Jacob, great post, bud. BTW muscle consumes more calories than fat. So the light weight training actually helps the diet too.
-Ben At 08:26 AM 3/12/03 -0800, you wrote: >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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
