Ruby Weight Loss

September 1, 2010

Diet Tips, Name Some Please.?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , — Ruby @ 7:02 am

We’ve had a reader question come in on the subject of diet tips. Let’s take a look:

Question: Okay, so im 16 and i really want to lose a lot of weight before December. A gym opened down the road from me not long ago and im going to sign up.

But what are some things i can have for meals and stuff to help me lose weight, im going to be going walking alot for about 30 - 40 minutes go down the park with my pet and stuff. But im really serious about losing weight, i hate looking like this i want to be able to wear clothes i like.

Answer: what i have been doing pretty much goes against what most people do, but i have read up on it and most people call it "the warrior diet" you only eat one full meal a day, preferably at night before you go to bed. you can snack on fruit and veggies or drink coffee or tea to tide you over during the day.
it sounds crazy, i know, i was really skeptical at first but i decided to try it anyway, i started at 150 and after just one week with minimal exercise, i was at 139, and i could feel myself getting leaner, i started working out an hour every day, and the fat just seemed to melt off my body. i was amazed. at first you really have to fight the hunger but after like the first week you won’t even feel the need to eat until evening.
below is where i heard about this crazy diet

July 10, 2010

Diet Tips Please???????

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: — Ruby @ 7:02 am

I just love answering these diet tips questions. Here’s another:

Question: Ok im 10 pounds under weight for my weight..i need to gain atleast 10 pounds can someone give me some good diet tips.
i meant for my height
Answer: Hi dear,
follow these guidelines to gain healthy weight
- Eat nutritious foods that are high in calories. Examples are whole-grain breads, vegetables such as avocados and potatoes, kidney beans, lean red meat, poultry and fish.
- Increase the caloric value of your meals. Add powdered milk to casseroles for added calories, add avocados and olives to sandwiches, add wheat germ to your cereal, add chopped meat to your pasta sauce, and so on.
- Avoid skipping meals. Knowing how to gain weight involves consistent eating. Eat three meals a day and at least two snacks.
- Increase your normal portion size. Take a second scoop of pasta, or add two bananas to your oatmeal.
- Choose higher-calorie foods when given a choice. For example, corn is higher in calories than green beans.
- Relax - excessive fidgeting and restlessness can burn up a lot of calories.
-Add weight lifting to your exercise program. It helps build muscle mass.
- Balance your caloric intake with the number of calories you’re burning. You need to be taking in more than you use up, and you may need to ease up a little on your exercise program.
good luck
:o)

June 30, 2010

Diet Tips? I Have Lots of Questions?!!?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Ruby @ 7:02 am

A tough diet tips question this week. Let’s dive straight in

Question: Hi to everyone reading this! Ok so Ive been on a diet for like 3-4 weeks already, I got to be honest it aint easy!, ive lost 14 pounds so far with sum pills that boost my metabolism. I have a friend who suggested i go to the gym for like 2-3 hours everyday! I was like omg thats too much for me considering i started weighing 252 and now im at 238 im 5′9". I decided to go to the gym everyday for an hour mon-fri, I of course started geting muscle and condition or whatever, but my bones started hurting after 3 weeks, so lets say i would do the treadmill for 30 mins at a 4.0 speed, after my bones started hurting i could only do half the time. After that I noticed it wasnt my muscles but my bones because i had difficulty walkin, sitting etc. I decided like a week ago to keep on my diet but give the gym a 4 day rest. and today i went and i felt really good, i could do even more, my bones didnt hurt or anything, I just felt like wow u know? My concern was that if i took a break from the gym i would loose condition or muscle, but i guess not? IF UR A HEALTH INSTRUCTOR OR KNOW ALOT BY EXPIRIENCE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I COULD IMPROVE ON OR TIPS IDEAS PLEASE, My goal is to weigh 165 . So this is my diet:
In the mornings like at 7 am or 8, i drink my pill, then I go to the gym for an hour, then i come home and i always eat a fiberous fruit, like a green apple, and then a little of whatever is for breakfast, no bread or soda, I try to satanise that. I drink lots of water and i pee soo much. for lunch i try to eat portions and at the most 2 tortillas, after that i dont really eat at nights, but the bad thing is that on sundays after church i have so many cravings i slip very little not a whole lot. well thanx for reading, id appreciate tips :)
Answer: You should definitely continue going to the gym at least 4 days a week. You should give yourself one day off at least every week. The key is to not exercise the same group of muscles every day. Give your muscles time to heal up or they won’t be able to handle the stress from everyday. If you are mostly doing cardio and not strength training, I suggest you do one day where you really push yourself and the next day go light and easy. A great method I have found when it pertains to doing cardio is finding intensities for yourself on a scale of 1 to 10. Level 1 is like laying down or sleeping and level 10 is the absolute max output your body can do. So when you start on the treadmill(it’s much easier with machines since you can set the speed/resistance!) or an elliptical, etc, start yourself on your level 5 intensity. That could be just a regular walking pace or maybe a slower walking pace. After two minutes go up a level in intensity(either by setting the machine a little harder or walking faster) to level 6. Then after that minute go to level 7, then another minute to level 8 and another minute to level 9. So at level 9 you should really be feeling it and you should really be pushing yourself. After one minute at level 9 go back down to level 6. Then work your way up again minute after minute to level 9. After doing this for a set period of time(I usually do 20 minutes total because it is such an intense workout), when you have 3 minutes left you should be at level 9, then two minutes left try to strive for level 10. You might get there or you might not. It really depends on your energy level for the day. But always try to do it, you might get there when you thought you couldn’t! And then the final minute you should go back to level 5 for a cooldown. You can continue doing a cooldown if you want, a lot of machines have that automatic 5 minute cooldown period. I love this method in cardio and I find it highly effective because it doesn’t allow your body to get used to the exercise. As you get faster and stronger you will have new intensity levels so just move them up as you progress. You can’t outgrow this because of that.

You should definitely do weight training at least 3 days a week too. You should break up the workouts into two or more different groups. An example is doing all upper body on one day and then you can do lower body the next day or a few days later. As long as you give your body days of rest in between workouts you will be fine. The more muscle you have the more calories and fat you will burn. You will also feel better and feel like you can do more in the gym and at home too.

I also suggest eating 4-6 small meals a day and make sure most of it is protein, complex carbs, fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, low fat dairy, fish, and lean meats. Protein is a huge helper in weight loss because it makes you feel fuller for a long period of time and it helps your muscles. The healthier the food you eat the less you’ll want the junk. Don’t keep it in the house and it will be easier to stay on track.

June 17, 2010

What Are Other Good, Easy Diet Tips?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

This week’s question is as follows:

Question: I’ve already got running to the fridge instead of walking, and chewing faster.
Answer: Get knocked up. I’ve lost 13 pounds so far. Actually though, I think I’m still losing the weight because I don’t really eat fast food much anymore. It makes me feel sick.

June 2, 2010

Diet and Diet Tips for a Thirteen Year Old?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

A diet tips question that should definitely interest you all this week

Question: i know thirteen might be ‘too young’ to start a diet but that’s what i wanna do. nothing drastic. just a healthy diet. i was thinking of doing a low-carb diet. and i just need guidelines on what to do. i know an important factor in that diet is to *not eat rice. i am filipino, spanish, and chinese. mostly filipino. and rice is what my family and i eat everyday. with every meal. i am willing to not eat rice. it’s not hard. tips would help tooo.
please&thank youuu! :)
Answer: Cut out all sugars & starches. No sodas, juices, cookies, candy, cakes, etc. As healthy as fruit may be, it’s natural sugars do not only not promote fat loss, they actually promote fat storage (fructose is the most lipogenic carb).

Make sure half your meals are green non starchy vegs & eat lots of protein & good fats, limit your complex carb portions to no more than your protein portion.

I am adamantly opposed to low calorie dieting because most people lose a good portion of lean tissue (including vital organs like the heart) along with fat stores. There is no nutrition in fat stores, only energy. Most people get impatient and lower their calories and increase their exercise to a point where they lose so much lean tissue that when they return to what was maintenance level eating they are now accumulating more fat stores because their caloric needs have dropped due to the loss of this tissue as well as their metabolism slowing down to work more efficiently on fewer calories & it becomes a vicious cycle of dieting and more loss (including vital organs like the heart). This stress to the vital organs cannot be healthy.

May 29, 2010

Can You Give Me Diet Tips or a Diet Plan?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , — Ruby @ 7:03 am

What’s this week’s diet tips question? Let’s dive straight in…

Question: im 5ft 9

190

female

goal: drop 10 a month or more. More than willing to follow this plan. No matter how hard.

P.S. Please be serious. and dont waste your time on here typing crap. Im dead serious.

THANKS SOO FREAKEN MUCH!!!!

Answer: Here is a diet plan I’ve worked out:

-Breakfast:

Option 1:
1 piece of whole wheat toast: 69 Cal.
With 1 tbsp of Peanut Butter: 94 Cal.
1 Large Orange: 86 Cal.
10 oz. of Water
= 249 Calories

Option 2:
2 Nutri-Grain Low Fat Whole Wheat Waffle: 140 Cal.
With 2 tbsp of Peanut Butter: 188 Cal.
1 Med. Apple: 72 Cal.
10 oz of Water
= 400 Calories

Option 3:
1 Large Egg White (33 g): 16 Cal.
2 Slices of Extra Lean Turkey Bacon: 40 Cal.
1 Cup of Grapes: 62 Cal.
10 oz of Water
= 118 Cal.

Alternatives:
1 Med Banana:
1 cup of Lowfat 1% Milk: 102 Cal.
1 cup of Regular Oatmeal: 166 Cal.
1 cup of Cheerios: 110 Cal.
1 cup of Sliced Strawberries: 53 Cal.
2 Scrambled Eggs: 199 Cal.
1 cup of Blueberries: 83 Cal.
1 cup of Orange Juice: 112 Cal.
1 cup of Diced Cantaloupe: 53 Cal.
1 cup of Diced Watermelon: 46 Cal.
1 cup of Blackberries: 62 Cal.
½ a Grapefruit: 52 Cal.
1 English Muffin: 100 Cal

Lunch & Dinner Options:

-Option 1:
3 oz of Tuna: 99 Cal.
On 2 piece of Toasted Whole Wheat Bread: 154 Cal.
1 Cup of Baby Carrots: 70 Cal.
8 oz of unsweetened ice tea: 2 Cal.
= 325 Cal.

-Option 2:
Salad:
6 leaves of Romaine Lettuce: 20 Cal.
½ cup of Sliced Carrots: 25 Cal.
½ Breast of Chicken: 142 Cal.
1 tsp of Olive Oil: 40 Cal.
1 cup of Cherry Tomatoes: 31 Cal.
8 oz. of unsweetened ice tea: 2 Cal.
= 260 Cal.

Option 3:
1 Serving of Campbell’s Soup Chicken with Rice: 70 Cal.
½ cup of Chopped Cooked Broccoli: 27 Cal.
10 oz of Water
=97 Cal.

Option 4:
Rice Dish with:
1 cup of Medium-Grain White Rice: 242 Cal.
9 oz of Baked Chicken Breast: 250 Cal.
½ cup of Chopped Broccoli: 27 Cal.
1 cup of Shredded Cheddar Cheese: 455 Cal.
8 oz. of Unsweetened Ice Tea: 2 Cal.
=976 Cal.

Option 5:
½ cup of Campbell’s Tomato Soup: 90 Cal.
Grilled Cheese with 2% Milk American Singles: 50 Cal.
& 2 pieces of Whole-Wheat Bread: 138 Cal.
1 cup of Baby Carrots: 70 Cal.
8 oz. of Unsweetened Ice Tea: 2 Cal.
= 350 Cal.

May 14, 2010

I'm Looking to Lose Weight. What is the Best Diet or Tips You Got?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look:

Question: I want to lose about 40-50 lbs and I need either good recipes to cook or great diet tips, work out tips.. everything helps
Answer: I am dibetic so I eat low carb I eat a little of everything, and eat small amounts I stay away from alot of bread potatoes rice sweets sugar drinks. Eat low carb vegetables and fruit. Chew gum when I want something sweet.Drink a cup of chicken soup with out noodles before meals to help fill full and drink water at least a full glass before a meal. I have lost weight. Cutting out bad carbs helps alot, and eating small amounts.

May 12, 2010

Good Diet Tips for a Teen!?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look:

Question: ok. im 18. five feet tall. and a pretty athletic body. ive always stayed around 100 pounds but lately ive gained some wieght and i really need to get in shape before cheerleading and everything else!! please give me some tips as far as good foods to eat. good exersize tips. whatev else i could use! also. i don’t wanna lose any wight in my boobs or butt. i like those! lol
Answer: Learning how to gain weight for a teen means discipline in all areas, weight training, dieting, attaining enough rest, and supplementation. In the teenage years, if you take in yourself having a hard time appreciating weight, there are a few special things you experience to pay consideration to that older and more physically mature people don’t have to.

For starters, teenagers regularly own a much faster metabolism than when properties get into the twenties and beyond. Far too several teens today abuse such a quickly metabolism by overeating on empty calorie snacks, candies, and desserts. If you are attempting to gain weight and/or compose muscle mass, don’t abuse your fast metabolism by stuffing yourself with a cluster of useless junk. I assume you are trying to inflate healthy weight, so it is important to get in habit of eating right. Shoot for at the very least 20 times your body weight in calories, and around your body weight in grams of protein. Spread your meals throughout the day into 4 to 6 meals, through no longer then a 3 hour bit era in the day without eating.

Since teens are going through all sorts physical and hormonal changes, it is extremely important that they start on off with a solid foundation in weight training. Emphasis should be put on compound exercises, safe and progressive strength training, and proper form. It is vital that teenage beginners get in the habit of performing correct build and the present they start off with relatively dim weight for the first two weeks. One trick to averting a plateau consequently on in a weight training routine to increase in value weight is to start off providing extremely light weight, and to increase the weight ever so slowly every workout until you reach your maximum current likely around the third week. This am able to start on a building momentum, so by the tad you’re using weight that challenges you to your limit on the amount of sets you’re performing, your person am able to be ready to continue to grow and get stronger.

It is also significant when learning how to gain weight for a teen that properties use abbreviated programs, stick to basic exercises, and to avoid over-training at all costs. One of the biggest causes of failures for beginning weight trainers is that they misguide their end and get too overzealous and train too much, too often. Keep it short, simple, and with a focus on strength. One of the best ways for a teen to gain weight is to focus strictly on getting as strong as properties can in the multiple basic compound exercises, such as squats, deadlifts, bench presses, bent-over barbell rows, and shoulder presses.

As far as supplementation goes, just remember this: supplements are meant to supplement your diet, not replace it in any way. You can build the best body in the world without any supplements, so remember not to get caught up in the hype of the supplement advertising industry. Gaining weight will continually require the right workout program, perfect dieting, a plethora of rest, and hard work. Supplements will be able to never replace any of these; at most properties will help speed your progress.

May 10, 2010

Need Help to Stop Eating! and Diet Tips Please…?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

I just love answering these diet tips questions. Here’s another:

Question: Hey , im a 5′ 2.5" girl (14 years old) and im 121 pounds. i want to lose about 5-10 pounds but everytime i try to not eat as much i end up over eating! how can i stop my hunger? also does muscle weigh more than fat? or is that a myth because im very muscular but i want to look skinnier for the summer=( please help!
Answer: Hey you should split up your meals into 5 different meals and eat VERY LIGHT (200-300 cals) for each meal. If you don’t stuff yourself, your stomach will get used to eating smaller meals and it will shrink so that you won’t have to eat soo much to be full. If you eat 5 meals a day, it will also keep your metabolism rolling. I know you’re probably busy but just try to eat the smaller meals if you have time. To get out of the habit of overeating, try running to get your mind off things. It helps clear your body out too. Just a short run each day will boost your metabolism and help burn some cals. Do eat before your run to store some carbs and a little bit of protein (whole wheat bread with peanut butter) and then after eat something also. The more you try to space out your meals, the more calories your body will ask you for therefore resulting in a binge. Make sure you eat breakfast and muscle does weigh more than fat. Although it does, I wouldn’t worry about it as you will lose more fat mass than you will gain muscle mass so your size will go down. Plus, you won’t build any big muscles unless you take whey protein so don’t worry about it. Good luck and don’t worry too much about dieting but overeating is something you should nip in the but at a young age as it can follow you as you get older (I would know)

April 30, 2010

I'm Trying to Lose 10-15 Pounds, I'm Looking for Some Diet & Exercise Tips?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , , , , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

What a great diet tips question:

Question: Right now i weigh about 140 pounds, i’m only 5′3ish. I wanna get down to 125-130 which is the weight i feel best at. My problem area is my thighs & arms, my waste is pretty small.
I know to drink lots of water, eat lots of fruits & veggies.. and i’ve been running a mile every day, but i was wondering if you knew some excercises that target thighs & arms & what are some good diet tips? Thanks!
Answer: For your theighs, jump rope for 10 mins a day every day for a month and you will lose 10 pounds!

God Bless
Angel

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