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Originally Posted by redwings
Truth is the reason why im going so insane with diet and exercise is because college kicked my ass with drinking and unhealthy eating and i gained a good 15 pounds of FAT. I have hardly any muscle at all. I am embarrassed to take my shirt of outside because im a little self conscious of my stomach. Im one of those guys that looks skinny with a shirt on.
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If you took a 3-year college program, you gained, on average, 5 lbs. a year.
Losing more than 1 or 2 lbs. of fat per week can be dangerous (and difficult to maintain, I might add).
If you have hardly any muscle, be sure to work in some weight training. Depending on what you do, weight training can actually burn more net calories than running, as your recovery period of 24 hours or more boosts your metabolism. Eat a balanced diet. And don't overexercise. It creates stress and can work against your goals. Get proper sleep. Same reason: Stress.
A pound of fat is worth 3,500 calories. You need to burn that much over and beyond your net calorie expenditure (food calories - calories burned).
Rushing toward an unrealistic goal is a recipe for failure. It's possible to lose 15 lbs. by the end of the summer or just beyond, but any faster than that and you might be losing both fat and muscle. Not good. (This too is unsustainable.) Remember that if you weight train, your net weight won't matter so much as your fat percentage. I can gain weight while losing fat fairly easily with the right program. (I'm doing it right now.)
Work for the long term. Do it right for the rest of your life.