I need to lose 30lbs, and mostly belly fat from 20 years of beer.

anthonymabin51

Hi, My name is Anthony, I ran into a NSNG diet, that means no sugar and no grains, and it also says no potatoes and no chili beans, this is hard for me to adapt to but the biggest problem I have with it, is it says, exercise doesn't matter and doesn't help you lose weight...i disagree with that....if anyone has anything to say about that....and I'm looking for fitness friends for advice.

AnvilHead

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10672126/belly-fat#latest

bpetrosky

Exercise is not required, but it can help. Weight loss comes down to a calorie deficit. You can eat less or move more to achieve that deficit, or do a little of both.

The bigger bit of nonsense is that you must cut out sugar and grains. What's wrong with chili beans? Silly arbitrary restrictions don't teach you anything about how to achieve and maintain a sustainable deficit.

amusedmonkey

Exercise is not the part I disagree with the most because it may or may not help with weight loss.

The part I disagree with is the restrictions. Grains can be healthy and filling. Beans can be healthy and filling. Some sugar-containing foods can be healthy and filling. Restricting these is arbitrary and unnecessary unless you're trying for a low carb approach.

ccsernica

As they say, you can't outrun your fork. Weight loss is at least 80% controlling your calories. Exercise can indeed help, and can do a lot to improve your health, but I think the point they're trying to make, that for weight loss you can't count on exercise alone, is correct. Unlike their dietary recommendations, which are silly. Just eat less. Use the MFP app to track your intake, weigh your portions, and eat food you like while you do it. The weight will come off.

There is, unfortunately, no way to target fat loss from a specific area of your body. But if you tend to store most of your fat around your middle, that's also where you'll tend to lose it too.

AnvilHead

You've gotten some replies in your other virtually identical posts in different forums which might be helpful:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10672130/i-need-to-lose-30lbs-and-mostly-belly-fat-from-20-years-of-beer#latest

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10672128/i-need-to-lose-30-lbs#latest

bpetrosky

Stop running into weird diets.

Put your stats into MFP and eat to the target it gives you. Get a food scale if you don't have one.

mookmook612

What’s the idea calories per day for a 200lbs female?

MichelleSilverleaf

mookmook612 wrote: »

What’s the idea calories per day for a 200lbs female?

Depends on height, age, activity level and desired weight loss. If you're looking for calories for yourself, plug all that information into MFP and see what number it gives you (understanding that 2lbs/week may be unnecessary).

Danp

I once came across a weight loss equation that said losing weight is:
85% what you eat
10% moving more
5% structured exercise.

Seems to align pretty well with my experience at least

tennisdude2004

A calorie deficit is all that is needed to lose weight.

I would suggest if you are looking a diet model that ‘off the bat’ you feel will be hard to adapt to then it’s probably not the right model. You should maybe choose a calorie counting/moderation style model and see how that works!

kommodevaran

Is this the new Bob Marley song?

WholeFoods4Lyfe

Weight loss is 80-85% diet. You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.

tbright1965

anthonymabin51 wrote: »

Hi, My name is Anthony, I ran into a NSNG diet, that means no sugar and no grains, and it also says no potatoes and no chili beans, this is hard for me to adapt to but the biggest problem I have with it, is it says, exercise doesn't matter and doesn't help you lose weight...i disagree with that....if anyone has anything to say about that....and I'm looking for fitness friends for advice.

Let's do the math here.

You gained only 30 pounds in 20 years of beer drinking right? At least that is your claim.

OK, figure a typical beer has 150-200 calories / 12 oz serving. The typical pound of fat is 3500 calories.

If you gained 1.5 pounds a year, that's about 5250 calories extra. Not bad. That's what a case of beer a year or about one beers worth of excess calories/week.

If you drank 1 less beer each week, you would not only stop gaining at that rate, but probably reverse and lose at the rate of 1.5 pounds a year, give or take.

What I'm trying to say is if you gained weight at that slow pace, starting from a healthy body weight, you really don't have much to change.

Drink 1 less beer / week to maintain. Drink 24 fewer beers for every pound you wish to lose.

Don't replace them with some food or soda, drink water.

30 pounds gained over 20 years is really no big deal and, unless you have serious health issues, you probably don't need heroic efforts. Just some minor changes to drop those 30 pounds over the course of a year.

Just my thoughts.