19 y. old Male Wishing to Shed 25-30 lbs -- Please help!

Thanks, swanso5 and mrhomefitness! Yeah, I definitely took note. I'm practically hanging on to whatever swanso5 tells me. He has helped me a lot.

bossman - if someone is overwt it's basically because they don't handle carbs well...this is fact...if someone is lactose intolerant they don't have milk do they?

It has a lot to do with the kinds of Fats people eat as well. High GI Carbs represent "good" nutiriton. The message is, not to overindulge in them, but especially with all the benefits of whole-grain, they are foods that don't need seen as a replacement for things like Fruits, veggies etc etc, or to be ignored / rejected, (the only exceptions being things like Wheat, for people with things like Inflammatory Bowl Disorders).

It's also got to do with how people have exercised or not exercised, what body type they were born with, and also certain types of Hormones and how much or little some people produce.

As for Lactose intolerant, yes that's a no-no with Milk, except for Lactose free stuff, or by converting it to a Lactose free culture, with Kefir, but a situation where you can't have something, is not really comparable to a situation, where you need only limit something, cutting it out completely being for conscience sake, or a personal choice.

Plus regards this comment.

cereal is not really good for anything, except for post wts training meal

Not trying to be funny or rude or anything like that, but that's a little contradictary, considering you're a self confessed 6 portions of Cereal for Breakfast man, assuming you don't workout within 1-2 hours of waking, which I think I recall is not the case, forigve me if my memory has failed a little on that one.

Basically I'm not trying to rain on anyones parade, I'm just calling it from my own perspective. I maybe politely disagree on this, but that's both our perogatives. Heck the individual might ignore the lot of us, and have a Protein shake and a Whole Watermelon for Breakfast, just to be different

Ultimately you will say what you believe, when you do comment so will I, just like most would. If everyone always agreed on stuff, humans would just become drones. He might agree with one or neither of us, so that's what it boils down to in the end really. I'm not nor never have been, out to score one over anyone else, as I'm sure nobody else here does either .

90% of those who come on here want to lose wt...this means they need to cut their carb consumption (usually a lot)...i'm not trying to lose wt sxo i donp;t need to cut them out...nowadays i'm haviong 3 weetbix with eggs, bacon and toast for breaky but even when i was having 6 of them every day i would only have crabs at breakfast and post training where most have them all throughout the day so they're timing is all our of whack...and I also train heavy and hard and consistently

Hi guys. I am new to this site. I have been really inspired by the success stories and now I wish to have my own. I am a 5'7" male. I weigh in at ~171 lbs and my BMI is 26.8. So I am a little overweight according to my BMI. I don't know my body fat percentage since I have been too lazy to figure it out. I WISH TO LOSE 25-30 LBS so that I can get to 140-145 lbs (which, I think, is ideal for a 5'7" male).

I just started going to the gym this Monday, September 14. I plan to go everyday for the next 3.5 months (end of December). What I have done so far though is just cardio (treadmill and/or elliptical) for ~30 mins and then just doing various work out routines. So it's not structured like the success stories are (e.g. they do abs Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and legs some other days, etc.). And I am wondering if I should start doing this...anyone?

Another thing is that nutrition is very important in this...which you all know :p. And I ask you if it is imperative to strictly watch my eating? I mean, I've cut off soda and junk food. I rarely drink juice (orange) and I drink a lot of water. For food, I eat chicken, rice, whole wheat bread, pasta, cereal (w/ 2% milk), and fruits. I haven't been eating veggies since I have none right now but that shall soon be resolved. But should I choose some other foods from the ones I listed (e.g. pasta)? I noticed yesterday that when I did elliptical for 30 mins., the machine said that I had burned 400 -500 calories (can't remember exactly) and I don't know if that is enough. Of course I burn off more by my working out but I am still not sure if what I am doing overall is effective. I have been fasting but that is going to end this weekend so I can start the 6 meals a day routine.

As noted above, I wish to lose 25-30 lbs. I really hope I don't hit any plateaus and am able to shed those 25-30 lbs in these next 3.5 months. Of course I will continue going to the gym after but not on an everyday basis like now. My ultimate goal is to get a six pack but that won't happen in the next 3.5 months so I am just focusing on weight loss for now. However, I also do crunches and I ask if those are really effective now or not in burning calories for weight loss?

If anyone has any questions, I will provide them. PLEASE PEOPLE, I NEED YOUR HELP. Oh btw, is it possible for me to get a whole workout routine planned out by someone for me on this website?

Thank you and best regards,
Kzar.

Kzar, I agree with the advices above, but you also need some supplements to lose your fat. For example, this may be green tea.

I'm with the bulk of the responses. I am in no way qualified to give advise on how to do it cause I'm here for the same reason.. needing help...

fyi I'm 5'6" 175 pounds, yes I'm fat llok at my pics but I can say without a doubt that I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be 5'6" 175 and solid as a rock !!! thats my goal and like I have read on other posts who cares what the scale says... look in the mirror.. if your happy then your perfect !

Kzar, I agree with the advices above, but you also need some supplements to lose your fat. For example, this may be green tea.

Hi there .

I woiuld politely disagree. Firstly I think Green Tea is not a supplement, (but is beneficial), as it doesn't need to be a supplement for the diet and if it can be bought in commercial supermarkets, as well as health food shops, it's not really a supplement for that reason anyway.

As for supplements needed for Fat loss, it's not necessary. Some supplements like Oil based ones, (Fish Oil, Krill Oil, Omega 3,6,9 complexes etc etc), can be beneficial for other reasons, but if I suggested such things, it would be mainly for those reasons, not to promote them as a quick fix to weight loss, not that I'm saying you're doing that, I completely 100% believe you never would do that with any supplement.

Ultimately you offering advice about supplements is good, but don't forget, unless they are a necessity, or very beneficial to the persons goal, then the individual might spend their money, not yours or mine, buying something that's not going to have a significant or major impact on their wants.

I do agree there is benefit in Green Tea and also respect your answer, so please don't take this personally, I'm not here to belittle you or put you down, I'm just trying to have a fairly neutral stance here, so the person can make a more considered choice, before spending extra money.

I can see a lot about you in terms of personality, warmth and a caring nature, in your response though, so I will encourage you to keep doing that, thank you for joining, and hope we can help and support you like, you clearly want to help and support us.

I appreciate your participation, so best wishes and please do keep posting .

Fat loss supps are a pretty huge waste of money. Won't get you anywhere. Diet and exercise 100%. I'm w boss.

Agreed. Anything that could be called a Metabolic Enhancer, I.E. Fat burners, Appetite Suppressants and Thermogenic serums, are at best, pointless wastes of money, worst case scenario, dangerous, nay lethal. Cough, Hydroxycut, cough.

All of them are just designed for one purpose in mind. To make supplement companies richer. Forget the B.S. hype and supposed endorsements from misguided celebrities, sports people and nutritionists / university graduates, that actually can call themselves Dr. Supplement companies only market these things to get richer.

They'll tell you different, but frankly it's a 99.99999999% shewin, they'd be lying, because they'd have every reason to protect their precious profits. I don't .

Many of them also have adverse effects on your blood pressure. Metabolife, I believe had serious problems with raising HR and BP

I don't doubt it.

If someone came on here and said a relative took a Fat Burner and subsequently cacked their own Brain down the toilet, I wouldn't disbelieve it.