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      06-26-2013, 03:18 PM   #90
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I'm not an expert by any means, but this is what worked for me... I've never had a bmi that said I was obese. I have an average metabolism, but my favorite foods happen to be the worst crap you can imagine. Calorie counting is important but isn't all that matters. It's what you eat and when as well. Try to eat something in the morning that is a real whole grain.. I like steel cut oatmeal or toast made from a Europeon whole grain bread with greek yogurt sauce instead of butter. It really is important to eat in the morning, and as little alcohol as possible. Alcohol slows your metabolism for up to a day, even a beer or two. You also need to excercise evey day if you want a calorie defecit, 3500 calories equals 1 pound of fat, so burning 500 calories a day is 1 pound lost a week through excercise. You also can't lose just stomach fat, fat is lost all over the body at the same time. Ab excercises alone will only build muscle under the fat. So try to eat reguarly (losing weight takes effort), excercise daily or 6x per week, lots of water, no simple carbs or processed foods and eat 1300-1600 calories a day depending on your RMR (resting metabolic rate, calculators online). The pounds will melt away. Also invest in a heart monitor and keep your heart rate in the fat burning zone, theres lots of info online. When your heart rate gets too high, it's great for your lungs and stamina, but you actually burn less calories per hour. Hope I was helpful.
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