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Ragnarock1276 Yeah, here's a couple of things to remember about weight loss...
1. Muscle, by its very presence on your body, burns more calories, even when you're doing "couch potato" than fat does. So, if you are 250 lbs of muscle and no fat, your metabolism will demand "XX" calories per day just to be alive, regardless of whether you exercise or not, but if you are 250 lbs with very little muscle and lots of fat, your metabolism will only demand "x" calories per day.
2. Your body is exceptionally well designed to survive. Meaning that when your body detects that you are loosing lbs of fat, loosing reserve "energy," loosing the storage of energy that it had yesterday, your body will start conserving energy...saving energy. (Yes, this is a generalization for 'everyone' and it differs from person to person, but in general, this is true for everyone to a degree.)
So, you skip some ice cream and fried food treats and your body starts sounding an alarm saying "Danger Danger! We need to conserve energy for the future cuz things are going bad!" (Stoopid body!)
So, yeah, you are
trying to loose weight, you
WANT to loose lbs of fat, and you have to fight your own metabolism because it was designed to protect you in case of famine or "lean times" of life. The solution for that? Two things...
a) exercise, and
b) eat high bulk, low fat, high protein, low processed foods (anything that requires a machine to make is going to create a "processed food." Chicken eggs, not processed. Broccoli, not processed. Bread, processed. Big Mac, way processed. etc etc etc.
And, just so you know, if you loose 100 lbs, and you end up being 6 feet tall and 195 lbs, and you compare yourself to another guy who is about your age and also 6 feet tall and 195 lbs
already (meaning he was 195 lbs without loosing weight) YOU will be much MUCH more likely to regain 5, 10, 15, etc. lbs than he will if you both start stuffing pizza in your face every day.
Unfair? Yup.
Your body 'remembers' that you used to weigh a lot more and now you don't have that weight so your body will slow your metabolism down even after you reach your GOOD weight goal.
Your buddy who is your age, your height, your weight, will be able to stuff his face until he pukes and he may not gain a pound. His metabolism is just naturally higher than yours because he's ALWAYS weighed 195 lbs.
The solution?
You have to exercise. Like daily. Just make it part of your daily routine.
And no, exercise does not have to mean joining a Gold's Gym and pounding iron for two hours...get into jogging, biking, even hiking, and make it part of 'today' every day.
Here's some good news...
If you put on a bunch of muscles...
And you work out, your body will keep burning calories for up to an hour after you quit working out, just like you WERE STILL pumping iron. So, run for 30 minutes and your body will burn calories for a total of 90 minutes! (Again, these are NOT scientifically measurable details, just generalities, but they still apply.)
Best of luck to you!
