[lovelyaz480]

Welcome!! I was once told by a doctor that Diets fail because they have a beggining and a end. Most people want a fix and once they reach goal will go back to their normal eating habits. They say Diets are a made to fail and thus creating millions of dollars into gimmicks/ food programs. Don't know how much truth applies to this but he also said that what a person needs to do is change their lifestyle and eating habits permanately for life.

Generally, to maintain your weight you would want to eat as many calories that your body burns daily. (Check your basal metabolic rate) If you eat more than that's weight gain, and vice versa less than is weight loss. I was told that 3500 calories equals 1 lbs. If you are looking to loose weight perferally you want to reduce your calorie intake by 500 calories so someone like me who's rate is in the 1800's, ideally I should eat 1300 calories a day, creating a daily deficit of 500 which is 3500 calories in 7 day period loosing one pound. Of course everyone wants to loose more including me.! You need to consider that the rate of 1800 is at a sedetary position so your daily activities plus excercise in the mix should actually increase mine is about 2200 - 2400 calories burn a day, ( I have the body bugg so I observe everyday pretty accurate) which means I have about a 1000 or more deficit every day causing me to loose more than a pound a week.

You should also want to work out/ muscle tone. Muscle burns more calories thus get rid of fat. If you loose you want to aim to loose body fat not muscle. On the contradary muscle weighs more than fat so if you see the weight gain don't be alarmed. You probably want to get an accurate reading of your BMI or BIA to make sure you are moving in the right direction. For some you can look tone and fit at a higher weight than someone who is flabby and weights less. Also remember sometimes your loss will be in inches not so much in the scale.

Drink Lots of water!!! Water is an important key. They say to drink half your body weight in water. Think of a disposal, when you are cleaning your sink you turn on the water to help flush out the nasty stuff. They same is for your body. Flush out the toxins and keep well hydrodrated.

For food whatever you choose ideally you want to eat about every 2-3 hours little small meals, You definitely don't want to slow your metabolism so try not to skip any meals. You also would want to eat the biggest meal at breakfast if you into eating a big meal, Your body has woken up from an 8+ hour fasting. You want to turn on your metabolism machine so eat breakfast. Eating small meals throught out the day should keep your body stabolized in sugar levels and your metabolism running. They also say eat lean meats such as turkey chicken skinless breast/ fish/ eggs/ lamb and lean beef. I could go on and on but as you see I'm pretty much typing a book...lol!

Eat fruits and veggies! Basically if it grows naturally, bleeds, living, ect. those are the foods that you should eat...Try to stay away from processed foods as much as possible. Plus whatever you eat that is not processed is going to benefit your body and help the breaking down process. I heard a doctor said that an egg is an egg no matter what price you pay, maybe a hen is walking free but your body is still going to get the same nutrients. Skim milk has the same nutrients as Whole Milk except Whole milk has a whole lotta calories. So look into food labels and get educated. After all hopefully the goal is to be healthy.

I'm not saying deprive or stay away from your fav foods either but try to limit them.

Key factor*** Your stomach is the size of your fist. Your body shouldn't need to eat more than that. It's the way we learned how to eat in the first place that got us to where we are at. We don't have to eat everything in front of us and we need to reset our mind into thinking that we don't live to eat but eat to live. We need to get a new eating habit and therefore let this experience be the one to re-learn how to properly eat and nuture our bodies. I also heard that as we age about every decade or so we loose 1000 of our metabolic rate too so that is why a person can't always eat the same like they they were as a kid or in their younger years. I apoligize if this is a book but I think I'm gonna post this on new thread so everyone who is interesed can read. Hope it helps and good luck to us all

[lb953447]

WOW........thanks, this is flippen sweet!

question, how do you find out how much your burning of, meaning your metabolic rate?

[alykat06]

Good job! I think this might answer some questions on the board in one swift kick in the butt

[lovelyaz480]

Originally Posted by lb953447

WOW........thanks, this is flippen sweet!

question, how do you find out how much your burning of, meaning your metabolic rate?

Well for me, my doctor who is a naturapathic doctor has a machine that gives a "Biomipedance analysis" maybe google it and see which doc in your area has this machine. In a matter of a minute it can tell you how healthy your cells in your body are, what you fat mass and lean body mass is along with how much water is inside and outside your cells and gives you your metabolic rate. I see my doctor every 1 -2 weeks and get this reading done to make sure I'm moving in the right direction.

As far to see how many calories I am burning, I have the Body Bugg. Not endorsing (Don't wanna sound like I work for them) But I absolutely LOVE IT! it pretty accurate and is worn by The Biggest Loosers. I plug in my food everyday so I am accountable for what goes in my mouth and I see how many calories I burn and if I need to move around more or not. It made by apex. You should also do search on it and you will not find any negative reviews about its inaccuracy, I love it and got mine for $199. Plus they also have a meal plan and have really good tutorials.

I'm also tight on cash so not sure if I am going to keep my gym membership up. But I would like to save my money and buy an ellipitical and some free wieghts to tone. I think yearly I would have paid just about enough or more. So after I am done with my personal trainer, I'll probablly cut my membership, idk... BUT I bought the Biggest Looser Fat burning workout and love it. Also bought the Firm cadio w/weights but that is a little to fast right now for me but I figure there should not be any excuses why I am not active if I don't go to the gym. Just get up a little earlier...lol!

I want to make the most while I am on Phen. I don't want to cheat when to me nothing taste so sweet to see those pounds go...However, when I finally reach onderland I will treat myself to one or two max sushi roll that's it. That's my reward when I hit my Onderland goal But I don't want to take Phen for granted and want to get into a habit as much as possible about what/when to eat healthy.

There is also reccommendations that I have been and that is b12 for energy and fat burner to help the liver. I WAS taking injections but $20 a shot has gotten a bit much and with this day and time not in the cards for me so there is this pill I am going to buy that is called a lipotropic complex. It has the amino acids in it. Do a search if you're interested going this route. I think I am going to purchase Tyler's so I'll keep you updated in the future.

[lovelyaz480]

So I went online and purchased the lipotropic complex (a.k.a. Fat burner) in pill form. I ordered tylers interagated brand for $15 90 pills. It has b12 and the fatburner amino acids... Methodone, insitol, choline (mic) sorry for the spelling. Ill keep you updated

[team-mom]

Thanks for posting this. I looked up basal metabolic rate and calculated mine. I took that number and compared it to the meal plan the doctor gave me. Going by his diet, I might be lucky to lose 1-2 lbs per month. I think I will do a little tweaking to my calorie intake and see how that works.

Have a great day eneryone!

[lovelyaz480]

Well I went in to a weight loss clinic and specifically asked what was in a fat burner injection. It is everything in the Lipotropic Complex pills I am taking . In fact, they sell the exact brand and pill I bought which is Integrative tyler's Lipotropic Complex. So I just wanted to give a heads up if anyone is interested. I bought mine online through natural healthy concepts online and they have different lipotropic complex pills. So far I am still loosing and I got 10 more to go till Onederland!!!!!