What's a good way to lose weight?

[Koroviev]

It can also depend on your body type. I cannot lose weight, I've tried and everything I did made me gain weight (going to the gym twice a week, running everyday, eating healthy) not to mention the exorcise made me feel like shit. So I said screw it sat on my ass all day eating potato chips for a meal and lost more weight and felt better.

Exercise does tend to increase weight at first. The reason for this is that muscle weighs more than fat. The difference is that a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat. This is why a body builder can weigh a ton and yet still be in excellent shape.

 

[Skaven252]

Fact #1: There's no such thing as "spot reducing" (that is to say, losing only belly fat). Your body stores fat a certain way

The one exception to this rule is visceral fat (fat around your intestines). If you consume a lot of carbs that keep your insulin skyrocketing, your liver works hard to convert them into triglycerides, which it then dumps around the intestines via the vena porta. This is what "beer gut" is all about: high carbohydrate load (especially fructose) leads to a big belly. This will lead to insulin resistance, and eventually hyperinsulinemia, metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes.

The most efficient way to improve body composition and burn fat is to switch to a paleo / ketogenic diet (daily calories come 70% from fat, 20% from protein and 10% or less from carbohydrates). This keeps your insulin levels under control (naturally low) and your body gets more adapted to burning fat as the primary source of energy. You will feel less hungry, and eat less without consciously having to limit your eating.

The only problem is that it takes quite a bit of effort and knowledge to do the diet right. You have to know what to get rid of in your diet, and what to replace it with. Also, you'll have to do a lot of cooking on your own.

A good (albeit thick) book to start with: Gary Taubes: Good calories, bad calories.

P.S. Excercise is an extremely poor way to lose weight in terms of calories - it will only make you more hungry. The objective of exercise should not be to just burn calories. The goal should be to increase your cardiovascular fitness level and improve your muscle tone. These will both lead to better body composition. You may start to notice that 'weight loss' alone is a pretty pointless goal.

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

eat less, and to lose belly fat, do lots of push ups.


PUUUUUUUUUUUUSH UUUUUUUUUUUUUPS

dont obsess over weight loss though

 

[Foobula]

Doing almost anything other than being on the internet comes to mind

 

[Hosker]

Only eat when you are hungry.

 

[Koroviev]

Doing almost anything other than being on the internet comes to mind

The Internet can be a good distraction from food. However, it would be bad if he browsed the Internet while snacking on, say, cheetos.

 

[Foobula]

Doing almost anything other than being on the internet comes to mind

The Internet can be a good distraction from food. However, it would be bad if he browsed the Internet while snacking on, say, cheetos.

I concede

 

[Alex Berry]

These are all good, but the staple of any workout routine is consistency consistency consistency. Even if you don't feel like it that day, do it anyway.

 

[Frostwhisper21]

Workout full-body for 30-45minutes three times a week. This does not include warm-up and down. No more than 2 minutes of rest. If you don't sweat you're doing it wrong. This also does not include cardio, which you can do at your own leisure.

Eat a 250-500 calorie deficit each day. Very easy if you just cut out a daily food that is an empty calorie(such as soda or candy or chips).

Eat 1:1 ratio of protein to body weight. The amount should be 1 gram of protein for each pound you weigh (your weight or target weight, if you're really fat).

Easy. Slow. Safe. No stupid "take the stairs and park farther" tricks. And this works towards FAT loss, not WEIGHT loss. Most diets stupidly destroy your muscle. My first one sure did and it made me look fatter than I did 20 pounds ago.

 

[Davey Woo]

If your journey (to wherever) can be walked, walk there.
I walk 4 miles every day (2 miles to college, 2 miles back) and I eat really bad food, but don't put on any weight. In fact I'm actually really skinny.

 

[SimuLord]

Fact #1: There's no such thing as "spot reducing" (that is to say, losing only belly fat). Your body stores fat a certain way

The one exception to this rule is visceral fat (fat around your intestines). If you consume a lot of carbs that keep your insulin skyrocketing, your liver works hard to convert them into triglycerides, which it then dumps around the intestines via the vena porta. This is what "beer gut" is all about: high carbohydrate load (especially fructose) leads to a big belly. This will lead to insulin resistance, and eventually hyperinsulinemia, metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes.

The most efficient way to improve body composition and burn fat is to switch to a paleo / ketogenic diet (daily calories come 70% from fat, 20% from protein and 10% or less from carbohydrates). This keeps your insulin levels under control (naturally low) and your body gets more adapted to burning fat as the primary source of energy. You will feel less hungry, and eat less without consciously having to limit your eating.

The only problem is that it takes quite a bit of effort and knowledge to do the diet right. You have to know what to get rid of in your diet, and what to replace it with. Also, you'll have to do a lot of cooking on your own.

A good (albeit thick) book to start with: Gary Taubes: Good calories, bad calories.

P.S. Excercise is an extremely poor way to lose weight in terms of calories - it will only make you more hungry. The objective of exercise should not be to just burn calories. The goal should be to increase your cardiovascular fitness level and improve your muscle tone. These will both lead to better body composition. You may start to notice that 'weight loss' alone is a pretty pointless goal.

Ketogenic diets are a damn fine way to give yourself a host of ailments---from bad breath ("Atkins breath") to ketoacidosis. To advocate such a diet on an online forum is irresponsible, reckless, and dangerous, and flies in the face of everything that EVERY clinical nutritionist and registered dietitian I've ever talked to (five so far, including my college professor for Nutrition, the class I took for my science requirement) says is consistent with good health.

Doctors HATE ketogenic diets---real doctors, not "holistic medicine" quacks or whatever the alternative community's calling itself these days.

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME, OP.

 

[are.you.the.god.its.me.vader]

Eating less.

 

[Sebenko]

Eat less.

 

[twistedheat15]

hmm ya could get addicted to crack for a while. that'll do wonders for weight loss.

 

[The Human Torch]

Eat right, work out four times a week (combination of cardio and weight lifting) and you are going to be fine.

 

[Whispering Death]

For a male of average height: eat about 1700-1800 calories a day (you need to increase/decrease that amount based on your height/gender)

Eat as much protien as you can

Focus your diet on lean cuts of meat (chicken breast, tuna) and vegetables.

Do not drink alchohol.

Study the nutritional information of fast food resturaunts so that when you do cheat, you do it smart. For example, instead of buying a double meat with cheese burder and fries at Wendy's (1,200 calories) get a spicy chicken sandwich with chili (650 calories)

 

[Dimensional Vortex]

I guess only ever eat when you are hungry and go for daily walks. I know for a fact that a lot of people eat because they are bored or because of emotional/psychological turmoil. Other than that I can't really contribute to much to this post sorry.

 

[e102ewan]

When you burn fat, your body dosen't exclusively burn fat stored in a certain place of your body depending on what kind of excercise you do. Of course fat is very different to muscle so excercising one muscle will help build that and you could get a six pack but have it covered in fat so you wouldn't even be able to notice it. Gaining muscle and loosing fat are very different. If you have very big muscles and don't excercise them enough, they will slowly decay but not turn into fat.

The simple answer towards weight loss is that you have to eat less and excersise more. I wouldn't recommend eating a lot of protein though because that can result in kidney failure. If you diet and change your lifestyle, when you change back you are likely to start eating more and have to diet again. Don't get stuck into this lifestyle. You should eat as much and excercise as much as you have to to be healthy and keep this up for a long time.

 

[DSEZ]

Isn't green tea good for you or am I wrong here?
(No sugar ofcourse)

i sure as hell hope so i drink it like its water!

OT:the way i did it i basically forced myself to eat better food by only buying good food apples,green tea,skim milk,

start walking,then jogging then work up to running it will burn more calories than anything else

 

[TimbukTurnip]

Eat less food. I started to get fat, so I stopped eating unhealthy snacks (I kept eating yoghurt and fruit) and would only eat meals, no matter how hungry I got inbetween them. Worked perfectly.