out regularly. What really is the problem in Uni most of the time is diet though. People don't eat right when they're stressed out by school.

3) It sounds cliche, but this won't work unless you approach it as a total and permanent lifestyle change. I've seen those shows too and to be honest, a lot of the people on them don't have the dedication needed to succeed. It sure does make for good TV though...

[CouchPotato]

I think you need to educate yourself on how to eat.

It would be impossible to tell you everything you need to know in just some board postings and it would also be doing the topic a disservice to try.

Go to chapters and buy a book or two on nutrition. Or try to find the e-book "Burn the fat, Feed the Muscle" by Tom Venuto. It's quite popular.

Instead of working out for 8 hours, spend 4-5 of those hours reading up on diet and exercise. The knowledge can be applied for life - while you are in school and beyond.

I don't think Indian food, per se, makes one fat. However, you do need to learn *how* to eat it, including how much to eat, how to choose between the stuff that's on the table and when to eat. Reading some books will help with that.

It won't be the optimal diet, but it will be a big improvement.

[Hunt]

That's something I can't control..they eat Indian food, we're Indian. If you guys could perhaps give me a list of recipes suitable for a goal like this, yeah I'd go out and buy it, I could probably cook it myself.

Diet is crucial to weight loss, skipping this part will have a huge impact on your weight loss. Always eating high carb meals (rice, pasta, etc) is not the way to lose weight.

You'll have to make compromises. If you're serious, you'll find a way. If you're not, it's just another excuse. Check out the recent posts in the weight loss techniques thread. Take a look at what Couchpotato is eating, that'll give you an idea. You've got to do your own research too though, don't expect all the information to be handed to you on a silver platter.

Check out www.johnberardi.com/articles/ There's a couple very good sections on nutrition and recipes. It'll get you on track.



I want to spend 8 hours there, there is a basketball court there, swimming pool, etc. I am working with a friend, so it's not 8h continuously...we'll probably talk for an hour or two.

Your body won't be able to sustain working out for 8 hours. If you're exercing at the level where you're making improvements, you could only sustain that level for a few hours.




I have August to do whatever I want, upper year students tell me it's difficult for me to fix working out in my sked.

Well you don't have to fix working out, but just know that you have to make it to the gym that day. If you can't squeeze in 1hour 3-4 times a week, you won't succeed.



I understand, I've watched the shows on Life Network, Taking it Off, X-Weighted. They take a year to 6 months...I know I'm not going to lose 50lbs. I'm just thinking that I shed some weight...I can probably excersise more effectively once I get this weight off.

Watching shows like that give you a little idea of the whole picture. It's also one thing to know what to do, and another thing applying those principles.

[CouchPotato]

By the way, when I was in university, I didn't have a clue about diet and exercise. I was away from home for the first time and just ate whatever was being served in the cafeteria. There was lots of late night pizza involved too.

However, there were a couple of guys in my engineering class who were knowledgeable about these things and worked out regularly. It can be done!

My buddy worked out in high school, worked out in university, continued to work out while in med school. He's a full time doctor now, married with kids and still goes to the gym. For some people, exercise is a way of life.

[phucyall]

Here's the drill. The way you should look at things is like this.

Net Calories = Calories consumed - calories burned.

So let's say you eat 4000 calories a day and you burm 2500. The net calories/day for you is 1500. And this extra gets stored as fat for later use.
Now what you want is to have net calories negative. That means you use up more then you consume. When that happens, the body has to use up fat for energy. That's how you lose weight.

How you make it negative is up to you. You can consume less calories and do very little work and still get negative net calories. Or you can keep your diet the same and work out enough to make that number negative. Best way is both. Eat less and work out a lot more. Look into proper fat burning exercises. While they will all burn weight, some are more effective then others. Generally HIIT is great for general health and burning fat, but failing that you can just do jogging or stiarclimbing or whatever else your gym has.

[trinh]

I don't recommend HITT. HITT is usually good for people who are fit and know what they are doing.

[nabeelk]

Here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: I was on the train, ate about 8 baby carrots and a banana.

Lunch: Banana, 6 pcs of sushi (they were really small though, avacado) a bottle of water.

Snack around 4pm: A green apple and a banana.

Dinner aroud 7pm: A curry which had potatoes...now the about the serving size. It took me 1 pita to eat it, the ones you can buy at stores.

Drinking a 500mL bottle of water as we speak.


*Walked from Union Station to Queen's Park in the morning and then in the afternoon the other way around.
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Haven't ate anything since...I used to EAT AT NIGHT ALOT...I'd be eating till 11pm and after that I'd go to sleep by midnight.

If you guys want to keep hating just don't bother posting, if you can't even help me formulate a plan of any sort don't post then. I am going to see what amount of work I can get done on the 1st day of August, gradually I'll know my limit. If no one can atleast give me any sort of meal-plan...I'll just go mad anorexic then.


About working out during the school-year...see the problem with me is that I JUST can't balance school, play, and friends at the same time. I'm going to ask my parents if I can live close to school, hence more closer to school gym...otherwise I'd be commuting 40 minutes.

BTW...the excersise I did for the past 8 months was a 35 min walk home, and I'd play basketball 3 v 3 pretty much every Friday in the warm months for about 1.5h

[poedua]

I don't recommend HITT. HITT is usually good for people who are fit and know what they are doing.

+1

[Kohanz]

I don't see any "hating" in this thread. I see a ton of weight loss "experts", as the OP asked for, giving out solid advice, and the OP spurning that advice because he thinks he already has it figured out...

[FerrisB]

There is a very simple formula for losing weight. You can exercise all you want, but if you're eating more when you do it you're still not going to lose weight. Your body only uses fat for energy when it's in a caloric deficit.

If you think you're going to lose all this weight in 30 days you're crazy. Aim for a MAXIMUM of 2lbs a week. (and that's with busting your ass and being extremely careful with your diet) but be happy with 1lb a week.

IMO you should have 4 goals when dieting.

1) Keep yourself in enough of a caloric deficit to lose the weight.
2) Keep your metabolism from dropping with exercise and proper meal intervals.
3) Minimize muscle loss with proper exercise, supplements and eating habits.
4) Have a long term plan for maintenance once you lose the weight.

It's not a quick fix. You're going to have to make permanent lifestyle changes. You need to research it and then make a plan.

Also, I disagree with everyone about no weightlifting. Cardio isn't nearly as effective for weight loss over weightlifting. Doing only cardio will result in lost muscle mass and a lower metabolism. Muscle burns calories while you're sleeping. I lost 30lbs in 12 weeks exercising 3x a week. I did a 3 day split weightlifting and then did 25 minutes HIIT. Intensity is everything, when I was done I was totally spent, my t-shirt was soaked right through.

I have to agree with the other poster though. You don't sound very serious about losing weight. You seem unwilling to research it. You want someone to PM you telling you what to eat!? There are loads of resources out there. http://johnstonefitness.com/ is a pretty good place to get info if you're willing to read and get on the forums.

[Shaner]

Do NOT spend 8 hours per day at the gym. That is far too long and you'll just burn yourself out. One hour is good if you're doing cardio, slightly longer is good if you're doing both cardio and weights (although it doesn't have to be longer).

Don't avoid carbs like a previous poster stated. That is an awful way of losing weight and not an effective long term strategy. Eat balanced meals with the majority of your calories coming from clean carbs (stay away from sugars).

Eat a lot of protein and a lot of fiber. Protein builds muscle and also burns the most calories when being digested (the body has to work harder to digest protein than carbs or fat). Fiber will not only clean out your system, but it will also make you feel full, causing you to eat less.

As with carbs, do not avoid fats. Some fats are good for you (the omega fats are really good for you). Avoid trans and saturated fats whenever possible.

Basically what I'm saying is eat healthy and work out for an hour per day and you'll lose weight. If you do much more you'll just burn yourself out.

Also, if you stop working out once school starts back up, you'll gain all the weight you lost (if you do in fact lose any) and it will be all for nothing. Being healthy is a lifestyle, not a fad.

[Hunt]

I'm not trying to 'hate' in this topic, I'm just giving you serious advice. If you can't take the criticism when asking for advice, I don't think you're ready for what it takes.

I've done the weight loss before, I've dropped 30lbs in 11 weeks for one competition, dropped 33lbs in 18 weeks in another. It's not an easy by any means.

Taking any shortcuts will slow your results dramatically. If it were easy, do you think North America would be so obese? It takes a serious commitment. I've given out so much weight loss advice (my friends/family come to me) since I've set an example. Now, when they hear about what I did, they want no part of it. All I did was keep on a strict diet and exercise plan. I still managed to get my engineering degree in between, play sports, party, and travel.

Until you're ready to commit to a lifestyle change, you won't make any permanent changes. Too many people are looking for quick fixes. It's not that easy. Believe it or not, it is simple in theory, it's just applying that theory is what's difficult.

You may want to talk to a specialized diet expert in your area. You could get a meal plan done which will take out all the guesswork. Stick to the plan, exercise, and watch the weight fade away.

As for FerrisB's comment about weightlifting, he's right on the button. Don't rule it out if you can do it.

[poedua]

I'm not trying to 'hate' in this topic, I'm just giving you serious advice. If you can't take the criticism when asking for advice, I don't think you're ready for what it takes.

I've done the weight loss before, I've dropped 30lbs in 11 weeks for one competition, dropped 33lbs in 18 weeks in another. It's not an easy by any means.

Taking any shortcuts will slow your results dramatically. If it were easy, do you think North America would be so obese? It takes a serious commitment. I've given out so much weight loss advice (my friends/family come to me) since I've set an example. Now, when they hear about what I did, they want no part of it. All I did was keep on a strict diet and exercise plan. I still managed to get my engineering degree in between, play sports, party, and travel.

Until you're ready to commit to a lifestyle change, you won't make any permanent changes. Too many people are looking for quick fixes. It's not that easy. Believe it or not, it is simple in theory, it's just applying that theory is what's difficult.

You may want to talk to a specialized diet expert in your area. You could get a meal plan done which will take out all the guesswork. Stick to the plan, exercise, and watch the weight fade away.

As for FerrisB's comment about weightlifting, he's right on the button. Don't rule it out if you can do it.

Well said.

[poedua]

If you guys want to keep hating just don't bother posting, if you can't even help me formulate a plan of any sort don't post then.

I am going to see what amount of work I can get done on the 1st day of August, gradually I'll know my limit. If no one can atleast give me any sort of meal-plan...I'll just go mad anorexic then.

About working out during the school-year...see the problem with me is that I JUST can't balance school, play, and friends at the same time. I'm going to ask my parents if I can live close to school, hence more closer to school gym...otherwise I'd be commuting 40 minutes.

As a newbie, I suggest you smarten up, stop getting defensive and have an open mind to the fact other people may know more about health and fitness than you do. I'd say 99% of those who post on this forum do so to provide helpful advice to those who are seeking it...like yourself.

So, when you ask for help from " weight loss experts " on this forum ...


" If I was to excersise 8 hours a day plus weekends...what weight could I hit by September 1st 2007. And if so, what do you reccomend. "


...be prepared for ' recommendations ' you may or may not want to hear.

You've been given some very sound advice from the likes of Hunt, Kohnaz, Shaner, FerrisB, CouchPotato and others.

And if you don't recognize that fact ...........then that speaks for itself IMO.

[samberkun]

first thing is only drink water and that is it. Trust me this will help a lot. You have to remember that drinking or eating tons of sugar is just like eating fat. Also watch out for curry they use a lot of cream in curry and that is very very fattening. Try using low fat yogurt or just spices. I do hiit and i dont find it bad but i use to be a sprinter and have played sports my whole life. Its very hard but hell it only takes 15 minutes so its worth it. My biggest advise to you is to eat as much fiber as you can. Go to the store and buy the presidents choice brand cereal or all brand. Make sure its original one not other sugary ones. Have a cup of this in the morning its about 210 calories and has 102% of your daily fibre intake. Fiber is what makes you feel full and you will be completely stuffed after this for good 4 hours. It doesn't even taste that bad either. Make sure you buy skim milk too! I suggest you lift weights though 1 or 2 times a week it helps fat lose to you burn ton of calories and the more muscle you have the more calories you burn. For dinner just have chicken breast salad and brown rice.

[df329]

just stop eating so much food... maybe have like 1 bowl of cereal / day and drink lots of water

[bionicbadger]

Step 1 - buy some garbage bags....:lol:

[poedua]

Step 1 - buy some garbage bags....:lol:

:rolleyes:

And when he does .......he can put this sort of advice in one.

[nabeelk]

I'm just trying to say, rather than hating on my plan. Just offer me some advice, rather than telling me the goal is unacheivable. e.g. what do I eat? what times to workout, help me set a schedule.

As for the Indian food thing, I think the Indian food you've seen at restaurants is generally fried, a cream-base or something unhealthy...on a day to day basis we eat lentils, rice, vegetables (okra, squash, peas, carrots) in some type of curry. So I hit the gym today.

I did about 45 mins of basketball, it wasn't full-court. 3 on 3 pickup. Then I thought I'd hit the excersise bike, went on for 10 mins....I didn't like it much. I felt as if I wasn't excersising because it was the bike where you can lay back. Then went on this machine, I think it was for people who are on the rowing team. What you do is sit...and pull this cord...with different resistance settings, I had it at 10...not sure if it was high or low. So yeah, did that for 20 mins. I SWEAT WAY TOO MUCH....something I've noticed.

I think if I moved closer to my school I could make this a weekly habit, or even a Friday Saturday thing.



Like I said....I have August to start my goal. Any other advice... I'm reading all the posts and slowly replying to them.

[nabeelk]

I'm not trying to 'hate' in this topic, I'm just giving you serious advice. If you can't take the criticism when asking for advice, I don't think you're ready for what it takes.

I've done the weight loss before, I've dropped 30lbs in 11 weeks for one competition, dropped 33lbs in 18 weeks in another. It's not an easy by any means.

Taking any shortcuts will slow your results dramatically. If it were easy, do you think North America would be so obese? It takes a serious commitment. I've given out so much weight loss advice (my friends/family come to me) since I've set an example. Now, when they hear about what I did, they want no part of it. All I did was keep on a strict diet and exercise plan. I still managed to get my engineering degree in between, play sports, party, and travel.

Until you're ready to commit to a lifestyle change, you won't make any permanent changes. Too many people are looking for quick fixes. It's not that easy. Believe it or not, it is simple in theory, it's just applying that theory is what's difficult.

You may want to talk to a specialized diet expert in your area. You could get a meal plan done which will take out all the guesswork. Stick to the plan, exercise, and watch the weight fade away.

As for FerrisB's comment about weightlifting, he's right on the button. Don't rule it out if you can do it.

I can take the criticism, but it felt like to me that you were just doubting everything and telling me that everything is wrong...rather than telling me how I can do it right.

Can't guy...I have a dislocated shoulder I think. And my back, neck, arms are really sore whenever I do it.

[df329]

fast

[Hunt]

I can take the criticism, but it felt like to me that you were just doubting everything and telling me that everything is wrong...rather than telling me how I can do it right.

Can't guy...I have a dislocated shoulder I think. And my back, neck, arms are really sore whenever I do it.


It's something you should get looked at then. Possibly phsysiotherapy would help the issue. I really feel like you're cutting yourself short. Shoulders are a very sensitive area though, so I can understand what you mean. Building your muscle will only help you in the future. If you just leave the issue, it could become much more of a problem later on down the road.

Either way, I'll post more specific advice tomorrow. I'll give you a few diet and cardio suggestions. You probably won't like it though, but it will be geared towards losing the most amount of weight in the shortest amount of time. If you continue exercising into the school year, it wouldn't have to be as disciplined, and you could take a much more moderated approach.

[whampoa]

OP, the way I see it, you can eat all the crap you want. The more calories you consume, the harder you've to workout, in order to burn those calories.

That been say, I won't suggest more than 1 hours a day for 5 days a week. You need atleast 1 day of rest for your body to recover.

Increase the level of intensity as you get progress through each level of your regiment.

Going to school is no excuse for not taking an hour of the day for a workout, swim or even a walk around the campus or the neighbourhood.

If that's even too much to ask, I suggest you forget this whole endeavour.

Workout is a state of mind, make it a daily routine, just like brushing your teeth in the morning or flossing it at night.

If you do that regularly each day, it makes you more determine than just set a goal for a period of time.

[sfu_lifer]

The most successful people I met in Uni worked out. They were at school 16 hours a day but they took a good 45 minutes daily to workout despite being in engineering/pre-med.
There've been studies that corroborate that working out makes your brain work more efficiently. So don't be stupid and just quit cold turkey once school starts.
That said, imho run and run lots. I lost about 12 lbs in 7 weeks with a combo of jogging every other day and cutting down on snacking. I also made a commitment not to snack or eat too much during dinner. I do have a larger breakfast compared to before and I think that's far healthier.
Good luck.

BTW, I'm in your height range, 5'7" and I'm down to 142 lbs.

[nabeelk]

The most successful people I met in Uni worked out. They were at school 16 hours a day but they took a good 45 minutes daily to workout despite being in engineering/pre-med.
There've been studies that corroborate that working out makes your brain work more efficiently. So don't be stupid and just quit cold turkey once school starts.
That said, imho run and run lots. I lost about 12 lbs in 7 weeks with a combo of jogging every other day and cutting down on snacking. I also made a commitment not to snack or eat too much during dinner. I do have a larger breakfast compared to before and I think that's far healthier.
Good luck.

BTW, I'm in your height range, 5'7" and I'm down to 142 lbs.

I'm not brilliant....at al. >:( I'm going to try in the first few weeks...maybe an hour every 2 days, more time on the weekends. I'll try running...I'm not good at it. Again, cause of the added bulkage....but I gotta put up and shut up.

Awesome results...but is 142 a little light :|

[poedua]

I'm not brilliant....at al. >:

Finally..........something I can agree with.:)

( I'm going to try in the first few weeks...maybe an hour every 2 days, more time on the weekends. I'll try running...I'm not good at it. Again, cause of the added bulkage....but I gotta put up and shut up.

Awesome results...but is 142 a little light :|

What's wrong with an hour of some sort of exercise ...every day ?

[Shaner]

You can't lift weights and you're not good at running?

You're selling yourself short. Either show some dedication or just forget about getting into shape. You're looking for an easy, short term method and there isn't one!

[df329]

i think you're fine if you just go to the gym 3x a week

[Shiifty]

Here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: I was on the train, ate about 8 baby carrots and a banana.

Lunch: Banana, 6 pcs of sushi (they were really small though, avacado) a bottle of water.

Snack around 4pm: A green apple and a banana.

Dinner aroud 7pm: A curry which had potatoes...now the about the serving size. It took me 1 pita to eat it, the ones you can buy at stores.

Drinking a 500mL bottle of water as we speak.


*Walked from Union Station to Queen's Park in the morning and then in the afternoon the other way around.

This sounds a very reasonable diet for someone who wants to lose weight. Combine this with a good solid exercise program (mostly cardio) and you can lose some weight. Generally 2-3 pounds a week is considered decent safe weight loss. Be strict about food intake, cheat maybe ONCE per week and for one meal. Don't eat late, and don't take seconds!

Do lots of cardio every day. A good hour of running or swimming, playing intense sports, etc. If you're really dedicated and watch what you eat, you MIGHT be able to lose 15+ pounds in the month. Realistically, it might be more like 10. But it should still be noticeable.

Don't stop when you go to school. Find a training buddy and hit the gym. You'll need it to work off all that gross res food... :cheesygri

[onehair]

This sounds a very reasonable diet for someone who wants to lose weight. Combine this with a good solid exercise program (mostly cardio) and you can lose some weight. Generally 2-3 pounds a week is considered decent safe weight loss. Be strict about food intake, cheat maybe ONCE per week and for one meal. Don't eat late, and don't take seconds!

Do lots of cardio every day. A good hour of running or swimming, playing intense sports, etc. If you're really dedicated and watch what you eat, you MIGHT be able to lose 15+ pounds in the month. Realistically, it might be more like 10. But it should still be noticeable.

Don't stop when you go to school. Find a training buddy and hit the gym. You'll need it to work off all that gross res food... :cheesygri

where did you get the sushi from and how much was it? :) i love sushi

[nabeelk]

If I keep doing the excersise bike, the stair-climber, and other machines that are leg-driven...would it make my legs skinny but leave my upper-body heavy? Thus causing joint-pain? I do use the rowing machine as well....but I find myself using leg-driven machines way too much.

[Kohanz]

If I keep doing the excersise bike, the stair-climber, and other machines that are leg-driven...would it make my legs skinny but leave my upper-body heavy? Thus causing joint-pain? I do use the rowing machine as well....but I find myself using leg-driven machines way too much.

No, don't worry about that. You can't spot-reduce fat.