Posted by: GuitarDaku March 13, 2010
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Check out the link below, it's called the "Hacker's Diet".
Main principles:
1. To lose weight, burn more calories than you consume. I believe it's about 3500 calories = 1 pound.
2. Don't eat past 8.
3. Eat at regular intervals.
4. Exercise regularly (it doesn't have to be vigorous, even 10 minutes will do)
So let's say you are 5'8" and 165 pounds and want to be really fit looking. Optimal weight hovers around 145 pounds (+-5 pounds) for that height. Having a goal of 1-2 pounds is ok which would mean cutting down about 5000 calories per week. For that height, you just need around 1900 calories. So doing the math, you would want to eat around 1300 calories per day. Which is quite a cutdown, believe me. Even having a burger and some fries could almost match that in some fast food places.
So you have to be really careful about the food you eat. generally, the food you eat at home is preferable to restaurant food.
The book advocates eating less to lose weight than exercising more. It has done a superb job in laying down the argument for that approach. Read it. It's good.
Last edited: 13-Mar-10 03:59 PM