Safest Ways To Cut Weight

[sourpuss]

Someone wise recently told me about the properties of apple cider vinegar - among other benefits a small amount regularly is supposed to help.

Thought I'd mention it here since it was a big suprise to me!

Reducing excess but not all salt would help too i'd imagine - depending on how much you consume already. Would reduce fluid retention i think.

The apple cider vinegar thing really does work. It's good for all sorts of things, balancing pH in the system, skin rashes, controlling yeast in your body. Appetite suppression just happens to be a beneficial side effect.

[Youngblood]

Someone wise recently told me about the properties of apple cider vinegar - among other benefits a small amount regularly is supposed to help.

Thought I'd mention it here since it was a big suprise to me!

Reducing excess but not all salt would help too i'd imagine - depending on how much you consume already. Would reduce fluid retention i think.

The apple cider vinegar thing really does work. It's good for all sorts of things, balancing pH in the system, skin rashes, controlling yeast in your body. Appetite suppression just happens to be a beneficial side effect.

Okay well I am getting sold on this deal, and have sent Sharla a PM, but no idea when she'll be back. So my question is...how much and how often?

[Trainer Monkey]

Vegetarian meals intersped will help A LOT
Putting in some Falafel or such, makes you feel plenty full,but its not putting on weight

[sourpuss]

Try a couple of tablespoons with a few ounces of water twice a day. Usually after breakfast and after lunch. It tastes awful! So hold your breath!

Here's kind of what I do when I need to lose weight for a tournament.

1. Try to never get more than 5-7 pounds over your competition weight to begin with.

2. Start way in advance so you don't have to crash diet.

3. Begin by cutting calories where you can. No soda's or treats. Cut back on salt and sugar.

4. A couple of weeks before tournament time cut back on breads and rice, but don't do some high protein fad diet thing. Just replace those carbs with oatmeal and fruits and veggies. (except bananas, save those for after the tournament)

5. Be a little more active. If you usually train 5 days a week. Up that to 6 days a week when you start. Then as time gets closer, it helps me to do a little something in the morning and then do my regular workout in the evenings. If I have boxing training from 7-9pm, I'll do a 2-3 mile run in the morning.

6. Try not to eat after 7 at night. A light snack after working out but that's it. Light dinners, early in the evening or late afternoon are best.

That's what works for me, I'm usually able to lose .5-1 pound a day doing that without sacrificing any energy.

[Youngblood]

thanks sourpuss, great stuff.

Yea some of that is what I basically am trying to do, and to do it in a healthy manner, and of a slower process this time. Whereas my last fight, I had to drop from 160 to get to 154, and in too much of a hurry.

As of this morning I weighed in at 156, and am trying to graduallly and comfortably get there, or 153 even, to ensure no last minute silliness.

[sourpuss]

Once you get your weight down and maintain it for a bit, it will get easier. I walk around 3 pounds lighter than I competed two years ago. All it took was a few adjustments to my workouts and a few dietary changes. But you're also growing, so be aware of that. There is going to come a point in time when you'll just have to move up.

[Scrap]

Youngblood, also what ACV does is break down Body Fat. Another Tip two Days a week Just eat Fruit.

[Scrap]

Oh, Like on a Ttuesday and a Saturday