The quick and easy way to lose weight
February 13th, 2012 | 
Author I heard a commercial the other day talking about the fast and easy way to lose weight. The ad said “Just take this pill once a day and you will lose weight”. I really get tired of hearing these ads because they are not true or not healthy. Losing weight is not a difficult idea to understand. A calorie is a unit of measurement. Basically a measure of how much energy is inside that particular food item. So to lose weight we need to expend more energy then we eat.
You can think of the calories inside your body as a bank account. You want to spend more money from your account then you put into it. The goal is always have a negative bank balance(which is not hard to do). As long as your negative each week then you WILL lose weight(assuming you do not have any medical condition that keeps this from happening).
There’s lots of talk about what foods to eat. As I stated before a calorie is a unit of measurement. Therefore 150 calories in a piece of boneless skinless chicken breast is the same as 150 calories of a doughnut. You will still have to burn the 150 calories to lose weight. So whether you burn more calories then you eat while eating pure doughnuts or chicken it does not matter(remember I am talking about strictly weight loss and not healthy eating).
One of the problems is eating 2000 calories of doughnuts in a day instead of more healthy foods is you will still be hungry after you have ate the 2000 calories. Since doughnuts and types of food like that are calorie dense they are not filling.
Burning more calories then you eat is the ONLY way to lose weight. Remember that.
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Game Plan for our Goals
Now that 2012 is here, Kecia and I have a lot of goals we want to accomplish. We don’t really want to look at them as resolutions, but as things that we have been wanting to do for a while…now is the time to make them happen. We want to do a lot of redecorating and improvements on the house. Hopefully we can get some of these accomplished without having to borrow money, such as title loans charlotte, as I really like the idea of being able to afford what we want to buy the first time around. We have a list, so we will just tackle what we can as the finances become available.
Strength Workout Routine
In the past I have worked on doing lighter weight and higher reps in an attempt to lose weight. I did not like this too much but stuck with it for awhile and seen some results. I figured if I worked at what I am not good at then I will improve my weak points. From the beginning when I started lifting weights(I think I was 8 when I started) I lifted heavy weight a few times and really enjoyed trying to beat my record lift each time.
In Janurary I started back with heavy weights at the gym. The routine I decided to start with is the Rippetoe Starting Strength rountine. Which looks like this
Workout A
- Barbell Squat 3X5
- Overhead Press 3X5
- Deadlift 1X5
Workout B
- Squat 3X5
- Bench Press 3X5
- Deadlift 1X5 — Replaced later with Power Cleans 5X3
You can find the book by doing a quick search for “Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe”. Part of the program is to try and lift heavier weight each time week. I have not been able to add weight on every exercise every week but I have gained strength. Here is a list of the exercises with my beginning weight, then my current weight lifted
- Squat—185lbs–>225lbs
- Bench Press—185lbs–>210lbs
- Deadlift—225lbs–>275lbs
- Press—95lbs–>120lbs
Again these are results from just one month of lifting. In high school I mainly did bench press so I am unsure what my other numbers would have been back then but I know that I lifted 225lbs 5 times on Bench Press and Maxed out around 260lbs. So I am shooting for those numbers again for my birthday in March.
How does this help me lose weight? Well first these are compound exercise that work many many muscles at one time. Take the squat for example. It works your quads, hamstrings, back and stomach muscles, so basically your legs and core. Imagine putting 225lbs on your back, your core has to be strong to hold your upright, and your legs have to strong to be able to squat down and stand back up. Using the most muscles really burns the calories as opposed to isolation exercises. Also another benefit is the added muscle you get from this workout. The more muscle you have the more calories you burn at rest. So sitting here typing this I am burning more calories then I would have a month ago.