Good Food and Exercises

[Silentgunz]

I'm trying to lose about 30 pounds before spring.Are there any good exercises I can do when its freezing outside and I can't go outside ? I don't really have any equipment. All I have a treadmill and some 15 lb weight.

I also don't know what to eat. I'm always in a hurry in the morning so I don't know what to eat that i can get fast. So I usually skip breakfast. I also skip lunch cause all they serve at school is fried food. Then when I get home i'm starving and i eat like crazy. Its kinda of pointless skipping everything and eat a bunch but ionno. Then i fell bad about myself and stuff. And then i feel realli lazy.

 

[krprunitennis2]

Maybe you just use the treadmill and weights?

But for the food, have you tried packing lunch on the night before and heating it on the morning? Or have something that doesn't have to be hot to eat for lunch in school.

=D I found out that it takes lots more calories to eat a celery than it has in itself.

 

[Silentgunz]

I guess i could try packing, but what is healthy stuff to eat ?

 

[krprunitennis2]

Is it really cold for the whole day in Arkansas? Do you play tennis afterschool? How much physical activity do you do afterschool? Are you a vegetarian?

 

[alienhamster]

One tip: Eat eggs for breakfast, with as little added fat as possible. If you don't have time to cook them, cook some hard-boiled eggs for the fridge the night before so you can eat them in a hurry the following morning.

Starting off with a protein early in the day suppresses the carb cravings throughout the day.

 

[alienhamster]

PS. If weight loss is the goal, it's usually best to do moderate exercise for longer periods of time (45 min.+). Your body tends to burn more fat that way. Do some fast paced walking on the treadmill most days of the week.

 

[Silentgunz]

Is it really cold for the whole day in Arkansas? Do you play tennis afterschool? How much physical activity do you do afterschool? Are you a vegetarian?

me and my friend have been playing everyday since November, but now its just way to cold, it was 25 degrees around 3. Beside tennis i dont do that much physical activity, i run on the treadmill, then i lift with my dumb bells then do some crunches and situps. No im not a vegetarian.

 

[Silentgunz]

One tip: Eat eggs for breakfast, with as little added fat as possible. If you don't have time to cook them, cook some hard-boiled eggs for the fridge the night before so you can eat them in a hurry the following morning.

Starting off with a protein early in the day suppresses the carb cravings throughout the day.

wat should i eat for lunch ?

 

[krprunitennis2]

me and my friend have been playing everyday since November, but now its just way to cold, it was 25 degrees around 3. Beside tennis i dont do that much physical activity, i run on the treadmill, then i lift with my dumb bells then do some crunches and situps. No im not a vegetarian.

I think that you'd do well on losing the weight with those activities. But maybe you might need to change what you're eating.

I think that you should eat a good amount of carbohydrates and intensifying those exercises over time. If you're very serious about tennis, it might be smart to carbo load for more efficient endurance. If you're not going to intensify your exercises, then never mind about eating a lot of carbs. Just make sure that the amount of calories you take in would be less than what you use for physical activity. I don't really know how much you eat or if you are really working very hard on your exercises so I can't give you much advice. But then, my book says that weight loss means: Calories in < Calories out.

 

[krprunitennis2]

One tip: Eat eggs for breakfast, with as little added fat as possible. If you don't have time to cook them, cook some hard-boiled eggs for the fridge the night before so you can eat them in a hurry the following morning.

Starting off with a protein early in the day suppresses the carb cravings throughout the day.

Get a little more carbs in this meal, not just eggs. Breakfast is the meal that starts your day, make sure that you're not famished and not bloated.

For lunch, it depends on what you can carry and how much you're going to exercise for that day. On average, walking around and doing everyday stuff burns around 600 calories (I think it's a little bit more, maybe).
You should probably eat some vegetables + meat with rice/bread. So it seems like a Subway sandwich would do good for lunch.

Dinner. For me, I have no choice since I can't eat lunch at school or eat a huge breakfast so I eat a very big dinner. It's not really proper, but I'm still slim (=P with a wee bit more baggage, no 6 or 4 pack, mind you) since I do lots of tennis and running. If you're not restricted with very long lunch lines and will be able to eat lunch somehow, dinner shouldn't be heavy since you're going to sleep right after and those calories wouldn't go anywhere. Eat some chicken maybe (I think chicken is the least fatty among beef, and pork) or fish. Then, put some veggies in there since they're a pretty good source of protein, even though it may not look like it (my health teacher says). Not much carbohydrates, perhaps, since you won't need much calories for sleeping (but you still use calories for breathing/ your heart).

Add fruits in any meal.

Another option would be eating less in your meals, but having frequent SNACKS (shouldn't be large) to sustain you for the day. Snacks can be:

Produce: Fresh fruit (ex. apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, or and blah blah berries). Some portable veggies such as baby carrots, celery, or cherry tomatoes.

Breads (great for packing glycogen in your muscles): Whole grain bagles, bread sticks, or whole wheat pita bread.

Cereals, Granola Bars, Cookies, crackers.

Dried fruit, nuts, and energy drinks work very well too.

 

[Bottle Rocket]

Quit drinking all soda.

Quit drinking all juices made from concentrate (juices with just as much sugar as the soda).

Totally give up candy bars and candy.

Avoid cookies. Most granola bars are not much better than cookies.

Start running at least 3 times a week.

You can run regardless of the weather... Hell, I've played tennis when it was 23 degrees. I run when its below freezing all the time, its refreshing. If you're cold while you're running, run faster. Get some good running shoes.

Those things will have a very large impact. The improvements will also show on the tennis court.

 

[alienhamster]

Silent: carbs are fine and important, but make sure they're coming from whole grains, legumes (beans and such), and *whole* fruits and veggies. NO simple sugars, no sodas, and try to avoid juices. (It's hard to "feel" these calories cause it doesn't make you full at all.)

I gave the eggs advice above mainly as a tip to help reduce hunger cravings throughout the day.

The best (only?) way to do this is to count your calories--the amount you're consuming and the amount you're expending. If I'm remembering this right, you need to cut 3500 calories per pound of weight. The safest way to do this is to cut 500 calories per day to lose one pound per week. ("Cutting" = consuming fewer calories + expending them via exercise.) It's generally considered safe weight loss to lose 1-2 pounds per week, but not much more.

If you do cut calories, I highly advise taking a daily multivitamin just for "insurance." Try to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables throughout the day: they do 8 million wonderful things for your body. Berries are a particularly good choice during weight loss since they have incredibly high vitamin content for how few calories they contain.

 

[alienhamster]

Oh, and lunch advice: bring a sandwich, particularly turkey or tuna (with non-fat mayo). Mustard will be your friend, and don't spare lettuce, tomato, cucumber, etc. And make sure the bread says 100% whole grain. A must.

In the meantime, I encourage you to ask the higher-ups at your school why they are offering only fried food to the students. That's ridiculous. It actually makes students *less* attentive in class when they get served crappy food. Demand that they offer healthier choices.

(Sorry for the political activist tone here, but this stuff has got to change.)

 

[dave333]

I'm a student too. 5 feet 6 123 lbs. 4 1/2 pack (looks wierd, can someone explain?)

breakfast: banana+bagel with cream cheese+milk. delicious!
lunch: turkey or lean ham sandwich with honey mustard, lettuce
dinner: i'm chinese so my mom usually cooks rice, some kind of veggie, and a lean meat. I don't eat too much.

the days I go to the gym, I usually eat pasta or some non-chinese food.

 

[Silentgunz]

I'm a student too. 5 feet 6 123 lbs. 4 1/2 pack (looks wierd, can someone explain?)

breakfast: banana+bagel with cream cheese+milk. delicious!
lunch: turkey or lean ham sandwich with honey mustard, lettuce
dinner: i'm chinese so my mom usually cooks rice, some kind of veggie, and a lean meat. I don't eat too much.

the days I go to the gym, I usually eat pasta or some non-chinese food.

sounds good i think im going to eat a sandwich for lunch....

 

[The Gorilla]

One tip: Eat eggs for breakfast, with as little added fat as possible. If you don't have time to cook them, cook some hard-boiled eggs for the fridge the night before so you can eat them in a hurry the following morning.

Starting off with a protein early in the day suppresses the carb cravings throughout the day.

I take issue with the egg advice, it is a little known fact that an egg eaten before any sporting activity will make you play terrible, it really will destroy your game, I'm not being funny here, it will make you undergo a fererro-like transition.Do NOT eat an egg before a match,of any kind,EVER!!!!!!!


if you don't believe me try it yourself, not before a match though because it will make you lose, before practice.

 

[Silentgunz]

I take issue with the egg advice, it is a little known fact that an egg eaten before any sporting activity will make you play terrible, it really will destroy your game, I'm not being funny here, it will make you undergo a fererro-like transition.Do NOT eat an egg before a match,of any kind,EVER!!!!!!!


if you don't believe me try it yourself, not before a match though because it will make you lose, before practice.

lol im not eating eggs anymore i ate it for breakfast yesterday and i was farting like crazy and it stunk eww....

 

[Silentgunz]

try to avoid juices.

is juice not good for you ? i thought it gave u vitamins, i drink like 2 glass of orange juice and 2 glass of apple juice a day

 

[krprunitennis2]

is juice not good for you ? i thought it gave u vitamins, i drink like 2 glass of orange juice and 2 glass of apple juice a day

Juice is good, but don't drink just juice for your everyday supply of Vitamin C. Try fresh fruit for added fiber too.

Some issues about juice are: once they mix with other food or drinks (such as milk, etc.) you're in deep gas trouble. Same goes if you drink too much juice.

The same rule goes for milk.

 

[Craig Sheppard]

is juice not good for you ? i thought it gave u vitamins, i drink like 2 glass of orange juice and 2 glass of apple juice a day

Just keep in mind, for weight loss, calories in must be less than calories out... And fruit juice is packed w/ calories, usually 100-120 calories per 8 oz. That's the same amount of sugar as Coca-Cola and other sodas.

 

[JRstriker12]

I'm trying to lose about 30 pounds before spring.Are there any good exercises I can do when its freezing outside and I can't go outside ? I don't really have any equipment. All I have a treadmill and some 15 lb weight.

I also don't know what to eat. I'm always in a hurry in the morning so I don't know what to eat that i can get fast. So I usually skip breakfast. I also skip lunch cause all they serve at school is fried food. Then when I get home i'm starving and i eat like crazy. Its kinda of pointless skipping everything and eat a bunch but ionno. Then i fell bad about myself and stuff. And then i feel realli lazy.

You have all the tools you need with treadmills and some dumbells.

Do some intervals on the treadmill - run slow 2 min, run fast 1 min or rase the incline a half level every two minutes - there are endless variations on this.

With the dumbells do some lunges, bent over rows for the back, shoulder pressess. Try some push ups and crunches for the abs.

For breakfast, try makeing a breakfast shake with low-fat yougurt and the fruit of your choice - frozen blueberries are great!

Try natural peanut butter on whole wheat bread for a quick breakfast.

One book I'd suggest for you is the ab diet workout book - some great workout routines you can do at home and good recommendations on a balance healthy diet - no fads.

 

[drakulie]

I take issue with the egg advice, it is a little known fact that an egg eaten before any sporting activity will make you play terrible, it really will destroy your game, I'm not being funny here, it will make you undergo a fererro-like transition.Do NOT eat an egg before a match,of any kind,EVER!!!!!!!


if you don't believe me try it yourself, not before a match though because it will make you lose, before practice.

Is the Gorilla eaten one too many rotten bananas. This guy is absolutely whacked out of his brains. Where does he get this stuff??