EPT[Health and Nutrition]: The last fucking 5 pounds - Page 2
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caruso
Germany733 Posts
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McNulty
Norway184 Posts
On June 11 2011 23:18 caruso wrote: Hey guys, I used to work in an office and closely related, used to be pretty fat (190 pounds) at 173 cm. After i quit the office job, I lost 40 pounds in 3 months due to a harsh diet and lots and lots of sports. In the following year, I lost another 10 pounds. Now I've been trying for the past 6 months to lose the last 10 pounds, but it doesn't seem to work. I've restricted myself to 1200 calories a day while doing 1 hour of working out and I haven't dropped a gram in 6 months. My diet consists largely of fruit and nuts during the week, an excessively big meal (usually a pound of chicken breast and noodles or rice) on Saturdays and nothing on Sundays. I'm really at a loss here, I should lose weight but I simply don't and it's really frustrating, cause to tell you the truth, the first 50 pounds were a piece of cake (lol). What am I doing wrong? Im sure I misunderstood, but for the sake of it: When you say "fruit and nuts during the week" does that mean you don't eat meat or other protein rich food during the week? "1 big meal on Saturday", does that mean only 1 meal the whole day? And finally, do you mean NO FOOD AT ALL with "nothing on Sundays? IF the answer is YES to the questions above, you have, without a doubt the most DESTRUCTIVE diet I've ever read about (short of plain starving yourself completely, until death). Also, then its NO WONDER you're not losing weight. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
Starvation dieting is unhealthy, and not the way to trim fat. | ||
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Stormich
Croatia336 Posts
Also, weight work>cardio for body recomposition. If you're opposed to using weights then do something like 1 day HIIT, 1 day walking. Depending on how much fruit you eat you might want to look in either changing fruit for more veggies since modern fruit is pretty high in sugar or get dark fruit, the darker the better, like berries and stuff. Should also try to get at least 0.5g of protein per pound of lean body mass daily. EDIT: Also to the guys attacking the fast, google intermittent fasting or EAT STOP EAT  | ||
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nekolux
Singapore38 Posts
You should be aiming to do more cardio and eating more. Except you make sure you eat healthy. Dont worry about eating more, I mean as long as you're not stuffing your face all the time it's fine. Also as mentioned above, I'm pretty sure not eating on a whole day is terrible for losing weight cause your body goes into starvation mode. IN ADDITION, your whole " stuff my face with food " thing on the day right before you starve yourself is probably severely messing with your metabolism. Spread out your meals, have good proper meals and loads of cardio. Remember, 5 smaller meals spread out over the day is better than 3 bigger meals even when they are of the same calorie count in total. | ||
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SwaY-
Dominican Republic463 Posts
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caruso
Germany733 Posts
On June 12 2011 00:13 McNulty wrote: Im sure I misunderstood, but for the sake of it: When you say "fruit and nuts during the week" does that mean you don't eat meat or other protein rich food during the week? "1 big meal on Saturday", does that mean only 1 meal the whole day? And finally, do you mean NO FOOD AT ALL with "nothing on Sundays? IF the answer is YES to the questions above, you have, without a doubt the most DESTRUCTIVE diet I've ever read about (short of plain starving yourself completely, until death). Also, then its NO WONDER you're not losing weight. Well, I did lose 50 pounds and I'm really healthy, so it can't be THAT destructive. But you guys got me thinking, maybe I should east a little more and work out a little more as well, and maybe not only cardio but also weights. | ||
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AoN.DimSum
United States2983 Posts
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dave333
United States915 Posts
The two single best exercises to lose weight IMO are weight lifting and high intensity interval training. They are both pretty efficient too. Some basic like a benchpress/pullup and squats/deadlifts workout every other day and HIIT every other day with one day rest is really solid at building up your athleticism, strength, and losing weight. Lifting weights is REALLY an important part of losing weight, its so important to be able to keep your muscle or even build some while trying to burn the calories. In terms of diet, you want a balanced diet but more on the lean protein side. Really what you want to do is be eating 5 smaller meals a day. It keeps you less hungry this way. Veggies and lean proteins should be the main thing, though some carbs are obviously important. It really shouldn't matter too much what it is, just make sure to cut ALL the junk food and soda and crappy stuff, except maybe once every once or two weeks is fine. | ||
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Blix
Netherlands873 Posts
On June 12 2011 00:23 caruso wrote: Well, I did lose 50 pounds and I'm really healthy, so it can't be THAT destructive. But you guys got me thinking, maybe I should east a little more and work out a little more as well, and maybe not only cardio but also weights. No offense, but if you jump off a building, everything seems fine until you hit the ground. You're lucky to not have adverse effects of your diet sofar, but please get professional advice about nutrition and exercise. | ||
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Elegy
United States1629 Posts
I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm pretty sure you didn't consult a doctor or a professional before embarking on such an insane attempt to lose weight Either check out the Health thread here on TL, where there is a lot of good information, or go see a doctor (preferably both) to get proper diet and exercise information. Your current system is dangerously stupid and I don't think you'd find a health professional would recommend anything close to it | ||
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Steel
Japan2283 Posts
Also that weight seems pretty healthy, maybe you need to change your focus to something else like develop cardio or something like that, to make the step between being a healthy weight and being 'fit' | ||
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Lando78
Sweden11 Posts
On topic: As I see it, two options: 1. Put yourself on calorie balance for a couple of months, then start dieting again, then your body will more likely lose those extra pounds. Just make sure you don't gain during that time. 2. (What I would do if I were you) Start lifting weights to gain some muscle so you just don't end up beeing skinny-fat. Ease it on the diet for a while. Then you can go into diet again if youi want to. This will look and feel great. Good luck! EDIT: nothing on sundays sounds kinda contra productive. | ||
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emjaytron
Australia544 Posts
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imhoo
Germany24 Posts
talk to a doctor or a nutricionist maybe. apart from that, yes your weight is fine. if you transition into a normal diet and continue to do sports you should be fine (you might also gain weight, as muscles weigh more then fat). disclaimer: take what i say with a grain of salt, this is the internet and i am not a doctor. | ||
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staplestf2
United States147 Posts
On June 11 2011 23:18 caruso wrote: I've restricted myself to 1200 calories a day while doing 1 hour of working out and I haven't dropped a gram in 6 months. My diet consists largely of fruit and nuts during the week, an excessively big meal (usually a pound of chicken breast and noodles or rice) on Saturdays and nothing on Sundays. What am I doing wrong? you are eating too much sugar imo if fruit is really such a big part of your diet. eat more lean meats like fish and chicken and less carbs don't stop eating carbs but less also nuts are good for you in the right amounts but they are very calorie dense so its easy to eat more then you think. this is what i have been doing and i have lost ~60 pounds in about 2 years it does get harder to lose the longer you stay on a diet. i'm working on the last 15-25 pounds myself and its harder then the rest of the 60 before. one last tip is don't snack unless you plan it ahead of time because you will eat more than you think. p.s. also try to plan your meals 24 hours ahead of time when you are not hungry. | ||
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Kenderson
Canada280 Posts
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Schism32
United States4 Posts
When you have a lot of weight to lose, it's mainly your diet, but since you are only looking for 5-10 pounds, now it's time to cut out all the little things. If you drink soda, eat junk food at all, eat carbs late at night, now is the time to stop. Plus, the gym can be your friend. I'm not sure exactly how you're exercising, but you can burn off those last few pounds if you push yourself hard. Running casually on a treadmill for an hour isn't going to do it, but if you do some HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), you should notice a big improvement very quickly. Edit: Took out a paragraph because I was wrong | ||
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DwmC_Foefen
Belgium2186 Posts
70 kg for 1m73 is OK if you ask me :p Could even have a bit more ^^ | ||
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Catch
United States616 Posts
1200 calories? That is just dangerous man. (EDIT: @Schism32) But to the above poster, it has been shown that meal frequency does not affect metabolism (Refer to number one) | ||
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