HeavansKeeper
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Something important to remember is that bodies are different. There's no miracle diet or system which can appease every body. Don't try to fight the body - it wins. First, try to ascertain what your body wants to look like. Mine wants to be stout. Kinda pudgy, very muscular, thick, wide. I wish I was the long and wirey type, but its not in the cards. Don't bother striving for something nature is fighting. Twas a foolish man to build his house upon the sand. Also, ascertain if you, the general you, are a bulk eater or a quality eater. There's no shame in which category you fall into. Some people enjoy the filling feeling of a big meal, others enjoy the taste and flavors of food... I've heard tell of some possessed souls who don't even like eating, but they're not welcome here. There's a simple test for this... Get a bag of plain rice cakes and open it. If you eat them, you're a bulk eater. Plan accordingly. Focus on salads, low glycemic carbs, airy foods (like whipped products, popcorn, puffed rice) and low calorie/high mass snacks to be sated. You can work out like a dog and lose 130 calories. The real weight loss comes from a healthy diet and an increased basal metabolic rate (how many calories your body needs to not die and hang out on CM). Higher energy levels and more muscle mass, both initiated from working out a little, raise this running cost (which is a good thing for weight loss). While people respond differently to specific diets, I have two bits of advice: 1) Don't trust gimmick diets. Atkins, South Beach, Potato Diet, Cookie Diet... They often play on the bodies defenses to malnutrition. You have the internet. You're too rich to be malnourished. 2) Learn to like chicken breast (and other high protein, low fat, tasty foods). Most fish, tofu (miso soup please..), turkey, etc. can make a healthy main dish to most diets. If I was forced to dish out a general diet, I'd say "Eat 1/10th the deep fried stuff, leave 1/2 the rice or pasta from each dish, eat more greens, choose healthier meats, do 10 pushups." We all know what we need to do. It's not rocket surgery... It's just getting off your ass, walking to the market, and learning to love stir fried vegetables. ... Which reminds me! Properly fried items are not particularly unhealthy. Hot, clean, new oil and sufficiently moist foods mean oil doesn't seep into the food. A whole bucket of perfectly friend chicken should have less than a tablespoon of oil in it. Just a thought...
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