Cheers Adrian,obviously I don't eat the curries every da 1/2 a week sometimes not at all, but tapas I will eat if I go for a beer and this will usually be my food for the night,pork tomatoes olives, sausage etc. I will eat bread in the day with salad or as a sand wich.my figures are1916/2634. I am by no means overweight, but I do have a bit of a spread:) thanksadrianr said:mac said:Can someone advise me.in the summer months I generally eat a lot of salads and while at work I drink plenty of water.i also drnk sugary drinks.at night a few bottles of beer and tapas.in the winter I go for homemade soups.when I lived in the uk I loved takeaways, but out in Spain I sub them with home made curries. So if I cut out the sugary drinks and beer and tapas in the week could I still have a few carbs with the salads.my job is demanding especially in the summer months.I am approx 6.2 and 95 kg.thanks for any advice.
Without knowing how much of any of that you consume it's pretty hard to say. If you cut the beer, sugary drinks and tapas you might still be eating 3000 calories of carb salads and curries. I doubt it but it's important to think about how much you eat, not just what you eat.
It's well worth the few minutes it takes to roughly work out your maintenance calories and how much you likely consume in a day. With a demanding job it will just mean you have a higher maintenance, so you won't need to starve yourself and impact your work to lose weight. It's something many people do and always fail diets as a result. They need 2000 cal to stand still, suddenly cut to a 1000 cal diet, feel like shit and snack on crap = No weight loss.
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Let us know what that says and we'll go from there.
salfordblue-tony2 said:I know this was so last year, but is anybody still doing it?
And could someone give us their results off following it for 12 months.
GazC said:I started this around May - day 1 weight was 190lbs and last night's was 162lbs. I wasn't especially overweight either for my height (borderline BMI of 25 at that time), it just goes to show the gains you can make with calorie counting and two days calorie sacrifice.
Good luck to anybody else doing it, and those that aren't doing it but need to, there's nothing stopping you from making one of the most positive lifestyle changes you can over just a 6 month period.
mac said:Can someone advise me.in the summer months I generally eat a lot of salads and while at work I drink plenty of water.i also drnk sugary drinks.at night a few bottles of beer and tapas.in the winter I go for homemade soups.when I lived in the uk I loved takeaways, but out in Spain I sub them with home made curries. So if I cut out the sugary drinks and beer and tapas in the week could I still have a few carbs with the salads.my job is demanding especially in the summer months.I am approx 6.2 and 95 kg.thanks for any advice.
Blue Maverick said:I'm thinking of doing this because I got on the bus the other day and it took nearly 20 seconds to get a seat.
Fat people arent happy they are bubblyhilts said:Blue Maverick said:I'm thinking of doing this because I got on the bus the other day and it took nearly 20 seconds to get a seat.
Fat people are happier though a bit like slow witted people
In fact nutrition, exercise and university seems to be somewhat of a con