[sebTeggy]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

You need to learn to choose what you eat, when you eat, and how much you eat.

For me, I snack on a few apricots, cashews, almonds, walnuts - all unsalted. Half an avacado, some Wasa crisps or Ryvita with an olive spread or tapanade is great too. Switch from rye/sourdough to a whole grain bread (not multi grain.) I usually buy breads from Silver Hills bakery at Costco.

Drop the nutri-grain bars. Those do more harm than good. Instead, make your own. That and drink more water. Much more water. A few posts up mention avoiding man-made foods - listen to this and take it to heart. Look at your ingredient list when you go shopping. If you can't pronounce it or you don't know WTF it is - avoid it. You want wholesome foods and by that, stuff like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins like beef or chicken breast. The carbs hal0g0dv2 is referring to are slow-digesting carbs that are good for you. Fruits and veggies fall into that category. Somebody mentioned this in another thread but when you go to the grocery store, the best foods are usually found at the perimeter of the store - meats, veggies, seafood, breads. Anything from the aisles are things you want to avoid.

Thanks for the tips. I read up on 'whole wheat' hoax. There really are a lot of ways to disguise white bread as 'multigrain' or 'enriched whole wheat' etc etc.

Originally Posted by red_sir

Losing weight doesn't mean you have to be constantly hungry. Slow and steady is the key. Google a formula to calculate the amount of maintenance calories someone your size, at your activity level needs. Eat a couple hundred calories less than that. Oh and make sure you are getting those calories through the right ratio of protein, fat, and carbs.

Good luck!

Thanks man. I try to eat a lot of fruit, nuts, meat every day. I do drink wine with my meals, sometimes two glasses.

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

sebTeggy - use this: Calorie Calculator - Daily Caloric Needs

Wow, so at 6'5, 235, @ 23 Y/o I should be at 2998 Calories a day for maintenance with 3 days a week of exercise.

2400 for weight loss, and 1880 for extreme weight loss (aka death.....)

Looks like my paranoia for losing muscle wont kick in unless Im below 600 calories for the whole day haha, Im too worried I guess.

I find it sort of friggin ridiculous that two of these 'nutri-grain' bars would make up roughly 10% of my daily intake.



And wow, this is messed up.

I remember staying away from nutri-grains for years since I thought they were shit. There is a stamp on them that says '8g of whole grains' sorrounded by little wheat drawings. I caved in very easily after many years of staying away from them, thinking 'well looks like all companies are taking that extra step to be a bit more healthy these days'

NOPE!

I am reading the ingredient list and it says

'wheat flour.....whole wheat flour.... whole oats'


This is all the BAD FAKE SHIT!!! After much reading, the only ingredients worthy of being good for you are

'whole grain wheat' and 'whole grain oats'

Those bastards......