Hi,
I agree with this 100%... my wife is a licensed counselor and also a
certified Personal Trainer. She has been tracking food and exercising
now for over 21 years. If you want to change your weight, food accounts
for 80% of that change. You can exercise all you want, but that will
only impact that change by 20%, and often people then "over-eat" because
they are hungry, so they actually gain weight.
The thing that works for me is just eating LESS. I still eat a lot of
the crappy food (pizza, pasta, mexican, etc.) but if I just eat less of
it, then I will slowly lose weight over time. Making drastic changes
will take the weight off faster, but you won't keep it off because it's
too hard to maintain that lifestyle.
Also, just FYI: 3,500 calories = 1 pound of weight. The average male
should consume 2,000 calories per day to "maintain" current weight.
Start looking at how many calories some items contain, you will be
surprised. If you eat 2,500 calories per day, you will gain about 1
pound per week (500 x 7 days = 3,500 calories). This assumes no
exercise... but even a 3-5 mile walk only burns around 300-400 calories. :(
Also, don't weigh yourself daily... once a week is a better average, and
usually first thing in the morning is the best time.
Travis
On 2/21/2016 10:57 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
It's all input versus output (IOW calories in versus calories out).
My personal opinion is that the only thing about whatever diet
plan/program, or whatever is the routine (and not the gimmick). If you
can't do the routine, then nothing will work. If you can do the
routine, then you don't need any of the gimmicks.
A cheaper gimmick is just using a smaller plate, and only doing one
serving. Give yourself an occasional break on holidays or something.
Before you start your daily work, give yourself 30 minutes to walk
around the block or anything that gets you moving. Faster doesn't
really do any more than slow/moderate pace. Just moving. If you're in
a cold climate, having something you can do indoors would have to be
the option.
I also believe that their are myths that have been built around "low
fat" and/or the "Mediterranean diet". Read the book "/The Big Fat
Surprise/" by Nina Teicholz. It explodes a bunch of bad science that
has been peddled to us over the last 60 years or so. It's dense; took
me a couple weeks to wade through it.
There is some evidence that by getting sedentary, you may hurt
yourself by actually slowing down your own metabolism. Getting
exercise and eating a moderate, mixed diet seems to counter the
effects. This is not fully vetted (nor is almost any diet-based
so-called science).
bp
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On 2/21/2016 7:55 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Still trying to shed holiday pounds.� Seems harder each year.� I
know a bunch of guys that have lost a bunch of weight with
medifast.� Seems expensive.� I did nutrisystems years ago and it
worked pretty good.� Any opinions?� (My wife is� a fantastic
cook, getting rid of her is NOT an option).�
