Just a few things you can do.. simple. This is what I do 1.) Cut the soda, tea, coffee, and juices. I have only 1 glass of orange juice in the morning. The rest of the day, plain water. Lots of water.
3.) Cut down to about 10 times your weight in calories (to start). So, if you weight 200 lbs, eat 2000 calories a day. Spread it out over 5 small meals a day. If you feel like you are going to starve to death, eat a little bit more. You should just start to feel hungry by your next meal. 3.) Cut the simple carbs or anything that is pure sugar (ice cream, cookies, candy, donuts). Eat complex carbs like potatoes, rice, wheat bread, pasta (not too much though), tortillas. I would get use to this a week before you start cardio, you may feel sluggish for a few days when you start this. If you still feel sluggish after a few days, eat a couple more bananas or some type of fruit. 4.) Cardio 4 to 5 days a week. About 30 minutes a day. I do about 650 calories in a 35 minute session, 4 days a week. Best time to do cardio, first thing in the morning before you eat. 5.) Do not have to go heavy on the weights. Light weight lifting while losing weight. Just enough to keep tone. If you try to bulk up and lose weight at the same time, it will be going around in circles. Shot for about a pound of fat a week to lose. Make sure you take fat measurements to keep track once a week. 6.) Do not pull a Tim Bechler... I am able to maintain 180 lbs at 6 feet tall. And yes, when I took this computer administrator job 6-7 years ago, I had to start going go the gym.. ;-) At 10:10 AM 3/12/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Given the people on this list and their loved ones affected by various >medical issues which will require a lifestyle change, I want to show my >concern for their challenges in a meaningful way. > >I assume many of the CF-Community people are like me, spending a large >amount of time behind a computer each day, eating large portions of just >about anything that passes for food each day for lunch, and utterly >deficient when it comes to exercise. > >Given that it is the lenten season and I am supposed to be giving something >up anyway, I am going to work consciously to change my habits as a tribute >to those who have to change theirs. I am going to eat healthier and get more >exercise. Tonight when I get home I am going to lift some weights (I would >do cardio but I already walk half an hour each day as it is), for dinner I >am going to have a grilled chicken breast and some broccoli, and I am >probably going to just have a salad for lunch. Tomorrow I will repeat this >process, and will do so everyday until I feel I have really changed my ways. >And the snacks, the Famous Amos cookies my company provides developers for >free and somehow make their way to my desk each afternoon, nixed. > >That's my pledge, anyways. I don't really want to think about what my >arteries look like, or what they are going to look like in 10 years. With a >little determination, I am confident I can drop about 10-20 pounds in the >process. > >Anyone else up for such a challenge? I am sharing my thoughts in the hope >that some other people feel strong enough to want to make a change in their >lives. If that is the case, I will be willing to organize this effort and >put up a community Web site where we can all track our results, post tips / >links / other stuff. > >M > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
