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RE: The problem with food.

in #fitness6 years ago

while i didn't get up to 130kg i did get to 106 and was very unhappy with myself. My sister is a personal trainer and generally speaking all trainers agree that losing weight it 80% diet and 20% exercise. I was able to drop a ton of weight (i'm below 90kg now and aiming for 85) by simply cutting out most of my carbohydrates... such as hot cross buns :) My biggest weakness was beer, but i simply changed to a lower carb one and didn't really reduce how many I had. I also avoided pretty much all bread and never drank soda. I was limiting my carb intake to 50G a day (which is probably 2 hot cross buns) and wasn't really even doing much cardio because i hate it. I mainly just did weights.

I'm still not where I want to be and I feel your pain, for sure. I think it is great that you are trying to make a change for yourself and i commend your efforts in the gym. I found that getting a heart rate monitor wristwatch also helped because for people that are simply trying to lose weight it really isnt necessary to kill yourself on a treadmill when the only thing you really need to do is get your heart rate above a certain level and I don't know what that would be for you. I think that your max heartrate (Danger zone) is 220 minus your age. Don't quote me on that but it is close. I am sure you can find it online.

Keep at it though. I am sure you'll start seeing results soon.

I found that it was a lot easier for me to stay off the cheat foods if i ate copious quantities of protein... mainly steak, bacon, porkchops etc.

When i dropped my weight i paid almost no attention to how many calories something had, just how many carbohydrates and really really avoided any processed sugars. I avoided most of the natural ones too. Eating a salad would probably be fine but if you starve yourself you are going to fuck up your metabolism. Eat a lot of meat and stay off the sugar and bread and i think you will see an acceleration in your progress.

It worked for me!

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Thanks for the encouragement, and sharing your story. The only carbs I generally have are rice, oats, and well, the aforementioned hot cross buns.

I've got a fitbit, and have been inconsistent in making actifit posts linked to it.

I've wanted to focus on cardio for a while now, I carry muscle fairly decently, and eat tons of chicken, Turkey, tuna and salmon.

I do enjoy red meat, but it wreaks havoc with my irritibile bowl disease.

Salads are easy when it's nearly half way to boiling outside. :)

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sounds like you have a great plan pal. I have been lazy AF lately but have been traveling. It is also very difficult to exercise in Thailand because it is always a million degrees outside. I will be moving to the mountainous region of Chiang Main in the next 2 weeks and am looking forward to the avg tep being 7 degrees cooler and about half the humidity. :)