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Congratulations! This does not validate eating below 1200 calories. Please note that he was being closely supervised by a physician who was ensuring his safety and healthy on a monthly basis. It would be irresponsible for someone to try this on their own with such extreme parameters (the amount of weight lost in this short…
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Depends on your type of workout and what your nutritional needs are after a workout... -More cardio intensive workouts I go with 2:1:1 Recovery by Optimum Nutrition. 30 servings per tub, $40-49. You can mix with any type of milk or just water. 210 calories + whatever you mix it in. The cheaper version would be chocolate…
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You've start your 1st post by listing a few fads in dieting, and throwing out that you're eating below a healthy point and working out hard... You can't blame us for questioning your methods either seriously or like many have in what you are reading as a "mean" way. I've seen people do all of these things (juice fasts,…
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Interval training... Get the most out of your cardio workout by introducing some intervals... 30 seconds running hard, 30 seconds walking, alternating or something similar. This will help you burn more calories. As for the 15 lbs in a month and a half it'll be difficult but attainable, you'll have to be strict on the diet,…
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Diet: Eat at a calorie deficit (for weight loss to lose the fat), increase the protein (to sustain lean muscle) Exercise: a mix of cardio (again for fat loss) and weight/resistance training (to sustain lean muscle) Its very difficult to put on any real muscle while eating at a weight loss deficit, but your goal is to keep…
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The science behind it is that whey protein is a very fast absorbing protein. Its is particularly good after weight lifting workouts because your muscles need an influx of protein to help start the muscle rebuilding (repair and new muscle tissue growth) processes. The faster digesting, the faster it gets to the muscles to…
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Also, its probably better to get your nutrients through solid, clean, wholesome foods and supplement with shakes/powder when you can't meet your goals through your normal eating.
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You would be better off taking a combination of protein and carbohydrates. I tend to use Optimum Nutrition's 2:1:1 product after cardio... or you could just eat some carbs with your protein shake (ideal ratio after cardio is 4g carbs:1 g protein). Chocolate Milk is a good source of this actually.
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Replace chips with baked chips, or pop chips, or healthier versions. Replace regular soda with diet soda, or even flavored water additives. Then slowly go to water all together. The way to be successful isn't to "diet" but to change your lifestyle, and how and what you eat. The other issue with chips tends to be portion…
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I think theres a happy medium between the perceived insensitive jerks and the people who are 100% understanding. Obviously counting calories has triggered something for you that is very negative. This is not a normal response, and you seem to understand there is an underlying problem that needs to be resolved. I hope for…
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They make plenty of non-sugar additive, low-cal drink mixes that you can put into your water to make it taste like something. I normally drink water, but have tried a ton of the "energy" branded powders you mix with water to replace my former soda addiction. I started with sugar and caffeine ones, but found out there are…
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I think this has been stated in multiple posts above but to summarize. 1) You exercise to not only allow yourself to eat more calories, but to be fit and healthy. Also exercise and resistance training helps to tone and build muscle (which in turn raises your metabolism, will help your skin keep its elasticity if you are…
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Looking at Day 4 of C25K, your HRM burn seems really high... the Treadmill burn by experience is probably a little low, so you're somewhere in the middle if I had to guess... You might look at your HRM data and see if the data looks realistic or if its spiking all over the place and showing numbers pushing 200 BPM (this…
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Please don't take this in a negative and hateful way, its not the intention... but EAT! Seriously, 9 months into this and 80+ lbs down you realize that undereating is a problem. You won't lose weight faster, and even if you do, your body is breaking down lean muscle, not fat (I assume most of you want to lose fat lbs). Now…
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This... same crazy voice, problem is I can't make it stop. Used to be, "just get to 1 mile" and has suddenly turned into "just a 5k today, weak... maybe you should at least ride the bike for another few miles"
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First off, congratulations! I know running my first 5k was a huge goal for me (so much so, I ran it on a very badly sprained ankle with more wraps and brace than a PT would even know what to do with, not smart, wouldn't ever advise it but I wasn't going to miss that major milestone for anything) and I worried leading up to…
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Whole grain pasta, low fat sauce, and lean protein. Examples: Whole grain rotini, low fat alfredo, baked chicken breast Whole grain spaghetti, marinara, turkey sausage Also eat some lowfat yogurt or a wheat crust pizza with some lowfat cheese and lean meat (bbq chicken is my favorite on whole wheat crust or a flatbread…
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Their first session is almost full (except on sundays which is one of the days they do their recreational 6s). I would play, but I have co-ed soccer on sundays in carmel that runs in the same time period. If you get a team together and need someone here and there i'd come out if it worked with my soccer schedule that week!…
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This... all this. If you are just starting out you can choose to take 1 of 2 approaches... 1. weigh yourself weekly, this way you will see progress through the fluctuations that happen throughout the week OR 2. weigh yourself more often and realize your bodyweight will fluctuate for any number of reasons and it might help…
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Also assuming the goal here is weight loss to help with avoiding diabetes... This seems to be a pretty simplistic diet, and probably very low in calories. That would be my bigger concern that you are eating at a huge deficit from what your body needs, not so much on the protein (although it might help slow down the…
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Yes... Worth the $. People talk about the inaccurate results, but I haven't seen that. Actually quite the opposite, I've seen my Fitbit One be accurate up to .01 miles on a 3 mile run on a treadmill. As for counting steps while you sleep, maybe you should investigate why you're moving so much in your sleep! But my theory…
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You can let your fitbit track, or you can just keep track of the time (start and stop the activity counter) and then go enter your HRM calorie burn online for whatever activity online during that time and it will override the fitbit data and everything will sync well. I've stuck to using MFP for food and Fitbit for…
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Where are you looking to play? CCA Sports does leagues in Fishers on some really nice sand courts
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I would frequently leave Rocktape on for days at a time (I think they advertise 4-5 days, but I stuck to more like 3-4) which helps lower the total cost as well. I tended only to change it after my soccer days which ends up being sweatier than a normal run or gym workout. It survives in the shower fine as well although I…
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Bump to watch this on a computer that doesn't have youtube blocked...
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I second KT Tape (Rocktape is actually a better product but you have to cut it instead of having the handy strips, but it adheres way better if the tape is going to be subjected to water or sweat) as an injury treatment method. I spent a decent amount of $$$ on tape for a handful of months but it allowed me to continue to…
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Food Scale, HRM, Fitbit One, Fitbit Aria (the connectivity and automatic posting keeps me honest and accountable)... I also found a nice pair of headphones got me to start running as I only let myself use them for exercising!
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Seriously? The video game can wait... it'll still be there after your done... that's why they make pause buttons... ALL OF THE PRECEDING STATEMENTS
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The best way to lose the weight and slim down will be to gain some lean muscle along with eating at a deficit, resistance training achieves this goal which is why people are suggesting it. As for the calorie numbers: honestly, look at the road map 2.0 to get an idea of what the numbers say you should be eating, but get a…
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SW: 255 (Guessed on 5/3/12) CW: 186.1 (Now have a Fitbit Aria, no more guessing) GW: ??? (currently set @ 180, but better goal is 12% BF) Before - 2010, and maybe not even my biggest (255+): Last Week (187):
