Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below do u all think i can lose a significant amount of fat in a pretty short time frame if i stick to a 1500 cal diet and 2-3 days of weights. (no cardio)per week. my job makes it very tough to fit cardio in. (if i come home dead tired isnt it better that i rest my body in between days rather than push myself-which is in a sense setting myself up for becoming sick? I am almost 23, 5'8 ,roughly 155 lb (give or take a few depending on how much water i'm holding onto). thanks!
losing fat without cardio
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Yes you can do no cardio and still lose fat. What is your diet and exercises history? Are you new to working out? How about eating clean?
Diet is the #1 most important thing. Give us more information about your food choices - we can tweak it into a very clean diet.
Assuming you already know good form and have been lifting....Lift HARD and HEAVY. Focus on compound exercises.
Diet is the #1 most important thing. Give us more information about your food choices - we can tweak it into a very clean diet.
Assuming you already know good form and have been lifting....Lift HARD and HEAVY. Focus on compound exercises.
Sassy69
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Yes you can do no cardio and still lose fat. What is your diet and exercises history? Are you new to working out? How about eating clean?ok my main problem is trying to keep the cals low. i've always had this problem and it has been why i can't lose some fat like i want. i love food too much
anyways for breakfast i usually have one or two eggs with either a slice of fat free cheese or a low-fat sausage patty on 2 slices of whole-wheat bread. (i'm sick of oatmeal, cereal sucks and this seems to be something that keeps me the fullest.) for lunch i usually have a sandwich on wheat bread or a grilled chicken wrap (if i just eat chicken, i won't be able to last until 7:30 or 8 when i get home for dinner and for the most part i am pretty busy during the day and don't have snacks). for dinner i'm not too picky, but i try to keep it within my calorie range. but then i always seem to eat more than i wanted more days than others bc i am tired and cold and hungry.jenny27 said:Code:Yes you can do no cardio and still lose fat. What is your diet and exercises history? Are you new to working out? How about eating clean?
ok my main problem is trying to keep the cals low. i've always had this problem and it has been why i can't lose some fat like i want. i love food too much
You're diet is going to have to change.
Lose everything that comes in a box and anything that says "low fat".
no cheese, no sausage, no wraps and I would lose all bread period.
Get all your carbs from veggies (if it's green eat it), 1/2 cup of rice or 1/2 large (or 1 small) yam/sweet potato no more than two meals.
Make up 4-5 small meals from the list below, a veggie and a protein or rice/yam with protein - still hungry eat more veggies and salad. Figure out your day's calories and go in backwards and divide your amount of meals to get the serving size per meal.
all green veggies
peppers (red yellow)
chicken
fish
pork
lean beef
eggs
almonds, walnuts, pecans
avocado (in moderation)
olive oil (salads/ veggies)
Try and drink a gallon of water or more per day.
After you lose some weight - if your loss starts to stall you can drop some calories but try not to go under 1200.
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You can absolutly lose fat with out cardio I went from 21%bf to 15% lifting 4 times a week and eating clean took 14 weeks. Like the other ladies said diet is the key.
jenny27 said:
I eat some weird stuff...but it tastes pretty good.
When I'm not bored with eggs:
egg white omlette, put some mustard on it, roll it up and it's portable.
oilive oil or non stick spray in a pan, rice, crack two eggs, your favorite seasoning and some leftover chicken (any flesh will do), some green onion stir about and you have instant fried rice. (you can actually make this at night and take it with you to school or work and just nuke it while you brush your teeth)
Browned ground beef and rice, chopped pepper and onion and an egg white, make a pattie shape and heat through until egg white is cooked. take some boston lettuce and quarter or divide the patty in half and wrap it in the lettuce leaf (tastes pretty good with avocado)
I pre cook everything if I don't my baeu's bagels start to smell, look and feel most desirable and one bagel will ruin a diet day for me.
No frills - chop up some squash (or your fav veggie) and grab some hard boiled eggs and you're good to go.
Fit Freak
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hi there
Yes, you can lose weight on good diet alone, the only thing is - if you have a lot of weight to lose, your skin will sag without exercise....
I would still suggest you do some sort of exercise, why not weight train? Remember the more muscle you have the more calories you are likely to burn at rest
Yes, you can lose weight on good diet alone, the only thing is - if you have a lot of weight to lose, your skin will sag without exercise....
I would still suggest you do some sort of exercise, why not weight train? Remember the more muscle you have the more calories you are likely to burn at rest
I agree with fit freak's advice on lifting! I have made great progress with a pretty good diet and just weights over the last 6 months. It took a while for me to figure out my diet (what/how to eat), but after getting it all worked up and keeping with it (for last 3-4 months), I've had very good results: Leaned up... Lot less fat, lower weight, a lot more muscle. Without drugs. Weights rock!
Fit Freak said:hi there
Yes, you can lose weight on good diet alone, the only thing is - if you have a lot of weight to lose, your skin will sag without exercise....
I would still suggest you do some sort of exercise, why not weight train? Remember the more muscle you have the more calories you are likely to burn at rest
She said she does - 2-3 days a week.
The question was if she could lose fat without cardio.
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