Thread: weight loss and protein

You really do not want to lower your calorie intake down by over 500. If you try to restrict your intake much, your metabolism will just shut down, and you still will not lose weight. You have to keep your intake up with the amount of exercise you are doing, and your body size requirements.

Spread your eating out into 5 or 6 small meals, instead of two or three big ones. Tuna fish, vegies, and whole grain food products are good, along with non fried skinless chicken. Peanut butter is another good source of protein; do eggs, and red meat in moderation.

Drink about 2 gallons of water a day, this helps flush fat from the body.

Originally Posted by hunter

i am trying to loss about 20 pounds or so. i have been training for about 2 weeks, trying to watch my calorie, fat, and carb intake. should lower my protein intake as well. I find it are to watch everything along side the protein without going over my calories, because i weigh 240. what sould i do. open for ideas. help

as sam mentioned, starving yourself is not the answer. thats the mistake uneducated people typically make. read this ...

http://ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?t=21113

you should come up with a meal plan asap and then post it for everyone to critique.

I meant to mention this before but forgot, (so I'm old, and that's my privilege).

There is a program that you might be interested in I have used it, and this thing really works. You can get a free 15 day test run, and if you like it it's about $49.00 I think.
It will keep track of the calorie you take in. The % of proteins, carbs, and fats. Also the amount of calories you burn daily, plus the exercise expenditures. It creates a little chart that tracks your progress, and will warn you if you go overboard on intake, or cuts. It will let you know if your water intake is sufficient, and lots of other specifics. It's called diet power.

This is not a diet program, it's a diet monitor. Link below:

http://www.dietpower.com/

Originally Posted by hunter

i am trying to loss about 20 pounds or so. i have been training for about 2 weeks, trying to watch my calorie, fat, and carb intake. should lower my protein intake as well. I find it are to watch everything along side the protein without going over my calories, because i weigh 240. what sould i do. open for ideas. help

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