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What has worked really well for me to lose weight in a couple of months (went from 80 to 70) was to cut mainly on carbs. I used to drink a lot of soda and pretty much loved everything with sugar, but I started eating and drinking a little healthier and along with excersize, the pounds flew off. Im pretty convinced that eating healthy and excersize should be sufficient.
 
I changed my eating habits and actually lost a good 5 pounds :)
I dont really want to lose weight im more concerned with inches and just want to get toned
any suggestions.
 
or you could do it yourself with this formula:


Women’s BMR:
655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - minus (4.7 x age in years)
 
^ I have question for u doc which is more important to lose inches or weight?
 
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Mila said:
^ I have question for u doc which is more important to lose inches or weight?
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you certainly don't want to lose inches from your height :haha:.. fact is when you lose weight if you're not exercising at the same time, some of your skin will sag especially morbidly obese people.. they can just have pounds of sagging skin it is very sad.. so it is best to do both for a healthy life style both eating right and exercising.
this guy (see pix) unfortunately isn't an uncommon side effect of weight loss after a roux en Y .. so I personally don't believe in quick fixes.. the answer would be you want both at the same time, the pounds with the inches, you want Muscle tone along with a healthy body..

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^thnks sis
i just checked my weight and i lost another pound =)
im not even trying my mom's on a diet and im just helping her by doing some of it with her and i nvr would have thought that eating 6 times a day and making healthier food choices would make such a difference

hope everyone is sucessful in improving their health inshallah
 
Mila said:
hope everyone is sucessful in improving their health inshallah
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ameen ya rabb.. maintaining a good weight is excellent.. I mean I hope that is what people at least take out of this thread.. it is ok to pig out every now and then, but many people make pigging out an everyday thing and then unable to turn that off and it becomes their normal...

:w:
 
Mila said:
I changed my eating habits and actually lost a good 5 pounds :)
I dont really want to lose weight im more concerned with inches and just want to get toned
any suggestions.
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I started doing 10 minutes of toning exercises most mornings last summer, and I have found that they work really well.
I haven't lost any weight, but have lost some inches, especially around waist and hips.

I found this muslimah fitness site, which might be helpful.
It contains exercise videos demonstrated by a hijabi - so there is no need to look at scantily clad women.
 
τhε ṿαlε'ṡ lïlÿ;1386800 said:



It is like someone saying, I want to pass the test but no way am I sitting down and studying for it...

anything that has to be done right, has to be done in an academic fashion and with consistency...

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lol it doesnt really have to be an academic fashion :p


but yes consistency.


for example just jog half an hour each day, i guarantee weight loss so long as you dont eat more then 4 times a day and eat 2 plates at each sitting :p.


besides ive noticed that the more i exercise the less hungry i feel.


true story :O


Assalamu Alaikum
 
abdulmājid;1402004 said:
Not everyone...
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you can do it:thumbs_up inshallah

glo said:
I started doing 10 minutes of toning exercises most mornings last summer, and I have found that they work really well.
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What kind of escercises if you dont mind
glo said:
It contains exercise videos demonstrated by a hijabi - so there is no need to look at scantily clad women.
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Wow that site is really nice mashallah thnks a bunch dear.
 
eating healthy can be addictive. once you start eating healthy, that's what you will love doing. the important thing is to change your lifestyle and start eating healthily. don't go on a diet as diets make you feel like you are restricting your self. you wait for the time when you can eat like you used to before you started dieting and that only causes failure. eventually you are back to the way you were eating and gain all the weight you struggled so hard to lose, which makes you feel worse than when you started.

so the best thing to do is to change your lifestyle. eat healthier and include some snack daily (the cheat). this way you won't feel like you are restricting yourself.

eating less is even important islamically. many verses that tell us to eat the good things and avoid the bad (haram) stuff then tell us not to waste stuff, and overeating is wasting food. (see ch. 7, Al-Araf for one such verse).
 
Mila said:
What kind of escercises if you dont mind
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I rotate the following exercises for 6 days:
  • Day 1 Core exercises (i.e. crunches, plank, back extension)
  • Day 2 Lower Body exercises (i.e. lunges, squats, inner and outer thigh exercises)
  • Day 3 Upper Body exercises (i.e. some dumbbell exercises and push-ups)
On day 7 I take a rest.

Wow that site is really nice mashallah thnks a bunch dear.
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Glad you like it. I found the site neat too! :)
 
Assalamu Alaikum

I got a couple of questions:

1. Do fat cells break down and exit our body, or do they just shrink? I was taught by an anatomy teacher that they shrink, which I guess would make sense for why people would gain weight so fast if they return to their old habits, but on the other hand if that were the case, how would one get rid of them completely without the use of liposuction?

2. Is there a healthy way to lose weight quickly (more than 2lbs a week) if one did vigorous exercise and ate sufficient calories so that they don't lose muscle mass rather than fat and even be able to gain a little muscle?

fi aman allah
w'salaam
 
^don't try to lose too much weight, you will only fail. just try to eat more healthily and insha-Allah you'll be able to lose weight gradually.

i myself fell off track the past few days and started eating too much. but insha-Allah i'll be watching what i eat as well as lowering the amount of tea i drink. in winter hot tea is delicious however i've noticed that tea makes you eat more, so lowering how much tea one drinks will insha-Allah help lower appetite.
 
*charisma* said:
Assalamu Alaikum

I got a couple of questions:

1. Do fat cells break down and exit our body, or do they just shrink? I was taught by an anatomy teacher that they shrink, which I guess would make sense for why people would gain weight so fast if they return to their old habits, but on the other hand if that were the case, how would one get rid of them completely without the use of liposuction?

2. Is there a healthy way to lose weight quickly (more than 2lbs a week) if one did vigorous exercise and ate sufficient calories so that they don't lose muscle mass rather than fat and even be able to gain a little muscle?

fi aman allah
w'salaam
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Salaam,

1. Adipocytes (fat cells) just like any other cell in the body can break down. However fat cells are unique in that they have a large store of lipids in them. Think of a large balloon filled with water, you would have to release all the water before getting rid of the balloon itself. However I don't really see how this is relevant to losing fat. Think of your body fat as a pool of body fat. In other words you cannot spot reduce fat from one portion of the body. Doing one hundred arm exercises is not only going to target the fat in your arms but will also target fat stored in other parts of the body. That is why it is more efficient to do exercises that utilize the larger muscle groups at the same time (compound exercises).

2. That depends on where your starting at. Try focusing on improving a few things at a time that you can sustain consistently. A little goes a long way if your consistent.
 

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