How to lose 10 pounds?

[Anonymous]

So my brother told me to ask this and he is 6'3 and 185 pounds. He use to weigh 260 pounds and lost 80 and then went to 185 by lifting weights. You can see his top 4 abs just a little but he really wants to loose 5-10 more pounds.

He is already on a very strict 1,300 calorie diet that is all protein.. Low fat and sugar! He doesn't know what else to do. He thought that putting on some muscle could help him burn it put it hasn't helped much of any. He does cardio but still can't get rid of it.

[XNicholex3]

Muscle weighs more than fat. Walking helps a lot with losing weight.

I know, doesn't seem much right? But it is true that walking will help.

Also, I suppose drinking more water instead of soda, energy drinks, coffee, and what not would help also. That is all I ever drink, Water, sometimes Slurpee's (I freaking love Slurpee's) and hot chocolate.

Mostly water though.

[Asker]

He only drinks water. And he plays besketball in high school and runs...ALOT haha

[XNicholex3]

That's great! : ) Some people's weight just reach their plateau.

[NerdInDenial]

Has he tried interval training? More intense work outs with shorter breaks. Losing that last 10 pounds of fat is quite difficult because it's the body's natural mechanism to prevent starvation.

[Asker]

Hes tried intervals on a stairmaster.. Would sprints work?

[NerdInDenial]

He should do sprint workouts or circuits first before going on a stair master or treadmill for 30 minutes.

[WoIIie]

He's obviously not doing enough cardio.

[WoIIie]

Your goal in burning fat with cardio is to create a metabolic deficit. If you run at a moderate pace for an hour that's not going to create a metabolic deficit if you're conditioned already.

[Asker]

So should he do high intensity?

[WoIIie]

Absolutely. (Meh, I hate that word cus people use it so much to look smart and assuring)

[Asker]

Hmmm well see lol

[Ugliness]

Put that bag of potatoes back on the shelf.

[Asker]

Huh? Lol