fitness is a marathon, not a track meet. everyone seems to be rushing to get a holiday fitness body for some reason.. lol.

and while i respect an attraction to fitness, the results aren't going to be stellar with only a month of prep 💯....

edit: respectfully, you don't have to go so hard. 500+ cal deficit is 'pro' territory, if you're not training for a pro bodybuilding show, why go so hard?

mix some foods that aren't as healthy for you into your diet, and just try to emphasize the more nutritious ones, so you naturally wean yourself off them.

remember, 1000 calories of almonds is not the same as 1000 calories of reese's peanut butter cups. you only absorb about 50-60% of the almonds, the rest goes bye bye.

candy food is engineered for humans to absorb more of it, so thats more why we don't do so well on candy foods.

but if some candy is going to help you keep your mind on straight, and help you stay consistent while you reach for your goal, and stay consistent with exercise after? guess what? its a healthy choice.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Hammer Of Evil:

fitness is a marathon, not a track meet. everyone seems to be rushing to get a holiday fitness body for some reason.. lol.

It's a bit deeper than that. What I described is what my body builder friends term a "mini cut". If done correctly you lose a good amount of fat quickly, and get back to body building before its time for the muscle to get ♥♥♥♥♥♥. 2 weeks is a long time time for a mini cut, but some people can take it as far as 3 weeks.

I made this choice because the last time I tried building some muscle I went for a good year and half, then spent many months trying to lose fat slowly and far more muscle than I wished.

0 sugar bro.

Just do Keto.
Eat meat and fat, get plenty of salt and drink plenty of water. No carbs.
It's easy and it doesn't feel like dieting, it's just a change of what you eat, not necessarily how much you eat.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Houseman:

Just do Keto.
Eat meat and fat, get plenty of salt and drink plenty of water. No carbs.
It's easy and it doesn't feel like dieting, it's just a change of what you eat, not necessarily how much you eat.

Keto is for short cutting if someone's really gone over the line into obesity.

Less extreme intermittent fasting type changes are easier to stick with.

neat and all but tomorrow is not promised

https://youtu.be/XvIW56Tn_PQ?si=KD6ozFynSnQ7iArd

I stopped worrying about my weight and dieting when I turned 30 and rather be jolly and happy then a starving marvin

You're doing it all wrong.
1) Exercise encourages muscle growth, not fat burning. Running on the treadmill won't make any fat go away. It'll just make your legs stronger.
2) To burn fat, you need to remove dietary carbohydrates and eat less often (fasting). The goal is to keep your blood sugar/insulin LOW. These are the things that dictate fat growth or burning. You also need to properly use fat/ketones for energy, not carbohydrate. Both of these are accomplished by cutting carbs and eating less often.
3) Counting calories is useless. If you want to count something, it should be the weight of the material itself, specifically carbs, with lower being better. You can also counting fasting time windows, but don't over eat during whatever window you use. If you're skipping a day for example, that doesn't mean eat 2 days worth of food on the 2nd day. You should only eat what you normally would.

"If done correctly you lose a good amount of fat quickly"
-If your goal is to burn fat as fast as possible, that's what fasting does. You would simply eat nothing at all for a long period of time. But I don't recommend diving into longer fasts without adapting to shorter ones first. It'll get easier with repetition as the body gets used to switching to body fat instead of crying whenever you miss a meal. You conditioned it incorrectly by eating all the time, something you never should have done in the first place. This takes time to fix.

"Just do Keto.
Eat meat and fat, get plenty of salt and drink plenty of water. No carbs."
-It's also called carnivore.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Houseman:

Just do Keto.
Eat meat and fat, get plenty of salt and drink plenty of water. No carbs.
It's easy and it doesn't feel like dieting, it's just a change of what you eat, not necessarily how much you eat.

Imagine trying to tell an American to just not eat 99.99993% of food available to them.
Especially if they hate meat.
Also, keto requires some carbs (though this isn't entirely true if you eat absolutely insane amounts of meat).

You hate dieting because the entire concept, and everything the comes with it, is dumb and totally pointless. Your unconscious mind, being not toally insane, is probably aware of this. IT doesn't want to play along with something dumb, hence why you hate it.

Type of treadmill?

Oprindeligt skrevet af sick duck:

sick duck Nov 23 @ 6:11pm
    
I hate dieting

Just got done with a 2 week treadmill marathon because I hate the process so much and want to get it over with. I bulk at around 2900 calories, and spent the past 2 weeks at 2000 while spending more time on the treadmill than off it. 20k-30k steps per day, average around 25k. I hope this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ gets results, I mean at least 1.5kg body fat if not 2kg+. I really do not want to do a third week of that ♥♥♥♥.

Does pocketing food to eat while running work mean use cupholders for hard stuffs then liquids how does it work when chewing? In marathons that occurs.

Have a focus point when running?

The key to keeping in shape is your mindset. If you already think it's too hard then you are already on the path to failure.

Ignore how hard it is, focus on your end goal. If you don't have the motivation then you may as well quit.

I think those 2 weeks of treadmill went really well for me. I have the 7 day average from before I stopped bulking and started losing weight during the second and third weeks of november. I've been back to my normal eating since the day before december and my new 7 day average is 1.4 less. I still hate dieting, but I'm pleased with the outcome enough that I can handle it every few months.

its only a diet until it becomes routine, the first months are the hardest. let yourself have treats, but keep strict to your diet overall.

Oprindeligt skrevet af sick duck:

I think those 2 weeks of treadmill went really well for me. I have the 7 day average from before I stopped bulking and started losing weight during the second and third weeks of november. I've been back to my normal eating since the day before december and my new 7 day average is 1.4 less. I still hate dieting, but I'm pleased with the outcome enough that I can handle it every few months.

glad to hear its going well, keep busy. sitting around doing nothing leads to boredom, boredom leads to snacking.