Posts by lkvd

Change one small thing at a time.  Don't overthink it.  Start with diet first.  Fix your eating habits ~ you cannot lose weight without the diet being in place.  Focus on real food as much as possible.  Figure out the food thing first, then slowly start adding the exercise.  Small changes generally have a better way of sticking.  I think you made the mistake that most people do, just starting off super enthusiastic and trying to do it all at once.  We all want to see quick changes, but I think you will be more successful if you focus on one small thing at a time.  As I mentioned above, I think John Berardi at Precision Nutrition is a super smart dude when it comes to weight loss.  They have helped thousands of people lose weight and they coach people to make very small changes at any one time.  Google John Berardi "top 10 lessons for 2012" or check out my blog (link is in my profile).  I think it is a very useful article.  

In the end, everybody is different.  Find what works for you.  If it's not working, change something and try again.  Keep at it until you find what works for you.  It's not rocket science...it's just hard to do!  

Good Luck!

You have obviously never heard of intermittent fasting.  Do you have anything to back up your statement that "it is a fact that the majority of people who do not eat breakfast are overweight?"  I don't care if you eat breakfast ~ if that works for you, that is great.  I just have a problem with people who state things like "you must eat breakfast," "breakfast is the most important meal," or "it is a fact that the majority of people who do not eat breakfast are overweight."  And for the record, I think the whole blood sugar thing is another load of garbage.  If eating many small meals works for you, great, go for it.  But it doesn't work for everyone and there is no reason anyone should feel they have to eat that way.  I recognize everyone is trying to help on this forum but I just think there are too many people who state "rules" about eating that are not based on anything scientific.  

AjithGunawrdana...if something works for you, that's great, but quite frankly it proves nothing (other than you believe that it works for you).  Dispensing advice to others as "fact" when all you really know is that it works for you is irresponsible.  Smashley did a good job of providing facts.  If you all chose not to listen, then that's your choice.  

I eat 2-3 meals a day within an 8 hour window, a form of Intermittent Fasting (and I don't eat at all for 16 hours).  I like feeling full when I eat.  Eating 4-6 times a day does not work for me.  There are many ways to eat, and people have to do what works for them.  But there is no science to support the idea that you are storing fat if you don't eat multiple small meals throughout the day. 

I like Paloff presses ~ there are a bunch of variations, cable chop and cable lift, stir-the-pot (on a stability ball) and all manner of planks (side versions too).  The core is meant to be a stabilizer, so focus on exercises that use it as such.  Go to youtube for video clips.  

Here is the basic Paloff Press to get you started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE553my1o8

And stir-the-pot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EuMtm2MzRA

Lots of great paleo recipes online.  A paleo diet eliminates all grains.  

Eat the whole egg.  The yolk is good for you.

I like Marianne Kane's workouts on myomytv.  She focuses on good exercises that with a few kettlebells you can do at home.  Different formats provide some variety.  I would add back some strength training to avoid being "skinny fat" ~ thin but with no muscle.  

You are not going to drop 15 pounds in one month without feeling hungry and doing damage to your body.  Why do this to yourself?  As Smashley says, get a bigger dress and start on a healthy weight loss program that doesn't involve garbage like hydroxycut.  

I just don't think it is necessary to keep telling me my gym is ripping me off, which suggests that a) the guys there don't know what they are doing and b) I don't' know what I'm doing.  Maybe you should google Cressey Performance.  I am hardly getting ripped off.  Or you could google Eric Cressey and Tony Gentilcore and see how little they know about S&C.  

I think people sometimes forget their manners in cyberspace when they aren't dealing with people face-to-face.  I actually think generally you give good advice and have a good sense of humor.  

I'm done.  

Okay, I'm not going to try to ruffle too many feathers here, but I am a strength coach myself, and I respectfully disagree with "training for endurance" with weights.  It really doesn't do anything for you.  The point of strength training is to...gain strength...which means building muscle.  And you don't build muscle without progressive overload, meaning you progressively add weight as you get stronger.  

Smashley, I think you're just rude.  What an endurance athlete does to train for their sport (e.g. running) is obviously different than what a basketball player does for his (e.g. playing basketball).  But if you're going to strength train, then the point is to get stronger and there are not a lot of different ways to do it.  Quite frankly, most trainers in a commercial gym setting really don't know much about proper strength training anyway, I don't hold much in what they say.  Dede Griesbauer, a pro triathlete (you can goggle her, she's the real deal) trains at my gym and she does the same stuff as the pro baseball players do.  

Re: Mike Boyle, yes, controversial, but still a super smart dude, very nice and easy to talk to, willing to share his knowledge with everyone.  He was recently appointed the S&C coach for the Boston Red Sox.  The guy does know what he's doing even if he does piss people off sometimes.