Help me with my health please?

[qkFizzy]

-I've tried some diets and exercise but they never last for long. I want to become more fit for my own benefit and for involvement of activities I want to join.

-I want to start eating healthier, but "diet food" that I have tried isn't my taste. I want to try things that are easy to make at home and healthy.

-I also want to know if their are any exercises that can help build arm muscles and leg muscles.

-I have some flab on my tummy that would be marvelous to get rid of, any thing to help out with that?

[OnItLikeSonic]

It's fairly well known, at least within people I know, that those who diet end up gaining back more weight after their diet than they had in the first place, increasing at an average of around 10 pounds every time. I.e, after your first diet you gain back all your weight plus 10 pounds, and so on and so on.

The reason diets don't work for a lot of people is because they are not sustainable. To be healthier and become more active you do not need to diet, you need a lifestyle change.

Saying "I'm only going to eat salad and plain chicken for the rest of my life and get bone thin" is not going to work for anyone (Not saying that's your plan) because no one has that much self control, unless you have some form of eating disorder or just really love plain chicken. It's not unhealthy for you to occasionally have some chocolate, an ice cream, maybe more than a salad when you go out to eat.

The easiest way to be healthier is to move more. Don't worry about what the best exercise is right now, focus on what you really enjoy. For example, running is very good for you, but I would really rather rip out my toenails than go for a run - so I swim or cycle. These might burn less calories when compared, but realistically I'm going to do more cycling and swimming than I would do running, so it works out better for me. Whatever it is, if you're moving and getting your heart rate up and ENJOYING it - just do it.

Secondly, and this to me is so easy, just make healthier choices with your food. And by this, I don't mean always eat leaves and fruit, just.. if you really want a burger, have a turkey burger. Make little changes to meals you love so that you can enjoy them and not gain be unhealthy. Just look at the ingredients and think - I can use whole meal here, I can use low fat here, maybe use a little less of that. And to be honest, if you think, I really want full fat cheese with this, fucking go for it. You don't have to choose the absolute healthiest option for absolutely everything, because when you eventually reach a plateaux in your weight loss on your stomach, you have calories to play with to kick your body back into gear.

I'm not a professional, but I'm studying nutrition, so if you have any questions about my answer or anything related, I'll try my best to answer.

[lumos]

You don't need a diet, you need a lifestyle change. Cut out the food that is nothing but unhealthy (chips, cookies, candy, sodas etc), keep the food that's healthy enough and add some things that are nothing but healthy, like more vegetables, fruits and berries. Snack on those instead of cookies or chips.

What you need to do is keep trying different things, especially at the gym. One day, you could run on the treadmill, another day you could lift weights, then swim, then dance and so on. There are tons of different ways to keep it interesting.

As for the flab on your tummy, I don't think there's a specific exercise that ONLY works on that area of your body. All-around workouts are probably the best, like swimming, running and dancing.

And lastly, you won't get through it without motivation. This is something that differs a lot from person to person, so I can't really tell you what to do. Just reach deep inside of you and try to find it. If you want to be healthy badly enough, you should have no problem reaching your goals. And remember, these things take time. You don't start seeing results immediately, and it's not something that you should allow to get under your skin.

[Theguyoverthere]

Just look at the nutrition facts of everything you're eating and you'll see what works and what doesn't.

With the muscle gains if you're at the gym throw in some arm exercises and go for the burn. Just look for ones that are for shoulders, biceps, and triceps. For legs just find some glute, quadricep, and hamstring machines(calves too if you want).

Getting rid of that fat in the tummy is tough, but cardio for fat burn. The thing is fat burning and muscle building at the same time is tricky. You'd really want to tackle one at a time.

Also see if it just looks like belly fat or if you have a pelvic tilt. If you workout your glutes you'll get rid of the tilt in your pelvis if you have one and your stomach will look a lot flatter. Research things on pelvic tilts.

[qkFizzy]

Thanks! That actually really helps :)

[asker999]

If you have a hard time sticking to a routine, what finally worked for me was taking the mindset that no matter what I was going to workout 6 days a week. And I kept that mindset for 6 months and then working out was just part of my life. If I was sick, I still worked out. If I worked 12 hours that day and was really tired, I still worked out. If I had something else I wanted to do, I still worked out. I refused to accept any reason to not workout. I found a way, maybe the workout would be a little shorter, maybe at a different time, maybe just different exercises that wouldn't make me sicker. The point is, challenge yourself that this is what you want to do and you refuse to accept any excuses.

[Phoenix98]

As someone who as been bodybuilding for over 5 years and am getting certified to be a personal trainer I will say. you don't need to diet just have a balanced. Intake of food vegetables, fruits, meats and a few sugars your choice. As for exseries for arms basic bicep curls, dumbbell kickbacks and barbell wrist curls would be good for a beginner. Squats are a good all around leg exercise jump rope and jogging are also good leg toners cardio or running, jogging etc will get rid of the belly fat and any other body fat you may have goodluck hope this helped.

[Xillia]

I didn't have much of a diet, except to just focus on pushing more on using my performance. A friend let me use insanity, and I learned you should do workouts that just require high intensity work outs.

All revolved on the non-stop cardio that made me lose weight.

-Tricept pulses

-Diamond squat jumps.

-Calf raises

-Boxer Uppercuts

-Jogging in place

-Football stances

[standUP]

There is a myth that the type of food has an effect . It really doesn't as long as you are exercising and not consuming more than what you are taking off.

A dance routine/exercise like Zumba (or whatever) is great and easy for women.

but the dreadful crunches is the fast burning exercise .

[CrazynKinky]

I hate diets can't do it I love my junk food but as long as you burn more calories then you take in you can't gain it. There's tons of excersies for both easiest way to find out google it. Cardio will help lose weight but you have to do strength exercises too

[billshard43]

This healthy eating menu (not a diet) works for me:

6 meals (3 main and 3 snacks)

Every 2.5 to 3 hours.

8.00 - Oats/Fruit or Omelette/Toast, Coffee/milk

10.30 - Nuts/Fruit or Protein Shake

13.00 - Chicken/Beef/Fish, Rice/Potato, Fiberous Vegetables

15.30 - Nuts/Fruit or Protein Shake

18.00 - Chicken/Beef/Fish, Fiberous Vegetables (No carbs)

20.30 - Nuts or Protein Shake (No carbs)

Combine with three days of weight training and morning walks or running in between.

[qkFizzy]

Thanks I'll try it out :D

[dattjock]

You know you can't really build muscles and loose bodyfat at same time really. And during winters, loosing can be little difficult but nothing trumps hard will so. Try reducing your diet week by week and do exersises that really make you sweat. Do HIIT, Hight intensity interval training. Like go in park, run 15 seconds at high speed and other 45 at half. And keep increasing it as your stamina increase. Hope I helped