What can I eat to reduce bodyfat...
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I don't think it's water retention - I drink something like 2 litres of water daily at work and a further 1 litre in the evening. On weekends I have at least 2 litres of water a day.
Calorie wise, I eat 2,700 on non-training days and 3,100 on training days, although for the past week, I haven't been getting quite this many calories. Probably around 2,500 on non training days and 2,900 on training days.
I haven't had a checkup recently though and I tend to aim for 60-70g fat, of which 20-25g saturates, 180-200g of protein, 250-350g of carbs a day. Gym I went 3 times last week, this week I'll be doing 4-5.
Kind regards,
David
Calorie wise, I eat 2,700 on non-training days and 3,100 on training days, although for the past week, I haven't been getting quite this many calories. Probably around 2,500 on non training days and 2,900 on training days.
I haven't had a checkup recently though and I tend to aim for 60-70g fat, of which 20-25g saturates, 180-200g of protein, 250-350g of carbs a day. Gym I went 3 times last week, this week I'll be doing 4-5.
Kind regards,
David
Most of the stuff on there completely contradicts what you say here:
It suggests running up and down the stairs frequently and listening to music so that you sweep harder.
The table of calories burned also looks like harder exercise burns more calories.
Hmmm...
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And yes of course you have to be in calorie deficit to lose weight. I'm just saying that starving yourself and doing heavy exercise is the wrong way to achieve that. Despite what the diet and exercise industries would have us believe. It's not a pleasant or constructive lifestyle choice for most people. But it makes them plenty of money and keeps up the sales of Mens Health.
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Yes but that doesn't come from the bodies response to lack of oxygen in a healthy person. It comes primarily from the body not being able to break down glycogen stores to replenish blood glucose. The body does this by releasing the hormone glucagon, which has a few effects:
- conversion of glycogen to glucose (glycogenolysis)
- use of more fatty acids in respiration
- the production of glucose by conversion from amino acids and fats.
Ha ha, thanks LiE. Not going to bad
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- conversion of glycogen to glucose (glycogenolysis)
- use of more fatty acids in respiration
- the production of glucose by conversion from amino acids and fats.
Ha ha, thanks LiE. Not going to bad
.Then they are eating far too much obviously.
It doesn't differentiate between where those calories are being found though does it?
Of course harder exercise uses more calories, it also burns a higher proportion of easily replaceable carbohydrates rather than stored fat.
Yes but that doesn't come from the bodies response to lack of oxygen in a healthy person. It comes primarily from the body not being able to break down glycogen stores to replenish blood glucose. The body does this by releasing the hormone glucagon, which has a few effects:
- conversion of glycogen to glucose (glycogenolysis)
- use of more fatty acids in respiration
- the production of glucose by conversion from amino acids and fats.
Ha ha, thanks LiE. Not going to bad
Fine, so your definition of a healthy person covers someone who's overweight, on a diet and most probably unfit for the exercise they're currently undertaking?
So if i burn off 1000 calories through hard exercise this evening i might not lose as much weight as burning off 500 calories through gentle exercise?
That would depend on what you ate (or felt the need to eat) afterwards wouldn't it?
This is sort of my point. People are obsessed with burning calories, no matter where they come from, whilst also obsessed with what they eat. It should be the other way round. It's derivative of commercial diet and gym advice.
You might burn off 500 calories of stored fat through gentle exercise and be happy with a light meal afterwards.
You might burn off 1000 calories with heavy exercise, only 500 of which is stored fat, 500 of it carbohydrate and be ready to eat a horses hind leg afterwards.
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Yes, the ones that don't exercise are effectively overeating.
The ones that do, their overeating is most likely contributed to by their poorly thought out exercise regimen.
What would happen to those 500calories of carbohydrate if i didnt burn them off through heavy exercise?
You wouldn't want / need to eat the same things before / after.
As I said earlier. Eat less saturated fats / ingest less refined sugars / eat more complex carbs that take longer to release their sugars. Couple this with plenty of light exercise and you'll lose weight in a healthy, manageable and relatively painless way.
That depends if that 500 calories formed part of calorie surplus or not.
How the hell is that steak overcooked?Looks raw in the middle.
Medium rare, just how I like it.
No. It's because it will burn body fat just as quick as heavy exercise, but doesn't come with the side effects of heavy exercise, one of which is increased appetite.
Actually, they are probably staying at the same weight because they can't stand being hungry, doing some form of exercise will naturally make you need more food to fill 'full' again.
Chance are, their stomachs have become used to a certain volume of food, go to the gym, then go "oh **** now i'm REALLy hungry" and end up eating more than they normally would and end up in a calorie surplus even though they've done the exercise.
Yup. They'd find it much easier to control their weight if they went swimming twice a week, took the stairs at work and went for a nice walk each weekend rather than attempting to give themselves a coronary 2/3 times a week. Do they listen? Do they ****. After a few weeks they'd naturally eat less and the chances are they'd feel much healthier.
Insead of which, they choose to believe that my capacity for beer, pizza, chips, curry and general laziness with no apparent weight gain is due to "hollow legs" or other such ***kwittery.
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