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you cant lose weight quickly If you lose it too quickly your bod goes into safe energy mode and once you eat enough again do a little less work out youll put it all on again.
 
Easiest way is to fast once or twice a week. i.e. have lunch on Wednesday, then don't eat anything for dinner that night or breakfast the next morning. After around the 16-18 hour mark your body will be chewing through fat stores. then eat lunch again the next day.

It really helps if you smoke cigarettes though, because nicotine releases the blood sugar you need to keep your brain functioning well, and it also has the added effect of being an appetite supressant.

Since I started smoking more and eating less (admittedly I've been exercising a bit more too, just weights and sprints - running makes you lose muscle, and I switched from beer to clear spirits) I've dropped about 8kg's barely trying. I'm not fat to start with either. I'm 5'8 and now weigh 68kg - looking ripped.
 

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Oh yeah, and pay some attention to what you eat. I don't do this as much as I should, but a lunch of rice cakes, cottage cheese and tuna can still fill you up (especially if you chase it with some green tea and a smoke).

Apple Cider Vinegar is great stuff for weight loss too.

I should note, I'm not saying I'm a particularly healthy person. I'm saying its a good way to lose weight... starve yourself twice a week, smoke lots of cigarettes, drink alcohol almost daily instead of dinner (stick to stuff like vodka and gin, again it works as an appetitite supressant) and avoid breakfast like the plague.

You WILL lose weight.
 
LouisCK said:
Oh yeah, and pay some attention to what you eat. I don't do this as much as I should, but a lunch of rice cakes, cottage cheese and tuna can still fill you up (especially if you chase it with some green tea and a smoke).

Apple Cider Vinegar is great stuff for weight loss too.

I should note, I'm not saying I'm a particularly healthy person. I'm saying its a good way to lose weight... starve yourself twice a week, smoke lots of cigarettes, drink alcohol almost daily instead of dinner (stick to stuff like vodka and gin, again it works as an appetitite supressant) and avoid breakfast like the plague.

You WILL lose weight.
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Yeah.... probably not recommended as the best way to lose weight...
 
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Was going to say..
 
elisadang said:
You can eat vegetables and fruit only.And don't eat too much.I think it can help you lose weight.
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No, you really can't. That'll make you quite unwell. Fruit and vegies don't have everything you need - you will miss out on certain minerals and vitamins. You should also incorporate dairy, grains and pulses, nuts and seeds, and white and red meat if you're not a vegetarian. A mixed, varied diet is key.

I lost 45kg by 'eat less, move more'. It's a learning process and you have to break a lot of old habits, but it ends up being quite simple. I count calories and am strict about exercising at least three times a week (at the moment it's six times a week, but that isn't always achievable as a med student!), but there's a lot of evidence to show that people who've lost weight have quite altered metabolisms to those who've been at a healthy weight all their life, and need to maintain a much stricter lifestyle.

There aren't really 'good weight loss foods', just sensible decisions about what you eat. Don't fill up on crap; eat foods that will keep you fuller for longer. Wholegrain bread, for example; a small portion of low-fat meat and load it up with tons of vegies; a good breakfast; and healthy snacks throughout the day - fruit, yoghurt, nuts, rice cakes, etc.

As an example of a typical day for me the last week or two:

Breakfast: porridge (made with 1/4 cup oats, 1/4 cup skim milk, 1/4 cup water) with banana, walnuts, sultanas, honey and cinnamon; or sultana bran with banana. Weekend breakfasts may sometimes be scrambled or poached eggs.

Morning tea: muesli bar or apple if I don't get a break from classes/placement, kiwi fruit or yoghurt if I get a chance to sit for five mins.

Lunch: most days tuna with salad vegies, on wholegrain toast. Day off/weekend I made couscous with vegies.

Afternoon tea: piece of fruit, or small serving of air-popped popcorn, and often throw in a few nuts too (careful - one almond is 30kj!).

Dinner: lamb and couscous stuffed tomatoes and zucchini, or chicken stir fry, or vegie pizza using pita bread base.

Dessert: yoghurt/fruit.

Weekly exercise: 2 x 30 min runs, 2 step classes, 1 pump class with 10 min run warmup, 1 netball game.

As a girl I'm able to get away with eating 6000kj a day (and currently I'm continuing weight loss after putting a few kgs on while studying); guys will probably need 7000. Ultimately, though, what you do has to be sustainable - you can't eat just to lose weight and then change what you eat once you get there. It's a lifestyle change, not a diet. Don't try any ridiculous fads. I'm probably not eating enough at the moment, but I feel mostly OK so take from that what you will. You should expect to feel hungry if you're cutting portion size right down, but that hunger should go away as your stomach shrinks (may take a week or two for your brain to learn this), and you then should only feel hungry at meal times. If you do feel hungry, always try water first - a lot of overweight people have never learnt to recognise true hunger from signals that your body needs water.
 
BomberGal said:
No, you really can't. That'll make you quite unwell. Fruit and vegies don't have everything you need - you will miss out on certain minerals and vitamins. You should also incorporate dairy, grains and pulses, nuts and seeds, and white and red meat if you're not a vegetarian. A mixed, varied diet is key.

I lost 45kg by 'eat less, move more'. It's a learning process and you have to break a lot of old habits, but it ends up being quite simple. I count calories and am strict about exercising at least three times a week (at the moment it's six times a week, but that isn't always achievable as a med student!), but there's a lot of evidence to show that people who've lost weight have quite altered metabolisms to those who've been at a healthy weight all their life, and need to maintain a much stricter lifestyle.

There aren't really 'good weight loss foods', just sensible decisions about what you eat. Don't fill up on crap; eat foods that will keep you fuller for longer. Wholegrain bread, for example; a small portion of low-fat meat and load it up with tons of vegies; a good breakfast; and healthy snacks throughout the day - fruit, yoghurt, nuts, rice cakes, etc.

As an example of a typical day for me the last week or two:

Breakfast: porridge (made with 1/4 cup oats, 1/4 cup skim milk, 1/4 cup water) with banana, walnuts, sultanas, honey and cinnamon; or sultana bran with banana. Weekend breakfasts may sometimes be scrambled or poached eggs.

Morning tea: muesli bar or apple if I don't get a break from classes/placement, kiwi fruit or yoghurt if I get a chance to sit for five mins.

Lunch: most days tuna with salad vegies, on wholegrain toast. Day off/weekend I made couscous with vegies.

Afternoon tea: piece of fruit, or small serving of air-popped popcorn, and often throw in a few nuts too (careful - one almond is 30kj!).

Dinner: lamb and couscous stuffed tomatoes and zucchini, or chicken stir fry, or vegie pizza using pita bread base.

Dessert: yoghurt/fruit.

Weekly exercise: 2 x 30 min runs, 2 step classes, 1 pump class with 10 min run warmup, 1 netball game.

As a girl I'm able to get away with eating 6000kj a day (and currently I'm continuing weight loss after putting a few kgs on while studying); guys will probably need 7000. Ultimately, though, what you do has to be sustainable - you can't eat just to lose weight and then change what you eat once you get there. It's a lifestyle change, not a diet. Don't try any ridiculous fads. I'm probably not eating enough at the moment, but I feel mostly OK so take from that what you will. You should expect to feel hungry if you're cutting portion size right down, but that hunger should go away as your stomach shrinks (may take a week or two for your brain to learn this), and you then should only feel hungry at meal times. If you do feel hungry, always try water first - a lot of overweight people have never learnt to recognise true hunger from signals that your body needs water.
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Great post BG! Good advice.
 
I recently lost 8 kgs quite quickly

Breakfast - mixture of apple, celery, raw beetroot, pear, watermelon, carrot depending on what I felt like (celery is the healthiest)
Lunch - 1 serve of frozen veggies (you can buy single serve microwave packs), 1 tin of 99% fat free tuna and 1 cup of rice (single serve microwave pack)
Dinner - boiled chicken with veggies/turkey mince wrap/grilled thai chicken salad/steak (with fat cut off) and salad

Snacks - frozen grapes and in the morning mix an extra 1.5L of fruit/veggie juice to drink throughout the day

I dropped 8kgs in 3 weeks doing the above and going for 2 or 3, 3km runs a week

I work 9 - 5 in an office and found this very easy
 

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Food is very important. Especially as you get older, you'll find that even with exercising if you don't eat well you'll still put on weight.

I try to avoid carbs at night and eat brown rice instead of white rice or pasta. Don't eat white bread either. Look for stuff that has sugar (and salt) in it - prepacked food and most juices - and avoid them. Sugar is as bad for you as tobacco and alcohol anyway.

I also don't believe in dieting. Just eat healthy instead. I reckon if your diet is something you believe you can only keep up with for a certain period, then it's not right for you.

As for exercising, it is a good idea to do weight training. The more muscle you have, the more calories your body will burn on a daily basis even without doing any exercise. And for fast calorie burning, go out for 10 full on sprints of 30 seconds, followed each time by 30 seconds of rest. This way you are really pushing your body and your calorie burn will go into overdrive - you'll even be burning calories for up to 48 hours after you've done your sprints. This way of training is much more effective than other and longer cardio exercises.

Starting to work out and eat differently may feel like a challenge at first, but I find you get used to it fairly quickly.
 
LouisCK said:
Easiest way is to fast once or twice a week. i.e. have lunch on Wednesday, then don't eat anything for dinner that night or breakfast the next morning. After around the 16-18 hour mark your body will be chewing through fat stores. then eat lunch again the next day.

It really helps if you smoke cigarettes though, because nicotine releases the blood sugar you need to keep your brain functioning well, and it also has the added effect of being an appetite supressant.

Since I started smoking more and eating less (admittedly I've been exercising a bit more too, just weights and sprints - running makes you lose muscle, and I switched from beer to clear spirits) I've dropped about 8kg's barely trying. I'm not fat to start with either. I'm 5'8 and now weigh 68kg - looking ripped.
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What brand ciggies, or will any brand do? Thanks in advance.
 
tigers_of_old_08 said:
What brand ciggies, or will any brand do? Thanks in advance.
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Are you serious? lol.

I wouldn't bother with ciggies mate. Once you get hooked you'll spend the rest of your life trying to kick the habit.
 

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