<p>So quick background info. I came into my freshman year weighing about 165, pretty much a constant weight for me throughout high school. I'm very athletic, I played soccer and basketball in high school. I play on the club soccer team at my university, which is verrrrrryyy competitive. However after my first semester and winter break, I now weight about 185. I want to get back to 165 quickly but healthily. I have lost a lot of muscle too because of my lack of weight lifting when I got to college. It became too much off a hassle because I would run out of clothes too quickly and always have to shower and I'd just be extremely busy. I used to be able to bench press 200 and now 150 is a struggle. However, I would rather lose the fat before regaining my full muscle strength.</p>
<p>Anyway who has some REALLY good tips to get back in shape. Foods to eat, excercises, things to avoid? My goal is to lose ten pounds in the next two week.s</p>
<p>Also I do drink, and I'd be a fool to think the alcohol wasn't part of the weight gain, but that's something that's be tough to give up haha.</p>
<p>Well, give up drinking… but if you are too weak then I would just say don’t eat, haha. I don’t drink, I don’t have a dining hall in my dorm so I have to walk down a hill about 3 minutes to dining hall, I obviously walk a lot, and I played tons of IM sports. A few weeks into the first semester I lost a ton of weight, like 30 pounds. And I didn’t need to lose weight so I am trying to gain it back…</p>
<p>anyway, don’t drink… if you can’t do that, don’t eat</p>
<p>For the drinking, drink diet soda and light (NOT dark) rum if you must drink. This will keep you from mindlessly taking in extra calories (because when watching your weight and even counting calories, it’s easy to forget those last few drinks). Always eat healthy meals before drinking, lots of veggies and some good carbs (pasta is a good carb that’s easy and cheap to make in college). Keep yourself from turning to the vending machines for between class snacks by carrying good snacks on you (unsalted nuts - I like almonds - are great for a mid-morning pick-me-up snack that will give you the nutrients you need without packing on a ton of weight, just keep them in “serving size” bags so you don’t eat too many at once). </p>
<p>Something I found that’s helping me lose some weight unexpectedly is having a group Kinect night. Challenging friends to a game of Dance Central hardly seems like working out, but you’d be surprised at the calories that can be burned while having a good time with friends (and the laughing helps)! You don’t necessarily have to use a Kinect, but any activity that’s actually fun (and not seen as a “workout” by standard terms) and gets you moving is great.</p>
<p>Not eating is actually the worst thing you could do lol. Stick with lots of fruits and veggies at every meal; carry around fruit and unsalted nuts to snack on (foods with high protein content will help you maintain whatever muscle you have left and fill you up more than high carb items); run every /other/ day.</p>
<p>Don’t overdo on nuts because they are 50% pure fat.</p>
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Ten pounds of fat store… 35,000 calories? You’d need a daily deficit of 2,500 calories to lose that in two weeks. That’s high enough of a calorie deficit that you run the risk of burning more muscle mass than fat if you don’t get proper nutrition and rest.</p>
<p>You might lose 1-2 pounds per day in the first few days. That’s a great motivator, but don’t expect to keep that up because it’s primarily due to one-time changes in your body (e.g. your bowel being less filled). In the end you will need to lose significantly more than 10 pounds to lose 10 pounds of fat.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about cutting before bulking. I recommend starting weight training again. It will burn an insane amount of calories, and If you do not want to bulk right away, then lower your caloric intake and maybe add some cardio workouts on your rest days since you aren’t interested in gaining muscle yet. Just remember, muscle burns calories while you rest, so it’s good build muscle instead of depending on just cardio to lose fat. Swimming is great for fat loss.</p>
<p>^yea i agree. start lifting and do doing some cardio. i started bulking mid october and got done at the end of january. now im cutting its only been 2 weeks but i already lost around 3 pounds. 3 pounds might not sound too much but thats 3 pounds of pure fat. </p>
<p>if you wanna lose weight you have to lift or you’re going to lose muscle too.</p>
<p>I dont see what’s the deal about weight loss. If eating a certain amount caused you to weigh X, eat less and you’ll weigh less…</p>
<p>On a more serious note, Cardio exercise+ proper diet is the key to weight loss. Just like doing well on CR passages in SAT calls for you to WANT and LOVE to read the passage, you’re gonna have to WANT and LOVE to eat those veggies and fruits lol.</p>
<p>^You don’t see the deal because you don’t get it. While eating too much is ONE possible explanation for weight gain, there are many, many more and eating less is not always the solution and can even make things worse.</p>
<p>I have a mini elliptical in my room, so I am pretty much constantly on the move. More exercise and more sleep is all I need to control my weight at this point in my life. I don’t overeat, but my metabolism gets out of whack REALLY easily and the main culprits are sleep deprivation and not enough activity. Eating less, at this point, would make it worse!</p>
<p>Smoke weed then tie yourseld to a chair. That way you’ll get the munchies but you won’t be able to eat. You’ll be super hungry and your metabolism will go up, but you won’t take in any calories. Therefore, you’ll lose weight.</p>
<p>It’s easier to lose weight when you bulk up.</p>
<p>What worked for me was a combination of eating lots of healthy food (hint: veggies are low in calories) and incorporating exercise into my daily routine. This mainly includes walking and biking whenever possible. It also includes doing community service that requires a bit of physical labor.</p>
<p>Disregard trollscience, acquire muscles. Focus on weight training with good amount of protein fats and vegetables. No carbs or sugars, except right after a workout, where the ideal drink of choice is chocolate milk. But only drink it right after a lifting session. Train cardiovascular with running or swimming.</p>
<p>Drink water. Cardio. Eat complex carbs. Something that really worked for me was apple cider vinegar. A tablespoon with a glass of water every morning gives me energy and it cuts down my hunger.</p>