Is it the time to start exercise?

diet
(Jayna Denner) #1

Hi Guys,

Since childhood, I was a chubby girl. However, last year I realized it is the time to lose extra weight. My weight was 82kg in last February, and then I started dieting, and till now, I have lost 16kg, and my current weight is 66kg. Although my dieting journey benefited me without doing any workout in last three month, I noticed that I am not losing weight and it has been stuck on 66kg.

According to my friend, I should cut off more calories from my dieting plan and should reduce it more from (spam link to low fat diet removed by admin). I am already at meagre calories diet, and it sounds harsh to me to cut more calories from my daily intake. I just came here with a question that should I join a gym too with loo calories diet or should I follow the advice of my friend?

I also want to tell you that I have done many exercises before starting dieting but they didn’t help me a lot and I also have less time due to a tight schedule. I hope you guys will give me an excellent piece of advice because I want to lose more weight quickly.

(Jayna Denner) #2

Waiting for your responses.

(Adam Kirby) #3

There’s literally nothing good that can come from a starvation diet. The more you cut your calories the more your body will respond by turning down your metabolism, eating your lean mass, and driving you insane. You don’t want to lose WEIGHT, you want to lose FAT. So this approach is a terrible idea, and you don’t want to be long-term FUBAR’d for a short-term scale victory. If your diet is already “meager” you have a problem. It should be reasonably satiating. Are you actually doing keto?

#4

Yes, want to echo what Adam said: it’s fat loss you want, not weight loss, and cutting calories isn’t going to do you any favors in the long term.

The right exercise - resistance work in particular - can help with fat loss but not if you’re not eating enough. Sprints/HIIT can also be terrific, but random cardio work seems to just spike hunger and be counterproductive.

If you want more specific advice, folks on here are great, but you’ll need to post what you’re eating and a bit more about you (age, height) to give some context .

(KetoQ) #5

Hi Jayna –

Make sure you’re getting enough to eat, which means, make sure you feel full and satisfied eating the right foods. Eat a little extra fat, and have a healthy salad with a full fat dressing. Experiment a little with what is going to work best for you in terms of both satiety and fat loss.

Exercise, try walking. If you have a tight schedule, like I do, I park my car away from my commuter train station, plus have another small hike to my office once I get in the city. So I walk about 3.3 miles a day, just getting to and from work. Therefore, I don’t feel bad if I don’t get a chance to workout once I get home. If you don’t have that flexibility, try getting in a walk on your lunch hour.

And since I get home early evening and don’t have much daylight to work with, I bought a bike trainer that I can attach my regular bike to and convert it into a stationary bike. I’m often able to get in another 3 mile walk when I get home if the weather cooperates.

On weekends, I get in a 6-10 mile walk on both Sat and Sun. I’m fortunate to live near some good trails. I also mow my lawn every Sat whether in needs it or not. There is another 2 miles.

Also, if you can, do your exercise fully-fasted, that way you’ll be burning more fat to fuel your exercise activity.

Good luck!

(Jayna Denner) #6

No, I am not using keto diet. If you have a proper diet plan then please share with me.

(Allie) #7

This is a keto forum so if you’re not on a keto diet, you will be better off looking elsewhere.

#8

Keto is most definitely a proper diet plan. But if you’re not keto, most of our advice won’t make much sense to you. Exercise really doesn’t burn that many calories, unless you’re a marathoner or other big-time exerciser.

(Adam Kirby) #9

How did you find this forum just out of curiosity?

(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #10

If you are not doing any form of carb restriction, I’m afraid that will be the first recommendation of anyone here. I’m sure many people here have had experience with whatever you’re doing, but it’s probably not successful experience, else they would not be here, looking for support doing a ketogenic or carb restricted diet.

If you’d like a proper plan, maybe Jason Fung’s Obesity Code. Or Phinney and Volek’s The Art and Science of Ketogenic Living. I prefer Dr. Michael and Dr. Mary Dan Eades’ Protein Power, but I’m odd around here.