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Originally posted by Skettios
I tried Atkins for awhile, and got down to 265. I did this when I was living with my parents. I moved back to school and gained most of it back in a few months. I don't want to go the atkins route again, I really don't believe that it's very healthy. I do however want to lower my carbs, empty calories, and try to keep myself full with protein. I seem to be hungry all of the time, and would like help with any kind of appetite control as well.
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i've found atkins is good for appetite control, and if done right, isn't unhealthy (my opinion). by that i mean using nutritional supplements, getting your 15-20 carbs/day from veggies, and eating fish and poultry mainly, egg whites rather than full eggs, and only occasional red meat, pork and cheese.
maybe try south beach? it's got more food variety. but just cutting a lot of suger out would probably be a good help.
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Here's what I'm doing so far:
I do the elliptical trainer at 40 minute intervals. I try to keep my calories/hour around 1100. I have recently learned that keeping a steady pace probably isn't a good idea.
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huh? keeping a steay pace helps allow you to go for a long time. also, an elliptical is not going to get you burning 1100 calories an hour. not even close. running burns approx. 100 calories/mile, so an elite athlete may be able to do taht, but the elliptical will burn fewer than running.
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I've tried to cut down on my drinking but it's been really hard. My whole social life revolves around the bar scene. I've decided I'm willing to get rid of alcohol altogether if that's what it takes.
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any chance you can limit yourself to only one or two drinks a night? light beers, diet coke and rum (according to bacardi, it's only 66cal). and avoid bar food...
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I'm also considering posting some kind of fitness challenge on my website that will keep people updated if they want to, some kind of written commitment thing.
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maybe set up a TFP challenge sorta thing... where anyone who wants to can post their fitness goals and update it... could be good positive reenforcement... i'd be in for that.