Health and fitness thread

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by pooka

which foods, and are they different for men and women?

There are certain foods disregard what Dirty said he's wrong about the food thing. Almonds are helpful for helping you to burn belly fat. Oatmeal, protein powder/shakes, olive oil, berries, eggs , beans , whole grain products, peanut butter, specifically green vegetables, avocados and green tea. Some of them help to speed up your metabolism. As far as the whole different for men and women, I don't think it differs. Of course , these aren't magical like it's going to happen overnight but it will help while you are doing cardio and crunches. I don't get why having a layer of muscle under the fat is such a bad thing like Dirty seems to think. Once you lose the fat it will start to become more visible so keep up with the crunches.

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

My best friend and I are attempting to cut the garbage food out of our diets in place of fruits and salads. It's not going great.

Well if you are trying to go cold turkey with garbage food then maybe that's why you are struggling. You should slowly transition and don't beat yourself up too much if you have some garbage type food every once in awhile.

[Paedantic Basterd]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

Well if you are trying to go cold turkey with garbage food then maybe that's why you are struggling. You should slowly transition and don't beat yourself up too much if you have some garbage type food every once in awhile.

It's not that my diet is entirely awful, it's just riddled with poor choices when the two of us get together, haha.

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

It's not that my diet is entirely awful, it's just riddled with poor choices when the two of us get together, haha.

lol ahh okay....I gotcha.

That'd be pretty awesome if you could just target one area but unfortunately it doesn't work that way.

The foods I listed earlier basically help with your metabolism.

[Dirty]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

There are certain foods disregard what Dirty said he's wrong about the food thing. Almonds are helpful for helping you to burn belly fat. Oatmeal, protein powder/shakes, olive oil, berries, eggs , beans , whole grain products, peanut butter, specifically green vegetables, avocados and green tea. Some of them help to speed up your metabolism. As far as the whole different for men and women, I don't think it differs. Of course , these aren't magical like it's going to happen overnight but it will help while you are doing cardio and crunches. I don't get why having a layer of muscle under the fat is such a bad thing like Dirty seems to think. Once you lose the fat it will start to become more visible so keep up with the crunches.

Not sure where you got that from. She originally said she wanted to get rid of the flab around her lower stomach, and crunches aren't gonna help her lose the weight. You can't target fat loss to a certain area. It just takes a lot of cardio. I even said about doing crunches and ab workouts but they aren't as important as cardio because you won't see the results until you lose more fat anyways. And the food thing is basically just eating healthy. Lean meats, whole grains, nuts, veggies, and fruits. Eating healthy will obviously help you lose fat.

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Dirty

Not sure where you got that from. She originally said she wanted to get rid of the flab around her lower stomach, and crunches aren't gonna help her lose the weight. You can't target fat loss to a certain area. It just takes a lot of cardio. I even said about doing crunches and ab workouts but they aren't as important as cardio because you won't see the results until you lose more fat anyways. And the food thing is basically just eating healthy. Lean meats, whole grains, nuts, veggies, and fruits. Eating healthy will obviously help you lose fat.

She's already doing cardio so it doesn't hurt to continue what she is doing and keep up with the crunches. I know you can't target a certain area and I might not have gotten that point across with my first few posts but it's a bit more than just eating healthy with the foods I described. They do specific things and give certain nutrients. Majority of those foods help increase your metabolism so that you burn more calories.

Originally Posted by BTown

I'm 17, probably like 5'8 or 9 and weigh around 115-120. i wanna get jacked. I eat a lot of garbage and don't exercise much. I've been attempting to do 3 sets of ten push ups and 2 or 3 minute long slants before bed.
how can i expedite my process of getting ripped?

Obviously you should change your diet but on top of that you might want to do some weight training and look into getting those Creatin Powders to help add muscle.

I don't know too much about them but maybe someone else could help you with that.