Do you know about any low fat diets that prodcue results?
niffer asked:
I have been working out for 5 months like this:
*Monday-Weights (chest/biceps) + 1.5 hours of cardio
*Tuesday-1 hour of cardio
*Wednesday-Weights (legs) + 1.5 hours of cardio
*Thursday-1 hour of cardio
*Friday-1 hour of Kick boxing + 1.5 hours of cardio
I have been working out for 5 months like this:
*Monday-Weights (chest/biceps) + 1.5 hours of cardio
*Tuesday-1 hour of cardio
*Wednesday-Weights (legs) + 1.5 hours of cardio
*Thursday-1 hour of cardio
*Friday-1 hour of Kick boxing + 1.5 hours of cardio
I have lost a total of 37lbs and gained about 10 lbs of lean muscle. I know this from tests performed by my personal trainer. I want to lose more body fat faster and was thinking about using a low fat diet. Do you know of one that works and where I can get a copy of it? If you have ANY suggestions, I will gladly consider them. Presently, I am consuming 1800 calories/day (5.6″, 179 lbs presently) and live a very active lifestyle. I eat in the following format:
*breakfast (350 calories) 8am
*snack (100 calories) 10am
*lunch (500 calories) 12 pm
*snack (100 calories) 3pm
*dinner (750 calories) 6pm
Please help!
I am still at 26.8% body fat and what to get down to 9%. I need help!
Andres


First off, congrats. That’s quite an accomplishment and something to be proud of. Sounds like you’re getting enough calories, 1,800 sounds about right if you have a similar height and weight to me (I’m doing about the same). My workout typically burns about 600 calories. I’m on Beachbody’s P90X program and they have a great nutrition guide with it. Do some looking and see if you can find the P90X Nutrition Guide on eBay or something. There’s three phases to the diet (and exercise program as well), the first being the “Fat Shredder”. You’ll eat lots of egg-white omelets, low or non fat cheeses, lots of protein and very little fat. I would recommend that if you still have some body fat to lose.
Exercise is good for you but a low fat diet will screw you up. It may even cripple you for life. The first 3 letters of diet is DIE.
There is a lot of bad information out there. It has made America the fattest society ever. But it makes food companies and diet companies rich. Learn why salt, black coffee, salt, lean meat, salt, non-fat yogurt and salt are so fattening. SALT HAS NO CALORIES. The book, Intuitive Eating, says “If you tell yourself that you can’t or shouldn’t have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that build into uncontrollable cravings and, often, bingeing.” Nourish your body thin, instead of starving it fat. Learn the fastest way to lose weight.
Never cut carbs, fats and calories. Eat foods made by nature, not man-made foods designed to make you fat and addicted to food. Which has more calories: a plain potato or one with a healthy fat like olive oil? The latter. Which is more fattening? The former. How can this be? The fat slows down the calories going into the blood (see glycemic load and glycemic index) making it less fattening. It is not about how many calories but how fast they enter the blood. But plant foods have fiber. Fiber provides no calories, is filling and also slows the calories entering your blood.