Weight-Loss Need some advice.

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Well, i've tried doing the whole "counting calories" thing. Doesen't work for me.


So im thinking of just trying to eat healthy foods 5-6 times a day. It will be small meals, consisting of chicken, eggs, LG beef, steck, rice, tuna, potatoes, lunch meet on whole wheat bread and light mayo, cereal, protein shakes, and any other healthy foods I cant think of.

I'll also drink crap loads of water, and going to the gym 5 days a week.

What do you guys think, should I be able to shread this fat off?



Thanks,

Troy.
 
calories are really the deciding factor

as long as you're aware of what a portion size is and stick with it... then it might work...

why didn't calorie counting work?
 
I just get confused, and stressed out and then give up or lose track. It could be the way i've gone about doing so, but not sure.

I've gotten to a point in my life of where I don't want to keep failing at this. I really want to reach my fitness goals.


Every site I go to, and every person I ask gives me different numbers on my calorie intake. I find it very hard to figure out how many calories are in what food. People say "there is this many calories in this many ounces of chicken". I don't know how many ounces one chicken breast is.

I don't know, but once again im getting stressed out about this... grrrr lol.
 
Example.


I just used the tool on the website here to check my BMR. It said 2,800.20 calories a day.

But it also says that it can be inacurate depending on muscle mass.

My weight right now is 300lbs. Back when I was 18 I used to weight in at 260lbs, but looked like I only weighed 230lbs.
 
On the back of most everything you buy, contains the nutritional info. I suggest you look at this. I suggest you count calories. You want to get to a point where you finally lose this weight? WORK at it. If you don't, you wont get anywhere. You can easily over shoot calories, even in small portion sizes, so count.

BMR calculators arn't 100%, every website you go to, will give you a slightly different number. Dont get hung up on that, just lower your calories.
 
Thanks for you reply,



The only problem is, when I buy any meats, it does not give me the nutrional menu. I can't figure out how much is in each chicken breast, steak, etc.. Should I just buy a food scale, and then base the nurtional info from a website like fitday.com?

And is there a rule of thumb on how much to lower calories? Too much or to little type of thing?


Thanks again,

Troy.
 
I handle my proteins in ounces instead of calories. I try not to eat more then 8 oz of a steak or peice of chicken at a time. Not sure what the caloric value of what that is but its working for me so far.
 
The calories thing.

:hurray:


I think you need to count calories because the really good thing is spend more calories that you put it on.

Some experts recommends low your maintenance calories 30% and spend some more on your training program.

I can not recommend an specific product but keep trying searching info about calories.

regards.
 
Look up whatever you buy online. You can get calorie counts per oz of chicken and such.

Get a food scale too. You can get a cheap one for like 20 dollars. Its worth it. You can be suprised how much more you are eating than you think you are.
 
Hi, (sorry if this post is long, hope it helps, let me know if it makes sense)
My friend is actually telling me to do what your doing!!
2 of my friends go by the rule of eating 6x a day!! They are a weight loss success!!
As long as its healthy foods (No high fat, high in sugar, bad fats rubbish), than it should work, mixed with EXERCISE!!

The reason why eating 6x a day is good for you is because, your tricking your body.
Your body doesnt know what your putting in, all it knows is your putting in.
So it will raise your metabolism up and it will not hold on to any fat its holding on to.
But of course you have to keep your calorie intake to what its suppose to be.

One reason you might not be losing weight is because
You've drastically cut down on your calorie intake.
Meaning, your body was consuming a lot of calories before now you've cut more than 200cal off your normal intake. Your body thinks your going to starve mode and is holding on to your fat for energy to burn.

Or your plateauing, im plateauing, for 1 week now. =0(
Havent lost anything for 1 week. But it happens to everyone.

But i lost my 5kg while eating 5 to 6x a day and it worked.
8am Carbo - Toast w Egg and Fruits or Cereal (Weetbix) w/ Fruits
10am Fruit or Yogurt (Banana is great for energy) (Yogurt and grain cereal is yummy gives the yogurt crunch!!) haha
12:30pm Subway 6" / Sandwich w/ Fruit Salad / Chicken and Salad
2:30pm Rice Cake (5 Rice cake is 163calories), Natural Nuts (not cooked or salted)
4:30pm Veggies, Pumpkin, Potatoes, Corn (Also great for in between meals), Salad w/ Meat.. Roast, Pork Chops, Chicken Breast. Grilled or BBQ. Not deep fried!!
6:30pm Watermelon (Basically water), Celery, Grapes

And my friend wants me to add another meal at 8:30pm. Hahaha

But that should Keep your tummy happy.
And set your self a goal, how many times you want to exercise in that week and how long. And reward your self with something when you accomplish your goal.
I reward my self with a piece of chocolate!! ^_^
Also cos your a guy you need alot of protein for muscles. And quantity cos men burn more muscles.

Hope that helps you!!
 
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I haven't read this thread in its entirety but I can tell you right now you're placing to much emphasis on your caloric needs and getting too hung up on what should be very simplistic steps.

For starters, don't worry so much about how many calories your body needs. Pick a number and go with it. As some mentioned above, each calculator is going to spit out slightly different numbers and none of them are specific to you, so emphasizing them so much is rather silly. If you're active, a good rule of thumb is 14 calories per pound is maintenance. The more fat you're carrying the less accurate this can be. It might be something like 13. You can cut from there to establish your deficit required for weight loss... start with 10 or so.

One thing to keep in mind that might ease your nerves is the simple fact that you're not signing a contract here. Pick a caloric intake based on what I said above or one of the calculators around the web and go with it. Monitor progress every 2 weeks or so. If things aren't heading in the direction you'd hoped for, simply adjust accordingly. It's that simple. You can't be lazy and you can't sit back and expect things to work. You have to make sure they're working on a consistent basis so you can adjust your approach.

Also, I didn't see anyone suggest this above but it sounds like you're in need of something like . Simply sign up for an account and you can input your foods eaten and it will spit out how many calories and macronutrients you've consumed each day. This will be helpful.

As someone mentioned, definitely pick yourself up a food scale. They're cheap and easy to use. You can get one at walmart for 20-30 bucks. Digital display is best IMO.
 
Thanks for the replys everyone,

Good advice from you all, and I will let you know my plans after I get everything figured out.



Thanks again,

Troy.
 
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