Senin, 22 April 2013

What is a healthy diet for a swimmer trying to lose weight?

Q. I have looked at many weight loss diets and many restrict carbs, but I look at information about a swimmer's ideal diet and the main food is carbs.
How do you go about losing fat if you swim for 1hr/day for 4-5 days/week.

A. Regardless of your fat, protein, carb ratio, as long as calories in (eating) is less than calories out (burned off thru exercise and metabolism) you will drop weight.

The first thing you need to know is how many calories you need to "maintain" your weight (calculators will ask how much you currently weigh, height & work-out schedule). From there you can create a diet that is around 500 calories less than what you need to maintain (a 500 calorie deficit every day for 7 days will result in a loss of a pound..ie it takes 3,500 calories.). If you need "carbs" than you can focus on complex carbs (whole grains) to provide energy through-out the day.

Edit: There is a reason that health experts suggest only 1 - 2 pounds of loss a week. 500 - 1,000 calorie deficit is tough enough for most people...dropping it below that just isn't practical / healthy. This is especially true for people that are already healthy or close to healthy weights (and is what makes them anorexic).

Heavy people can drop off 500 - 1,000 calories a day easy but that is usually because they can eat 3,000 - 3,500 calories to "maintain" there current heavy weight. So what if they cut back to eating 2,000 calories a day that is still a good amount of food.

What is a healthy diet for 14 year old trying to loose weight?
Q. I have been getting out, riding my bike, exercising, etc., but i haven't noticed much of a weight change. I have have noticed that the things that the things that I have been eating aren't very healthy. I'm not sure what would be a healthy diet for me, but I am willing to go on one, so please help me!

A. Just eat things that seem natural. Get in your fiber, water, veggies etc.
Something that helped me was logging what I ate/how I exercised... I use myfitnesspal.com It's free and stuff but you'd just have to say you're older then you are when you make an account. It's now my new favorite thing... I love it. On it you log your exercise, calories, and water and it creates guidelines of how much of those you need to do to get a certain weight by a certain time.

What is a healthy diet for someone who is anemic and a very picky eater?
Q. So i recently found out that i am severely anemic. And im also extremely picky about what i eat. Does anybody have any ideas of any kinds of food that would be good for me?

A. Eat a balanced diet of lean fish, meat, white meat no skins, no fried. Whole grains, veggies, fruits, low fat low cal dairy if you're trying to lose.
Eat slowly, eat fiber rich food in small portions.

Drink plenty of water make sure you know how much iron is in everything so you can build your blood count back up.

I have been anemic at several times in my life and now that I eat balanced diet and have researched how much iron is in foodsI have not been anemic for about 10 years.




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