NOT SO (Much A) FAST

Alrighty!

So I'm a week into signing up for and joining into the Transformer Challenge and I'm excited to have a great week of consistent exercise. (It's been 5 months and +15lbs since I could say that, you guys! I will celebrate Eh.Vor.Ree.thing)

This is my second attempt at the Transformation and I'm determined to win it by getting more educated on healthy weight loss. This go 'round, I realize that DIET is even more important than exercise. (Don't freak out. I know we all have to care about both) Documentaries, Health forums and my previous tries and fails emphasize over and over that if I'm serious about losing bad weight and getting healthy, I have to consider my diet.

Yes, I've not been the 'typical' American diet eater with junk food daily and heavy red meat diets, but I've done enough to gain bad fat quickly (remember those 3 pair of busted pants?). Sooo, what do I do about it? I've considered a diet-like fasting. The thing is...I don't really want to make fasting during DietBet 'just' a diet thing. For me, fasting is more than physical. It's a way to become spiritually more sensitive and focused.

I want to lose weight, I want to win this bet that I've made on myself and I want to be consistent. So, what should I do? Go Vegan? Vegetarian? Daniel Diet? or just nothing Processed?

Decisions....Decisions....Any suggestions out there?

Brian S.

05/31/2016 6:11AM

Transformers are definitely about the long term. Make small changes in your life that you can sustain. Start with cutting out something like soda or diet soda and replacing it with water. Next move to replacing an unhealthy food with a fruit or vegetable. I added kale in to my diet and that has helped a ton.A half dozen small changes sustained over six months amount to a huge change.

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Antonia S.

05/30/2016 3:01AM

Diet is everything! You need to know how many calories you need per day, approximately of course.http://www.freedieting.com/calorie_needs.html All you need is about 200kkal difference between the your intake and spend to loose weight. You do not need to hunger! And eat more protein food. It is should be 1g-1,5g per 1kg of your weight depending of your physical activity. In that case you will be able to grow muscules doing exercizes. The last meal in a day should be protein too: eggs, cottage cheese, chiken breast, fish etc.It is not actually 'diet' :) you can eat almost everything, just not overeat ;) Good luck!