As we near this last month in the Zero Hour... There is one singular thing that can hamper, if not ruin, a cosplayers dreams...
Yes... I'm talking about that little bit of extra pudgy junk that you may feel is still floating around your midsection... It was never there before, but now it's all you notice when trying on your costumes...
So, now I ask...
What are your Cosplay Countdown Diet Secrets?
Mine, I am going to take that Kelloggs Special K Challenge... God only knows if I can pull that off or not... -~_~-
SO! Lemme know your cosplay woes! AND GOOD LUCK!
My cosplay diet is a corset. xD
Actually, I just cut down on the sugars and walk more. Joining a cardio class is just a perk.
Hmm i suggest to cut down or stop eating
Rice Crispies
and marshmallow
stop drinking sodas
or try diet sodas instead if you still want sodas
and eat more meat and some carbs
and be active
as if the exercise you are already on isn't enough
Exercise, of course! Cutting out sugar and soda actually help a lot. They have so many useless calories. Another easy thing to do is eat a good breakfast (whole grains) and not eat after like 8pm when your body isn't going to burn calories as much.
....crunches, sit ups, twists...and healthy food. ^_^
cut down on sugar and varbs, excersise, all that good stuff.
but im doing the subway challenge. and ive lost 19 lbs!
My plan: Try to watch what I eat (tougher that it looks), swim four times a week, do crunches whenever possible
NO DIET SODA!!!
Trust me on this, but the fake sugar's in the soda and stuff are actually worse for losing weight because your brain thinks you're still eating sugar. and because it's diet, most people think they can have more which just turns it all into one big cluster &#*%$.
I'm just playing DDR more and switching to organic food. Mixing my scambled eggs half and half with Tofu (it's actually quite tasty). Avoiding Ice cream and Cereal and muffins...i have a muffin problem.
Mexican food is also quite bad along with Italian and anything with rice or pasta. But one of the actual best things to do when dieting, is just to eat a bit less. The human stomach is designed to hold enough food to fill your hands when they're cupped together, and you really don't need much more than that.
Avoid eating at night, especially salty/fatty foods. Your body retains the fat and whatnot because you don't expend it. Plus, eating before bed gives you odd dreams. Now that I've ranted enough...have fun! ^_^
Quote from: MonkeyRikkuNO DIET SODA!!!
Trust me on this, but the fake sugar's in the soda and stuff are actually worse for losing weight because your brain thinks you're still eating sugar. and because it's diet, most people think they can have more which just turns it all into one big cluster &#*%$.
I'm just playing DDR more and switching to organic food. Mixing my scambled eggs half and half with Tofu (it's actually quite tasty). Avoiding Ice cream and Cereal and muffins...i have a muffin problem.
Mexican food is also quite bad along with Italian and anything with rice or pasta. But one of the actual best things to do when dieting, is just to eat a bit less. The human stomach is designed to hold enough food to fill your hands when they're cupped together, and you really don't need much more than that.
Avoid eating at night, especially salty/fatty foods. Your body retains the fat and whatnot because you don't expend it. Plus, eating before bed gives you odd dreams. Now that I've ranted enough...have fun! ^_^
Cereal is ok as long as it's like kashi or something whole grain, not Sugar-marshmellow-frosting surprise. Noodles and rice are ok too. Just get brown rice and wheat noodles. Wheat noodles are so filling!
The best way to exercise that I've notice is find your limit...and then keep pushing...as weird as that sounds...when time is not that free to spend you have to push a little harder :D...but yes eating healthier is a good thing as well.
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Mine, I am going to take that Kelloggs Special K Challenge... God only knows if I can pull that off or not... -~_~-
I tried that once. You get sick of it really easy. But I lost like 2 pounds...
x__x basically stay the hell away from soda because thats carbon and it makes you all bloaty and ick
x: try running, doing sit ups or cardio work outs
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Mine, I am going to take that Kelloggs Special K Challenge... God only knows if I can pull that off or not... -~_~-
I tried that once. You get sick of it really easy. But I lost like 2 pounds...
The cereal is sooo bland... Thank god I have some bananas to liven it up a bit...
Forgot to mention.
Stay away from salt. It absorbs all the water that you take, so you end up being heavier then you actually are. So, try not to eat salt for a week (just to see if it actually works...and it does) and drink lots of water intead and you'll see a big difference. ^_^ (Ofcource you shouldn't eat salt a lot period. Because it collects on joins, absorbs water and basicly weights you down.)
just general excersise
i bike every wear and if i dont bike i stride for 30 minuts also sit ups push ups and what ever other type of ups u can think of ^_^
I'm rejoining my high school's wrestling club to get back into shape. And, who knows? Ranma Saotome is a member of the Saotome School of indescriminate GRAPPLING... maybe I"m on to somethin' here. :lol:
I'm trying to cut back on my overload of starch. Yes, that means sacrificing the goodness that is boba. *tear* Sit-ups/crunches, paying extra attention to toning problem areas like my inner thighs and love handles.
I don't have too much to work off, but it'd be really sweet to get a nice figure. :3
The best way to lose weight is...
...go to a doctor, then a trainer and/or a nutrionist :D
(In other words, please take caution... you don't want to end up hurting yourself with fad diets or exercises!)
Most important, hang in there, and good luck.
as long as we don't go bulimic then everything should work out! right?
Quote from: MonkeyRikkuNO DIET SODA!!!
Trust me on this, but the fake sugar's in the soda and stuff are actually worse for losing weight because your brain thinks you're still eating sugar. and because it's diet, most people think they can have more which just turns it all into one big cluster &#*%$.
well i don't think he should drink soda anyway
but if he really wants one he can have a diet soda
also the "fake sugar" gets absorbed but doesn't get metabolized
and then goes into your blood stream where it will be filtered out by your kidneys
so really.. the sugar isn't being used at all. It becomes waste
but really.. try to stay away from the soda
to Lok: remember you kept eating salads at Subway?
maybe you can just prepare some salad for yourself everyday
and have chicken with it.
Sandwhich is great
stay away from too much pasta
and... what else do you eat.. that is a lot
oh yea
eat more of your Grandparent's cooking...
<3 love you!
Hey, Lok. Been a while. This is a very basic way for any MAN to lose his stomach pudge. I've recently started on it myself, and I'm starting to gain some results, but not much. Anyway, go to your local nutrition store and buy a supplement called "CLA" (Conjugated Linoleic Acid). It's a beneficial fatty acid that'll help boost your metabolism, lower your glucose tolerance a smidge, and help process most of the fat that you take in to muscle. At least, that's to my understanding. As far as I know, it won't do much for pre-existing fat, but exercise will help remove it.
Also (this part works for everyone), take a multivitamin mineral tablet once exactly in the middle of every meal. It'll help lower your need for food, while you still get all of your essentials, so you're less likely to take in more fat to be stored by your body.
Other than that, exercise, exercise. But don't push too hard, or you'll only do more damage.
Oh... and cut down on junk foods... btw... special diets don't usually work. Avoid grapefruit (it'll stop your body from absorbing essential nutrients). That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
You can cut out your thyroid. lol
Meh, I dunno I can't loose weight unless I starve. You're all just gonna have to deal with a fat Maleficent.
Quote from: Crazy_SaikoQuote from: MonkeyRikkuNO DIET SODA!!!
Trust me on this, but the fake sugar's in the soda and stuff are actually worse for losing weight because your brain thinks you're still eating sugar. and because it's diet, most people think they can have more which just turns it all into one big cluster &#*%$.
well i don't think he should drink soda anyway
but if he really wants one he can have a diet soda
also the "fake sugar" gets absorbed but doesn't get metabolized
and then goes into your blood stream where it will be filtered out by your kidneys
so really.. the sugar isn't being used at all. It becomes waste
but really.. try to stay away from the soda
to Lok: remember you kept eating salads at Subway?
maybe you can just prepare some salad for yourself everyday
and have chicken with it.
Sandwhich is great
stay away from too much pasta
and... what else do you eat.. that is a lot
oh yea
eat more of your Grandparent's cooking...
<3 love you!
I understand what you're saying about chemical reactions, but your brain is still recognizing it as real sugar, even if your body knows better. Your brain does some funky stuff, it's convinced my body that I'm allergic to apples. When I'm not! I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying that we're both right, ya know?
On another note, drinking tea not only helps your immune system, it's makes you not as hungry as often. So when you get the munchies, tryi drinking some iced tea, and believe it or not, there are some very tasty non sweetened brands of tea...or if you're broke like most of us, just make a pitcher for the fridge.
liposuction!
Quote from: KodokuHey, Lok. Been a while. This is a very basic way for any MAN to lose his stomach pudge. I've recently started on it myself, and I'm starting to gain some results, but not much. Anyway, go to your local nutrition store and buy a supplement called "CLA" (Conjugated Linoleic Acid). It's a beneficial fatty acid that'll help boost your metabolism, lower your glucose tolerance a smidge, and help process most of the fat that you take in to muscle. At least, that's to my understanding. As far as I know, it won't do much for pre-existing fat, but exercise will help remove it.
Also (this part works for everyone), take a multivitamin mineral tablet once exactly in the middle of every meal. It'll help lower your need for food, while you still get all of your essentials, so you're less likely to take in more fat to be stored by your body.
Other than that, exercise, exercise. But don't push too hard, or you'll only do more damage.
Oh... and cut down on junk foods... btw... special diets don't usually work. Avoid grapefruit (it'll stop your body from absorbing essential nutrients). That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
i've never heard any of these things (minus the junk food/fad diet part), and nutrition and exercise are two of my passions... i hit the gym 6 days a week and count my calories down to the 2-calories-per-packet of splenda i put in my just-about-everything... i can pretty much change my weight to whatever i want it to be, just from knowing my body by keeping track of what i'm doing to my body.
losing weight is the simplest calculation in the world: calories inâ€"calories out=change in weight. it really isn't much more than that!
Quote from: ShinigamiShapeUpQuote from: KodokuHey, Lok. Been a while. This is a very basic way for any MAN to lose his stomach pudge. I've recently started on it myself, and I'm starting to gain some results, but not much. Anyway, go to your local nutrition store and buy a supplement called "CLA" (Conjugated Linoleic Acid). It's a beneficial fatty acid that'll help boost your metabolism, lower your glucose tolerance a smidge, and help process most of the fat that you take in to muscle. At least, that's to my understanding. As far as I know, it won't do much for pre-existing fat, but exercise will help remove it.
Also (this part works for everyone), take a multivitamin mineral tablet once exactly in the middle of every meal. It'll help lower your need for food, while you still get all of your essentials, so you're less likely to take in more fat to be stored by your body.
Other than that, exercise, exercise. But don't push too hard, or you'll only do more damage.
Oh... and cut down on junk foods... btw... special diets don't usually work. Avoid grapefruit (it'll stop your body from absorbing essential nutrients). That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
i've never heard any of these things (minus the junk food/fad diet part), and nutrition and exercise are two of my passions... i hit the gym 6 days a week and count my calories down to the 2-calories-per-packet of splenda i put in my just-about-everything... i can pretty much change my weight to whatever i want it to be, just from knowing my body by keeping track of what i'm doing to my body.
losing weight is the simplest calculation in the world: calories inâ€"calories out=change in weight. it really isn't much more than that!
Notably, I had never heard of CLA until it was recommended to me by my boss, who happens to be an exercise physiologist and nutritionist myself. However, it should be noted that CLA is primarily taken to help regulate and manage your body fat, and not to change your weight.
Remember... lighter doesn't always mean better.
Kodoku- CLA? Why is it only for men? Does it have to do with a chemical specifically for their bodies? o.0
It's not really only for men, perse, but to my understanding, it's not very effective on women. Something to do with physiological differences... Women's bodies are built differently from men's bodies. Other than keeping warm and acting as an emergency energy supply, men's bodies have no use at all for the fat, whereas in women, there's more to it than that.
...At least, that was the explanation I was given. You can give CLA a shot, if you really want, or simply ask a nutritionist. ;p
i won't doubt that CLA aids a disciplined diet and workout regimen... i've read a lot of text and studies on 2+ grams of omega 3's doing the same thing... but it still #99 on the list of ways to get into shape. the idea behind supplementing with the right fats is that your body starts to target the useless ones for energy while keeping the good ones.
and if two people look the same yet one was heavier, i'd say that being lighter is never, ever better :) . it's my semi-longterm goal to gain at least 15lbs in lean muscle! stay healthy everyone :)
it really depends on who i'm trying to cosplay. i am a considerably petite person, with ALOT of curves (think: Jessica Simpson...my boobs crack me up!). you would think that this would be idea for cosplaying but it really isn't. the characters that I attempt usually have much more perky boobs that aren't trying to take over her torso!
i do a few things:
DIE-ts suck!! i just wait until my stomach growls and then eat. and i avoid eating if my tummy hasn't notified me. i basically eat whatever i crave, since my body craves what it needs. PLEASE NOTE: you body does not need chocolate 5 times a day!! when you are craving sweets you are probably just dehydrated. try a glass of water with a bit of Lemonade or Tang (my favvie!) mixed in.
DRINK TEA!!! green tea and earl grey are yummars! they beat the "box-butt" that coffee can give people, and they are a more steady source of energy.
Get plenty of sleep! often people get the munchies because their body is saying "i want to bloody sleep!!" don't compensate. just take a nap! that twinky isn't going to get you through the day!
Cardio cardio! anything to get the old heartrate up! get the blood flowing to those toesies! your body neeeeeds a rush of oxygen to get those toxins that normally just bloop around unless forcefully pumped out. "Endorphines make you happy!" getting a good workout routine that you enjoy (exersize comes in all shapes and sizes... i exersize my butt while i'm just sitting in the lifeguard stand at work) will give you a little voice in your head that says "Omg! all that hard work! DON'T EAT THAT!! waste waste! WAIST!!"
watch what you grab at the cafeteria. i am often on a time crunch as a college student and am ravenous between classes. it takes just as much time to grab a bag of chips as it is to grab a high-fiber muffin, or an apple, or a bowl of fruit.
get a partner ^^/ my boyfriend and i have been so retardedly happy lately, that we've been eating like little pigs. we have decided to get back into (better) shape together :) it always helps.
Take care and gl with the pudgie
Oh, another thing--try to break out of "pyschological" eating. Like...
- Stress-eating / Consoling yourself
- Happy-eating / Rewarding yourself
- Eating out of boredom
- Eating out of routine
- Cleaning your plate out of routine
One person I read of used to eat dessert as a reward, but she got to thinking, "Eating this isn't going to make me happy for more than 5 minutes." So she would skip it (most of the time) and then she lost weight.
Or Eating just cuz other people are eating! thats bad too!
I cut down on the sugar and sodium and do a few crunches. If it doesn't go away in time, I use a wasit cincher.
What worked for me:
Cut out in between meals snacks, or replace them with good munchies - veggies, fruit, etc, I was eating roasted seaweed, that stuff has like barely any calories and taste good!
Replace soda with green tea or mineral water. Mineral water has the bubble, but not the sugar.
Stop drinking alcohol.
Exercise.
I've never had problems with my weight...?
EXERCISE. Vehemently if need be. While I can't say everyone has all the same options as everyone else, everyone DOES have some of the same options.
Cardio and other superactive stuff like that is best. Some of you DDR players should try going on Heavy or something, given the workouts that some of those songs give the average player. If you're currently on Light or something, find low-level songs on Heavy (there are some) and work your way up. That vigorous cardio is FAR more effective than stepping, what, only 42 times in a song? HOLIC and Hot Limit from John Desire are good steppers (not to mention that Hot Limit is THE quintessential Eurobeat... *swoon*) for those trying to lose weight. AND it trains you for Fanime. :3
I digest 1500 calories a day and burn 500 a day by exercise at a gym. I cut back on foods high on sugar and sodium. I also limit my carbohydrates consumption. I also do not eat past 8:00pm because the body slows down and wants to sleep. However, I've been exercising and doing this diet for over two months now.
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