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[SeanR1221]

Intermittent fasting?

Nope!

No. Renaissance Diet.

Yup!

Basically just calorie and macro counting, and understanding meal timing. On a rest day I'll have around 100g of carbs, spread throughout the day and a lot comes from fruit.

On workout days I center my carbs around my workout and have 200-250g of rice, potatoes, Gatorade, oatmeal, etc.

 

[Rbk_3]

I've lost 30 lbs since May. All it took was biking 2000k and eating semi healthy.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

So right, is brown rice actually better for you than white rice?

 

[MarkMclovin]

So right, is brown rice actually better for you than white rice?

Hardly any difference at all.

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

So right, is brown rice actually better for you than white rice?

Brown rice has a lower GI and more fiber but not by much.

It honestly doesn't matter since both have almost the same amount of net carbs per serving

 

[EatChildren]

If you're going low carb make cauliflower fried rice. I made some tonight for a base.

 

[KPJZKC]

Do you like mushrooms OP? Grilled/baked mushrooms (portobello, the big ones) offer quite a lot of substance for usually very little money. Plus it's mostly protein, and very little calories for the weight.

 

[ISWThunder]

That doesn't make exercise ineffective. If you keep your diet exactly the same but start/increase exercise, you will lose weight and get in better shape.

You will lose weight, but it will be extremely slow and hard. Changing your diet is far more efficient and easier to control.

If you are at a steady weight and go from no exercise to moderate exercise 3x a week, you'll burn about an extra 1,500 calories per week. You'll lose weight if you stick with it every week, but it will be a slow process that's hard to manage because you'll also have an increased appetite after working out and a lot of people eat those calories back because they dont understand the importance of proper nutrition.

You can get that same result with the most minor of dietary changes. If you incorporate more vegetables and less processed/fast foods into your diet, you'll far exceed those 1,500 calories per week in a healthy way. Rarely do people jump off of the couch and get into the gym at a vigorous pace 3 times a week and stick with it. It takes more additional time than dieting, you get sore, and many people need external motivation.

Nobody is saying that exercise is bad or not important. But, if your goal is strictly weight loss, it is not the efficient way to do it.

 

[Stat Flow]

Nobody is saying that exercise is bad or not important. But, if your goal is strictly weight loss, it is not the efficient way to do it.

Your points are all valid and I agree. Although I do think that you underestimate the difficulty of changing a diet for some people. It takes a lot of commitment and planning to do it the right way, just like exercising does.

The most effective way is to just do both. If one is putting the effort into dieting, what's 20minutes a day of doing cardio or lifting some weights at home? Or just some no-equipment exercises like crunches, push-ups, pull-ups, etc?

It's so much more worth it to do both.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

Nope!



Yup!

Basically just calorie and macro counting, and understanding meal timing. On a rest day I'll have around 100g of carbs, spread throughout the day and a lot comes from fruit.

On workout days I center my carbs around my workout and have 200-250g of rice, potatoes, Gatorade, oatmeal, etc.

Sounds awesome. I'll look into it.

edit: are you the dude in the YT video?

 

[despire]

Sounds awesome. I'll look into it.

edit: are you the dude in the YT video?

Lmao Sean you need to change your avatar. People mistaking you for StevieP again. But maybe that's a good thing.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

Wow, the Renaissance diet doesn't come cheap.
-- 99 bucks for a couple of XLSX templates.
-- $525 for 3 month diet plan

Yeah, no thanks.

 

[Ray Wonder]

I'm down almost 20 in 6 weeks. Running and diet.

 

[tearsintherain]

If you're going low carb make cauliflower fried rice. I made some tonight for a base.

If you live in USA you can buy frozen bags of cauliflower rice from trader joe's, $2/bag good for 3-4 servings each bag, total 15g carbs per bag (6g of that is fiber).

http://www.traderjoes.com/digin/post/organic-riced-cauliflower

Obviously just buying cauliflower and making your own "rice" is way cheaper but for those who are sorta lazy or hate the extra time involved its well worth it.

 

[despire]

Wow, the Renaissance diet doesn't come cheap.
-- 99 bucks for a couple of XLSX templates.
-- $525 for 3 month diet plan

Yeah, no thanks.

The ebook is 37 dollars. What are you talking about?

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

The ebook is 37 dollars. What are you talking about?

I'm talking about the 99 dollar excel files. HTH.

 

[SeanR1221]

Sounds awesome. I'll look into it.

edit: are you the dude in the YT video?

Hah! Nope that's Steve P.

Wow, the Renaissance diet doesn't come cheap.
-- 99 bucks for a couple of XLSX templates.
-- $525 for 3 month diet plan

Yeah, no thanks.

Those are their diet templates. The book is like 35.00 or something. Reading the book makes it easy to put your own diet program together.

Lmao Sean you need to change your avatar. People mistaking you for StevieP again. But maybe that's a good thing.

Haha I know this is like the 10th time it's happened.

 

[Chris R]

If you live in USA you can buy frozen bags of cauliflower rice from trader joe's, $2/bag good for 3-4 servings each bag, total 15g carbs per bag (6g of that is fiber).

http://www.traderjoes.com/digin/post/organic-riced-cauliflower

Obviously just buying cauliflower and making your own "rice" is way cheaper but for those who are sorta lazy or hate the extra time involved its well worth it.

Oh man, I wish there was a Trader Joe's here, that stuff looks awesome. I tried to make riced cauliflower once... it didn't go so well. I think the issue was I was using the stem as well, and it was too thick/fibrous to properly rice, clogging my ricer.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

Hah! Nope that's Steve P.


Haha I know this is like the 10th time it's happened.

Not SeanR .....

Spoiler

or is it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8g2r7t7kkA

 

[BobTheFork]

I'm on pace to lose ~ 20 pounds this month on the same method. Carbs are almost gone. I tend to make my snack of the day almonds, which still have a few grams in them.

Breakfast - eggs or almonds
Dinner - meat and 2 veg
-I've been switching this up daily.
-ginger beef with onions and peppers.
-Brats with kraut and radishes
-Grilled chicken with cucumbers and cabbage
Lunch - leftover dinner

I was seriously hungry and pissed off for about 5 days then I got over it.

My calorie count is REALLY low (1200-1300) but I work a deskjob and haven't been exercising so I don't burn many more than that. I'm going to add another 300-400 calories next week when I get back on my bike.


Just a week in and I starting feeling more alert and I stopped sweating so much. It's killed my chronic heartburn as well (best part)

I got to the point where I would eat pizza or fastfood and just feel bad all night.

Much happier right now but I need to keep it going. I'm working on a month and than we'll see how far I can take it once the holidays start up.

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

I just eat gummi peaches 4 times daily and the pounds are just shedding right off

 

[dragonzdogma]

Do you like mushrooms OP? Grilled/baked mushrooms (portobello, the big ones) offer quite a lot of substance for usually very little money. Plus it's mostly protein, and very little calories for the weight.

I'll look into it ,
I updated the OP with avocado since It's something I eat as a side dish,
they have good cholesterol ( there is a difference between bad and good cholesterol) fyi.

 

[TwistedMind]

Sorry for the pump,but what is the stance on fruits since I am a fruit addict and I want to do low carbohydrates diet! How much is allowed per day and what kind of fruit should I go for and which ones I should avoid?
Oh and milk! I drink two cups every day,at breakfast and lunch.

 

[CadetMahoney]

gym goers hate him!

legit 9/10

 

[Kevtones]

Cut out booze.

 

[CadetMahoney]

Soda withdrawal is a bitch though.

Yea, I'm starting off with zero calorie/no sugar soda, then maybe slowly weening off that too. The problem wigth no sugar sodas is that the artificial sweetneers apparently make you crave other junk food.

 

[VanquishUK]

Lol at the low carb diets. It's just not sustainable you'll fall off soon enough.

Eat like a fookin' chimp.

 

[waypoetic]

And I'd love to gain weight but eating lots of foods won't solve that.