Should I just eat what they serve in the Lunch Room or should I brin lunch from home? Is Prime Rib bad, is a Hambuger bad? I don't know I need the answers!
I don't drink soda much thats a +!
White Phase
What should I eat
Should I just eat what they serve in the Lunch Room or should I brin lunch from home? Is Prime Rib bad, is a Hambuger bad? I don't know I need the answers!
I don't drink soda much thats a +!
Don't just jump for your goals, reach it so you won't fail.
-Chris
Meals that are served at school are to be balanced and a healthy meal but if you are trying to do something specific with your body you might want to bring your own food. The steak or Ribs will be good if you want to put on weight because they are high in protein.
White Phase
No because at my school it has all that grease or how ever you spell it..
Don't just jump for your goals, reach it so you won't fail.
-Chris
Red Phase
Well, do you want to lose, gain or maintain weight?
Marco A. Aguilar
White Phase
Lose......
Don't just jump for your goals, reach it so you won't fail.
-Chris
Red Phase
Well, no matter what, you need to eat balanced. If your school doesn't have a salad bar and the only selection of food is to greasy, I would advise that you take your own food. Make sure you eat in moderation (not to little, not to much). Also, exercise plays a big role in losing. Basically: Eat right, exercise regularly. If you need more details, go on and ask.
Marco A. Aguilar
White Phase
What kind of food? ALso how little how much what do you mean by that?
Don't just jump for your goals, reach it so you won't fail.
-Chris
Red Phase
If you are looking for exact number, I recommend you go talk to your doctor. Maybe they can give you a referal to a nutritionist and dietician.
White Phase
Ground up im just talking about how many Cals and Carbs I should be taking in a day
Don't just jump for your goals, reach it so you won't fail.
-Chris
Red Phase
On average, no more then 2,000 and no less then 1,500 along with regular exercise. Carbohydrates are a good source of energy, again, in moderation (I can't help you with exact numbers). Ground-up is right about consulting a nutritionist and dietician. These guys will help you by seeing where you physically stand and where you should go from there. We are not professionals, but all we can give you are helpful tips.
Marco A. Aguilar
Red Phase
Consume less than you are using. Doesn't get more simple than that.
Red Phase
The problem i'm having is that at the present time, my max calorie intake is 500-700 daily. I've cut out everything in my diet. Yet, i'm not losing nearly as fast as i'd like too. I'm 5'3" & 163lbs. I had actually gained back 3lbs over the weekend. I don't understand why either, 1 of those days all I ate all day long was 2 hot dogs with mustard. Temporary anorexia seemed to work best, but my teeth were killing me & I know that's not a good way to lose weight.
I got nervous about it too, figuring when I go to MEPS, if my labwork were to come back all screwy they could DQ me. So i'm trying to change my schedual, seeing as I work 11-7am. I will try eating a sensible dinner when I get home, so I can work it off while i'm awake in the day, and i'll continue no eating at night at work. I just feel hopeless today.
Red Phase
Your metabolism is FUBAR'd with that description. It sounds like you're trying to excuse away not having to exercise by eating virtually nothing. Well the military doesn't match well with people that try not to exercise.
Eating 500-700 calories a day will not provide your body with enough energy to do much at all, causing your metabolism to slow down tremendously. If you want to talk specifics, it's much more calorie-efficient to eat 1,500 calories a day and burn 200 daily through exercise than to only eat 700 calories without exercise. Your body will learn to burn during and after exercise on a much more efficient basis. The long term weight loss will be tremendous.
The weight loss that you observe is probably your body eating its own mass as it tries to find sources of protein apart from your lack of eating. However this causes your body to destroy its primary mechanism for burning calories - muscle mass. The temporary weight gain that you observe is probably all water retention since your metabolism has shut down and your body is trying to hold onto whatever it can to maintain itself.
Anorexia is the worst strategy possible for losing weight to gain entry into the military. You want a good program to lose weight? Do this:
1. Eat three balanced meals a day until you are satisfied (not full)
2. Run for 20-30 minutes 3 times per week
3. Do 3 sets of pushups and situps 3-4 times per week
4. Walk briskly for 30-45 minutes 3 times per week
I can promise you WITHOUT FAIL that doing this will make you lose weight regardless of who you are and what your body type is. I can also promise you that people complaining of weight problems DO NOT FOLLOW THIS PROGRAM.
It's that simple. If you want to eat ribs, cheeseburgers, french fries and other food that you know is not healthy, PLUS you make excuses to not exercise often enough or hard enough, then nothing anyone says in a forum post is going to help you.
I hope you can find it within yourself to get focused. Good luck.
Red Phase
Hey thanks for the info. Actually I copied it down so I can remind myself what I need to do. Btw... I am exercising. Actually today's a better day cause I ran/power walked a mile in 13:25, yesterdays time for a mile was 15:30. I started to eat more & I all in all feel better than I did a couple of days ago. I guess you're right about the whole metabolism issue. It makes sense. I weighed in earlier and to my surprise I am back down again. I know water retention has alot to do with it. I am drinking way more water now. The past 2 days i've burned somewhere in the 400's of cals. I've also done a total of 3 miles each day, it just makes me feel better. I do my crunches and arm circles. Tomorrow I will add in sit ups and push ups again. Thank you for the heads up, i'll try just about anything to lose the weight and to speed up my running. At this rate now I know I need to improve my 1 mile by 3 minutes to pass reception.
Red Phase
Nutrition is the key. Meat is good, but eat lots of vegetables, because they have a lot of nutrients. Stay away from sugar and refined carbohydrates! They are not only addictive, but difficult for your body to break down, and under the best circumstances they do your body no good.
Blue Phase
Pvt Humphrey,
You also need to be aware that even if you're doing things right the body adjust itself to what you're doing and it would eventually reach a plateau (this means that even though you're exercising and eating right you may stop losing weight as the body gets used to the exhertion). It happens when your body gets used to the exercise routine you're currently putting it through.
Whenever you reach a plateau you to have either change your exercise routine with new exercises or kick it up a couple of notches if you like the routine you currently do. If you keep the same routine, then increase the frequency or intensity (or both if you can take it).
For example, to increase the frequency of your push ups, if you do 3 sets but only one session on your upper body per day, then find the time to do an additional session of 3 sets during the same day. If time is the problem then increase the intensity by doing more reps at a faster pace per set or increasing the difficulty of the push ups (doing incline PU's with your feet on a chair or elevated higher that your upper body when resting at the starting position). The same principle could be applied to your sit ups.
A great way to increase intensity on your run would be interval training. Not only does it increase the exhertion on your body (therefore burning more calories per unit of time) but it has the added benefit of eventually decreasing the time it takes you to run your target distance (your 1 mile run or your 2 mile run, whichever you are doing now). You can Google "interval training" and it should provide you with quite few sites recommending different methods to do interval training.
SFC Ted Marrero
Recruiter and Retention NCO, A Co 2/19th SFG
Rhode Island Army National Guard
(401) 473-7776
teodoro.marrero@us.army.mil
Red Phase
Problem is you are eating far to little, your body has gone into starvation mode, you need to jack your caloric intake back up to around 1500 calories per day. Increase the amount of exercise you are doing as well. Keep this intake for a week or two, and then cut it back to 1200 per day, but at least two days a week increase it. Try and keep a good balance of carbs and proteins in your diet as well.Originally Posted by PvtHumphrey
Red Phase
How to loose wieght
Oats, Fruit, Vegetables, skinless chicken, rice, and lots of water.
If you stay strick to this diet, plus lots of cardio,cardio, cardio, and swimming.
- you cant help but loose the wght you want.
It took time to put it on, and it will take some time to take it off.
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