I am a member of LA fitness. The location I frequent, Sugar land Texas Hwy 59 does not have a dietitian that I am aware of. I work out, cardio mostly, as much as 20 miles on elliptical machines (knees don’t allow me to run). I have started a weight training program with a personal trainer. My trainer works me hard and I have put muscle on. I have dropped from 34.4 to 31.5% body fat. I am 330 lbs. but have actually gained 3 pounds! I try to eat a balanced diet, roast chicken Fuji apples water (lots of water) and I try to keep to a 2000 calorie diet. I am also diabetic with extremely well controlled cholesterol and triglycerides (both in mid 130s). I would like to begin losing weight again. Would a diet plan help me? -Rusty
You’re right, we don’t have live dietitians at the clubs, so I hope you like the service of our Q&A here on LIVING HEALTHY. It sounds like you’re definitely headed to a leaner body with the exercise and eating program described.
A diet plan can help you stick to your nutritional goals. The best part is that you can make your own effective diet plan since you already count calories:
1) Log what you eat & drink for 7 days, also noting the fat, carbohydrate, and protein grams that you consume.
2) Try to get as close as you can to making sure you eat 55 grams Fat, 250 grams Carbs and 125 grams Protein [25%, 50%, 25% caloric ratio, respectively].
3) Create slight substitutions with different foods each day for variety.
Voila! You have just created your own custom plan to follow each week. – Debbie J., MS, RD
Check out some of our other articles right here at LIVING HEALTHY for more tips on reducing body fat percentage.
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I workout about 4 to 6 days a weekk at first my heaviest I lost weight really quick 240 to 200! But now im stuck I want to get to 160 im 5 ft 8 inches and log my food to My Fitness pal always. I need to know what wrong because scale not moving :(.
It should come as no surprise to you that so many diets promoting dramatic weight loss in a short time pose a terrible risk. Typically these diets will drastically cut back on calories all while putting you through mental & physical anguish. Just as soon as the diet ends, it’s common that dieters snap right back to their pre-diet weight and sometimes even gain weight in the process.