Hey guys...

Jordo!

Religiously count calories that you presently eat. Now reduce it by about 20% and stick to it. Start there, modulate up or down as needed.

You can find calculators on resting metabolism, but really, there is considerable individual variation (and these formulas were developed when Americans were far less sedentary...), so unless you can find a place that does the respiration test, just assume whatever number you arrive at when making calculations is probably an overestimate.

We are not so different from our ancestors 400 K years ago... but we are far less active and have agriculture, so we eat tons and tons of crap while sitting on our asses, even though we evolved to run around with not too much food. So, as compared to our ancient ancestors, modern humans tend to have less dense bone mass, less muscle mass, and are fatter. Oh, and then there's all the diseases directly tied to diet like late onset diabetes and heart disease...

Cut out anything that is mainly fats or sugar entirely (e.g., cheese, whole milk, white bread, soda). No booze, if you are really serious.

Drink more water. Lean meats, fish, fruits, veg. Go easy on anything that requires some form of processing before it can be eaten (e.g., wheat and rice products, anything deep fried...).

Begin a workout regimen. Start with the basics if you are out of shape; stretch, push ups, crunches.

Run. Seriously, run. As you get more fit, add some wind-sprints to it (full tilt, short bursts).

Track everything you do and eat in a log. Note progress in strength (e.g., can now do more push ups) and weight (a few lbs every two weeks or so is reasonable if you stick at it -- and it tends to drop off quickly as first if you are really packing too much excess fat).

Picking up a set of body fat calipers or a decent scale that can estimate it is helpful as well.

Log everything -- humans are bad at estimating without record keeping.

Good luck!

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justsomeguy

Thanks a lot BroZ. I appreciate ur motivational speeches. I just now did some weight training and jogged around my neighborhood for about 40 minutes. I can't say that sounds good compared to other people, but right now I'm just focusing on how I do. I think it was pretty great for a first time exercise! I'm actually feeling really good right now as I'm typing this. I think this is gonna be life changing

njobe89

This is a double edged sword... there are good calories and bad calories you can intake. Just because something might say it was 100 calories it doesn't necessarily mean it will benefit your body.

Honestly just start exercising daily, do a lot of cardio and if you want to lift weights, do low weight but high reps. 15-20 reps of 6+ sets. also, if you can go to the gym early in the morning i would suggest you do that. working out in the morning jump starts your body and you'll feel better as well.

There are fat burners but i'm skeptical about those and i would not recommend them, but they can help you take of weight a little bit.

Just be dedicated and don't pig out and you'll see an improvement.

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Meulen

I've found my clients to greatly differ with this. Some people can count calories and eat twinkies and doughnuts and still lose weight as long as overall calories are lower in deficit. Others, it greatly matters what they eat. I think there are 2 reasons for this.

1. Peoples bodies are different and react to foods/calories differently. Some peoples bodies don't burn stored fat easily, and store processed sugar and carbs as fat more rather than use it for fuel. It's mostly hereditary. In this case you'll need to learn to balance stress, keep your hormones in check and find out what foods work for you.

2. Some people are under educated on this. They don't realize how important it is to eat foods high in nutrition and low in calories. Once they learn about this, they eat more good quality caloric foods and actually feel less hungry. If you don't understand and eat low quality food dieting can be very stressful. You'll feel hungry constantly, and if you don't give in to the urges you'll just increase cortisol levels and your body will still store more fat!

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njobe89

yup, no 2 people are the same, got to find the right balance for everything.

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