Hi everyone, I need some advices.

I hate to sound cliched, but I want to lose weight. I count my calories and exercise 45 minutes a day. Well, the recents were not very significant, let's put it that way.

I think I also need some external boosts - some sort of diet pills, maybe, if they exist at all. But I am totally lost on this because I don't know anything about weight loss medicines...

If you know anything about this, it would be much appreciated!

kainzero

United States5211 Posts

July 05 2010 05:24 GMT

how long have you been doing it?

what exercises have you been doing?
how's your diet been, what have you been eating?

i wouldn't recommend diet pills / thermogenics until you've actually made some progress

HeadhunteR

Argentina1258 Posts

July 05 2010 05:35 GMT

you should show more information its too broad what you just said... then we can help a bit more look up for the fitness/bodybuilding forum.. remember there is a SEARCH function..

Empyrean

17050 Posts

July 05 2010 05:48 GMT

On July 05 2010 14:19 illu wrote:
Hi everyone, I need some advices.

I hate to sound cliched, but I want to lose weight. I count my calories and exercise 45 minutes a day. Well, the recents were not very significant, let's put it that way.

I think I also need some external boosts - some sort of diet pills, maybe, if they exist at all. But I am totally lost on this because I don't know anything about weight loss medicines...

If you know anything about this, it would be much appreciated!

You could take Ephedrine with Caffeine and Aspirin if you're desperate.

It's also illegal and causes heart attacks.

Seriously, there's virtually no diet medicine you can take to help you lose weight. If there were, people would just buy those pills and no one would be overweight. The only thing that works is burning more calories than you consume. This is usually achieved through a combination of a good diet and an increase in exercise/physical activity.

Amnesia

United States3818 Posts

July 05 2010 05:58 GMT

not a medicine, but try drinking tons of green tea?

Megalisk

United States6095 Posts

July 05 2010 06:00 GMT

Have you considered the Hollywood treatment?

illu

Canada2531 Posts

July 05 2010 06:01 GMT

On July 05 2010 15:00 Megalisk wrote:
Have you considered the Hollywood treatment?

No. Does it cost millions of dollars?

Megalisk

United States6095 Posts

July 05 2010 06:04 GMT

On July 05 2010 15:01 illu wrote:

Show nested quote +

No. Does it cost millions of dollars?

It's free

bbq

United States49 Posts

July 05 2010 06:05 GMT

What're you doing for exercises, and what's your diet like?

illu

Canada2531 Posts

July 05 2010 06:07 GMT

#10

I have a cyling machine at home. I use it for 45 minutes (it's one of the built-in modules).

I eat.... normal stuffs. I try to eat less than 1600 calories each day, but this can be slightly off when I am cooking myself.

Stormich

Croatia336 Posts

July 05 2010 06:13 GMT

#11

You probably need to clean up your diet more. If you don't really care about adding muscle while losing weight low carb is probably the easiest way to go. There's also a book called "Rapid fat loss" by Lyle McDonald that works really fast but it's REALLY hard to do and it isn't healthy (it's probably the healthiest fast weight loss diet that works though). Not trying to advertise or anything and I don't think they have a big effect but http://www.tmuscle.com/readArticle.do?id=1066793 stuff like is probably what you're looking for if you want supplements, there are probably other products similar to this but I frequent T nation so that's the only one I know of. I'd still reccomend you reevaluate your diet before buying stuff you don't really need.

bbq

United States49 Posts

July 05 2010 06:19 GMT

#12

Hmm I've only dealt with body fat reduction, where there's a specific ratio of proteins/carbs/fats you want in your diet to maximize fat loss, though I'm not sure if this applies to general weight loss. I've tried a 40% protein/30% carb/30% fat ratio for my calories and it turned out great. It's kind of tough keeping your diet accurate to those percentages, so if anything, just try to eat more protein =)

Stormich

Croatia336 Posts

July 05 2010 06:20 GMT

#13

On July 05 2010 15:07 illu wrote:
I have a cyling machine at home. I use it for 45 minutes (it's one of the built-in modules).

I eat.... normal stuffs. I try to eat less than 1600 calories each day, but this can be slightly off when I am cooking myself.

If you aren't doing weightlifting exercises it's better if you do HIIT for fatloss, also any cardio exercise works better in a fasted state so morning before breakfast is the way to go.

Check this out: http://www.healthhabits.ca/2009/12/07/waves-and-waves-of-hiit/

seppolevne

Canada1681 Posts

July 05 2010 06:45 GMT

#14

If you are not seeing any results you are eating too much (probably) or not working out enough (less likely). Weight loss is that simple. Calories used > calories eaten = weight loss.

SOB_Maj_Brian

United States522 Posts

July 05 2010 06:52 GMT

#15

Weight lifting makes you hella hungry, moreso than cardio in my experience. So if you really just want to lose weight and don't care about muscle just eat less cadio more (but not too much because you will get way too hungry to stop yourself from gorging i.e. like 1 hour max per day). I noticed that the first few weeks of weight loss are the toughest, just from the food standpoint. You have to treat it like drug rehab. You will feel terrible, you will feel hungry, but you must overcome. Eventually after 1.5 weeks your stomach will actually shrink and you will have less of an appetite. Also eat things that make you feel full but aren't bad for you. So don't eat carbs but eat lots of lean meat and lots of apples (yes apples make you feel full) and soups (also make you feel full). Of course if you want to make a life style change that's another story...

stalife

Canada1222 Posts

July 05 2010 06:54 GMT

#16

how long have you been exercising ?

illu

Canada2531 Posts

July 05 2010 07:32 GMT

#17

I don't really care about building muscle.

Maybe I am eating too much!

I'll be more strict from now on.

RSBlue

Australia3 Posts

July 05 2010 14:51 GMT

#18

I find that generally people that want to lose weight for the wrong reasons struggle with it, such as those that think they're inadequate to a women in their current state or suffering from other self-esteem related issues. You should want to lose weight just to be generally fit and healthier, you'll also feel great once you've lost it no doubt but you've got to want to do it for yourself though.

Anyhow, look into Clenbuterol or Duromine (google/wiki), if you can get access to them (talk to a doctor) and are exercising regularly and eating well you'll see great results. Also remember that lifestyle is an important factor and things like stress/alcohol can have negative effects on weight loss, resting well helps a lot so make sure you get an adequate amount of sleep.

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

July 05 2010 15:29 GMT

#19

1. Lift heavy weights
2, Eat more protein

3. Healthy fats and protein are more FILLING FOODS which should help you eat less. Vege are also not dense kcals either.

If you're eating anything processed it's likely calorie dense and not going to help you lose weight... in addition tot he excess carbs.

Count9

China10928 Posts

July 05 2010 15:52 GMT

#20

How long have you been doing it?
Just lift weights before cardio and do intervals 4 times a week ~1 hour workout and in a month you should be 10 pounds lighter. Muscles burn fat like crazy, so even if you don't care about building muscles, lifting weights and getting some muscle will help you lose weight more than just straight cardio.

As for the topic, I'd talk to your physician tbh and see what they have to say about it. I was in the same boat, and there are usually no noticeable results for ~2 weeks and third week is when you drop a couple pounds. If you've been going longer than that, it's easy to fall in the "well I'm exercising so that means I can eat more!" trap.

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