find daily calorie intake calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), light weight training (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)
2007-06-06 07:08:45
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answer #2
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answered by Natalie 7
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Here's what I would recommend:
From now on, eat 6 meals a day. Before you get started, go and buy yourself one of two things: either (at GNC) Labrada Lean Body Carb Watchers protein shake mix. This comes in individual packets, which you mix with water. OR- buy any brand whey or soy or a blend of the two of plain protein powder, plain flavor. The Labrada Lean Body is easier, but it costs about $2.00 per packet, and you will be needing 2 every day. The good thing is that it will give you lots of other good stuff besides protein. Why do you need protein? Protein is the stuff that helps you build muscle. If you're thinking to yourself that you don't want to build muscle, you are wrong! You DO want to gain muscle! The more muscle you have, the faster your body naturally burns fat... while doing nothing at all!
Your menu should look like this: (The general guidelines are: eat 6 times a day, have smaller meals, have plenty of protein, have fat free dairy only, have fruit only before 12pm, have limited carbs, and when you do, have them before 12pm also. Your last meal is 6pm. Period. )
Breakfast (within 30 minutes of getting up): Protein Shake (If you buy regular protein powder, you will have to mix it with frozen fruit to make it tolerable. Pick something not too high in sugar... I would go with Strawberries and Blueberries. Also add 2 TBSP uncooked oatmeal, and one scoop of the protein powder. You can also get something called Glutamine, at any health food store. At GNC, they sell it in a powder form, in Blueberry or Raspberry Flavor... get whichever you prefer. This will help your muscles repair themselves after a workout. Add water, put it in the blender, and you're all set. If you buy the Labrada Lean Body, have one, along with your multivitamin.
Morning (2 hours after breakfast): Have a snack... like a piece of fruit or a cup of cut up fruit, if you're going to have melon or strawberries or something (try not to have bananas all the time, as they are high in carbs, so are apples)
Lunch (12pm): Low Carb Wrap, 1 Can of Albacore Tuna in Water, no mayo. Only have fat free cheese, if you want. If you don't like tuna, you can have anything else that has protein- that includes any type of meat or fish. Along with it, have some vegetables, though you should take it easy on any kind of potato or carrot, as they are also high in carbohydrates. If you choose to have a salad, beware of dressings! They are high in sodium, which makes you retain water and also prohibits water from getting to your muscles for hydration! If you can, opt for Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic or another type of vinegar.
Snack (2 hours after lunch): Some fat free cheese, maybe fat free cottage cheese (Plain), 1/2 Cup of some type of nuts, celery and peanut butter, fat free turkey coldcuts and fat free cheese wraps... you get the drift. No fruit, no carbs.
Snack (2 hours after that) : another protein shake
Dinner (no later than 6pm): Anything you want, with these rules: Any kind of meat, though fat free or low fat is preferred. Chicken and Turkey are always winners. No carbs... that includes rice, potatoes, couscous, bread, oatmeal, cereal, whatever. Also have a vegetable of some kind, taking it easy with the carrots.
Stop drinking anything else besides water! Juices have lots of hidden sugars and mislead people into thinking they are consuming something healthy. Diet sodas do the same thing, so don't drink those either. You can allow yourself a cup of milk for breakfast in the morning every couple of days, but if you do, it should be fat free milk. Better yet, make it soy milk, and get some benefits from your milk!
Make sur you are drinking lots of water!
Get yourself to the gym (preferably in the morning, before your first protein shake). Warm up on a cardio machine for 5 minutes, do 25-30 minutes of weights, alternating body parts by day. For example, one day you can do back and biceps. The next day, do chest and shoulders. The day after that, do legs and abs. You should watch some trainers at the gym, or even ask someone for some help on excercises you can do for each body part. After weights, do your cardio (make sure not to do your cardio first)! If you play sports, that should be for at least an hour, because you are not constantly moving. If you do a machine like elliptical, stairclimber, or treadmill, shoot for 45 minutes, but realize that you will probably have to work your way up to that over about 2 weeks. Start with 30 minutes and don't kill yourself. Find out what your target heart rate is for fat loss, learn how to measure your heart rate, and do that every 5 minutes that you are on the machine. If your heart rate is too high, your body will move away from the fat burning zone, to the survival mode zone. You don't want that, so be careful! Have plenty of water during excerise and don't over-do it. Get to the gym 4-5 days a week.
Give yourself ONE "cheat" day every week. That means the whole day, eat what you want, within reason. If you want pizza, have pizza. If you want ice cream, have that too... just not a gallon.
Good luck! I am losing 50 lbs for the second time around. I lost it the first time 2 years ago, and then suffered a back injury, after which I didn't work out and gained it all back, so now that I'm better, I'm back to sqaure one. Back then, I hired a personal trainer after I discovered that I'm hypothyroid and learned lots of good things...
This will take LOTS of effort, so every time you lose focus, just ask yourself what's more important to you, and stick with it! GOOD LUCK!
2007-06-06 07:05:59
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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