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What diet supplement would you recommend?

A couple years ago I was diagnosed with a disorder and one of the things that goes with it is that it is hard to loose Weight. I exercise regularly and I watch what I eat but I only loose anywhere from 1-5 lbs a month. I am 5' 4" and I am currently 176 I would like to get down to 140. Only serious answers please and thank you.

Update:

The disorder I have is PCOS which from what I have gathered in a mild case of diabetes and I am turning 20 very soon.

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  • 10 years ago
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    You “only” lose anywhere from 1-5lbs a month?

    Having the wrong expectations is one of the main reasons people fail to lose weight.

    The diet industry “lose that many pounds in that many weeks” just want to brainwash you so you mess up your metabolism and end up fatter than you were before. That’s how they get repeating customers.

    The best rate of body fat loss (I’m not talking about muscle mass gain and food/water/waste huge fluctuations on a scale) is half a pound of body fat a week…1,750 calories of exercising, like 350 calories (one hour) for 5 days a week with 2 rest days. It's hard to exercise more than an hour when you cannot eat for it, since you only eat just enough to cover your BMR because you want to use your body fat.

    Fit people eat enough to cover their BMR and then eat more to exercise easily and efficiently to stay in shape and maintain their muscle mass. They’re actually having fun. After about 30 minutes in your THR zone, the body starts releasing chemicals to prevent pain so you can keep going. Those natural chemicals (endorphins, epinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine, among others) make you feel so good…happy, energetic...

    People who need to lose weight and use their fat reserves cannot eat more and have to exercise for 3,500 calories for each pound of body fat they wish to lose, doing it the hard way, with no help from extra food/energy, while being unfit with an inefficient cardiovascular system, not having the necessary muscle mass to make it easier but having to experience soreness while building muscle mass, having to deal with extra body weight...basically hating exercising, thinking it’s a chore.

    So 2 pounds every 4 weeks is the best rate to not regain the weight later on.

    You could gain 4 pounds of muscle mass (in 4 to 8 months, depending on your weight training routine) and lose 40 pounds of body fat (doing aerobics) so you get down to 140lbs. 40 pounds of body fat could take 80 weeks to lose (about a year and a half) but I would suggest that you take as much time as you need (the slower the weight loss, the better your chance to keep the weight off...plus your skin has time to bounce back), like 2 years and 2 months. Then you can lose 4 pounds of body fat in 2 months, then maintain your weight the third month (keep exercising but eat more), then lose 4 pounds the fourth and fifth month, then maintain your weight the sixth month...etc...If you keep using your fat reserves for 10 weeks without a break, your body is going to get pissed off (fat reserves is like “money in the bank” for your body) and make you sick to make you stop...first you “hit a plateau”, then you get frustrated, then you get lack of motivation, then you get sick if you force yourself.

    You could go 9 weeks losing weight followed by 3 weeks maintaining but I personally think that 2 months/1 month is easier to schedule and very often, it only takes 2 months to start getting the lack of motivation (then you need a rest day or a rest month).

    You do not need a diet supplement. Those are for bodybuilders or teenage boys with male hormones, who can build up 15 pounds of muscle mass in 3 months while using gym weight machines.

    When getting in shape and building up 3 or 4 pounds of muscle mass, you’ll get protein cravings...just answer those.

    Good high protein food are low fat dairies (milk, cheese, yogurts...), eggs (whites and no more than one yolk a day), lean meat, fish and poultry (do not eat the skin), legumes (beans, peas, lentils, including soy milk and tofu that comes from soybeans which are legumes), grains (rice, maize...called corn in the US, whole-wheat pasta and bread, rye, buckwheat, oats, millet...) and nuts/seeds (peanut butter included).

    Combine legumes and grains and you’ll get complete protein. Like eating a slice of whole-wheat bread with beans, or adding rice to lentils, or peas to whole-wheat pasta...even combining legumes and grains in different meals (during the same day) will have them meet later on in the intestines to form complete protein.

    PCOS (PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome) can cause you to have more male hormones so you can build up muscle mass faster. Ask your doctor if you have insulin resistance, about what diet you should have (like low GI food).

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    The best way that I found to lose weight is. Step 1 find a partner to exercise with. steps 2 find a good exercise that allows you to stretch and sweat. step 3 make it a daily routine. And it's very important to not over do your workout. And make sure if you consume 3 good size meals a day. good luck

  • 5 years ago

    go 20 mph on your bike for 6 1 2 minutes

  • 4 years ago

    skip the cheese straws

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    5 years ago

    switch out brown rice or quinoa sure even the brand new awesome meals which each upload as much as approximately 220 energy in step with cup for cauliflower or roasted peppers which are most effective approximately 30 energy in step with cup

  • 6 years ago

    milk a cow for 34 minutes

  • 5 years ago

    Eat evry three to four hours to avoid temptations

  • 5 years ago

    find the perfect teeny weeny polka dot bikini try on 16 suits one every 3 minutes

  • 5 years ago

    get familiar with quinoa a wonderful grain thats easy to cook and goes great with sauteed vegetables or mushrooms

  • 5 years ago

    take in the greenery sit in lotus position and breathe deeply for an hour and 42 minutes

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    Lv 5
    5 years ago

    dog paddle for 17 minutes

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