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Want to lose weight? Here's the deal: you must create a caloric deficit. If you don't, you can spend an infinite amount of time worrying about carbs and fat and protein, and eating more or less of a certain type of food, and different types of cardio, and high reps or low reps, and so on and so on... and it will all be for nothing.
6 Reasons Your Body Isn't Doing What You Want It To Do
Seeded on Sat May 29, 2010 12:05 PM EDT
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Want to build muscle? Here's the deal: you must eat enough to support growth and make progressive overload happen in the gym. Trying to come up with the best routine, and the best exercises, and the best number of sets and reps, and the best supplements... it's all completely useless if the basic principles that make it all matter aren't in place.
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#1 - Sat May 29, 2010 12:06 PM EDTI lost 35 pounds in about two months doing just this. I ate whatever I wanted (Sweet? Sure! Fatty? Go for it!) and still lost plenty of weight because I restricted my diet intake and exercised every day with about 40-60 minutes of 4 mph walking. It's so simple really - it amazes me why people try dieting without actually dieting and still expect results.
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#3 - Sat May 29, 2010 12:36 PM EDTYou did it the right way. I lost about 20 pounds in 3 months last year the same way. Now I weigh myself every day and cut back on food if I gain more than 3 pounds.
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#4 - Sat May 29, 2010 1:02 PM EDTThat's great - keep it up! Just remember, don't be afraid to eat foods that you like even if it isn't necessarily good for you. The reason many diets fail is because <a href = "https://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/research&labs/berridge/publications/Berridge%20%27Liking%27%20&%20%27wanting%27%20food%20rewards%20Physiol%20&%20Behav%202009.pdf">people totally deprive themselves of foods that the body (and brain) physically and mentally craves.</a> People who expect to lose weight only by depriving themselves anything they love to eat will succumb to their brain's overwhelming desire for comfort foods. Calorie content is everything - keep that in check and you can eat whatever you want and still drop pounds.
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Good information. I try to eat food I like and healthy food in balance. Just limit intake and exercise daily. I consider this a way of life, not a diet.
Have a great holiday weekend.
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#5 - Sat May 29, 2010 1:20 PM EDTLifting weights helps too...it increases your metabolism, so even at rest you are still burning calories. It also has the added benefit of shaping your body, plus it makes you stronger. It is a win/win situation all the way around:)
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#6 - Sat May 29, 2010 6:11 PM EDTI am doing physical work now, an addition to the house. But when I am not doing physical work, I lift weights.
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