Getting back on the diet

>>17664290
shit i don't know but I wish i could cut down to 1500, it's so hard to do

>>17664300
yeah
its hard now but back then it wasn't as insane as it was.
I used to just eat veggies and chicken but god i got sick of cooking chicken every night so i decided to go fuck it and started eating whatever.

How much do you weight? 1500 calories is pretty low, you shouldn't consume less than 500 calories under your maintenance level.

Anyways, you should eliminate all calorie bombs and foods with low nutritional values from your diet. Your diet should consist mostly of vegetables and meat. If you have trouble keeping a diet like this you should start working out more. Cardio will help you loose more calories on the spot, but weight lifting will help you more in the long run (higher muscle mass means more calorie consumption at all times).

In fact I think it's mandatory to exercise along diet whenever you're trying to lose weight. If you're consuming much under your maintenance calorie and have no physical activities your body goes in hibernation mode and stores all the energy it can get. You will still lose weight, but as soon as you stop dieting you'll get that weight back at alarming rates. Exercising will also increase the amount of calories you require so you'll be able to eat more.

>>17664322
im pretty large so any cardio gets me very winded. i dont think 21/2 minutes of cardio means anything
im 290 at 6'3 .
I ate 1500 because i know thats the minimum and instead of me tracking this amount as i lose weight ill just stick w/ that.
it worked well until i said fuck it
also meat is kinda iffy but i hate cooking meat. I got sick of it.
i also tried lifting, but honestly i dont have time for it w/ my schedule. Its mostly a travel thing.

>>17664316
there's you problem, if you eat commercially prepared food it will always be hard to do. You have to prepare your own meals

>>17664337
wel li got sick of chicken, and i tried other stuff but couldnt be bothered to do so.
I dont know what happened
I used to do it no problem but now i dont wtf

Also note, im 18 and w/ my family, so i would make my own meals separate from my families

>>17664333
You wanna lose weight to get hot? Look good naked? Fuck bitches?

Oats. Big bowl is like 400-500 calories. Add what you want for taste, within reason. Three meals a day.

Weight loss is work, but its sooo worth it dude. I find myself saying shit out loud to remind myself WHY im doing what im doing.

>>17664343
i guess i just dont want to be the fat kid anymore.
So not being gross be nice
idk tbqh

Maybe oats w/ rasins and milk (within 500 cals) for breakfast?

>>17664348
I use zero milk. Just dont cook all the moisture out of it. If you have to use milk, use skim. Use few, FEW raisins.

You WILL get tired of it, but remind yourself youre eating for a goal, not taste. If need be, scramble 4 eggs, and have 4 slices of bacon. ~460 calories right there, with solid protein.

>>17664362
thats what i thought too
lunch i would eat turket sandwhiches w/ mustard

Breakfast and lunch isn't too hard, but dinner is a fucking bitch

Late in the day is when i wanna cheat

Thats when i fall apart

What do you suggest i do for dinner?

>>17664333
Mate 1500 calories is not nearly enough for you, it's a wonder that you could hold the diet long enough to lose 35lbs. If I were you I'd eat about 2500 calories a day. If you want to push it you could go for 2000 calories. If you don't have time to lift you could try to at least do some exercises at home whenever you have time (like push-ups, google it, you'll find a few that will help with muscle development). And do cardio a few days a week. At your weight a 10 minute run will burn over 200 calories and will increase your basal metabolic rate.

You don't need to eat meat daily, you can try different things. Beans are great, for instance as are one of the best sources of both proteins and fiber. Also cereals and brown rice.

And regarding what >>17664343 said, oats won't make you hot. They have great nutritional values, but at the end of they day physical activity will shape your body. What and how much you eat will only determine how big your body is. If you spend all day in a chair or on a bed you will be either fat, skinnyfat or skeleton.

>>17664378
but i thought getting abs was just having low bmi
ive had 2 friends who never did anything remotely close to anything called excersize but they were skilly guys w/ abs

Really my only goal is not be fat, other than that i have no idea what i want.

Also you sure 1500 isn't do-able?

>>17664369
Split dinner. Half early in the evening. Half later when you're getting cheaty. Coffee afterward. Coffee is great for curbing hunger.

>>17664391
Well I guess what you call a skeleton is debatable. Thing is, you're at 290 now, if you lose weight without exercising you'll be skinnyfat. It's really hard to get to a bmi so low that your untrained abs will show from that. You don't need to devote your life to the gym in order to avoid being skinnyfat or fat for the rest of your life, even cardio alone would be enough to tone up your muscles a little if done regularly.

About the 1500 calories thing. It's not impossible but impractical. Any specialist would advice against it in your situation, but there are people who pulled it off. Look at Christian Bale, he was eating less than 1500 calories a day when he was losing weight. Thing is, he devoted his entire time to this and he had experts helping him. In those little calories he was eating he would get the perfect combination of nutrients he needed, he would do the perfect exercises for the job and so on. And he still admitted that he was hurting his body (he also regain all that weight really fast, even though it was planned). Realistically speaking, you can't do that. So you should stay with the recommended calories intake for losing weight, which is your maintenance calories -500 (except for extreme cases which you are not). Your maintenance level should be around 3000, depending on how much of that weight is fat and how much time you spend standing, walking, running etc.

>>17664429
i tried to do the couch to 5k but jesus those beginning ones were hard for me, i can't imagine doing those later ones ._.

also i will soon be getting a job where will be walking like 10 miles a day and i guess i can try again on the couch to 5k again. sooo.... i guess ill aim for 2000?
I dont feel comfortable with the idea of eating that much on a diet ._.

>>17664337

Factually not true. Just keep track of how many calories you're taking in per day. Google meals or read nutrition facts. There are apps that have barcode scanners and databases.

At that point it's math and couldn't be easier.

If you fail there's only you to blame. It's not hard, it just requires commitment

>>17664369

Eat what you want but don't go nuts, fatty.

It's fuckin e-z p-z

>>17664470
>eat what you want
i dont know what i want
i usually just eat what my parents make or get a sandwhich somewhere.

>>17664468
This. Your body obeys the laws of thermodynamics. Its just math.

Counting calories ALONE made me lose 40 lbs. No excercise. I was 235 at 20.

>>17664290
>1500 calories

Fucking more calories out, more calories in. Unless you're a small woman, thats way the fuck too little for maintenance.

>>17664480
thats what i was doing.
but i had difficulty sticking to it.
that was the point of this thread.

It used to be easy to, and then it became not easy.

>>17664333
At your weight, going for a 5.5 mile walk at a decent pace is going to burn more than 800 calories. When I started losing weight I was at just under 300 at 6'1". I'm down to under 250 at this point and fighting my way towards 14% body fat. I eat 2600 calories on rest days, 3000 on the 6 days a week I'm either lifting or walking.

Yes 1500 calories is crazy low.
I'm 188 pounds and to lose a pound a week I need to consume like 1700 calories according to the myfitnesspal website.

Put your stats into the myfitnesspal website and see how much it wants you to eat to lose a pound a week. The site was recommended to me by my doctor and its very good.

>>17664343
>Oats. Big bowl is like 400-500 calories.
And doesn't have the volume of protein OP needs. What he's looking for is eggs.

>three meals a day
Is not the right idea for weight loss, especially if OP is active. Smaller meals more frequently are the key.

>>17664488

Counting calories != strict dieting

If you're tracking your intake properly and honestly you can eat whatever the fuck you feel like. I have lost 30 lbs in 70 days by just tracking shit in myfitnesspal.

I had a baconator meal last friday at 1 am and it felt great man.

Download that app, log everything, stop overeating, and don't look back