Thread: weight loss advice

Age unfortunately plays a role to. Metabolisms slow as we get older. Have you ever looked at your thyroid? If you rule that out then you know its diet and exercise.
One thing to keep in mind when trying to loose weight is insulin. The min you spike insulin, your body will store calories as fat. The only time this doesn't apply is after a workout. High glycemic carbs spike insulin, like sugar, white flour(white pasta, white bread). Low glycemic carbs don't give us a big spike in insulin, but rather a slow, small, increase. Carbs like oats, brown rice, yams.
Even though you sit at work all day, you could prep your meals ahead of time so you eat healthy at least. Eating fast food or snacks will cause you to be hungry again few hrs later. Plus will raise insulin, causeing a vicious circle. What I do is cook off 3lbs chix, 1lb brown rice, 2lbs broc for example. You can portion out a bunch in those glad Tupperware, grab 2 ED for work. Buy some almonds and greek yogurts for snacks.
On your days off from work, wake up and do fasted cardio. Start there and slowly add in some extra cardio and some training. Just doing though those first 2, which is minimal, should give you results. If you overwhelm yourself in the beginning, it will be to much. Start small.
Also eat 4-5 times a day. Breakfast, lunch at work, a snack mid day, dinner, 2-3 hrs before bed snack(with casein like cottage cheese/greek yougurt. The reason is if you try and deprive yourself of calories too much, your metabolism will slow and will result in no fatloss. Its ok to have days where you have fewer carbs/cals. keeps body guessing.
I feel you pain though. Its easy to get in a rut once you get off diet and gained weight. Just get that first day under your belt and before you know it a month will have gone by. Otherwise another month will go by that you could have made those changes. Hope this helps....Ty