Best strategy for fast weight loss

taximike

taximike

taximike

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In the past when I have wanted to lose weight I have a very simple attitude - reduce calorie intake to approx 1000 per day so my body has to burn fat in order to keep me active. This has always seemed to work okayish.

However some people have said that in order to 'sustain weight loss' I need to 'keep the fire burning' by 'eating more carbs' so that my metabolism doesn't shut down. Are these people just being retarded or is there truth in that?

Surely weight is a simple input/output equation?
 
Eat less exercise more.

taximike said:
Surely weight is a simple input/output equation?
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Pretty much.
If you burn off more calories than you consume, you'll lose weight, if you consume more than you burn off, you'll gain weight.
 
Eat lots of fibre and lay off the synthetic sugars and bread, simple.

By doing this I lost a stone without exercise (well very minimal) and I still eat quite a lot, desk job, just shy of 13stone down to 11st 11lb.

I still eat doughnuts though.

Bread is the killer, as is dairy, but just don't eat bread and that alone will work wonders - your bowels open up, it's glorious!
 
taximike said:
In the past when I have wanted to lose weight I have a very simple attitude - reduce calorie intake to approx 1000 per day so my body has to burn fat in order to keep me active. This has always seemed to work okayish.

However some people have said that in order to 'sustain weight loss' I need to 'keep the fire burning' by 'eating more carbs' so that my metabolism doesn't shut down. Are these people just being retarded or is there truth in that?

Surely weight is a simple input/output equation?
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Pretty much true, although your metabolism will slow down if you eat 1000 calories a day so you're better off eating a sensible amount and doing a lot of exercise.

Also, your body "prefers" to break down muscle for energy before fat so you'll probably lose more muscle than fat.
 
Johnny Girth said:
Pretty much true, although your metabolism will slow down if you eat 1000 calories a day so you're better off eating a sensible amount and doing a lot of exercise.

Also, your body "prefers" to break down muscle for energy before fat so you'll probably lose more muscle than fat.
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Does it? I thought it was the opposite i.e. burn fat before muscle?
 
Running, you would be suprised, start walking 5 miles a day after work, after a month you will be shocked at how much weight you have lost, best part is, you can still eat as you do due to the walking burning off calories, once you feel comfortable, start running :)

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taximike said:
Does it? I thought it was the opposite i.e. burn fat before muscle?
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Not when you starve yourself, no.

If you naturally burn sugar on a normal/realistic diet then yes the body will tuck in to your fat stores thereafter.
 
agnes said:
Running, you would be suprised, start walking 5 miles a day after work, after a month you will be shocked at how much weight you have lost, best part is, you can still eat as you do due to the walking burning off calories, once you feel comfortable, start running :)

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Rowing!

If you do 30 minutes on the rower a few times a week and do it properly it'll start stripping fat off in no time at all!

Press-ups work well too, wide, level and tight. Even just ten of each a night over a few weeks will build muscle and burn fat off, you'll increase your metabolism quite some way too.
 
taximike said:
Does it? I thought it was the opposite i.e. burn fat before muscle?
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Well your body will use virtually all sources of energy - the food you eat, stored glycogen, muscle, fat - but it's easier for the body to release energy from muscle than it is from fat. You'll lose both but if you starve yourself the percentage of muscle loss will be far greater than with a more more controlled calorie deficit.
 
Eating less does not mean you will lose more weight in the end.

1000 Cals is quite low for a bloke, I wouldn't be suprised if you did slow down the metabolism and in turn had your body storing more food.

Then, when you revert to your old way, which you will (as in most people do) you will end up gaining more weight because you would in result be storing more food than before you started.

So yeah, there is truth in what some have told you.

There is a gymrats thread in the sports section that is very helpful.
 
Bleek said:
Rowing!

If you do 30 minutes on the rower a few times a week and do it properly it'll start stripping fat off in no time at all!
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Or this, but that = money :)

My mate lost over 3 stone in 3 months from my method, he walked 6 miles every night after work for a month, after that he started jogging at a very slow pace for a few weeks, then started running at a marathon pace. On the 3rd month he weighed him self to find he had gone from 15 and a half stone to 12!

He also took a bag full of books to a library about 4 miles into the route every day and just refilled the bag up with other random books each day, which really gave his legs and back a good workout.

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Excercise. I don't normall take note of calorie loss when at the gym but after a 48 minute run the other day I'd burnt 700ish calories. That would make a massive difference 2-3 time a week :)
 
This might sound like a silly statement as I have nothing to back it up, but miss lunch. (note i dont do this, but when it happens cause im busy it always makes me the hungriest, plus i was told the noise of your stomach rumbling is it contracting and shrinking, which means you will get fuller quicker)
If you eat breakfast, you body won't shut down, missing lunch will make it burn fat, and then an average dinner, will stop it shutting down again.
I exercise a fair amount too.
 
I typically do 35-45 minutes on the rower and then 20-30 minutes on the cross trainer.

I alternate cross trainer with treadmill.

I burn around 1,100 calories each 1hr session, I'm 73kg at 27 years of age.

Seriously the bread intake reduction was the biggest change, my me lose mass on my stomach and pass food quicker and easier.
 
Personally I don't believe in diets, by all means change what you eat but don't do it to a set menu. If I change what I'm eating it will be over time and it will be more or less permanent, if I went on a diet I know it'd be temporary and feel restrictive.

I've lost 9 lbs in a month since taking public transport to work instead of driving, takes me exactly the same length of time, costs the same but requires me to walk about 3 times as much as I was previously during the day. That's all, nothing else. I did have to OK this with my boss though as my car was required for work, fortunately he's fine with it.

Change of lifestyle and puting more exercise into your day will be far more beneficial than taxing your body to it's limits whilst on a near starvation diet.
 
Would push ups and sit ups help you lose weight ? I'm overweight and was thinking of starting doing these for a few weeks and then maybe start running.

How many a day should I do though?
 
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