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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 444333" data-attributes="member: 317">I have a friend that tried the high protein/fat, low carb diet- and to be honest, those diets don't work.  You will lose water weight pretty quickly that way, but in order to actually lose fat tissue, you pretty much have to use something like powerful stimulants (NOT recommended) or exercise.  The gimmick diets leave you feeling unsatisfied with your eating habits, and its really easy to backslide, losing any progress you have made.My recommendation is the same as alsih2o's: get at least 30 min of good cardiovascular exercise per day working up to an hour (getting your heart rate above 130 bpm), restrict fat to less than 30 grams per day, continue to eat lean meats (chicken, fish, very lean beef), cut out all chips, soda, and sweets.  For snacks, eat fruit, vegetables, pretzels, popcorn (w/o all the butter- you can use the butter salt though), etc.  Stick to it for 3 weeks, and you WILL see results- probably something on the order of 10-15 lbs lost.  You won't see weight loss results in the first week and a half- instead when you exercise, you will be building muscle while you lose fat.  You will notice that your clothes will be a little looser though.  The bad news is that the first few weeks are the hardest- but you have to be resolute and not let yourself backslide.  Once you have made it 3 weeks, allow yourself 2 indulgences per week- maybe a slice or two of pizza, one bowl of ice cream, etc.  Trying to quit those things cold turkey will drive you nuts, and when your body craves soemthing, give it a little of what it wants.I lost a lot of weight this way, and I have kept it off for three years now.  I'm 6'2", and I used to weigh 330lbs.  I ate well and exercised for 1 hr a day for about a year, and went down to 190 lbs.  Another thing that will help you is weight training- and it doesn't have to be anything really strenuous.  The more muscle mass you build, the more calories per day you burn- which means once you lose the weight and keep active, you can start to re-introduce some of those naughty foods you love in moderation.  Lifting weights 2-3 times per week for about an hour is enough.  I'm weighing in at about 245 lbs right now of lean, mean, gaming machine- and to be honest, once the weight comes off, its really easy to keep it off since you do see results.  Not to mention that the chicks REALLY dig guys who do take care of themselves.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  They don't even care if you are a gamer at that point! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> Hope this helps you bud!</blockquote>

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