whats a really good way to lose weight? Before christmas.. so like.. in a month and a half:-D.. mer.. I only want to lose weight in my middle section.. and tone up everywhere else..
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Mer..
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eat salmon :grin:
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Have lots of sex
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ok my dear you have come to the right person....i'd recommend atkins, especially if you want to lose weight quickly. visit the website www.atkinscenter.com and make sure you read over very carefully "how to do atkins" and that you fully understand everything before attempting to start it. basically atkins is a low carb diet where sources of refined carbs such as sugars and white flour are really limited. it starts off pretty restrictive for the first 2 weeks or so, you start with 20 grams of carbs a day or less. then after that, you slowly begin to increase your carb intake each week until you are at your goal weight and you are neither gaining or losing. i love atkins. i used to be so opposed to it, but then i read the book and tried it out and its worked out really well for me. i don't get hungry often, i don't get "hunger headaches" or mood swings. and i've lost 20 pounds since july and its stayed off. some other good options are The South Beach diet or the Zone diet. i got lots of low carb recipes...oh and if you want to tone up i'd do cardio and lifting a few days a week and be sure you are doing some abdominal exercises a couple days a week to tone up that area.
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I want to do the atkins diet.. i will read the article.. I love my carbs.. i love them.. mashed potatoes MmMMMmMMAnd i cant do cardio in the morning.. i wake up at 6 to go to school
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you can mash cauliflower or turnips as a low carb substitute....
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ok i just read that.. theres like 20g's of fat in all the things.. and 300 calories.. how can that work?
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fat is no matter on atkins... fat has 0 impact on blood sugar... when you limit your carb intake your body burns its own fat like crazy. eating a rich diet helps you burn fat better on atkins don't ask me why.
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i have a really low metabolism tho
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thats ok... the diet does work. try it you will be amazed. hehe. but for real you'll lose at least 5 pounds in the first week alone.
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i really dont understand it.. or how to do it
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ok well first of all read through the website, especially the part where it says how to do atkins. there are 4 phases. induction, ongoing weight loss, pre-maintenence, lifetime maint.induction you start with 20 grams of carbs a day for 2 weeks, or even a little longer if you need to.after induction you add 5 grams a day per week (so 25 for first week of ongoing, 30 a day for the second) and you continue increasing on a weekly basis until you are like 5 pounds from your goal weight. continue adding 5 grams a day per week until your weight loss slows off. by this point you will be adding in various different types of carbs. you continue moving up in carbs each week until you are neither gaining or losing. at this point you are in lifetime maint, and this is the carb level you need to stay near to maintain your weight.the website and the book will give you better information...
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sex, u sure u dont like work for the atkins ppl?...u know way too much
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so basically i can look at the site.. look at the carb fats.. and just make those recipes?
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haha no but i sure plug them a lot!
i just like the diet a lot and i'm pretty knowledgable about it since i've done it for a while and read the books.... -
don't worry about fats so much... you should concentrate on limiting the carbs, protein and fat is pretty much unlimited. in the absence of carbohydrate your body burns its own fat (ketosis)...
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Maybe I'm one of the few, but I absolutely hate the Atkins diet.
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have you tried it? what did you hate about it?
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Yeah I've tried it. I think there's too much planning and it got boring after awhile. I don't think it's an ideal diet that you can live by for a long time.
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oh i didn't think it had too much planning. but thats just me. i had more trouble with the zone diet because you have a ratio all your food should be at. and the maint phases of atkins are pretty loose.