I briefly had a successful campaign against my weight last year; I had been bicycling daily and managed a couple of longer rides (20-50 miles). Graduate school and legal consulting work took too much time for me to maintain the old program. I’ve put most of that weight back on, and I’m facing another year of being intolerably obese. This year my plan is to be more moderate in my weight-loss regimen.
First, I’m going to commit to getting back on the bike, and I’ll publish my track record here. Furthermore, I’m going to go back on the hacker’s diet with a goal of reducing my caloric intake by about 5250 calories per week (1.5 pounds of weight loss/wk). Who knows, I might even mix in a little Atkins for fun. Hopefully, I’ll have an easier time maintaining a more moderate weight-loss program (my average is less than 3 months). Links to riding and weight data in a future post. Any encouragement or advice is welcome!
I have battled the bulg all my life to some degree. One of the diets that worked well for me (and is about time to do again 😉 ) is posted with a little detail at:
http://www.hintsandtips.com/ShowPost/62/hat.aspx
It is basically eating 5-6 balanced (or somewhat) small meals per day. The point its to be eating about every 2.5 to 3.5 hours and fueling your system. The important part is to keep your body from going into starvation mode and always providing it some fuel not not too much. Often we tend to eat fewer meals and large ones for dinner. The key is portion, balance (yes, even carbs and fats), fequency and it works best if you eat at regular times each day. More details and info in the link above.
I have been on diets that I would eat only once per day and that would be a turkey sandwich and I lost the lbs the same as when I was eating 5-6 small meals per day.
Well, it has worked for me and my wife in the past, so I push it to everyone 😉
Good luck on your diet, the rewards are there!