I'm currently on a regime to reverse my burgeoning fat bastard tendencies. I'm counting calories religiously and eating about 600 less than my recommended BMR (Basic Metabolic Rate) per day. This has worked to an extent and I'm now 9 lbs down on when I got back from holiday. I'm also cutting down on carbs big-style, not to the extent of the Atkin's diet as that's a bit extreme and hardly healthy, but substituting veg for bread/rice, loads more fruit, lots of grilled chicken and prawns. What else do people recommend? What's worked for you? Do low carb diets make sense?
so crash weight loss prob not a good thing if you dont feel you can sustain the new lifestyle.
as far as no-carb making you burn off loadsa muscle, i dont rekon that's the case - protein has lots of energy so it will be used by the body instead of carbs. no so for fruit and veg tho - except things like pulses and nutz. obviously if you count potatos as veg then thats carbs innit? confusing! :?
Very true but really to stay light, you need to adjust your lifestyle I guess. When I reach my target weight I'm not suddenly going to start eating pies and cooked brekkys all the time, but slowly increase my calories to find a maintanence weight where I neither gain nor lose any more weight
1.5 stone gone this morning :D