Fitness Help

cassette50

Hello

I've dropped from 19 stone down to 13.5 stone over the last 18 months or so.

I've now flatlined at 13.5 stone and I need to lose about another 18lbs to reach my ideal weight.

The problem is no matter how much extra training I've been putting in since Xmas, I can not manage to lose any more weight. :mad:

My diet would consist of basically either an apple for lunch and a pasta,sweetcorn and chicken meal from M&S or 2 rolls (ham,lettuce,egg) for dinner- Monday - Friday.

I don't bother with breakfast as I don't have the time.I cycle 14 miles a day on the weekend and I run about 4-5 miles a night Monday to Thursday.

Any help appreciated.

Hanley

Thank god someone's finally given us some info to go off without being asked. For that I salute you!!

Basically, you NEED breakfast. Make time. No ifs, ands or buts. You need it. Your body won't function optimally without it, and your metabolism (the mechanism which works to create weightloss) will be super sluggish without it.

Alot of your kcals seem to come at 2 primary periods. They'd be better served coming regularly over the course of the day.

Maybe a breakfast, lunch, one of the rolls for dinner, and another 3-4 hours after that.

ARe you a member of a gym? Doing some form of weight training will be a huge benefit.

Boru.

The first thing I'd suggest is printing off the stickies and makignt iem to read them thourighly. But here's a few off the cuff pointers to help get you started.

1. Make the time to eat breakfast. If you can't make the commitment to get up earlier and organise time better to do this then you will have little success with any of the informaiton provided here.
   
2. Breakfast kicks starts your metabolism and thus helps you burn fat faster. Skipping it causes you to horde more bodyfat.
   
3. Have protien with every meal, and prefferably make it the larger portion of said meal. Protien is needed by the body for growth and recovery, it also requires more kcals to process and it keeps you fuller for longer. There are no exceptions to this rule.
   
4. Every meal should contain fruit or a vegtables.
   
5. Vegtables should be your primary source of carbs, leave the pasta and the bread till after a workout. The body process carbs better after activity and thus is less likely to store them as fat.
   
6. Remove all calorie drinks from your diet. Water and green tea should be the only things passing your lips. There's only negative aspects to drinking anything else.
   
7. Plan your meals in advance and bring everything with you - that way you ahve no excuse for not enjoying perfect nutrition on a regular basis. If you know what your eating when you should eat it and where it is you won;t have to run into Spar and make a bad impulse decision.

Hope that helps.

daveirl

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