Maybe you guys can give me some tips. After I quit smoking a year ago I started to exercise more; I try to swim 3 times a week (1.4 miles freestyle), and run (4 miles) or do the Santa Monica steps (brutal work out filled with b-list celebrities) once or twice a week when I have time.

I eat healthier, less meat, more salads and fish, maybe one burger a month, smaller portions, no sodas and drink only once a week (beer), stopped drinking at home.

I see and feel the difference, but i don't lose any weight, I'm still at 184 pounds, what's still overweight at my length, 6' ,according to the "weight index".

I like to lose at least 10 pounds, I think around 175 pounds would be good for me.

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You've probably put on some muscle with your working out. Muscle is denser than fat so you can look smaller but weigh the same. 185 isn't over weight for your height if you've got some decent muscle mass. 175 would probably be a good trim weight. A better way to judge your progress (without doing bodyfat measuring, etc) is to go by your waistline. If you can go in a few notches on your belt you're doing something right even if the scale doesn't confirm it.

Keep in mind that your body will adapt to the changes in your routine, both exercise and diet, so to keep making progress you have to change things up a bit.

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The fact that you quit smoking a year ago is a major step, but keep in mind that despite the overwhelming health disadvantages of smoking, it probably kept your weight down in the first place...

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It's simple, use more calories than you take in. That's it. I lost 30 lbs. in 4 months, 2 summers ago & without changing my exercise regime. I simply ate healthier and ate smaller meals more often.

The hard part is sticking to it. It should be viewed as a lifestyle change, not a diet.

I'd throw in some core work as well, not all cardio. Build some muscle, preferably via your own bodyweight, not dumbells.

Try yoga as well. You won't lose much weight, but you'll become more flexible, better balanced, focused and stronger in the core. This in turn will help you with all the other workouts. If you actually get into it, move onto power yoga. This moves through the Vinyasa flow much faster and adds an good deal of plyometrics. Good for explosive strength.

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Breakfast: Granola with fruit and low fat milk and a cappuccino with low fat milk.

Lunch: Whole grain bread with some cheese, Japanese noodle soup, some fruit and a fruit or vegie juice (freshly squeezed).

Dinner: Lots of Asian, Sushi, Indian, fish, some meat and at least two vegetables (steamed) when I cook myself. Pasta once every two weeks, no greasy sauces anymore, just bolognese with fresh tomato's. A good steak once a month.

I drink lots of water, absolute no sodas. Used to snack a lot when on the set, now only nuts. Most of the sugars I get are from fruit, beer or the occasionally Mars bar.

I hope I don't sound like a "health nut" but eating healthier came by it self when I started to exercise. The need for fast food disappeared, haven't been in a Carls Jr for a year and I used to love that place.

Btw. I don't have a scale, I sometimes weight myself when I see one at friends homes.

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That doesn't sound like a health nut. Those are a lot of the foods I like. Granola, Asian, Sushi...
It's funny how the craving for sweets goes away as soon as the workouts start.
I'm slowly turning the diet around. No more ice cream, pizza, chips. though I did buy some Doritos the last time I went shopping. Damn those 2 for 1 sales.
Lately I've been eating cereal instead of crap when I get hungry with soy milk.

Yeah the $10 gym is awesome. They do have some classes which I have NO interest in. A friend of mine and my girlfriend joined. It's nice to have someone to go with.

Danny

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Good. Not bad at all...

Now... Do you find you get hungry between Breakfast and Lunch? What about between the other meals?

I usually tell people, especially active people like yourself, to keep a pretty high protein intake... some granola isn't great for that... and some is.

Also BEWARE of MOST "whole wheat" breads. Most are crap white bread with sugars and crap to make them brown/tan... the best breads have 5 or fewer ingredients.

Huge tip: Look around in your area for the following two stores:

Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. Whole Foods can be VERY pricey... so use them for what TJ's doesn't have.

Pete

P.S. As I sit hear eating TJ's Sun Dried Tomato Bruschetta with Stone Wheat Crackers (Reduced Sodium)...

I get my steaks and granola at Whole Foods but they are so outrages expensive. I get my fruits and vegies from a small shop; $20 for a week.

The frozen fish at Trader Joe's is pretty good, so are there nuts...

I'm sort off hungry between meals.

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1- Stop eating breakfast. Actually all you should have from wake up to noon each day is water & fruit. I bought a good 1HP blender & make a great smoothie with 1.5 cups of frozen mixed fruit, water, a little OJ and a banana.

Whatever else you are having is building up and preventing you from the body's natural process of detoxing. It takes place from the early evening till around noon. ( This is why we wake up with wax in our ears; boogers in your nose, grease in your hair , crust in your eyes & sludge in your mouth/ morning breath, etc..) When you stop taxing your digestive system with anything harder to digest than simple fruits & just water, you will raise your metabolism naturally, have alot more energy, a clearer mind & burn up fat naturally. I suggest 16-24 oz of clean water 1st thing. You can eat any & as much fruit as you want until noon. It is good for you & fun. If you try this for 3 days you will get hooked.

2- I know you're Dutch so this will hurt. Stop eating cheese at lunch, and any other time of the day...POISON. (After you lose all the weight you want, if you want to have a little smoked goat cheese, you have my permission....)

3- All the other things you say in your diet are fairly good, and much better than what 98% of Americans eat every day.

4- Try not to eat anything after 8 PM ( Or at least 4 hours prior to bedtime.)
Not easy but the less the better. This will help your body be able to detox through the night which is it's natural process.

If you are doing all the excercise you say & this you will definetly lose all the extra body fat you want.

peace out.
AA

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Something doesn't add up there. From what you say you should be losing some weight. Is there more to the story..... maybe a Hagen Daz here or there, oh yeah...... I have to say that I think the Weight Watchers points system was probably the best invention in a long time. Although now I think they have changed it. But it really helped to understand what makes you fat and what doesn't. Here are some foods to keep away from: Cheese, Ice cream, peanut butter, tortillas (huge fat, who knew...), anything fried. The fried food is a killer, huge points. So no gyoza, french fries, egg rolls, sweet and sour whatever etc. You need some exercise to keep your metabolism up and it seems you have more than enough for that. So were you eating anything on my banned list?

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Some french fries, I'm from Holland you know it's in the blood, but only once a month. No ice-cream, no candy and if I snack it's a carrot (), fruit or some yogurt.
I'm definitely more muscled, no more shaking "male boobs" when driving.
When I started I was at 188 pounds and I'm still around that number. I would think I would lose some weight.

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Nine pounds is about 30,000 calories, or about 60 hours of aerobic exercise.

There are lots of methods out there, but you need to develop a strategy. Many people don't have the fitness to do long slow burns of more than 45 minutes. My advice is to develop the fitness, and then go on those long slow distance burns. Next, do it on a bike. It's much easier to ride for two hours than it is to run. You burn about 20% fewer calories but your heartrate is lower and you can go longer.

So there's a start for you. How to develop fitness? Start building what's called an aerobic base. Do this for about six weeks. Then throw in one really really hard session every 10 days. Total work for this session, 10 minutes. Start doing one really long and slow workout per week. Start with 1 hour, then increase by 15 minutes every week. Every third week, reduce your volume to what it was three weeks prior. Start again, up the ante. This is called periodization.

So here are the buzzwords. Perioditize, interval, aerobic base, lactic threshold. Look them up.

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Good for you,keep exercising and eating healthy,but don't by any manner of means follow my ex-wife's dieting habits...she once weighed 110 lbs,now she's down to 60lbs,fiberglass casket and all....................

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Tnx, I will.

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