Am i dieting wrong? Plz help.

[artrius]

Actually you are incorrect...........their metabolisms are not NORMAL......

I think he means that its normal for people to eat 3x per day... not their metabolisms...

Maybe I'm being overly technical, but....

There is no "normal" for metabolism. Metabolic rate is highly dependant upon the individual, their genetics, eating habits, etc etc, so there will not really be a norm. You could get away with talking about relative speeds of metabolism (slow, fast metabolisms), but talking about a "normal" metabolism is conceptually incorrect. We're talking about apples and oranges here.

 

[bran987]

yeah I am a fatass when you look at BMI

ok, thread done

 

[Slayer_]

Please keep in mind that I am no dieting expert, but I can share with you my own experience. I lost a great deal of fat by doing a strict Atkins diet. In fact, I lost close to 30 lbs in 2 1/2 months, along with weight lifting and some cardio. I like this diet because you can see the results fast. I lost almost 10 lbs in the first week. I think it works really well when you have a high bf. For me it seems to get tougher as my body fat decreases. For at least the first two weeks you keep your carb intake below 20 grams a day. On your second or third day you get fatigued, but it passes as the body begins to burn fat for energy. (This is my understanding of what happens anyway). After the second week, according to the Atkins plan, you can increase your carb increase according to whether you want to continue to lose weight or just maintain what you lost. I kept it strict for the full 2 1/2 months.

I am telling you, for me the weight/fat loss was fantastic.

 

[~SC~]

It's very hard to beleive....I'll put my house on it that he (AND YOU DAD) snack in some way other than 2-3 meals............Also, when you do only eat that infrequently, your body hoards body fat as it slips into starvation mode. It's an incredible smart machine and holds onto anything it can if it thinks you might be starving..............hence the reason you don't lose weight (OR HAVE A TUMMY IN YOUR DAD'S CASE)))))))))))

I hear ya on that, I'd bet my house too........hehehe........

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[wannabcut]

Exactly what I was thinking.......100% impossible to even function on that kind of diet.........I wish people would post what they REALLY eat during the day when they ask for help.............no way to offer up suggestions, when they omit key snacking.............

i swear that is all i am eating, just a shit load of chickin with different flavors.

 

[hardasnails2963]

after a while on low carbs your t4-t3 conversion slows down and weight loss begins to dwindle. After about a week or 2 you may want to up carbs for a day (refeed to keep body going). MARK MY WORDS WITH LOW CARB DIETING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SUFFEREING ALOT OF THYROID PROBLEMS AND NOT KNOWING IT !! IT HAPPENED TO ME BUT MINE WAS BECAUSE OF EXTRA ADDED STRESS THAT SPEED ME UP BY 30%. I did everything I normally did but stress was a very powerful factor which lead to pituitary shut down

 

[BrandonXJ]

eh, I've gone weeks with 800-1000 calories a day with working out and cardio.. it sucks but it's not impossible. As far as that dude who posted, if that's a low carb diet, you need to work on that man. Ketchup, corn, bbq sauce, rice.. all carbs. Maybe you should look into 5 or 6 smaller "normal" meals (as previously mentioned) and start adding in some light cardio, walking 20 minutes a day, stuff like that.. you can work up to working out and running..

 

[wannabcut]

actually he is eating 3 meals per so that's not that hard to believe.. even though the cals are low.. I had girlfriends that ate once or twice per day before it's just what you are used to.. my dad weighs 210 lbs. at 5'10", has a little gut but he only eats twice/day haha

but in his summary he is missing the calories from the mayo and bbq sauce and yeah I'm sure there are some other little things in there he left out,

mainly what you need to know is that he needs to add EFA's (essential fatty acids) to your diet, add another 2-3 meals during the day, and start exercising more otherwise you will plateau in your weight loss pretty quickly and/or lost even more muscle pretty fast wannabcut!

What sort of foods contain efa's. Also i have a pretty good amount of muscle and i dont want to lose it, what can i do to prevent muscle loss.

 

[wannabcut]

eh, I've gone weeks with 800-1000 calories a day with working out and cardio.. it sucks but it's not impossible. As far as that dude who posted, if that's a low carb diet, you need to work on that man. Ketchup, corn, bbq sauce, rice.. all carbs. Maybe you should look into 5 or 6 smaller "normal" meals (as previously mentioned) and start adding in some light cardio, walking 20 minutes a day, stuff like that.. you can work up to working out and running..

So you are saying eat less carbs correct? I was shooting for around 50g a day, is that too much?

 

[wannabcut]

after a while on low carbs your t4-t3 conversion slows down and weight loss begins to dwindle. After about a week or 2 you may want to up carbs for a day (refeed to keep body going). MARK MY WORDS WITH LOW CARB DIETING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SUFFEREING ALOT OF THYROID PROBLEMS AND NOT KNOWING IT !! IT HAPPENED TO ME BUT MINE WAS BECAUSE OF EXTRA ADDED STRESS THAT SPEED ME UP BY 30%. I did everything I normally did but stress was a very powerful factor which lead to pituitary shut down

Can you give some recommendations as to what to eat on a refeed day, as far as carb count and calorie count, etc.