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Ok this is my first ever post so be gentle please !!!
It seems strange asking for this advise on a site like this but from the pictures there seems to be a lot of people who take care of there bodies i thought lets see what happens.
I'm after advise on healthy eating, my rugby career, for want of a better saying, is at an end so that training has ceased and I wish to lose a few pounds plus keep them off. An alternative exercise regime will be starting shortly but one area I've always struggled with is eating the right foods.
Any body out there who can offer some good nutritional advise to help shed the pounds ? |
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What's worked for me is high protein, low carb, low fat, cut out sugar, booze, nothing processes. Lots of exercise. And eating at a calorie deficit. So for me it's around 1500. You'll need more then that being a chap.  |
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I joint fat camp last year (slimming world) just followed their diet, got a tread mill and ran, lost just over 7 stone, personally speaking I think going to a class helps you keep on track there was no way I was getting weight by somebody else to be told I had gained 
I think activity is as important as what you eat the two go hand in hand |
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We've each lost about a stone, with the following simple diet:
* Wear a fitness tracker. Preferably one with a heart rate monitor. This tells you how many calories you're using
* Log everything you eat or drink. We use My Fitness Pal for this. This keeps track of what's going in
* Make sure the first number is lower than the second number. I'm working to about 1000 lower, the mrs to 750.
* Eat more than about 1200 calories a day. That's the lower limit. Less is going to cause problems.
Bam. That's the whole diet. Nothing off the table, nothing banned. Cheeseburgers and booze are fine - if they're logged and I've got the calories spare to warrant them. The rest is just fiddling about with the fine details, and largely doesn't matter as long as you take a multivitamin. |
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"We've each lost about a stone, with the following simple diet:
* Wear a fitness tracker. Preferably one with a heart rate monitor. This tells you how many calories you're using
* Log everything you eat or drink. We use My Fitness Pal for this. This keeps track of what's going in
* Make sure the first number is lower than the second number. I'm working to about 1000 lower, the mrs to 750
What do you mean by this ."
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"We've each lost about a stone, with the following simple diet:
* Wear a fitness tracker. Preferably one with a heart rate monitor. This tells you how many calories you're using
* Log everything you eat or drink. We use My Fitness Pal for this. This keeps track of what's going in
* Make sure the first number is lower than the second number. I'm working to about 1000 lower, the mrs to 750.
* Eat more than about 1200 calories a day. That's the lower limit. Less is going to cause problems.
Bam. That's the whole diet. Nothing off the table, nothing banned. Cheeseburgers and booze are fine - if they're logged and I've got the calories spare to warrant them. The rest is just fiddling about with the fine details, and largely doesn't matter as long as you take a multivitamin."
I'm not an expert having never been on a diet in my life but if you need to take a multivitamin this can't be a good way to eat, is it intended for short term only? |
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"Its all about diet my man.
Look up clean eating...processed foods,booze and sugar are your biggest enemy now.they love your waistline with a passion,and cant wait to hang out there."
Wise words, thanks
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"I joint fat camp last year (slimming world) just followed their diet, got a tread mill and ran, lost just over 7 stone, personally speaking I think going to a class helps you keep on track there was no way I was getting weight by somebody else to be told I had gained
I think activity is as important as what you eat the two go hand in hand "
7 Stone !! Congratulations to you  Great work. And I agree with the activity, hence sorting something to replace the rugby. |
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"What's worked for me is high protein, low carb, low fat, cut out sugar, booze, nothing processes. Lots of exercise. And eating at a calorie deficit. So for me it's around 1500. You'll need more then that being a chap. "
Its certainly working for you |
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It's sugar that makes you fat. I try not to waste my calories and sugar intake by drinking anything other than water, there's about 35grams of sugar in one can of !
I'd recommend the my fitness pal app as well, if you log EVERYTHING that you eat and drink in a day it will tell you exactly how many calories and everything else that you've consumed. |
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"Ok this is my first ever post so be gentle please !!!
It seems strange asking for this advise on a site like this but from the pictures there seems to be a lot of people who take care of there bodies i thought lets see what happens.
I'm after advise on healthy eating, my rugby career, for want of a better saying, is at an end so that training has ceased and I wish to lose a few pounds plus keep them off. An alternative exercise regime will be starting shortly but one area I've always struggled with is eating the right foods.
Any body out there who can offer some good nutritional advise to help shed the pounds ?"
I always find that a high protein and low carb diet works best, switch beer and larger for vodka/spirits and treat yourself every now and then as you cant be super strict all the time |
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"What's worked for me is high protein, low carb, low fat, cut out sugar, booze, nothing processes. Lots of exercise. And eating at a calorie deficit. So for me it's around 1500. You'll need more then that being a chap.
Its certainly working for you "
Thanks, work in progress! X |
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Eat high protein foods (beef, chicken, steaks etc). If I was you id aim for about 1500-2000 calories a day. Before you go to rugby have a meal which contains carbs just to give you energy and after rugby have a meal which contains carbs and high protein just to make up for the energy that you lost.
Hope this helps. Give me a dm if you'd want to know more or anything |
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Not that I'm one to give advice but I wouldn't bring calorie intake below what's required for the average adult. If you do, the moment you eat more your body will automatically store it as fat, not knowing when it's going to be generously fed next. As many have said, it's about the diet, protein, less carbs, less fat and sugar and as I can acknowledge, keep alcohol to a healthy level. |
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"Ok this is my first ever post so be gentle please !!!
It seems strange asking for this advise on a site like this but from the pictures there seems to be a lot of people who take care of there bodies i thought lets see what happens.
I'm after advise on healthy eating, my rugby career, for want of a better saying, is at an end so that training has ceased and I wish to lose a few pounds plus keep them off. An alternative exercise regime will be starting shortly but one area I've always struggled with is eating the right foods.
Any body out there who can offer some good nutritional advise to help shed the pounds ?"
I dropped 5st 3lb in 20 months by not eating after 7pm and having porrage for brekkie.. NO other changes to my usual diet and NO EXERCISE what so ever...
Best of Luck "go 4 gold" |
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Its pretty easy but its not fun lol, basically you need to cut the calories men need 2500kcal so start with 1700 till you see weight loss and focus on protein sources like chicken and veg for carbs and a abit of milk for calcium. Then do about 30min cardio aday too. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Its pretty easy but its not fun lol, basically you need to cut the calories men need 2500kcal so start with 1700 till you see weight loss and focus on protein sources like chicken and veg for carbs and a abit of milk for calcium. Then do about 30min cardio aday too."
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"We've each lost about a stone, with the following simple diet:
* Wear a fitness tracker. Preferably one with a heart rate monitor. This tells you how many calories you're using
* Log everything you eat or drink. We use My Fitness Pal for this. This keeps track of what's going in
* Make sure the first number is lower than the second number. I'm working to about 1000 lower, the mrs to 750.
* Eat more than about 1200 calories a day. That's the lower limit. Less is going to cause problems.
Bam. That's the whole diet. Nothing off the table, nothing banned. Cheeseburgers and booze are fine - if they're logged and I've got the calories spare to warrant them. The rest is just fiddling about with the fine details, and largely doesn't matter as long as you take a multivitamin.
I'm not an expert having never been on a diet in my life but if you need to take a multivitamin this can't be a good way to eat, is it intended for short term only?"
It just covers any dietary shortfalls if your normal meals are perhaps not as healthy as they should be - and we were also trying for a baby so it helped ensure we were covered there too. |
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