The best way I’ve found to loose weigh it to count your calories, Thenewshmoo_1 was spot on with what he said.
To start with you need to find out how many calories your body needs u to consume a day and through a lot of research I’ve found a rough guide to be to multiply your body weight in pounds by 15 but for a more accurate way u need to view the following website and go through there free assessment which will give you an accurate account how much u need to consume:
http://www.caloriescount.com/
Now down to loosing weight .3500 calories is equivalent to 1 pound so to loose 1 pound a week u need to consume or burn off 3500 calories less a week than your body needs which equates to 500 calories a day.
So by doing this its very easy for you to control how much weight u loose a week I.E if u wished to loose 3 pound a week you would have to consume or burn off 10500 calories less a week broken down to 1500 less a day, now this may seem a lot but in reality it isn’t it just depends on how u intend to do it, for example if u eat 500 calories less a day but do an activity that burns 1000 calories your still loosing your 1500 calories a day so it need not be a case of just eating 1500 calories less which for most would be almost impossible.
Now the questions you’re probably going to ask are going to be the same as I asked
A, how do I tell how much calories a certain exercise burns?
B, how do I count the calories I’m eating?
C, what is the best way too uses those calories?
D, does it work?
Well for the answer to A, go to the following website:
http://www.caloriecontrol.org/ they have an online exercise counter which is a very good way to determine how many calories u are burning during exercise.
The reason I say it is good is that it takes into account your weight because individuals at different weights doing the same exercise for the same amount of time will burn more or less calories depending on how heavy they are.
And the answer to B is quite simple, most food company’s now have made it easy to find out how many calories are in the food you’re eating by putting a chart on the back of the product.
This chart will contain many things like: the amount of protein or carbohydrates the food contains for if u wish to check in detail what you’re eating but it will also tell you the amount of calories it has in it which is what concerns you most.
So by knowing this and keeping a note of it you can easily track and plan how many calories you are eating or going to eat in a day. In addition to this there is always the internet most food companies like McDonald’s Etc, have websites which will provide that kind of information for you.
And the answer to C depends entirely on you and what u prefer, I find that if I split my meals up evenly and place them quite close together I.E five 500 calorie meals a day at 3 hour intervals. It stops me feeling hungry in between and stops the temptation to snack on something I don’t need. The 1 thing I would suggest is that you don’t eat any meals later than 7 / 8 o’clock purely for the fact that your body is generally less active after that time and also drink lots of water which helps to get rid of the fat cells and waste products in your body.
if you find drinking water on its own hard try adding fruit squash to give it some taste it works for me.
And my evidence for D is based purely on my own experiences.
About 3 months ago I went to my local AFCO to apply for the parachute regiment and was initially turned down for 2 reasons 1, because I was over weight I’m 6ft tall an weighed in at 16 stone and 2, because I have a minor injury to my knee.
The reason I have made an effort to mention my injury is because it has precluded me from any vigorous exercise until I’ve been cleared by the physiotherapist so the weight I have lost has been almost entirely due to counting calories, so in turn what I’m trying to say is that even if your injured and cant do the daily 5 mile runs your used to u can still loose the weight.
So straight after my visit to the AFCO I decided to try an loose weight any way I could first I tried the famous Atkins diet but found it to strict and to hard to keep to and also that when I stopped eating the required foods for as little as a day I piled pounds back on rapid style.
Then I tried weight watchers much to the enjoyment of the lads at work and there endless teasing, but found this kind of diet 2 impractical for the reasons of having to count points and not knowing how many points to allocate to witch food etc also the foods it suggests I dint like.
So I turned to counting calories which suited me fine, in the 6 weeks I’ve been doing this I’ve gone from being 16 stone to being 14 stone 10 lb and dropping the reason for this is that it taught me that I didn’t have to eat lots of fruit and vegetables and foods that I didn’t like I could just eat the food I did like but make sure I didn’t consume more calories than I was allowed.
Now obviously if you take what I’ve just said it to extremes and eat 4 Cheese Burgers a day with a Mars bar for desert but keep under your calories it most probably won’t work purely because the amount of fat you are taking in will be way too high.
So its just a matter of using your common sense if you do fancy a piece of chocolate or a packet of crisp with your meal by all means eat them loosing weight is to hard not too just don’t eat them in excess
I hope this has helped some people in the battle against weight that a lot of us face, and good luck to you all what ever you decide to do
AlphA
You take in more food calories when you take part in more physical activities right? This helps maintain or gradually loose weight right?... Still with me? Well if you stayed on a reasonably healthy diet (diet been eating healthy) and DONT eat the extra calories, in theory would it not be possible for that person to loose weight? Explanation: Once all excess calories have been burnt off, your body will automatically start eating away at the fat stores. Once you have finished a training session, you WILL no doubt feel hungry. But scoff a banana to regain your enegy and fill yourself up with water if anything. This will normally cure your hunger and thirst...
