Well to be honest I want to tell you guys something, I am 5 11" and weigh around 200 Pounds. Now to you guys it might seem that that is a good weight but to me I am way overweight I just want to shed the extra 25 pounds or so, thus bringing some muscle tone to my body and depth to my face. So I have tried everything, well not really, I just go to the gym to run a little (cardio) and then lift weights to build muscle I have been doing this for about 4-5 months and so far I haven't seen any changes. Instead of shedding off weight I have been gaining weight and it sucks. So I was wondering if I would try out Hydroxycut... and if it would actually work for me for the next month or so to shed off the 20 pounds Is it possible? I would just like your honest opinion Website: http://www.hydroxycut.com/ Thanks -Zain
Are weight-loss medicines used for people who are just a little overweight? No. Weight-loss medicines are only for people who are very obese. Most weight-loss medicines are designed for people who weigh 20% or more above what is ideal for their height and body type or who have a high body mass index (BMI). The BMI is a measure of your weight and height. Your doctor can tell you if weight-loss medicines might be helpful for you. http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/ho...ticles/192.html .
Reduce your bad carb and calorie intake. Stick to high protein foods, chicken (skinless reduces calories by a lot), beef, mainly meats. Instead of eating 2-3 meals a day increase it to 4-5 with smaller meals. Make yourself some smoothies, using only fruits and vegetables. The taste of the fruits easy out powers the taste of the vegetables so don't worry about bad tastes. Diet pills aren't the best way to approach weight loss man, just keep up the cardio (I'd say atleast 30 mins a day for a week going atleast a speed-walking pace). If you want to get more definition (as opposed to more bulk muscle) do more reps on less weight when lifting.
I get what you guys mean, I already do that stuff iPoo I eat about 5 meals a day, protein shake, wey protein, and lift mostly an average weight, but with about 12-24 reps each per-set and about 2-3 sets each going up in weight each set, and lower reps as well I know that it ain't the answer man, but I cant find any other answer -Zain
eat clean lift hard do cardio. the first step should be to buy a food scale. weigh everything you eat. remember the magic formulas carbs = 4 Calories/gram protein = 4 Calories/gram fats = 9 Calories/gram a cutting diet would probably be something like 20-35% carbs, 20-60% protein and around 30% fat as far as caloric content goes. eat clean. low fat/non fat dairy products(1% milk is ideal, for cottage cheese it's a toss up between 0% and 2%, just know that if you go with the latter you need to eat less) nuts olives, leefy greens, lean meats like poultry and fish(try to avoid beef and pork) pastas, oats and grain, potatoes(again portion control) a diet might be break fast - some milk, some unflavored oatmeal or cheries or wheaties, or similar, and perhaps some leefy greens snack - protein bar, or small shake, or a tuna/chicken sandwhich LIFT - some fruit(for the sugar content as it aids in metabolic recovery after lifting) and maybe a shake snack - another sandwhich or small shake dinner - leefy greens, olives, nuts, etc. night time snack - peanut butter sandwhich(unsweetened peanut butter works best) and perhaps some milk and/or non/low fat cottage cheese. if you're not loosing weight cut caloric intake by around 500 calories a day. also don't think in lbs lost think about inches and bodyfat and I'll be the first to admit that i need to work on my own diet. I have a hard time eating enough. I'm trying to GAIN weight/muscle. the diet for such is similar, just more carbs and slightly reduced emphasis on protein also when you lift go to muscular failure and keep volume in check, there does come a point where lifting too much is counter productive as your body cannot recover quickly enough(which is applicable when trying to cut or if you have a fast metabolism) as far as running, 2-5 miles a day isn't too crazy. also, if you don't change your diet you tend to gain weight when you lift. muscle weighs A LOT. muscle gains aren't bad. FYI when cutting the point of lifting isn't to gain muscle it's to maintain it so that the weight you loose is fat not muscle.
Hm, I worry about those things because they can very often do negative things to your health. I like the above advice. You see, I have (somewhat) the opposite problem as you. I do not really gain weight, so I have to constantly eat and work out to try and avoid droopping pounds. I don't know how to gain weight, I'm not supppperrrr skinny, but I'd like to be able to gain a lot more mass so I could have more of a role in sports like football and such. (I love basketball, soccer, tennis, volleyball but I don't have a good mass to take the hits in football, and I'd like to play that, too =D). I don't know how to gain the weight I want, whereas you don't know how to lose the weight you want. Why don't we just switch problems for a bit? lol
All the above advice is sound but also don't forget two things: first of all not everything about our body can be changed; secondly muscle weighs more than fat. What that means is your very bone and muscle structure may be hampering efforts to "bring tone to your body and face", or at least hampering the outcome feel you should be achieving. At the same time, you state you're gaining weight but on a high protein, high cardio regime like you describe this is hardly a bad thing, unless you can physically see an increase in untoned fat chances are all thats happening is a build up of muscle. Not everybody tones the same way; I know people who have eight packs with minimum effort and others that struggle to build six packs. They all focus on the same muscles and do similar regimes but at the end of the day their genetic structure comes into play. You may have to accept that's all there is too it. Either way diet pills, no. They're bad for your long term health and at your weight/height would probably do nothing more than create a psychological difference which is also never a good thing.
^^ wise man. you can't change your bone structure. you can't change where and how your muscle is attached. you can't change intrinsic characteristics of your metabolism.
I know what you mean but I have worked my ass off for the past 5 months and as far as I see, I haven't gotten any results. I don't feel any stronger at all, I can barely do push-ups, I mean come on even a 2 year old can do more push-ups than me There is something with my body that is messed up, as it cannot build muscle, if it did then I should be able to feel it somewhere. I tried building up my chest but instead of building my chest I am getting man boobs, which is not a cool thing for any man to have. I don't know but there is something mentally and physically wrong here... -Zain
You don't really 'feel' the muscle, hell, you don't even realize it grows only because you see it everyday. Anyways, if you're truly serious about losing the weight, go to a nutritionist, and have them put you on a meal plan. As for the man boobs, working your chest increases the size of the muscle where your boobs are, increasing the size. My boobies have actually grown a significant amount, which I want. Remember, its easier to turn fat into muscle then it is to gain muscle off nothing.
your 6 foot 200 lbs and you think your fat? im the same and i don't think im fat at all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goYpivZF_K8 back to topic: when i got the flu i didn't eat for a week and i dropped 30 lbs so maybe you eat too much?
Hah Nice one But yeah, also I barely eat anything.... :huh: Only have dinner .. and which is a plate with tortia, vege's and some lentils nothing special... For breakfast I drink Milk with eggs in it and a protein shake before going to work
