As of now, i'm dieting.... 1 meal a day... also jogging, crunches, planks, and vacuums
Anyone have any other tips?

This post was edited by ferf on Sep 15 2018 01:21pm

Don't eat 1 meal a day. Eat more frequent, small meals.

Count calories, but make sure you get enough essential fats, proteins and some carbs.

Look online to find what your maintenance calories are (the amount of calories you need to eat to not gain or lose any weight). Eat about 500 calories less than the maintenance to start with (you can adjust by weighting yourself daily. Maintenance calorie calculators don't account for you having a slow/fast metabolism depending on how sedentary your life has been for the last few years).

Don't expect to lose ridiculous amounts of weight super fast. If that happens, you're likely losing more than just fat. Probably muscle as well (which will happen if you severely undereat).

And last but not least, belly fat doesn't go away faster than any other fat. Losing weight is a full body kind of thing.

-Fast for at least 16 hours per day (16/8). If I'm going for weight loss I'll do a week of 20/4. One meal a day is good too if you can manage it, but I prefer two meals in a 20/4.
-Be sure to consume only water during periods of fasting.
-Try to minimize sugars and trans/saturated fats. Everything else is ok.
-Get good sleep - at least 7 hours.
-Drink lots of water throughout the day.

And lastly, don't be afraid to cheat a little. The important thing is to be consistent, and it takes time to change your habits.

Good luck!

Just look at yourself in the mirror and remind yourself how much a beta you are for self induced vomiting.

I see you're Jewish, many of your ancestors lost a lot of weight by going to camp, maybe try that.

This post was edited by SBD on Sep 15 2018 02:49pm

After reading the replies above, I deemed it necessary to add this:

Intermittent fasting has no effect on fat-loss. Whoever says otherwise, are uneducated. The only argument that can be made for intermittent fasting having a positive effect on fatloss, is that by reducing the eating-window, you're limiting the time you have to eat excess calories.. But eating the same amount of calories through intermittent fasting or a "regular" eating-schedule - will provide the same result. Intermittent fasting can be a good tool if you struggle with snacking throughout the day.

crunches/planks/vaccums ("core"-exercises) have no other effect on fatloss than any other exercise. It's "work" for your body that "costs" energy - which results in a higher TDEE. You could be doing calf-raises instead of crunches and get the same fat-loss result assuming they burn the same amount of calories. There's no such thing as targeted fatloss. The body doesn't care which muscles you work - it'll take fat from where it deems fit (this is genetic).

Whilst cardio is a great addition, I'd advice you to start strength training. Building muscle increases your metabolism and your TDEE. Which basically means your body needs more fuel daily to fuel the existing muscle-tissue.

My tips for you (or anyone in your situation)
1) Use an online calculator to get an estimate of your TDEE.
2) Download MyFitnessPal and buy yourself a food-scale. For a 2week period, weigh and log everything you eat (everything). (also, log your bodyweight).
3) Adjust your nutrition according to your TDEE - for fatloss you wanna be at a deficit (-200/300 is a good place to start).
4) Add strength-training to your regime.
5) Be persistent and honest! As a personal trainer/nutritionist; the #1 mistake most of my clients do, is to not log absolutely everything. The dressing on your salad? Log it! The oil you cook your food in? The butter you put on your bread? The ketchup to your pasta? Log absolutely everything you eat. That's when you'll get your true values and know whether or not you're in a deficit and should be losing weight.

If for some reason you're not losing weight whilst following these rules -> assume that the initial TDEE-calculator you used was faulty. Drop calories further and do another 2-week period whilst logging your food and bodyweight. If this doesn't work, drop your calories further or see your doctor. The body's pretty simple despite all the fuss about nutrition and weightloss in the media = It'll lose weight in a deficit and gain it in a surpluss.

OH MY GOD HAHAHAHA

So basically what I said, but in more detail.


What kind of crazy person puts ketchup in their pasta btw?

This post was edited by CMBurns on Sep 17 2018 11:45am

Where I'm from (Norway) - I'd be pretty confident in saying that 9/10 pasta-eaters enjoy ketchup with their pasta.

Spaghetti + tomato sauce is a combo I'm sure we're all familar with.
Ketchup's kind of a tomato sauce!

I, however, do not. Whilst I like it, I prefer making my own sauces without the added sugar ketchup comes with!

I'm too lazy, but somebody find a slow clap gif and hit this man with it. He's earned it

Reminded me of this:



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