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Eat below you calorie maintenance and you won't need to do any exercise to lose weight. Your body will consume fat for the extra energy it needs to maintain itself. Combine that with exercise and you'll burn more fat as more calories are burned in exercise than doing nothing.

Originally Posted by Logman

Eat below you calorie maintenance and you won't need to do any exercise to lose weight. Your body will consume fat for the extra energy it needs to maintain itself. Combine that with exercise and you'll burn more fat as more calories are burned in exercise than doing nothing.

Thats what I thought,What an normal amount of cals and carbs to take in a day?

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Track your normal intake for a few days and post up the average. We'll take it from there.

Eggs.
bulk Oatmeal.
Canned Tuna
Beans
Whole wheat bread.
Fruit.

All of those foods are quite healthy, and can be bought for easily under 15-20 bucks. I know the situation you are dealing with... my family used to eat quite unhealthy. We fried foods, took full advantage of 2 dollar Tuesdays at KFC and our home entrees were frozen more often than not. Wich by the way, can be curbed. If the desire is there, you CAN choose what you eat. Deep fried chicken? take off the skin. Chicken fingers and fries? Take off the breading by hand (it can be tedious... no one said this was easy) and limit your fry consumption. Everyone having dessert? skip it.

The fact is, its possible to eat healthy under a relatively limited budget. The most expensive foods I can think of would be fresh meats, boneless skinless chicken breasts, or protein powder. But much can be acheived on a budget. I went from 260 to 200 without a job. Exercise, work out (smartly; id recommend brushing up your weight lifting wherewithall using the stickies, or the wonderfullly useful "google"), and eat right (and if you cant eat the best food, eating less) and you will reach your goal.

Mind set is key. If you want it, you can have it. The only one that can do ANYTHING about it, is you. Goodluck.

at 15 you should be entering high school??
see what you can do about getting into the high school weight room

might be a possibility for a cheap place to work out

others might include

community college
churches
community centers

although
a pullup bar, dip bar, and some free weights should do it for you for awhile


eating healthy is tough when you live at home man...
im 21 and im still struggleing...

moms love to feed their children cookies etc... and there so damn goood...

keep doing research and youll learn to make the best decisions possible

fitday.com as built said, is a pretty stellar place to track your diet

Originally Posted by Ben dur

at 15 you should be entering high school??
see what you can do about getting into the high school weight room

might be a possibility for a cheap place to work out

others might include

community college
churches
community centers

although
a pullup bar, dip bar, and some free weights should do it for you for awhile


eating healthy is tough when you live at home man...
im 21 and im still struggleing...

moms love to feed their children cookies etc... and there so damn goood...

keep doing research and youll learn to make the best decisions possible

fitday.com as built said, is a pretty stellar place to track your diet

Well i turn 17 on the 20th and the problem is i just need a workout to get back back into action with what i have and get strong with some muscle growth to get a nice body like i used to....when we had money for diet foods and such and had money for gym.....but so many trainers have so many thoughts on what is a good workout and what is not its hard to decide

well

ive had a few run ins with "trainers"
its funny how some of them think

but just to clearify something

WORKING OUT
is better than not

make sure you use care in proper form and caution in your training
dont do extreme movements that could injure you

and just lift
you could study it for years and still find new information


just stay with it and you will see result

Eat and stick to the basics if youre confused by trainers. Bench movements, with dumbells too! Pull ups, rows, squats and deadlifts. Go hard. and eat and you'll grow. Experiment with more exotic stuff as you learn and research. Don't max out on the isolation stuff as it will only take away from your ability to do the complex movements later.

im going to have to agree with merk almost 100%


in fact
there is only a small handfull of exercises i ever do with a barbell

DB's for the win


--- merkaba, id have to agree with your new signature aswell

Sorry for such a long time on this reply

Originally Posted by ArnoldsProtege

Eggs.
bulk Oatmeal.
Canned Tuna
Beans
Whole wheat bread.
Fruit.

All of those foods are quite healthy, and can be bought for easily under 15-20 bucks. I know the situation you are dealing with... my family used to eat quite unhealthy. We fried foods, took full advantage of 2 dollar Tuesdays at KFC and our home entrees were frozen more often than not. Wich by the way, can be curbed. If the desire is there, you CAN choose what you eat. Deep fried chicken? take off the skin. Chicken fingers and fries? Take off the breading by hand (it can be tedious... no one said this was easy) and limit your fry consumption. Everyone having dessert? skip it.

The fact is, its possible to eat healthy under a relatively limited budget. The most expensive foods I can think of would be fresh meats, boneless skinless chicken breasts, or protein powder. But much can be acheived on a budget. I went from 260 to 200 without a job. Exercise, work out (smartly; id recommend brushing up your weight lifting wherewithall using the stickies, or the wonderfullly useful "google"), and eat right (and if you cant eat the best food, eating less) and you will reach your goal.

Mind set is key. If you want it, you can have it. The only one that can do ANYTHING about it, is you. Goodluck.

Thanks, got any other times about how to make some foods better?

Originally Posted by Ben dur

well

ive had a few run ins with "trainers"
its funny how some of them think

but just to clearify something

WORKING OUT
is better than not

make sure you use care in proper form and caution in your training
dont do extreme movements that could injure you

and just lift
you could study it for years and still find new information


just stay with it and you will see result

am not worried about that, iv been doing some stuff and inc trainers showed mne how to do the movments right and when to flex and pump my muslces on every exercises iv learned...inc breathing


one thing is some time in the future I want a body like this

http://www.ibspro.net/wp-content/upl...y_building.jpg

but i dont know but when i think about compound exercises I think that Ill get hulky and stocky but not really riped like ill see more mass in my legs and chest then in my bicepts and such

1)if i do the workout above well I get ripped muscles and soem def? aslong as i can see the shape of the muscles to give me a good body like in the pic instead of seeing hughe lumps on my body im lright with it, I want to be able to take my shirt off and show off my muscles (and i mean all of them bicepts,tris, etc etc) and still be sstrong

there are ways to isolate the extremities more when doing compound exercises

the key to compound movements is that your activating ALOT of muscles

your test levels increase, and the overall muscular microtrauma is greater

you will burn MANY more calories, and build muscles throughout your body faster

if you look at this picture the models chest is HGIHLY developed, as well as his triceps and shoulders
-this comes from doing compound pushing motions

his lats are wide and developed thoroughly, as well his biceps are full
-this comes from compound pulling work

his abs are tight, developed, and he has a thin waistline; all of which almost undoubtedly tappers into massively proportioned thighs
-this comes from doing lots of compound lower body work, which requires the stabilization of the abdominal, and lower back


all of this comes with time, and porper training, of course being ripped is all about having the physic, then dieting into the body fat range desired...

sure, you can do isolated work to hit your weak spots, though i wouldnt BASE my routine around them

in time, you will have a VERY clear picture in your mind of where you can take YOUR body, and the routine you want to use to get it there

in the mean time, i would stick to mostly compound work, and you will see results.
if you must do isolated work, spare it for the burnout sets...

Originally Posted by Ben dur

there are ways to isolate the extremities more when doing compound exercises

the key to compound movements is that your activating ALOT of muscles

your test levels increase, and the overall muscular microtrauma is greater

you will burn MANY more calories, and build muscles throughout your body faster

if you look at this picture the models chest is HGIHLY developed, as well as his triceps and shoulders
-this comes from doing compound pushing motions

his lats are wide and developed thoroughly, as well his biceps are full
-this comes from compound pulling work

his abs are tight, developed, and he has a thin waistline; all of which almost undoubtedly tappers into massively proportioned thighs
-this comes from doing lots of compound lower body work, which requires the stabilization of the abdominal, and lower back


all of this comes with time, and porper training, of course being ripped is all about having the physic, then dieting into the body fat range desired...

sure, you can do isolated work to hit your weak spots, though i wouldnt BASE my routine around them

in time, you will have a VERY clear picture in your mind of where you can take YOUR body, and the routine you want to use to get it there

in the mean time, i would stick to mostly compound work, and you will see results.
if you must do isolated work, spare it for the burnout sets...

Cool so stick to the workout? im try it out soon and find the right amount of sets and reps and maybe add some last minute isolation exercises that i dont think are getting workouted out enough