Diet Plan Recommendations

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

Do not drink orange juice.

(And with that comment I'm off for a week.)

Why? I guess it could give you heartburn...

And I wouldn't recommend eating a powerbar and a bottle of water for lunch either....You might lose weight, but it's not the good way to do it, and I can garuntee you'll lose more muscle than you should.

And Dyne, I'm the same weigh when it comes to staying at the same weight. After I lost those 40 pounds I hit 175, and I stayed there. No matter what I eat, it never changes.

However, I am afraid that after about 10 years my metabolism is going to stop being effective, so I'm working on being healthy right now, so that it becomes a lifestyle long before then. I do allow myself a little more leeway than I should, but I'm a teenager, I should live a little sometimes.

I have been excercising rigorously for about 5 months...I'm trying to get down to 10-12 percent body fat. Maybe another year.

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

Anyone care to elaborate?

Orange juice is like pure sugar. Stay away from most if not all juice. Too many calories and not worth it.

Unless it's Aloe Vera juice. I find that stuff enjoyable.

Vampyr: It depends on the person. I sure benefitted from it. It's loaded with vitamins and it's satisfying enough to keep the metabolism going.

Actually, the real reason I only had powerbars and water for that period of time was because I didn't have a lunch. I went 7 periods straight. Previous semesters I would go home and have a corn dog or whatever, but I changed my ways.

[Jonbo298]

Ok, a question.

Considering I'm basing my water intake off bottles that used to be pop (the 24 oz bottles), how many roughly should I be drinking a day?

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

Ok, a question.

Considering I'm basing my water intake off bottles that used to be pop (the 24 oz bottles), how many roughly should I be drinking a day?

Probably 4 bottles a day. You need 8 cups of water a day at least.

[Jonbo298]

hmm, thats not too bad. I can hadnle that

[Jonbo298]

An update. I've taken a more "official" initiative today with a new LiveJournal dedicated to tracking my hopeful weight loss over the next year or so. It can be viewed here http://www.livejournal.com/users/jonbo298_diet/ or will be in my sig for quite awhile