loose fat. fast?

Question

right well i'm 15 about 16-19 stone and 6''1'. i am overweight and the whole thing is depressing i've tryed watching my weight tryed going to the gym tryed lifting weights everyday haven't seen any results at all the whole thing is depressing.
i went without food for a day once.. it was hard but i did it. so i'm thinking.. what about if i only eat every other day. ie no food monday food tuesday and so on..
i'm sick of reading these elaborate diets which cost money you have to count the amount of whatever chemical on eat food it's impossible at the gym they told me that you can turn fat to mussle (don't correct my spelling) i came home searched for it and apparantly you can't burn fat i'm so ******* depressed right now why did i have to eat like a pig in the first place anyway would you recommend this way to loose weight

i forgot to add i actually stole my mums credit card so i could by slimming tablets i took them for a month and i lost a pound

Answer 1

Are you ready for this everyone..

A 'healthy' diet increases body weight
Carbs are the only foods that increase body weight. I know this is heresy to the 'healthy eating' dictocrats, but it is demonstrably true. This is how it works:

Carbohydrates – it doesn't matter whether these are in sugar, jam, bread, pasta, breakfast cereals, fruit or vegetables – are all exactly the same as far as your body is concerned: they are all ultimately converted to the blood sugar, glucose.

All carbs are digested very quickly – within a few minutes. This means that within a very short time after a carb-rich 'healthy' meal the level of glucose in your bloodstream will rise rapidly..

High blood glucose levels are dangerous and, as levels of glucose rise rapidly in the bloodstream, your pancreas rapidly produces a large amount of insulin to take the excess glucose out. Note that just as eating fat does not raise blood glucose, it doesn't raise insulin levels either. This is an important point as insulin is the hormone ultimately responsible for body fat storage. And as fats do not elicit an insulin response, they cannot stored as body fat. Those who tell you that eating fat makes you fat, just don't understand how the body works.

Insulin takes the glucose out of the bloodstream. It is converted first into a form of starch called glycogen which is stored in the liver and in muscles. But as the body can store only a limited amount of glycogen in this way, all other excess glucose is stored as body fat. This is the process of putting on weight.

And there is a further aspect to be considered: There is an inevitable time delay between cause and effect, when your blood glucose level is back down to normal, after about 90 minutes, the insulin level in your bloodstream is still near its maximum and continually stacking glucose away in your fat cells. As a result, the levels of glucose in your blood fall below normal, and you soon feel hungry again (it's called 'the Chinese meal syndrome', where an hour or so after a Chinese meal you feel like another one). So you have a snack, usually of more carbohydrates – bread sandwiches, biscuits or sweets – and start the whole process over again. You're getting fatter but feeling hungry at the same time. The next problem is that insulin resistance caused by the continual high insulin levels in your bloodstream impairs its ability to satisfy a satiety centre in the brain. This contributes even more to overeating, obesity, and diabetes.[2]

This is the first crucial problem with the 'healthy eating' dogma. Eating the 'healthy' way, you can eat far more calories than your body needs as energy for the day, yet still feel hungry – and eat more. You enter a vicious cycle of continuous weight gain combined with hunger. Under such circumstances it is almost impossible not to overeat. Obesity is almost inevitable.[3]

Not surprisingly, a high insulin response to glucose has been shown to be a risk factor for long-term weight gain, and this effect is particularly so in people who are insulin-resistant.[4]

Healthy eating inhibits weight loss
So far we have covered only half of the obesity problem. You've put the weight on, now you need to get it off again. Here again, 'healthy eating' hampers your attempts because eating a carbohydrate-based diet also stops you from losing that excess weight.

If you are overweight, what is it that you actually want to lose? That's not as silly a question you might think. You don't want to lose weight – you can do that by having a leg amputated; what you really want to lose is fat. Right?

The point is that, to lose fat, your body must use that fat as a fuel; there is no other way. And the only way your body will use its stored fat as a fuel is if you force it to. That means depriving it of its present supply of fuel – the blood sugar, glucose – so that it has no choice in the matter.

There are two ways to cut your body's glucose supply:

1. you either starve – which is what low-calorie, low-fat dieting is, or
2. you reduce the starches and sugars from which glucose is made and make it up with a source of a different fuel – fat.

This latter approach has two advantages over the traditional calorie-controlled approach: it means that you no longer have to go hungry and, by feeding your body on fats, it will stop trying to find glucose and change over naturally to using its own stored fat. This is by far the easiest way because: 'In the presence of dietary carbohydrate, the preferred fuel is glucose and the capacity to mobilise fat is limited. Factors that increase blood glucose during dieting may stimulate insulin release and all the metabolic sequel of circulating insulin. Fatty acid synthesis is activated and lipolysis is profoundly inhibited by insulin even at very low concentrations of the hormone.'[5]

What this means is that, if you continue to eat a carbohydrate-based, low-fat 'healthy' diet, you force your body into a fat-making (fatty acid synthesis) mode, not a fat-using (lipolysis) mode. Insulin inhibits the production of hormone sensitive lipase, a fat-burning enzyme, thereby preventing your body's fat cells releasing their fat.[6] This effectively stops your body from burning your stored fat and makes it well nigh impossible for you to lose the weight you have put on unless you start to starve yourself.

Do take in some carbohydrates (not a lot10/15% of your calorie intake) and be sure they are complex carbohydrates (maybe another question)

Does all this sound somewhat familiar. How about the Atkins Diet. (Get the book from the Library or buy one )

You are still very young and your body will be in its puberty stage and during this time your body will be manufacturing fat cells for later in life.

Once you have these cells they are yours for life. They are very easy to fill up but very difficult to empty.

I have used the above on people that had been refereed (consultant now) to me and needed to loose fat/weight quickly. You will need to increase you water intake drink water every hour (1 or 2 Glasses) to flush out the bodies Ketone increase, when it burns fat.

This said I DO NOT RECOMMEND that you stay on this regime for a long time. It is ideal for using your stored fat quickly and then moving to a balanced diet. The fats that you should eat are the Unsaturated Fats, Mono Unsaturated fats, Poly unsaturated fats, Omega 3-6-9 (Balanced) and last of all Saturated fats (No more than 5% of you calories should come from saturated fat) Stay away form Trans Fats found in margarines and snack foods. Hydrogenated or Partially. This raises Colesterol.

Do not go and live on Macdonalds or any other fast food outlet. All their products have high carbohydrates (Bread, lots of Sugar, Starch Potatoes)

What ever you do do not starve yourself its counter productive, it just makes to body store more when you do eat. Eat little and often (graze).

Reduce your calories. For a normal eating management programme without exercise. you will need 12/15 calories per lb of bodyweight. if you weigh 16stone thats 224lbs which is a calories consumption of 2,688.

Reduce this to 2,300 calories then as the weight reduces and then levels out, reduce to 2,100 calories again when the weigh loss levels out reduce to 1,900. Do this until you reach you body weight for your height.

Remember this once you get there the calories (food) that you have been consuming are the calories you need to maintain a given weight/mass.

This does not stop you from going out occasionally and having a binge, but only occasionally.

No Alcohol (15 or not) its full of empty calories..

Lots of technical and clinical information for you to take in. If you want to loose this weight/fat you have to work at it. You can do it it, just takes a little time, do not rush...

you can e-mail if you need further advice (please do not abuse it).


Go here.
http://nccam.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/030607.htm

Answer 2

Reality check!!!! You are avoiding some truths here how can you be 16-19 stone Weigh your self accurately Now !!!!
Then get rid of the scales and start reading about how the body works - you cannot lose weight if you do not eat.

Health and fitness is a way of life
Diet means eating correctly not cutting down
Life is about choices- Doughnut or Apple??? Water or Coke??
It will take a while so have a realistic target i.e.reduce 15 ibs in 3 months.
Stop looking for quick fixes- GET A PLAN and enjoy the journey you WILL LOOK BETTER
The type of exercise you need is called cardio-vascular exercise where you raise your heart rate to the point where you are breathing slightly deeper (about 140 beats per minute for your age) and just starting to perspire,you must try to keep this level for 20 to 30 mins every day if possible or at least every other day.
Aim to get fitter not slimmer the first objective will produce the second and will also develop your mental resolve.
You are reading stuff but try researching cardio workout, you will develop muscle and reduce body fat , the 2 are completely separate and if you do this correctly you will reduce size,
One pound of body fat occupies one third of the space that one pound of muscle does so think about how your clothes fit, not the scales
A body with more muscle than fat burns off more calories when it is at rest, so geting fitter will help your size reduction, so the more you train the better the results.
You will change how you feel about yourself and have a more positive outlook , not easy but worth the effort
Good luck -I could go on but you need to own this because you have to do it

Answer 3

Have your thyroid checked. Just go to your GP and they can give you a form for a blood test. If that is OK than just follow a healthy diet, lots of salads with a bit of olive oil, roast chicken or tuna. Swap bread for Ryvitas.
You can not loose weight without exercising. Go swimming at least 3 times a week, it is the most complete sport you could ever do. Ask your parents to get you a LTT for Xmas, you can buy one for around £25 from Ebay, and that's a great work out.
I just lost 15 Kg in 2 months this way and I am double your age.
Good luck, and pls do not stop yourself from eating...it is insane!!

Answer 4

I think it may be a good idea if you went to talk to your doctor, you are obsessing about your weight which is getting you down and you are probably eating alot because you are down. Most doctors will refer you to see a nutritionist or dietician so they can work out a healthy eating plan with you not a faddy diet. It also might be an idea to consider that the more you stress about your weight the more fat your body will store as when you are stressed your brain produces a chemical that stores fat in the body. Every person is different if we all looked the same we would live in a very boring world!

Answer 5

This makes me sad. What's worse, people are rude. If she had real difficulty with minimal exercise like walking, she needs to try a little bit everyday until it gets easier. There's no way to lose weight without burning more calories than you take in. However, to get her initially motivated, I'd suggest reducing the carb intake for a week or two. Just eat proteins and veggies, fruit, and no-sugar-added dairy like cottage cheese. People will probably give this a thumbs down, but it helped me maintain my weight loss when I sprained my ankle and couldn't exercise for 6 weeks. South Beach is the best one I've seen. She'll probably lose enough to get her motivated to exercise. When she starts eating (healthy) carbs again, she needs to be exercizing.

Answer 6

sure as hell i can great news is it involves no exercise no getting crazy over any diet I'm telling you it worked for me i lost a size in about 1 week and a half they did tell me no to eat food with oil but I'm not good at dieting but now seen the results has encouraged me to stop with the oil well its called nuez de la india (spanish word) google it or find it on e bay it makes you loose your appetite well not completely thing is you get full more quickly it even helps you with the stretch marks its just fantastic if you don't get results id even pay you the money you spent on it it works miracles i feel great !!!
but one thing you have to split the nut in 4 and take one piece and boil it in water then drink it every night before you go to bed don't taste bad to oh yeah by the way plenty of water and do not exceed the dose no matter what best of all its not even expensive don't believe me check it out for yourself you wont regret it but be constant

Answer 7

I've lost 5 kilos in my first week. It's my 10th day and I have included salad with some protein (eg. egg/ lean chicken) as you suggested. After 4 years of trying, the fat is finally coming off. It truly feels like magic!

Get started today!

Answer 8

No, do not eat only every other day. In the end you would gain more weight. Just watch how much you eat and what you are eatting. It takes a few months to lose wieght so don't be too quick to judge.

Answer 9

You have to remember just how long it took to put that weight on, and that it will take at least twice as long to get it off!! Sorry!

Eating every other day is NOT the way to go. You need to up your metabolism, not stop it!!

And please don't go the slimming pills way - most of them are total rubbish and the only pounds you will lose are the pounds in your pocket!

Answer 10

im 6ft 3" and 19 stone and i was 23 stone...and i love myself enough not to let it worry me like you are doing...start by liking yourself if you cant manage love.
So your weight is not dropping off in hundreds of lbs every day...so what...its not a race is it...lose it slowly like 1 or 2lb a week and it will stay off longer.

diet pills are lame...and so is stealing credit cards...naughty boy!
go to your GP and ask for help...they will do all they can these days to help young people lose weight so give it a try.

at the end of the day as long as your exercising and your happy enough with yourself..your being over weight is just someone elses issue..why let it be yours as long as your controlling it.

Answer 11

Also include 10 grams associated with fiber to satiate hunger longer which will help prevent bloating from constipation.