2 miles a day.

and 20 miuntes of light weights with heavy reps.

You will lose 10-15 in a month.

Here is the catch you can still eat what you want.

Guaranteed to work.

Posted by LongIslandKnicksFan:

When people say cut back on the eating, I would advise rather to cut back on the meats and dairy, and junk food, and focus more on the healthy foods. That way yout body won't sacrafice nutrients, which can happen if you cut back on the eating. Do not eat past 8 pm. Try to get to sleep and get enough rest so your body can recouperate.

being a vegan might make you live longer, or it just SEEMS that way!

Actually there is a lot to be said about over cooking food. If you eat badly you create too much acid. Acid it what breaks down food, so your taxing the system. When you die you body creates acids that aid in growing the microbes that decompose the body. So if fatty foods create too much acid, those microbes and viruses that decompose the body thing your dead, or dying, and will promote decay, or the disease's. Eat living things that provide energy, not dead things that rob you of energy.

For starters, lots of water, fresh veggies, and don't overcook the foods. ease up on red meat.

The southbeach diet is great, and more important, its a guidline. No more bread and pasta, and no fried foods! Eat more freguently, but less quantity at one time.

Exercise in anyform is good! Variety is good because you won't get bored. Cardio to burn fat is the best as previously menitoned. Big muscle group lifting is not essential to lose mass as much as lots of reps. This too was mentioned.

After 30, the body changes. After 40, its the same but worse. I sit at a desk all day and that has done more to change my body make up than anything. I broke my neck playing ball (division III) at 20 years old and long gave up being a weakend warrior, thus dont have many of the ailments the 30years olds in the office have because what I do has to be low impact. I really miss tennis though! Eliptical is the best, and have also been fond of rowing of late. Great excercise! I am trying to get and stay small as its better for my conditions. Less stress on the joints, lumbar and my cervical spine where the bulk of my problems are. Key is keeping circulation going to the injured areas. The hot tub also speeds up metabolism, though very small benefit for dietary purpose. Staying active is the best.

Most of what has been written is all true and very good ideas! I would love to be even more disciplined but I think over time I have made progress. I quite smoking a few years back, havn't blown a doob in years, and only drink in amounts most experts would say is beneficial. Only red wine and Vodka in small amounts! The key is to live a certain way than fad diets or crash weight loss.

The southbeach diet as I mentioned was a great start and I proscribe to most of it even though I am not currently active in any weight loss. I feel better, have more energy and have not been sick other than a walking cold for one week in the last two years.

And have lots of Sex! Especially before bedtime. A good schtupp and a glass of water before bed each nite and you'll lose 10 lbs in a month (don't eat a pizza before schtupping!) good luck!

[Edited by - nalod on 03/15/2005 10:28:26]

Nalod, intense about the neck!!

I just found a fantastic nutrition website that has tons of information about many many foods. Here are their weight loss recommendations:
http://www.nutritiondata.com/dieting-weight-loss.html

They actually created a mathematical model which uses nutritional data to predict how filling food is, per calorie:
http://www.nutritiondata.com/fullness-factor.html


[Edited by - kip3f on 03/19/2005 14:55:50]

UPDATE:

well one week down. changed my diet. cut back on the meat and the quantity of food. eased back into the treadmill. still only doing pushups and situps. only bad meal all week was some chinese food last night (boneless chicken with fried rice).

starting weight 204.5
1 week later 202.3

i weighed 229 pounds. i am 24 years old

i ran 2 miles a day 4 out of the last 6 days. i rested on the sixth day. i did sit-ups and push-ups for a majority of the day the following day (don't know how many because i didn't count but ALOT! in between commercials of college bball games).

i ran monday, tues and wednesday 2 miles on a track field
and i weighed myself this morning at 6:38 am

i weighed 224 pounds

i ate like a dog, drunk massive amounts of water and powerade and still lost 5 pounds. i lifted zero weights.

9 days. i lost 5 pounds and feel good as you know what

TWO WEEK UPDATE:

starting weight 204.5
1 week later 202.3
2 weeks later 198.2

i've been doing treadmill work (either fast jog or intervals) for 2.0 miles at different intensities every other day. pushups and situps every other day. cut back meat more than 60% and just started doing some dumbbell work yesterday.

6 lbs down, 9-10 more to go...

thanks again everybody.

THREE WEEK UPDATE:

starting weight 204.5
1 week later 202.3
2 weeks later 198.2
3 weeks later 196.1

i lost 2 more pounds but that wasn't b/c of exercise. i had to have emergency oral surgery on wednesday and had an infected wisdom tooth pulled. i was on anti-biotics for the past 4 days and ate nothing but soup for 3 days. i was down to 195 by friday night but have finally started eating solids the past two days. i'm feeling pretty good now, so today starts a new week of exercise. softball practice tonight followed by a return to the treadmill tomorrow.

Bonn sent me a private email. He wants to see photos.. no shirt of course.

ahh yes, the post EVERYBODY's been waiting the whole week for

FIVE WEEK UPDATE:

starting weight 204.5
1 week later 202.3
2 weeks later 198.2
3 weeks later 196.1
4 weeks later 190.8
5 weeks later 189.2

the plateau has sort of been hit but i actually had to eat out at restaurants 4 times in the past 3 days for various occasions and whatnot so my regular diet was kind of in shambles since friday. but still VERY happy with the progress and the 185 target by memorial day is within reach.

Posted by djsunyc:

ahh yes, the post EVERYBODY's been waiting the whole week for

FIVE WEEK UPDATE:

starting weight 204.5
1 week later 202.3
2 weeks later 198.2
3 weeks later 196.1
4 weeks later 190.8
5 weeks later 189.2

the plateau has sort of been hit but i actually had to eat out at restaurants 4 times in the past 3 days for various occasions and whatnot so my regular diet was kind of in shambles since friday. but still VERY happy with the progress and the 185 target by memorial day is within reach.

Wow - that's fantastic progress. You deserve to feel proud.