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eds1275:
Once upon a time I was 220 [5'7]. Now I'm 160 - I'll share my tips.

#1 this is the big one - don't eat because you are bored.
#2 Portion control
#3 find an active hobby

That's it. I sold my ---smurfy--- car and rode my bike to work [5 min ride to the bus, 30 minute bus ride, 10 min ride]. Played an ungodly amount of frisbee [which made me more social] and had lots of sex.

Donkbaca:
Diet and exercise without lifting weights will just resulting a smaller version of a flabby you. Lifting weights builds muscle and raises your non-exercise metabolism. In short, start at least doing pushups, pull ups and squats

Xiaou2:
I Agree with whats been said.

 The atkins diet is too dangerous and harmful to the system.

 Learn portion control, (it takes like 1/2 hr before your brain knows that your actually full)  And eat healthier. (cut the fried and high fat foods out, including most dairy).  Read food labels, see fat content and calorie count per serving. Stay away from salad dressings..  And dont drink from plastic cups: BPA's  (chemicals that leach into the system, which cause you to gain weight, among many other side effects)

 It appears you dont know how to eat well..  so start learning... else you will have to constantly destroy yourself to try to shed mass... and it will get worse and worse as you age, and the metabolism gets slower and slower.

 A small bit of muscle will burn through calories even when its not really active.  So start getting in shape. It has to burn bad, before its going to get better.

 Cardio is good too. (but Id start a little muscle building first)  I hear hours of DDR was making kids lose major weight.  Tae Kwan Do, Kickboxing..etc.. may be an excellent option.  Swimming is supposed to burn a lot too.

 Look to the Asians.  Very few fat Asians proportionately overseas.  Lots of veggies, a little meat, steamed rice (or sticky rice, or bean thread noodles...) and Tea. (obviously not the deep fried battered stuff)   The dishes are easy, fast to cook, delicious, and healthy.

 Asians dont eat much if any dairy, dont snack on high fat garbage like potato chips, dont eat too much sugar, and until only recently, had very little 'fast-food'.
Though sadly, things are changing for the worse, as they are now being much more subjected to, and poisoned, by the industry of crappy, cheap, high fat 'food?' .

 Native Asians also typically tend to look at least about 10yrs younger than the avg. American. I think that says a lot.

pinballwizard79:
Atkins actually seems proper if you think about it, the only thing you deny yourself is processed food, fast food & junk food.

The factory made bread we eat, yes even that bogus 17 grain crap from Whole foods we buy from the hairy granola girl isnt something our species truly evolved into eating. If you look at the timeline of mankind you will see bread is very recent. Pizza, Chinese, beer, soda, chips, candy & etc are not on any diet fad or whatever our trustworthy government tells us. Isnt it odd a government agency tells us to eat government subsidized grains? We didnt evolve as a species that builds pyramids eating nutrigrain bars full of corn syrup each morning.

So guys whats that leave you dodging? Rice, pasta, potatoes & most fruits right? Well rice, pasta & potatoes have always been starches that respectable doctors tell you to avoid...especially if you are a diabetic.

As for fruit, once again look at the timeline of mankind & ask yourself how many humans had access to 29 types of fruit shipped & ripened in toxic gases 365 days a year. Fruits are very specific to geography & in the majority of areas are only available for a very short time. A friend of mine who is a personal trainer, professional body builder with trophies & all around much healthier person than myself sure put it quite well "Your body CANNOT tell the difference between a glass of orange juice vs a glass of soda".

Want to pretend OJ has nutrients? Nope! Pasteurization kills all enzymes & vitamins, yes even vitamin C. The healthy benefits associated with V8, OJ & etc are added back into the dead worthless product. You can do the same thing with a glass of water & a few pills, there is no difference.

So yeah salads, fish, veggies & meat is actually good for you. Cracklin oat bran cereal, antiobotic crammed milk, dead OJ, subway sandwiches, baked lays, rice & spaghetti/meatballs are not.

 :dunno

Excuse me, I have to drink a 6 pack & eat half a pizza however.... even though I know better I still cant stop ;D

Edit: Xiaou any ethnicity will look younger than white people, we age like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- bro. Look at black folks dude, Hollie Berry will be hot @ age 95 & the only thing we have is Demi Moore.... thats our one lol

DaveMMR:
The reason I think Atkins, et. al. is crap is mainly because FAD DIETS DON'T WORK over the long term.  They all ask you to make major changes to the way you're used to eating.  Read: changing your eating habits gradually for the better instead of suddenly denying yourself entire categories gives you better long term results.  Add to that some strength training and basic cardio (a walk or a bike ride more often) and you'll lose weight that you'll keep off.

Re: Stregnth Training: I've actually gotten some good results from this little program: http://hundredpushups.com/.   It hasn't change my physique or anything but it has improved by strength in noticeable ways (i.e. I'm actually able to do more than 10 push-ups now).

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