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This is not rocket science. Eat less (significantly less), exercise more, and I promise you will lose weight fast. Once the weight is off, the rest is maintenance. This means monitoring your daily caloric intake - every day. It's not easy but it's well worth it. I did it, so can you.
But you will still be fat.
Man, all those tips are SO true. Best shape of my life was when I ate what I wanted (but very small meals) and did weight training with guerrilla PT on the side. All the extra "fun stuff" calories went straight to that muscle, and no I didn't look like the Terminator, lol.
These articles always make it seem so easy for guys to lose weight. It's not. It's not a matter of just "cutting out the beer" and watching the "pounds drop off overnight" as this article implies. And we guys have gravings for sweets and chocolate too.
I clicked on this article thinking, "Finally, someone wrote some weight loss tips for men" in this society where everything health-related is targeted to women. But nope, just another stereotypical article for women. It seems every news article on health and fitness I click on, ends up being for women. The stores are filled with special "women only" product recipes and diet foods, but have you ever seen a cereal or yogurt that said "men's formula"? As a man struggling all his life with weight, this is misleading, offensive and frustrating.
There is no help in our society for men who want to lose weight. And yet I know plenty of women who turn down guys based on their looks. Double standard! How about writing a real "lose weight like a guy" article, for guys? And drop the "guys have it so easy, they can lose weight without even trying" myth.
Seems to me the whole of the weight loss industry is about selling crap. You're never going to get any worthwhile advice out of any article or other literature on the subject; it exists to shill more potions, exercise-related crap, and accessories you don't need.
The truth of weight loss is that it's never going to be remotely easy, fun, or pleasant. Recently my appetite took a sharp decline and I ended up having to force myself to eat at least once a day for about two and a half weeks. I probably subsisted off 200-400 calories a day, tops. The result? I'm down 20 someodd pounds. As far as I know, this isn't safe or medically endorsed by anyone capable of retaining a license in the field. Nevertheless, this is what it takes for some people. I've never lost weight without resorting to extreme measures.
Dude, I've been thinking about a weight loss group for guys, just for that reason (the female focus). It seems we guys do better if we are doing something with someone, and that also seems to improve our learning, so my plan is not to have the Weight Watchers style support groups, but to pull together guys around common activities. It could be hiking at an area park, survival training, cross-country skiing--just about anything--and this would be on top of encouraging individual workouts. If guys are having a tough time dealing with an issue, they're more at ease talking about it if doing something with some other guys with who they've developed a rapport. If interested in discussing the topic more, figure out this eddress and drop me a line: moc.liamtoh*AtSign*remeir10z. I have a name for the group, but don't want to drop it here (since I don't yet have it trademarked).
Cameron, weight loss is simply a lifetime commitment. You cannot cheat the system and expect positive weight loss results. People must incorporate exercise programs into their weekly routines as well as proper dieting. Once you hit 25-30 years old, I would recommend starting a good exercise program. The tired excuse of, "I don't have time" is BS. Do people have time to lay in an ICU facility being treated for the consequences of weight gain later in life? I didn't think so. I would encourage people to adopt an exercise plan into their lifestyles. We cannot continue to be the most obese nation on the planet. The primary solution to the healthcare crisis is prevention.
I hate these articles where I have to click through a dozen small screens. Just show me the whole thing at once. Next...Next... Next..
It's a pain in the a$$
I agree Northern Canadian! Prevention articles are minutia laden, its the same old-same-old.
solidox, cutting down to 200-400 calories per day is extremely dangerous. No medical professional would ever recommend cutting down to less than 1200 calories per day.
In actual fact, there is a fun way to lose weight, and that is to become really addicted to high intensity cardiovascular exercise. When I was doing hobby bodybuilding and getting my body fat percentage down to 7.5%, I began by biking around a half marathon a day (this is not very much on a bike, by the way). Eventually I upped that to a marathon per day, then an O2 triathalon per day (on top of weight training). In the end, I was eating 4,500 calories per day, and my body fat percentage was still lowering, because I was doing so much exercise per day and that was very, very fun and pleasant. It wasn't easy, but it was fun and pleasant. I think the high point came when I was sitting eating second dinner, tallied up for the day (because I counted, and still count, calories very closely) and realized that I had fallen very short of the 4,500 calorie quota, and reminded myself to order an extra dessert. I had to laugh. I still hold my body fat percentage at around 7.5%, I bike an O2 triathalon every day, and I have to eat around 5,000 calories per day just to maintain my weight.
There is a catch, however. This strategy only works if you are extremely fit (you have to go at race pace for the duration of the bike and should aim for an intensity of at least 900 kcal/hour) and have a highly trained recovery capacity (so you can do it six days a week and you don't develop aches and pains) and you really, really, really love working out (the last part is especially important. If you have to drag yourself into the gym, this will never work. But if you wake in the morning thinking "awesome, I can't wait to get to the gym again!" then it will). But if you do, and you can, the perks are great. Even when I was lowering my BFP, I had to read labels on food, not to make sure they had too many calories, but to make sure they had enough. I still do.
Sure it's extremely dangerous. It's also extremely effective and the only thing that's ever worked for me. Exercise is painfully boring and has never done anything for me.
Well, even though I wouldn't recommend what you are doing, I admire the discipline it takes to restrict your intake so maniacally. As you can imagine, the concept of intake moderation is essentially meaningless to me (actually, I pretty much have to stuff my face to make sure I don't get catabolic effects that would otherwise come from doing such a high volume of high intensity exercise every day).
On the other hand...dude, I couldn't even imagine a more effective way to consume muscle. Cutting so extensively would probably destroy just as much FFM (fat free mass) as body fat, since starvation up-regulates the proteolysis pathways in the cycle of protein synthesis and protein destruction. Exercise, conversely, down-regulates them. Additionally, the body will switch away from lipolysis in such extreme states of starvation.
Make up your mind to stop eating (and drinking) so much, especially crap food, and exercise more and you will lose weight. Simple formula: # calories in minus # calories burned = weight gain (or loss) depending upon which is larger.
The extra muscle men have is countered by the extra food men eat. Being bigger requires more calories. I wouldn't attribute much of our weight control to having muscles.
I thought these were great tips. Staceyann C. Dolenti