weight loss tips and advice?

hi there id like to lose some fative been weight training for a little over 3 years now and have put on some muscle mass but i have some fat still. not enough cardioso im 19 years old male 5'8 and 180 pounds.id like to cut down to 155 pounds more specially i need help with what my diet should look like when trying to lose fat, would an hour long jog 3 days a week and mix it up with cycling or rowing suffice? thanks

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Your diet should be filled with more fruits and vegetables.Consume minimum 1500 calories as per daily activities; try to take these calories in small meals.Avoid all junk foods, fast foods and processed foods.Stop drinking sodas and all sugar containers.Switch yourself with healthy working out schedule.Do push-ups for chest.Do pull-ups for back/biceps.Do lungs/hamstring for legs.Do sit-ups and crunches to get flat abs.I hope it helps.Good Luck.

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• for weight loss diet is the most important thing.use online calculators to find out how much you should be eating and then don't exceed that amount of calories. don't expect to lose much more than 2 pounds per week because anymore than that is unhealthy and unsustainable. eat lots of protein since you do weight training.i use myfitnesspal.com to count calories but if you don't like counting calories you can try doing a ketogenic diet.

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Is it bad for my net intake to be about 1000calories?

I am female, 5'9 tall, 19 years old, large bone frame/muscular build, and 140ish lbs. I exercise a lot and burn close to 1000cal per day in that alone. I eat 2,000 so that makes my net intake only 1000. Is it really that bad? Do I need to be eating more?For exercise, I run 3-5miles daily (sometimes twice daily...so anywhere from 30min to 2hr of running), walk anywhere from 1-3 hours per day, plus I do about 20min of strength exercises at night before bed. I rarely take days off....maybe have taken one day off in the past month and a half?

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your body needs at least 1100 calories for normal body functions to not go into starvation mode. so always take that into consideration, then a net of 1000 calories might actually put your body into starvation mode which stores as much energy as it can find as fat.i'd recommend using the website it use. it's www.fatsecret.com. on there you can log all of the exercise you do and the calories you can take in, you can even log sleeping and resting etc so you know quite accurately (obvioulsy not 100%) how much calories you should take in. and they give you a recommended daily calorie intake based on your activity level and weight and length. this way you can also check that you are burning more calories than you are consuming IF weight loss is your goal. it's also excellent for weight maintenance and gain.i hope this helps! it helped me a lot

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how can i gain weight?

I've been looking everywhere for help but people are much more focused on losing weight.. anyways I have been trying to gain weight but I just can't? Its incredibly hard for me to eat past 1,500 calories.. I need to be eating like 2500. I need tips, advice, anything.I do want to eat healthy though, no fast food and limiting junk food.I'm 5'3" weigh 90 lbs and have a small frame. Also what do you think would be a good goal weight?

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To gain weight you need to combine protein foods with starchy carbohydrates as indicated below. Good weight gaining combinations are bread, cereals, pasta, rice, potatoes or sweet potatoes combined with meat, poultry, eggs, cheese, nuts or sea food. Peanut butter sandwiches and cheese sandwiches are good weight gaining combinations. The protein in the above combinations will help to gain extra muscles.

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• Eat Fatie foods
• Try drinking loads of milk? That builds up your fat! It should help x
• If you have a small frame, its ok to weight 90 pounds. You could try adding chicken in your salads, or eating more red meat. You could also have some carb in moderation. I think that 90-115 pounds is a good weight for your height. But you don't need to worry about only being 90lbs. You have a small frame, and you are not 5'7- 6'0
• Lie in bed all day and drink your own pee!

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Questions about cardio and strength training?

I need to lose weight. I am also starting training for a 2 week long bike trip in August. It''s still winter here (I''m in Alaska), so I have an exercise bike I can use. I found a strength training routine that is about 20 minutes long. It says to alternate days with it and cardio.

1. Could I do the cardio everyday (5-6 days/week) and add the strength every other day? I think they have you alternate to keep your workouts shorter, but I don''t mind spending up to an hour total exercising.

2. If I do cardio and strength in one workout, which should I do first and why?

3. Once the roads get clear of ice and snow, should I add running? If so, what rotation should I do with road biking (or on the machine if weather is bad)?
I am about 50 pounds overweight, so the training is part of my weight loss plan.

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You can exercise cardio and strength 5 days a week, stay under an hour. Do the cardio first to warm your body up, it will help your strength training and help prevent injuries. Once the weather gets better street cycle an hour a day 5 days a week and still do your strength training every other day. Because you''ll start cycling more building up to whatever a daily requirement of the race is. Always wear a helmet and keep water with you.

• Well i dont know your goal or body type;
  but i workout 3 days a week in the gym. After i finish my weight workouts i do about 20-30 minutes on the treadmill followed by pushups and ab workouts. 3 days i dont go to the gym i do a light workout at home (squats simple weight moves pushups etc.) This way i can increase stamina endurance and increase body size and strength.
  But my personal advice to u is if u have an intense bike riding trip try to focus mainly on biking with different intensities, try to increase the distance and resistance week by week.
• 20 mins is better than nothing but 60 mins is better than 20. What''s the goal we want to reach together; The two of us sitting at our computers? I think it''s that I get to help you lose weight for your trip.
  
  The secret to diet and fitness is in finding out what the answer to YOUR secret is. There is something that will work best for every single person, individually, at one moment or another. And that person is the only one who knows what that is. In other words, listen to your body. Some days you''ll feel like doing the heavy weights, and another you might feel explosive, still other days might have you feeling like climbing something, you can even have days where you can''t move at all. Anyone can only suggest a few things to try out but only you know what works.

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WILL I lose weight??? How long will it take?? I''m 14 :) SHORT QUESTION! :)?

hi!
So this is what Im doing:

*1,200 cals per day

*LIMITED dairy or gluten due to allergies... like for gluten, only ONE whole wheat tortilla and thats it. for dairy, a half a piece of cheese (:

*Fruit or veggie before/during each meal

* Right now, I''m jogging for 20min (elliptical) and strength training/circuit training for 15-25min. However, once the snow clears away, (I live in MA) I''ll be exercising MUCH more often.. :) (I''m thinking 50-90min? Jogging 4-5mi everyday for sure :] )

*Drink 5-6 bottles of water a day (= 10-12 cups)

*I am 5''7 1/2 tall, 140lbs... but I know a bunch of girls my age who are like 150lbs and LOOK much thinner than me! And its not muscle - most of them don''t exercise at all -.- I think its just the way my body is built, really.

= GOAL WEIGHT: 125-115LBS... Im hoping I''ll only have to lose like 15-20lbs but I''ve never been particularly skinny so I don''t know what Im going to look like... so I could be 125lbs, I could be 115. It depends on how it looks. (:

will I reach my weight loss goal? When will I reach my goal weight?? I want to lose the weight by the summer... I''m thinking June 1st is a good solid date... :)
also, I know when dieting you have a lot of slip ups, but for me, it pretty much is no exceptions except for holidays... my allergies are pretty bad haha

BTW, I started almost three weeks ago - HOWEVER, I did slip up pretty bad for the past 5 days b/c I was admitted to the hospital...


THANK YOU :)

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well im 5''4" or 5''5" and i weigh 106. im pretty skinny so i would imagine most girls would be around my size.

• Sounds like it. But you should be eating more than that for your age, height, weight and activity level. I eat 1400-1500 and every 4th day at maintenance (1900 cals) to keep my BMR from slowing and I''m a lot smaller and older than you and lose weight on that amount (lost 55 lbs). Eating too little will cause slow, stagnant weight loss after awhile.
• You only need to lose about 10 lbs. A good diet/exercise plan would be:
  
  Breakfast: Cook 9-grain cereal (from health food store) in water with rolled oats and wheat bran. Make a big pot of it on weekends and scoop out 1/2 cup each morning. Add low fat milk, nuts and berries. Drink hot Ovaltine. Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day to raise blood sugar level which falls during the night.
  
  Lunch: Egg, tuna or turkey ½ sandwich on whole grain bread with bean or alfalfa sprouts and yogurt w/fruit. If you had meat loaf for dinner, bring a meat loaf sandwich on whole grain bread (NO mayo). On cold days, a squatty thermos of hot chili, split peas with ham, or beef stew.
  
  Snacks: Fresh (not canned) fruit: banana, orange, apple, kiwi, grapes, peach, nectarine, cherries, pineapple. No chips and nothing ever from a vending machine.
  
  Dinner: salad with white meat chicken and fresh (not canned) veggies: tomatoes, 2 kinds of lettuce, 2 kinds of shredded cabbage, shredded or sliced carrots, alfalfa or bean sprouts, zucchini, green or red peppers, hard boiled eggs, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, tofu, cottage cheese...Instead of dressing, squeeze 1/4 tomato over it.
  
  Or homemade bean/vegetable soups; great way to recycle leftovers.
  Or grilled fish with steamed veggies.
  
  Or omelet: In blender, whip together eggs, tofu, cottage cheese, onions, garlic powder. Cook with mushrooms, chopped tomatoes and green or red peppers.
  
  Foods to avoid: junk food, fast foods, pastries, desserts, sugar, salty foods, syrup (even canned fruit in syrup), peanut butter, fat/grease (pork, wieners, chops, bacon, salami, pizza, chips, fries), pasta, potatoes, white bread, rice, canned veggies, ice cream, soda, chips. And of course no tobacco or alcohol in any form. Both of those add wrinkles and destroy your brain. No oil except olive and mac nut. Coffee also rots your brain.
  
  To keep your skin clear, drink water. Veg. juice is good too. But not canned juice (too much sugar.)
  
  Join a gym; they have all the equipment and staff to show you how to use it to get the look you want to achieve. Much cheaper than buying your own equipment. Go hiking, biking, jogging, bowling, swimming...play tennis, badminton, volleyball, soccer..
  
  If you lack energy to exercise, take Super B complex.
  To lose weight, try an appetite suppressant.
• That''s a pretty good plan! Drink as much water as you want - its good for you, and it has 0 sugars, 0 calories, 0 EVERYTHING! :)
  
  Before meals, always drink a full glass of water! It fills you up, & you won''t feel hungry when you''re done with your meal. This has really helped me! I always fill up on water!
  
  I''ve also found that walking for at least 15mins per day really helps with overall weight loss. I usually walk on my treadmill at 4 to 4.5 mph for at LEAST 15 minutes a day!
  
  I hope I could help! I''m 5''7" too and I''m trying to lose weight. My goal is 110!
  Good luck - I hope I could help!:)
• "so I could be 125lbs, I could be 115. It depends on how it looks. (:"
  
  It depends on your health, NOT how it looks. Health should be your first priority
• I need to gain weight, but right now I am in cross country and running on varsity. If I tried to gain weight now, would I become slower?
• how much do you weight????

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If I was riding a cart down a hill would it go faster if weight was in the back or the front?

My friend has made a cart and wants to ride it down a hill but he doesn''t know if it would be faster if he put weight in the back or front.

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I ride pretty fast and it''s up hill. Will I lose any weight?

• the front. Think about it- if it is in the back, that would make the back ride lower than the front, creating drag from the air. Also, it would slide forward. Put it in the front, and it would bring the front end down, thus reducing drag. it would go faster. Also less likely to hit you as it slides forward.
• No matter how much weight (even one ton) you
  add to your cart it won''t go any faster.
  Neglecting air resistance, all objects of any weight fall
  at the same rate.
  This is Isaac Newton''s "Second Law".
  
  If this doesn''t make sense, see the source below.
  If this is hard to believe or understand, that''s why
  Newton was acclaimed as a genius when he figured it out.
• It doesn''t make any difference to the speed.
  
  But it will probably be more stable if the weight is in the middle.
• Ride at your own pace you can''t expect to keep up with you friends that have been riding for a while.

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DEPO SHOT AND BEING SKINNY please help!!!?

I''ve been looking for answers all over the internet and my question is if I''m very thin will the depo go out of my system quicker? I heard the shot stays in your fat cells but they never answer my question directly. It make me so upset when i read about woman who don''t get pregnant for years:/ I''ve heard the if you lose weight it can increase your chance to conceive.. but what if your already very thin?
I''m not VERY thin just thin.. thin enough but I still had regular periods before the depo

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I''m very thin (UK size 6-8 which is US 0-2) and it took 10 months to get out of my system

But each woman is different. I''ve known friends to take 4 months and one to take two years and they''re both the same size as me!

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How does poor diet affect the function of the circulatory system?

Can i just have a brief and detailed answer about how diet affects the function and structure of the circulatory system and plz include more then a sentence! thanks!

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The foremost researcher in the field of the human vascular system in a clinical setting is Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr. of the Cleveland Clinic. His work is supported well by the respected nutrition researcher Professor T. Colin Campbell who wrote the book "The China Study." Campbell discovered that rural Chinese who could not afford animal protein had negligible rates of cancers, diabetes, osteoporosis, and vascular diseases. They lived on cheaper plant based foods such as rice, greens, beans, and vegetables. Of course there are diseases that correlated with poverty such as malnutrition, but a well fed pure vegetarian has superior health and longevity. Americans are resistant to such assertions because of constant messaging that originates with the corporate food industry in the United States.

The Standard American Diet (SAD) is high in fat, sugar, refined oils, refined carbohydrates, salts, food additives, dairy, and meat. Not surprisingly, the longest lived populations are those who do not consume these foods. The animal fats and the fats in refined oils are the most problematic issue related to SAD. These saturated fats and cholesterol tend to collect in the vascular system reducing blood flow in arteries and resulting in the body elevating blood pressure. The body attempts to force required blood through narrowed blood vessels. Cholesterol is produced by the body and sometimes to excess. Most often unsafe levels of cholesterol are absorbed through diet. Drugs to reduce cholesterol (statins) do lower cholesterol, however, studies have failed to show that these drugs prolong the life of people who take them. A far more effective way to prevent vascular disease is to eat what''s known as a whole plant based diet.

The circulatory system will develop smaller ancillary arteries to provide another path for blood flow since the main arteries are becoming blocked. That''s how an artery can become totally blocked, but the patient is still able to function to some extent.

Even more insidious are the blockages that occur in the brain and the penis. The very small arteries in these organs can be blocked by cholesterol and saturate fats. This is a common cause of dementia and male impotence. Perhaps the risk of impotence is the most persuasive argument for young men to begin following a healthier pure vegetarian diet. For me, it was finding an attractive "vegan" woman.

Remember that a blood vessel can be thought of as a garden hose. If you restrict flow at the end of a garden hose it spurts out at a much higher pressure. Unhealthy eating results in a build up of material in blood vessels that constricts blood flow and results in higher blood pressure. Consuming salt is another problem because that causes the body to retain water to maintain a salt concentration in the blood. If you put more water in a garden hose, you can see it expand and increase in pressure. That happens to blood vessels as well.

A healthy diet will result in a healthier vascular system. This allows you to avoid vascular diseases such a strokes (blood vessel breakage in the brain), other broken blood vessels, and heart disease (lack of oxygen to the heart and death of muscle tissue).

If this is too simple an explanation, then I would go online to see Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn''s web site or check out his excellent book.

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What is the average cost of Curves complete fitness 3 or 6 month plan?

This question is for anyone who is a member or has been in the past. I know prices differ but I just want to have a general idea of the price range. Thank you.

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Curves complete offers meal plans, exercise, and coaching and you can expect your member fee for the 3 month plan to be $199. You only need to pay 100, I believe, up front, and you can work with your coach to pay the other 99 over the course of your three month plan.

6 month you could be looking anywhere from 300-400, but keep in mind this plan is for HALF a year, and your coach will be there for you to motivate you and track your progress. You will meet once a week for this. I was about 15 pounds over weight, and lost about 10 of it! :)

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How to lose weight and keep it off?

Ok I''m 14, 5"6 150-160 lbs. I''m a competitve dancer. I''m not fat but I definately want to lose my excess weight. I want to lose major weight and keep it off. I don''t care how long it takes I just want to see unbelievable results. Help? Tips? Ideas? Also I''m a vegetarian

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Eat each week , the same food you are currently eating but a little bit less. there will be a time (one months , two months, etc) when you will start feeling week. When you reach that point start eating a little bit more of food, until you feel you are ok. One suggestion. while limit yourself to eat only vegetables, what is wrong with eating fish,poultry,red meat in moderation?

• I love how you fat vegetarians keep showing saying help I''m fat and I can''t figure out how to lose weight and oh by the way I won''t eat meat.

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