losing weight, listen to your body not the adverts

a small piece im writing for my new website, let me know what you think of it so far.

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A lot of people in this country want to lose weight. Sometimes for health and sometimes for asthetic reasons, the big problem they all share is they have no idea how to go about it.

Sure we are told to eat less fatty foods and to exercise more but wait a minute, without fat the body will die! And just exactly how much, is more?

People are never sure what to eat but truth be told if we stopped listening to the big companies on TV and listened to our bodies, we would know exactly what to eat. How many times have you fealt a little hungry and thought "I'll get something to eat later"

The sensation of hunger is there to tell you to eat now! Not in half an hour, not after you have finished your report and not after the meeting! Your body wants food now and that is exactly what you should give it. Hunger is also there to let us know when to stop eating, how many times have you been told to finish what's left on your plate? Under-eating, over-eating and plain eating at the wrong time are major reasons why most people are unhealthy.

Your body is a very adept machine indeed and has a nice little mechanism which will help you to maintain a healthy and good looking body. This is your metabolic rate and it works based on how often you eat, what you are eating and how you exercise. (editor - This is meant to read "how you exercise" and not "how much you exercise".)

Your metabolic rate (your metabolism) works with a very simple equation, if you taking in more energy than you are using, you will begin to store fat, this can then be burnt for energy at a later date. It really is very clever, you see every second of the day, even when you are inactive you are burning energy. We normally measure the energy in calories, every action, even just sitting there breathing and reading this will take some energy. The more intense the action the more calories it will take.

Our bodies are very efficient at what they do unfortunately they haven't quite caught up with our industrial revolutions in terms of evolution, we operate much in the way you would expect a caveman to. If you are eating well and exercising sufficiently your metabolism will be higher and you will feel energising as you are constantly burning energy, even when not exercising. However is you are not active and your diet is poor you will feel sluggish and tired. This is important to keep in mind as in caveman terms you might not have all this food available to you a day from now so your body rather cleverly stores more energy as fat to be saved for when food is low. The problem for us then is not ever having too little food, but having too much!

Ya but some people cant tell when theyre hungry, when theyre not, when they ate to much or too little. Good guide though.

So true but I don't see the connect to the adverts since they don't tell you not to eat or do a lot of exercise, they just tell you to buy some products, right?

Very truthful and good. Thats advice I've been following myself for a while. I like it.

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Originally Posted by Initiate

Ya but some people cant tell when theyre hungry, when theyre not, when they ate to much or too little. Good guide though.

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yeah some people have medical conditions that effect their sense of hunger, either they have none or that they never switch it off, they will have to approach their diet in a way that reflect supon their individual situation

for the rest of us, it really is as simple as listening to your body and watching out for the signs, being honest with yourself

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Originally Posted by RayOfLight

So true but I don't see the connect to the adverts since they don't tell you not to eat or do a lot of exercise, they just tell you to buy some products, right?

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adverts are very clever because they do not outright say "this is good for you" or "this will make you happy" if they did they would mostly be ignored

you pay attention to the next mcdonalds, kfc or brger king advert you watch, look how positively their products are displayed, of course they look desireable. the adverts justify the use of the product they sell it to you through very basic marketing. because people take the tv as gospel they are easy targets to sell any old nutrition devoid crap too

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Originally Posted by Konrow

Very truthful and good. Thats advice I've been following myself for a while. I like it.

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glad you like it and really glad to hear you already follow this mate :D

Thats very good guide, too bad im under weight ;l

Very good, article. Also, here's something you might want to write about.

When you go on a diet, you eat less with the thought that your body will use fat as an energy source. This is only partly true. Your brains needs sugar, while fat gets converted to glycogen, which your brains can't use. The solution to this? Your body starts to consume itself normally this isn't too bad, as it only happens when you're doing intensive physical activity. But if you're doing this longterm. Your muscle tissue will grow weaker, and if you're doing it real bad, ureum will get in your blood, which can lead to heart complications. So if you're going to diet, use a good dieting program.

Hope it's some use to you exy.

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Originally Posted by Anj

Thats very good guide, too bad im under weight ;l

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following the guild will help regulate your body weight to a healthy level, im gonna change the title to reflect upon this

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Originally Posted by Pieman

Very good, article. Also, here's something you might want to write about.

When you go on a diet, you eat less with the thought that your body will use fat as an energy source. This is only partly true. Your brains needs sugar, while fat gets converted to glycogen, which your brains can't use. The solution to this? Your body starts to consume itself normally this isn't too bad, as it only happens when you're doing intensive physical activity. But if you're doing this longterm. Your muscle tissue will grow weaker, and if you're doing it real bad, ureum will get in your blood, which can lead to heart complications. So if you're going to diet, use a good dieting program.

Hope it's some use to you exy.

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aye it is thanks mate, i was debating how much detail to go into, like the above or just saying "it doesnt work" not 100% sure who to aim this at yet :P

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Originally Posted by exclamatio

following the guild will help regulate your body weight to a healthy level, im gonna change the title to reflect upon this



aye it is thanks mate, i was debating how much detail to go into, like the above or just saying "it doesnt work" not 100% sure who to aim this at yet :P

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Too many MMORPGs?
I feel that it's very important to keep your body weight at a healthy level or at least close to, if for no other reason than the risk of more health related problems later in life.

lol yeah definately an mmorpg related typo there

Great short there. I must say I HATE people with extremely fast metabolisms. I have a friend who does nothing but sit around and eat aallll day, and he's only like 160lbs.

If I even tried to eat like him I'd die within a week!

What about eating after 8 o clock, etc etc?

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Originally Posted by Genryu

What about eating after 8 o clock, etc etc?

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there little to no evidence to suggest eating late has any difference to eating any other time of day, an urban myth it would seem

Thank you.
Pretty informative.

aye a calorie is a calorie even after midnight :P

Its just that some people moaned, not eat after ''this time'' or you'll get more fat then usual.
Now I can atleast respond properly.

Great article, seems your site is going to be quite varied, too :)

As for my situation, my BMI is something like 21.9, which ot my knowledge is Average/Normal (?)

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Originally Posted by exclamatio

there little to no evidence to suggest eating late has any difference to eating any other time of day, an urban myth it would seem

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But if you eat during the day, you have places to burn it off and before you know it its burned, where you gonna burn off 600 calories after 8 though?

Initiate, I usually train after 8.

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Originally Posted by Initiate

But if you eat during the day, you have places to burn it off and before you know it its burned, where you gonna burn off 600 calories after 8 though?

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your metabolism is running 24/7/365, it does not stop simply because you are asleep. i see what you are saying but any excess energy can be burnt off the following day, that is of course if you dont burn them in your sleep or waking up which takes plenty of energy.

the problem is when people consume large amounts of calories late at night then dont exercise the next day, consume the same amount of calories late the next night, sleep, wake dont exercise so on and so forth :P

posted the full article on G-Day G-Day? under health and fitness

100% truth there mate, once you work out your body doesn't need 10 tonnes of shit to survive weight loss is easy! Best way to do it is take baby steps.

9stone 2pounds and counting baby :P

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Originally Posted by MasterD

100% truth there mate, once you work out your body doesn't need 10 tonnes of shit to survive weight loss is easy! Best way to do it is take baby steps.

9stone 2pounds and counting baby :P

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Is that you're current weight? If so, how tall are you?

Well personally i been starting to eat in the morning again, i didn't eat for ages in the morning, and like you said, your body will start to store fat for later usage, so if you don't eat in the morning then your body will just start storing and you are worse off then that you would just eat something.

The reason i didn't eat in the morning was because i just didn't feel like it, i used to go to bed to late, which made me tired in the morning and i didn't feel like doing anything. These days i go out of bed about a hour earlier (going to bed a hour earlier aswell) so then i can just get out of bed relaxed, do all my stuff, even go on the internet or watch something (watched South Park this morning), and still have enough time to eat something and go to work/school.
While i don't know how much it's doing for my weight (although i'm sure it has a positive effect) i definitely feel better, not just in the morning, but throughout the whole day.

Well media obviously control a lot of things, including what to eat what not to eat, how much to eat, etc.

Media portrays the perfect women as being as slim as possible, and eating very little.
And the guys as buff guys weighing like over 200lbs.

And then people just model themselves slowly to fit in to that, through very extreme methods, over-eating and under-eating.
Anyways, good article, but people usually just follow the media rather then their body's needs.

I've started reading but simply couldn't go on... just too tired right now (band rehearsals are taking place in a place real far away from home. I had to walk back this time, after being dead-tired already), but I see that the comments are very positive, so I'll take a look tomorrow, especially since it can prove very helpful for a fatso like me ;)

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Originally Posted by wounded

Well media obviously control a lot of things, including what to eat what not to eat, how much to eat, etc.

Media portrays the perfect women as being as slim as possible, and eating very little.
And the guys as buff guys weighing like over 200lbs.

And then people just model themselves slowly to fit in to that, through very extreme methods, over-eating and under-eating.
Anyways, good article, but people usually just follow the media rather then their body's needs.

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aye thats the truth, link people to my site so they can benefit from the articles there :)

if you are interested you can help too

you gotta admit, being fat isn't healty and it's definetly not beatifull to look at. The media is right but still they're just using it for commercial purpouses.
using the excuse "I don't have to lose weight, the media is abusing it" is just as wrong as "I wanna look as slim as that model"
I've never had a weight problem, since I know the difference between "being hungry" or just "want to eat." Just listen to your stumach, only eat when you're hungry, that's the real way of losing weight.

Warspirit, its hard for some people. There brain says "get me food" theyre body says im full. Btw im gonna start exercising and i already have aplan for the sumemr

Morning- Ride my bike around the block a couple times (might escalate to running if i gain the stamina to do so)
Every other hour- bounce on the trampoline for an hour
Evening- Bike around the block a few more times.

I belieave this is gonna be affective , and exy could you give advice?

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Originally Posted by Initiate

Warspirit, its hard for some people. There brain says "get me food" theyre body says im full. Btw im gonna start exercising and i already have aplan for the sumemr

Morning- Ride my bike around the block a couple times (might escalate to running if i gain the stamina to do so)
Every other hour- bounce on the trampoline for an hour
Evening- Bike around the block a few more times.

I belieave this is gonna be affective , and exy could you give advice?

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for most people whos appetite seems out of sync all they need to do is eat little and often and after no time at all they will be fine

im going to be writing a short piece on exercising next mate, ill post it here when its ready :)

btw as a rule of thumb - any exercise is better than no excercise!
do something you enjoy and do it often

Ye exactly. Ima get a new bike as well, so i take iot more of a recreation rather then a exercising.

Just read the full article, nicely done. I agree with almost all points.

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Forget 3 meals a day, try 5 or 6. Smaller meals eaten more often is much healtheir [sic] for you than 3 large meals in a day. As you start to change your eating habits choosing smaller meals more often the old fashioned 3 a day will stop appealing to you

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As you may already know...your eating habits affect your metabolism. So for a person with super high metabolism, looking to develop muscles or become heavier, should eat max 3 times a day, however each meal would be a lot bigger than the usual, causing the metabolism to slow down. And the opposite which you mentioned...people looking to lose weight or keep up a high metabolism should eat more portions in smaller amounts per day. Just thought I'd add that in, since some people have problems gaining weight, as opposed to losing it.

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I've been getting so annoyed lately tbh, with girls constantly looking at the back of the products they buy to eat for calories, fat, etc. It's funny because they limit themselves to a certain amount of calories...and they don't think about the nutritional value of the food the eat, "Oh I can't eat anything else I already took in too many calories". It's like...eating 3 chocolate pieces of cake with 500 calories each definitely does not equal to a salad, some meat, etc...a proper lunch basically.

Eating is definitely a big issue today...all over the world. Good job on researching it, and posting a detailed, informative, and healthy article...which everyone should be looking at.

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Originally Posted by exclamatio

a small piece im writing for my new website, let me know what you think of it so far.

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A lot of people in this country want to lose weight. Sometimes for health and sometimes for asthetic reasons, the big problem they all share is they have no idea how to go about it.

Sure we are told to eat less fatty foods and to exercise more but wait a minute, without fat the body will die! And just exactly how much, is more?

People are never sure what to eat but truth be told if we stopped listening to the big companies on TV and listened to our bodies, we would know exactly what to eat. How many times have you fealt a little hungry and thought "I'll get something to eat later"

The sensation of hunger is there to tell you to eat now! Not in half an hour, not after you have finished your report and not after the meeting! Your body wants food now and that is exactly what you should give it. Hunger is also there to let us know when to stop eating, how many times have you been told to finish what's left on your plate? Under-eating, over-eating and plain eating at the wrong time are major reasons why most people are unhealthy.

Your body is a very adept machine indeed and has a nice little mechanism which will help you to maintain a healthy and good looking body. This is your metabolic rate and it works based on how often you eat, what you are eating and how you exercise. (editor - This is meant to read "how you exercise" and not "how much you exercise".)

Your metabolic rate (your metabolism) works with a very simple equation, if you taking in more energy than you are using, you will begin to store fat, this can then be burnt for energy at a later date. It really is very clever, you see every second of the day, even when you are inactive you are burning energy. We normally measure the energy in calories, every action, even just sitting there breathing and reading this will take some energy. The more intense the action the more calories it will take.

Our bodies are very efficient at what they do unfortunately they haven't quite caught up with our industrial revolutions in terms of evolution, we operate much in the way you would expect a caveman to. If you are eating well and exercising sufficiently your metabolism will be higher and you will feel energising as you are constantly burning energy, even when not exercising. However is you are not active and your diet is poor you will feel sluggish and tired. This is important to keep in mind as in caveman terms you might not have all this food available to you a day from now so your body rather cleverly stores more energy as fat to be saved for when food is low. The problem for us then is not ever having too little food, but having too much!

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This is a excellent artical. Very informative and interesting to read. The problem with people these days, when it comes to Health & Fitness they lack 2 very important attributes. Willpower and Knowledge.

Willpower - This is vitally important to Health & Fitness because so many of us can't stick to a fitness programme, we can't say no to certain foods. Without the right mind set, the proper mentally to begin with theres no point in somebody even trying to become fit in the first place. They know very well what must be done to achieve there goal...but mentally there to weak and don't fancy the idea of hitting the grind stone and sweating blood to reach there goals.

Knowledge - This is just as important as having Willpower, and once explained you'll notice its just the exact oposite of what I've explained above.

Just as you mentioned Lee, the way we operate is very "caveman like". You've got the Willpower the sheer mentally to go the distance, and always resist any temptations they may await you. You do nothing but train hard every day. But what good is all that without any or very little Knowledge of what your doing to begin with. You can be a hard worker which is always respectable in my eyes, but if your Train, then do it in the right way otherwise you'll not benifit your tiring efforts in the long run.


At the end of the day, if more of us were Educated to teach. And if more of us were willing to learn these disciplines then counties like America wouldn't have 25% of its population over-weight. But regardless of all that...people would rather live in ignorance and stick to eating Pancakes and Syrup every morning....

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Originally Posted by MasterD

100% truth there mate, once you work out your body doesn't need 10 tonnes of shit to survive weight loss is easy! Best way to do it is take baby steps.

9stone 2pounds and counting baby :P

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No thats what i lost

I used to weight 28stone (first time i've openly admitted on here) i was a mess!!

I now weigh just under 19stone i'm 6ft 3 (still heavy like) weight is still falling off me been doing it since May last year

my BMI was 48 something and i was probably on the verge of a heart attack bmi now is around 32 i think

Nice little info there exc but i don't think thats really the case...
I used to be 13 stone, i'm 6ft 2 now and weigh 11 stone 5. I'm as lean as a butchers dog now. And i can honestly say if i wanted to eat when i wanted i'd become fat/over weight. I swim in the morning do 64 lengths before work, then for 4 times a week which ever i feel comfortable i'll go to gym after work. And burn a minimum of 500 calories, 300 being on the treadmill on number 15 for 13 minutes which does 300 calories. Like before i went out on mountain bike and did 10 miles, i know its not alot but its something. What i'm getting at it is what you eat. eat alot when you want you'll become something you dont want to be or maybe you do. Ever heard the saying 'you are what you eat?' and thats deffinately the case. What i do is i have no breakfast in the morning, although at dinner i'll have a jacket with tuna and sweetcorn a yoghurt and a cookie or two.
When it comes to tea time, i'll have two slices of bread and beans. Ever since i've watched what i eat and starved myself i look and feel great now to what i did last year. Thats my opinion neways :) :P

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Originally Posted by TheDogsBollocks

Nice little info there exc but i don't think thats really the case...
I used to be 13 stone, i'm 6ft 2 now and weigh 11 stone 5. I'm as lean as a butchers dog now. And i can honestly say if i wanted to eat when i wanted i'd become fat/over weight. I swim in the morning do 64 lengths before work, then for 4 times a week which ever i feel comfortable i'll go to gym after work. And burn a minimum of 500 calories, 300 being on the treadmill on number 15 for 13 minutes which does 300 calories. Like before i went out on mountain bike and did 10 miles, i know its not alot but its something. What i'm getting at it is what you eat. eat alot when you want you'll become something you dont want to be or maybe you do. Ever heard the saying 'you are what you eat?' and thats deffinately the case. What i do is i have no breakfast in the morning, although at dinner i'll have a jacket with tuna and sweetcorn a yoghurt and a cookie or two.
When it comes to tea time, i'll have two slices of bread and beans. Ever since i've watched what i eat and starved myself i look and feel great now to what i did last year. Thats my opinion neways :) :P

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sorry but i cant quite tell what ur trying to say mate

btw the problem with counting calories is that with exercise you become "calorie efficient" 64 lengths may burn off X calories at 1st but later on the same lengths will burn less and less

exercise is about intensity, thats what ill be writing about next

You don't eat Breakfast ? I don't understand why people seem to think that skipping breakfast is somehow gonna benifit them. All those people couldn't be more wrong..The saying "breakfast is the most important meal of the day!" Isn't just a old folks tale. Its all true, the fact of the matter is your more prone to putting ON weight if you skip breakfast everyday because of everything your missing out from especially inside Cereals.

That, plus what i and Exy already said, when you stop eating your body starts saving fat, when you skip breakfast then your body is gonna start storing your fat, instead of burning them if you eat something. So even if you were to simply eat the same as normal, but then add some breakfast, then you will be losing more weight (that is unless you eat some fat stuff in the morning...), personally i eat 1 or 2 slices of bread, that's not a lot of calories and all that, but it will keep my body burning calories all morning, and that's way more then those 2 slices.

Skipping breakfast is just a bad thing to do, i have done it for ages, but i do it now because i know in every way it's helping me.

Alright, now that I've read everything, I can really say it's quite a good guide. I've actually been doing this for a while, and gotta tell ya, I've lost loads of weight and I've been feeling way better and way more energetic than I used to, even though I sleep much less than I used to.
Hell, I've even still had the energy to jump and run around and bother people from my class after donating blood this week at school lol

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No thats what i lost

I used to weight 28stone (first time i've openly admitted on here) i was a mess!!

I now weigh just under 19stone i'm 6ft 3 (still heavy like) weight is still falling off me been doing it since May last year

my BMI was 48 something and i was probably on the verge of a heart attack bmi now is around 32 i think

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Well done mate, allot of people don't appreciated that it's not as straight forward as it sounds. Congrats on losing all that! :)

Just lately I've looked at my self and though holy crap where did I go wrong, bought a punching bag took the weights out to the garage and dug out my old bike.

To be honest one of the best things I can say is get yourself into a routine, I normally would get up at 10am - 12pm eat what ever when ever watch TV and play on the PC.

Ok fair enough I got to a very high level of play on online games but something clicked and I realized that I had to sort this out. Set the alarm for 6.30 out the door for 6.45 an hour on the bike come back and do around an hour on the punchbag & weights.

I've only just started out and I get knackered easy and for my age my weight isn't good, but I agree with everything Ex has written. Some times you'll find yourself walking into the kitchen and thinking mmm that would be nice but now I don't eat unless I get the enevitable "Stomach rumble" and then I know it's time to eat.

Last week or so I've been more or less living off Super noodles which isn't really that healthy but sometimes 1 pack of noodles can keep me going more or less all day.

Well anyway, thats my wall of text for the night. :)

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Originally Posted by Mattio

Well done mate, allot of people don't appreciated that it's not as straight forward as it sounds. Congrats on losing all that! :)

Just lately I've looked at my self and though holy crap where did I go wrong, bought a punching bag took the weights out to the garage and dug out my old bike.

To be honest one of the best things I can say is get yourself into a routine, I normally would get up at 10am - 12pm eat what ever when ever watch TV and play on the PC.

Ok fair enough I got to a very high level of play on online games but something clicked and I realized that I had to sort this out. Set the alarm for 6.30 out the door for 6.45 an hour on the bike come back and do around an hour on the punchbag & weights.

I've only just started out and I get knackered easy and for my age my weight isn't good, but I agree with everything Ex has written. Some times you'll find yourself walking into the kitchen and thinking mmm that would be nice but now I don't eat unless I get the enevitable "Stomach rumble" and then I know it's time to eat.

Last week or so I've been more or less living off Super noodles which isn't really that healthy but sometimes 1 pack of noodles can keep me going more or less all day.

Well anyway, thats my wall of text for the night. :)

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hey man im glad to hear ur making that change!

btw the reason noodles keep u going is because theyre massive in carbs, carbs are the best source of energy, ur ody uses them sooo well, just make sure ur getting enough vitamins and protein to keep your progress fast

If your the type of guy that likes to eat Noodles pretty often then try this instead. NEVER use the seasoning contents inside the Noodle packet. Chuck it out, because its just full of shite that your body is so much better off without lol, and use fish instead for example. Trust me I know the seasoning tastes great lol, but once you get your body use to the idea of healthy eating you'll be wondering to yourself why didn't I try this sooner. And that I can promise :P.

aye its great isnt it lol

you actually start to crave different foods, you really do want to eat food that is good for you

i love to mix tuna with noodles but i am a little bit crazy

Thing is with my diet is i dont get enough vitamins so i'm starting to take vitamin tablets other than that everything is fine

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Originally Posted by MasterD

Thing is with my diet is i dont get enough vitamins so i'm starting to take vitamin tablets other than that everything is fine

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At least your taking some form of Vitamins. Its why so many people these days have common things like skin problems. Lack of Vitamin intake creates so many bodily deficiencys. Some of which you can easily suffer for the rest of your life.

I know this first hand, because although my Diet is great and I sweat blood every night pushing myself to my limits in my Training. I too lack in certain Vitamins, and for that ever since last year I got a skin condition called Psoriasis. Basically put its a hardened version of Eczema. I'm currently taking Vitamins to stock up what I lack of and what not for it to treat the condition, and keep it suppressed.

my mum has psoriasis i know it can by bad she has it on her knees. I've only just started on the vitamins. I have really dark circles under my eyes due to lack of vitamins i've been told!!

boots do fantastic deals on vitamins etc, from what i can tell they are good quality too

Yeah to be honest thats one thing I've always over looked, hopefully gonna pick some up this coming week. I've got a feeling my complete lack of vitamins also doesn't help clearing some of my spots.

PS : Ex your an absolute legend mate, just had a pack of super noodles but threw out the BBQ sachet, just whacked some of my mums Tuna & mayo in and it was pretty good. (^_^)

haha awesome glad you liked it mate! :D

Man, Exy, you can be a dietitian, seriously. Looks like you really know a lot about this kind of stuff

You could say in a manner that it's his work. ;)

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Originally Posted by exclamatio

your metabolism is running 24/7/365, it does not stop simply because you are asleep. i see what you are saying but any excess energy can be burnt off the following day, that is of course if you dont burn them in your sleep or waking up which takes plenty of energy.

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That's true, but your metabolism also slows down when you sleep. So that energy is not being used up, but stored for later use. aka fat. Now doing that every once in a while wont change anything, but eating late night after night, will sure pack on some pounds.

Wrestlers often go on the reverse diet. In which they eat full meals for breakfast. (steak dinners exc.) salad and a yogurt for lunch, then a bowl of cereal for supper. Just because you burn off all of that energy during the day. That might not be the healthiest way to diet, but it sure gets the job done. Now if you don't work out to stay fit after losing the weight of course, you'll just gain it right back.

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That's true, but your metabolism also slows down when you sleep. So that energy is not being used up, but stored for later use. aka fat. Now doing that every once in a while wont change anything, but eating late night after night, will sure pack on some pounds.

Wrestlers often go on the reverse diet. In which they eat full meals for breakfast. (steak dinners exc.) salad and a yogurt for lunch, then a bowl of cereal for supper. Just because you burn off all of that energy during the day. That might not be the healthiest way to diet, but it sure gets the job done. Now if you don't work out to stay fit after losing the weight of course, you'll just gain it right back.

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while it is true your metabolism is slower at night there isn't a huge difference

if you eat at night regularly, as i do due to the time i finish work etc your body wont store or any less fat than it normally would

with regards to cutting weight if it is not done in the healthiest way then it shouldnt be desireable for everyday living, sure it works cutting for weigh ins but that is sport specific

for average joe it makes little to no difference, provided they remain active

however going for long periods of food through the day and binging at night would certainley have adverse effects

At the end of the day it depends on how active THAT person is. For example, if your the type that doesn't like to make the effort to go out that often and stays in the house most the time. (couch potato) Then eating late at night will only have a negative effect.

If your out most the day, especially if you have a job thats physically demanding. Eating really late at night won't be so bad at all because you'll only be replacing your bodies nutrients that you lost during the day. But after saying this, I'd personally only recommend that you eat something light. Such as a bowl of cereal.

And as Exy said when it comes to dieting it MUST be done properly or not at all. This is simply because dieting in the wrong way only damages your body especially your metabolism in the long run. A very common way for alot of people these days to diet is by starvin them self, making them selfs suffer through long hunger periods...Because the after effect of doing that constantly, makes your stomach smaller and your metabolism crash at a fast rate.

Once that happens your just in a danger zone, because if you skip meals constantly in a attempt to diet you'll only pack on all that weight again + more for messing about with your body if you chose to eat as you once use to do.