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Bossnass · 12-30-2007, 10:42 PM

I'll echo the 'talk to doctor' advice.

I happen to be married to one that happens to have a 'fitness/healthy lifestyle' fetish.

As BK said, you're not eating enough. I'm a touch over 6' and a touch under 200lbs. I shoot for about 2500 on a maintenance basis. I'd probably be around, but below 2000 on a strict weight loss plan. I'm pretty healthy right now though, so 2500ish it is.

There is a midpoint where calories in = out, and weight is stable. Slight excess in intake isn't converted to long term storage. Eat too much, you get excess food stored as standard fat deposits (hips/but for females, belly for males). Eat more than too much, you get fat deposits all over. On the other side, eating too little, then all your fat deposits start to go away. Eat "less than too little", as you are now, and some of your food is still going into fat storage. And you probably feel faint or light headed far too often.

Use 'fitday.com'. I personally know people that have had healthy success with it. Free and easy, counts your calories, gives you the carb-protein-fat breakdown. Also eye-opening on what portions you're actually eating. I am still amazed every time I am reminded how little 4 oz of meat is (we have an accurate scale in the kitchen). Try for 40-30-30, carbs-protein-fat, bearing in mind huge amounts of built-in fat with pretty much every carb and protein out there. Again, ref fitday. I'm sure you know the 'whole grains, green vegetables, high fibre, low fat' drill. Sneak a read of fitness magazines at the gym. They all say pretty much the same thing.

You can't 'spot train'. If you have fat on your belly, it will be the last fat to go. You probably have decent abs under there by now, but you won't see them until you loose enough fat all over.

I'd say crank back the weight training, go into maintain mode on the nautilus (same reps, same weight, mix it up just a little), and double or triple your cardio. Not much fat is burnt in a 30 minute session, and cardio fitness will only help you in every conceivable way. Bike, elliptical, treadmill, etc. Good luck.

12-30-2007, 10:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	I'll echo the 'talk to doctor' advice. I happen to be married to one that happens to have a 'fitness/healthy lifestyle' fetish. As BK said, you're not eating enough. I'm a touch over 6' and a touch under 200lbs. I shoot for about 2500 on a maintenance basis. I'd probably be around, but below 2000 on a strict weight loss plan. I'm pretty healthy right now though, so 2500ish it is. There is a midpoint where calories in = out, and weight is stable. Slight excess in intake isn't converted to long term storage. Eat too much, you get excess food stored as standard fat deposits (hips/but for females, belly for males). Eat more than too much, you get fat deposits all over. On the other side, eating too little, then all your fat deposits start to go away. Eat "less than too little", as you are now, and some of your food is still going into fat storage. And you probably feel faint or light headed far too often. Use 'fitday.com'. I personally know people that have had healthy success with it. Free and easy, counts your calories, gives you the carb-protein-fat breakdown. Also eye-opening on what portions you're actually eating. I am still amazed every time I am reminded how little 4 oz of meat is (we have an accurate scale in the kitchen). Try for 40-30-30, carbs-protein-fat, bearing in mind huge amounts of built-in fat with pretty much every carb and protein out there. Again, ref fitday. I'm sure you know the 'whole grains, green vegetables, high fibre, low fat' drill. Sneak a read of fitness magazines at the gym. They all say pretty much the same thing. You can't 'spot train'. If you have fat on your belly, it will be the last fat to go. You probably have decent abs under there by now, but you won't see them until you loose enough fat all over. I'd say crank back the weight training, go into maintain mode on the nautilus (same reps, same weight, mix it up just a little), and double or triple your cardio. Not much fat is burnt in a 30 minute session, and cardio fitness will only help you in every conceivable way. Bike, elliptical, treadmill, etc. Good luck.