Put on a couple of pounds...trying to get rid of them... - Page 2

Originally Posted by Sazerac 

I'm not an exercise freak, nor am I a dietician, but I was in a similar state when I was finishing my first book. I had packed on 20 pounds I didn't need.
I cut out ALL bread, pasta, as well as starches and sugars that came from anything but raw, natural fruit. Then I started walking four or five miles a day along with weightlifting at home. I lost the 20 pounds in two months.
My brother in law, a physician, confirmed what I guess I already knew: my body learned how to use fat for energy again rather than relying on the carbs, while the exercise increased my overall metabolic rate.
Easy peasy.

Originally Posted by tradernick 

Sazerac has it basically right.
1. Cut out all bread, pasta, rice.
2. Run long distances at a very slow pace. I mean 4.5 on a treadmill or even a notch lower.
3. Limit your caloric intake to 1400/day. Make them quality calories. If anyone tells you this isn't enough calories to sustain health, tell them they don't know what they're talking about. Do not take in any calories within two hours of sleep.
That's it. Take a high quality fish oil every day. If you don't fall off the wagon, the pounds will drop off fast, especially since your body is used to being at the lower weight. One more thing -
4. Hardest part ( for me). If you were 145 - 150 at 5'11", it means that you don't do much weight training. The # 2 thing that guys do not do as they get older (other than keep the gut off) is work to maintain (and in your case, increase) muscle mass. You really should do some weight training. Losing weight fast will necessarily take a bit of muscle mass with it (although if you are careful you can limit this). Muscle burns fat.
And sorry, you can't drink that much.

Originally Posted by BBSLM 

smh

Originally Posted by tradernick 

I had to look this one up. I guess I'm too old. : )
So 'smh' means 'shaking my head'? If so, don't be a wimp. Speak up, boy! Why are you 'shaking your head' about the idea that you shouldn't eat late at night? Your advice for someone who's trying to lose weight is to down a pint of Haagen-Dazs and then hit the hay?

Originally Posted by BBSLM 

right, because i said that.
but sure, iifym.

Originally Posted by tradernick 

Come on! Be a man. Stand up and say what you mean. Don't hide behind the troll-acronyms! : ).
Shaking your head why? Because you think people who are trying to lose fat should eat a lot just before going to bed?

Originally Posted by BBSLM 

My point is that the "no eating X hours before bed" rule is physiologically useless, like much of the dogmatic advice people parrot online. There may be behavioral implications for some people (eg, someone who typically eats a box of cookies before going to bed every night) but that's beside the point.
I'm not advocating eating a lot before bed, but doing so is in no way detrimental to fat loss goals.

Originally Posted by tradernick 

There you go - a grown up response. Don't you feel better? You're wrong, but that doesn't matter.
I get the impression that you're one of these muscle building types who has no connection to the needs of the average couch potato who's trying to shed the gut. For the majority of them, there are lifestyle changes that are needed, and cutting out the late night Haagen Dazs is crucial.

I'll put it another way. The whole battle for the majority of people is behavioral, and not physiological. The behavioral considerations are not beside the point, they are the point for the majority. In addition,

most of what I posted has to do with physiology. Finally, I'm relating what worked for me because I had to do the same thing at one time.

In any case, it's nice to see you taking a step in the right direction in terms of how to communicate with others. Don't worry, a lot of people fall into the trap of speaking online in ways they wouldn't in person.

Originally Posted by BBSLM 

whether someone is a 'muscle building type' or a couch potato is irrelevant - refraining from eating x hours before bed is unnecessary and in no way beneficial to fat loss assuming calories are controlled.

Originally Posted by BBSLM 

if OP follows your 1,400 calorie/day rule, his behavior has already been corrected.

Originally Posted by BBSLM 

conversely, if someone eats a pint of haagen daaz 3 hours before bed, how has your 2-hour-before-bed rule accomplished anything?

Originally Posted by tradernick 

I'll respond in your (initial) style. lmao
ROTFLMAO.
wtf?
My last post here.

Originally Posted by tradernick 

There you go - a grown up response. Don't you feel better? You're wrong, but that doesn't matter.
I get the impression that you're one of these muscle building types who has no connection to the needs of the average couch potato who's trying to shed the gut. For the majority of them, there are lifestyle changes that are needed, and cutting out the late night Haagen Dazs is crucial.
I'll put it another way. The whole battle for the majority of people is behavioral, and not physiological. The behavioral considerations are not beside the point, they are the point for the majority. In addition, most of what I posted has to do with physiology. Finally, I'm relating what worked for me because I had to do the same thing at one time.
In any case, it's nice to see you taking a step in the right direction in terms of how to communicate with others. Don't worry, a lot of people fall into the trap of speaking online in ways they wouldn't in person.