Posts by imtkain

If your boyfriend has any hobbies, investigate local clubs pertaining to them.  There are many public clubs in most towns: poker club, chess club, sports, etc.  If you can find something you think he'll like, encourage him to go.

As someone who has actually been in your boyfriend's situation, I can tell you that you cannot forceably become friends with anyone, it just has to be right.

Exercise is 66% of weight loss from my experience.

When I got off from school back in high school I would eat 2-3 servings of cheetoes, 2-3 cups of 2% milk, a cosmic brownie, 3-5 oz of salami, and 2-3 oz of swiss cheese.

I always snag brown rice, shrimp, baked salmon, roasted chicken and some wonton soup.  It's not as bad as most people think, that is, if you do it right and in moderation.

You're probably gaining because your entire diet is carbs and fat, you mustn't get more than 30 grams of protein a day...  First of all, remove the pretzels, string cheese and almonds from your diet altogether.  For breakfast, go with egg whites, a fat free cheddar cheese, a few tomatoe chunks, and low fat ham for your omlette.  For lunch go with a can of tuna and your usual veggies/fruit.  Fruit is a great choice for a pre-workout snack.  Sounds like you're doing the right thing for dinner as well.  For dessert try a fiber one bar or a special k bar, they're relatively low on calories and they taste excellent.

Whatever your burn meter says you will have burned at the end of the day, eat 500-1000 calories less than that.

I used to eat 3000 calories a day.  When I began dieting I cut down to 1700 a day.  For the first 10 days I was hungry.  Since then, my body has been content with 1700 and even disapproves of having more than 800 in a single seating, which used to be very common for me.  This morning I woke up at 6 am, it's now 2 pm, I've had 755 calories and I'm not hungry at all.

I thought it was 90+ minutes a day that burned muscle.  I'm pretty sure that the 90 minutes a week thing is false since I don't work out my legs other than HIIT running, elliptacals, and cycles and my legs have grown substantially in the past three months...

Use this formula and your best algebra skills to determine how many calories you need each day.

GC = Average Gym Calories; WC = Average Work Calories; DGD = Days until goal date; BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate; GW = Goal Weight; CW = Current Weight; CCD = Calories consumed each day

(CW - GW) x 3500 = (BMR + WC + GC - CCD) x DGD

Solve for CCD aftering inputing everything, don't forget your order of operations.

Also, for your diet shoot for 37.5% protein, 37.5% carbs, and 25% fat.  The protein will help you build muscle, which in turn will increase your metabolism and make you lose even faster.  Have 1/4 of your daily protein intake within an hour after working out.  Have 1/4 of your daily carb intake just before working out (I've found this really helps with my stamina on cardio machines).

I only use three cups for liquids, one is 1 cup, another is 1.5 cups, and the other is 2 cups.  For condiments I measure 100% exact since they're caloric values are very high and therefore very sensitive to amount.  For everything else I just estimate; I know what a cup of rice/pototoes/corn looks like, as well as 1 oz of most meats.

That's not good, you're going to grow a plum tree in your stomach!!!!

Milk.  I'd drink 1/2 gallon of whole milk every day if it wasn't so fattening and loaded with lactose.

1000 > Burn - Eat > 500

Microwave 1 oz Fat Free Cheddar Cheese with 5 oz tuna for 35 seconds, mix it up and throw it on some toasted bread with 1 tbsp fat free ranch and you got yourself a nice tuna melt.

I've been working out every day for a month now and enjoy both it and the results I see.  The thing is, you need to change up your cardio routines every day.  I rotate between the Elliptacal machines, running on the treadmill, and the cycles.  If you're weight training, it is imperitive that you do not work out the same muscle group within 48 hours (with the exception of abs and calves).