New Year Dieters Beware!!!!

Mullerboy

For all you new year dieters out there please don't start you new year by extreme calorie cutting and reducing your protein and fat content in your diet as it will be a sure recipe for disaster. A word of advice......don't aim to lose more than a pound of weight per week and keep protein levels at approx. 1gram per pound of body weight. This level of protein in your diet has many fat melting effects that will help you in both your short and long term goals. Cut protein down to a minimum and following a calorie deficit diet will help you lose weight no problem ....the problem is you will be burning off a hell of a lot of muscle as well as fat. Most people didn't put on those extra pounds over the Christmas period....those extra pounds are an accumulation of excess calories over the course of months, years or decades. So why do we all strive to loose them within a month and then wonder why we fail through starvation and hunger pains. This is the classic recipe for a yo yo dieter where you end up heavier and bigger than when you first started.

Why does this happen you cry...!

Yo Yo dieters are strong people with willpower who fail through lack of knowledge!!!!!!! If I can pass on 1 tiny bit of knowledge to you it would be this..........

If you keep protein levels high and reduce calories to approx. 500 below maintenance you are on a winner. 1 gram of protein per bodyweight is considered a good target. You will not lose large amounts of muscle and but be burning the majority of your excess weight through bodyfat. Throw in a full body workout with weights 3 times a week and you will look more toned and leaner than you would by dramatically slashing your calories. You may even add muscle mass to you physique which guess what.......helps burn more calories and gets you to your weight loss goal FASTER........!.

In 2014 lose fat NOT MUSCLE.

JIM AKA MULLERBOYwink

nurseygirl84

Love your post!!! An aim we can all achieve...focus, focus, focus!

jhiggi83

Hitting 1 Gram of protein per pound of bodyweight is easier than a lot of people think. I eat 160-190 grams everyday while maintaining a 1600-1700 calorie diet. Its all about where your macros are coming from.

whitebalance

Whoa. A brand new MFP poster actually pushing something sensible, not a crazy fad diet or "cleanse?" It's finally happened... I've slipped and fallen into that alternate universe.

OP: Good on ya. :flowerforyou:

Denjo060

great advice

Ed98043

One gram of protein per pound of lean body mass is a better goal. A 300 lb overweight person certainly doesn't need 300 grams of protein a day. My LBM is about 107 lbs so I aim for that in grams. Unless I eat a 14 oz steak or something, it still takes a protein shake or two to hit that.

Mullerboy

Yes agreed...... guess I wasn't thinking of the 300lb person when I wrote this post thanks for the feedback

Jim

Mullerboy

Its not so much a diet people need its a lifestyle change !

maemae244

Thank you so much. I don't know much about dieting/fitness. I could really use some tips!