Day 1 at Train Studios - weight 225.4

Training harder!

Today turning another new leaf. I've reached a plateau with my weight. So I need to turn up the steam! Friend of mine has been going to a new gym and lost over 40 ibs in about 4 months. I ran into the owner last night and mentioned I had did 36 miles biking the day before. He told me that is not going to help me with weight loss. My body needs constant change. So today I'm going to do a free session at Train Studios. Monday, June 4th I will officially enroll.

Follow me as I continue to reach my goal weight.

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5 Cheap Healthy Foods To Lose Weight

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Here are 11 fast foods that will keep you looking like Taye Diggs instead of Cee Lo. The best news of all– none of these is a salad.

McDonald’s – Go for grilled food and skip the fries.

Chicken McGrill – This will build some serious muscle if you’re also working out right. Mess with this one after working out, but drop the mayo.

Hamburger – This is a smaller meal you can eat on the cheap. If you’re really hungry, make it a double, but make sure to toss the bread.

KFC – Chicken is supposed to be healthy, but when it gets battered, fried, and dipped in sauce, it makes Aunt Jemima’s maple syrup look like Slim Fast.

Original Recipe Sandwich – It ain’t a big bucket of greasy chicken, and it still fills you up. It’s cheaper, too. Hard to argue with that. Get it without sauce.

Honey BBQ Sandwich – Another healthier alternative to the finger-lickin’ madness of batter-fried, heart-attack-in-a-bucket.

Grilled Chicken– With fewer calories and fat grams than other options, this is your best bet for a quick meal that won’t undo all your hard work.

Subway – Choose wheat or oat bread. They’re both better for you than white bread, and they’ll fill you up quickly. Skip the mayo and ranch, and go for oil and vinegar.

5. 6″ Roasted Chicken Breast – It has a ton of protein and can really fill you up. To add more flavor to your sandwich, throw on tons of vegetables on top and add a little oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper.

6. 6” Roast Beef – If you can’t do plain chicken, here’s some meat for ya. Grab as much roast beef as you want. It’s healthy without tasting anything like cardboard.

7. 6” Turkey Breast – One of the lowest calorie foods that still has meat, so stock up.

Taco Bell

Grilled Chicken Burrito – When you’re sick of burgers, this may be one of the best. Tons of meat and not a lot of fat.

Carl’s Jr.

Charbroiled BBQ Chicken Sandwich – Less fat AND more protein. That means more for your guns and less for your gut.

In N Out – If you gotta have some meat, this is the place to go. With tons of choices and less fat than the rest, this is a top pick.

Double Hamburger without mayo – The burgers here aren’t as fatty, so you can get away with a double every once in a while– just watch the sauce. Even better: order it protein style – ditch the bread and top it with grilled onions and vegetables.

All of the above meal choices are high in protein and lower in fat and carbs. This means they’re better for your muscles, and won’t end up on your belly. Skip the extra oils, dressings, and sauces. A little won’t kill you, but too much might.

It is always better to stick to the sandwich, and skip the meals. The soda and fries will turn a healthy meal bad real fast. Go for water, milk, or a Diet Coke instead of soda, and fruit or salad instead of fries. If you must have it, SMALL is the way to go.

-Jamil Karim

Is Your Diet A Fad Diet - How Do I Lose Weight Fast?

A lot of diets get the reputation of being a fad diet. This is not necessarily true. Most diets when you first start them could be considered a fad diet because of all the carbs they take out of your plan so that they can achieve the original weight loss promise.

The truth is that after the first couple of weeks they start adding good carbs back into the diet. They only restrict it so much to start with because they know that a lot of people don't like to exercise and would refuse to start or try their diet plan if it includes a lot or sometimes even just a small amount of exercise.

The problem comes in because they restrict the diet so much that people can't maintain it so they quit and it becomes just one more failed diet attempt. What originally got many overweight people in trouble is that they are unable to control themselves. They find that complete freedom leads to bad choices. That's why diets like this work well for short periods of time. Dieters like to feel that they've regained control over their eating habits.

However even though you are certain to lose weight on these plans it's easy to fall off the wagon because they are so strict. Because these diets start out by making a very strict and planned eating portions they get the reputation and must be regarded as, at least in part, a fad diet.

This takes nothing away from the diets that advocate smaller portions of healthy foods spread out over the day combined with 20 to 30 minutes of exercise. Once somebody get's started on this kind of diet and exercise plan they find it's very easy to maintain. The problem comes in when you mention exercise a lot of people run the other way. They don't even bother trying.

The plain truth is that no matter what diet and exercise program you choose, if you consume more than you burn you will gain weight. If you burn more than you consume you will lose weight. There is no way around this. It works the same way for everybody.

While you can lose weight with diet alone you probably will not be able to maintain the weight loss. The best way is with a combination of diet and exercise. It develops good habits that make it easy to lose weight fast and keep it off.