hungryinhouston
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Hi. I stumbled onto this sight looking for some information and would first like to say how impressed I am with this forum.
Over the last four months or so I have been gradually losing weight, about 25 lbs. I was laid off from an office job and got work at a shop doing fairly physical work and that seems to have been a big part of it. I've taken some time off to study and may not go back to that kind of work anymore. I have taken up doing cardio more or less daily to try to replace what i was getting at work (and getting paid to do- wish it replaced the $ as well...).
Currently I weigh around 240 lbs. and my short to intermediate goal is to loose the next 20- 30 lbs/ drop another pant size or two.
My main Q has to do with diet/nutricion:
My diet up to this point has been fairly sporatic. While working at the shop I found that I could often get away w/ fast food and had a fairly 'healthy' appetite as long as i avoided the late night snacks. I would also often have days where I would have very limited amounts of food.
Now I would like to speed up my weight loss some (idealy a couple pounds a week) and realise i need to get a plan when it comes to diet and nutrician.
As i mentioned before I spend alot of time studying and need to be able to focus for long periods of time. I have added more fruit to my diet- typically an apple or two a day usually in the afternoons as a pick me up and as i had heard fruits were considered 'brain food'. The cardio also seems to be helping me focus as well.
What I really need are some general principles for a diet that will help me get my metabolism going and keep it going through the day. I don't like starving myself to loose weight as 1.) it tends to make me lethargic (last thing i need right now) and 2.) I have been led to believe its not very healthy.
I tend to jog about for about 40 minuits in the morning usually w/in an hour of getting up.
Should I eat breakfast b/4 or after doing the cardio and what types of foods? and then what should I be eating and when to keep things going throughout the day? would it be better to do the cardio in the evening?
I have also been interested in getting a better idea of where my insolin levels are how this is affecting things? One major motivation for me is recently learning more about Type II Diabedes and recognizing a couple of pre-diabedes symptoms as all too familiar.
I would really appreciate any resourses (on the web would be great) or specific recomendations.
Over the last four months or so I have been gradually losing weight, about 25 lbs. I was laid off from an office job and got work at a shop doing fairly physical work and that seems to have been a big part of it. I've taken some time off to study and may not go back to that kind of work anymore. I have taken up doing cardio more or less daily to try to replace what i was getting at work (and getting paid to do- wish it replaced the $ as well...).
Currently I weigh around 240 lbs. and my short to intermediate goal is to loose the next 20- 30 lbs/ drop another pant size or two.
My main Q has to do with diet/nutricion:
My diet up to this point has been fairly sporatic. While working at the shop I found that I could often get away w/ fast food and had a fairly 'healthy' appetite as long as i avoided the late night snacks. I would also often have days where I would have very limited amounts of food.
Now I would like to speed up my weight loss some (idealy a couple pounds a week) and realise i need to get a plan when it comes to diet and nutrician.
As i mentioned before I spend alot of time studying and need to be able to focus for long periods of time. I have added more fruit to my diet- typically an apple or two a day usually in the afternoons as a pick me up and as i had heard fruits were considered 'brain food'. The cardio also seems to be helping me focus as well.
What I really need are some general principles for a diet that will help me get my metabolism going and keep it going through the day. I don't like starving myself to loose weight as 1.) it tends to make me lethargic (last thing i need right now) and 2.) I have been led to believe its not very healthy.
I tend to jog about for about 40 minuits in the morning usually w/in an hour of getting up.
Should I eat breakfast b/4 or after doing the cardio and what types of foods? and then what should I be eating and when to keep things going throughout the day? would it be better to do the cardio in the evening?
I have also been interested in getting a better idea of where my insolin levels are how this is affecting things? One major motivation for me is recently learning more about Type II Diabedes and recognizing a couple of pre-diabedes symptoms as all too familiar.
I would really appreciate any resourses (on the web would be great) or specific recomendations.
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