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Anonymous
Dieting is not the way to go. Focusing on changing your diet long term will help. . . and yes, work out. Eat a heavy protein diet (1 gram protein per pound of your target weight), spread your meals out over 5-6 meals a day and LIFT.
Combine this with HIIT and you'll gain muscle, shred through fat, boost your metabolism and feel great.
One thing I'll say before excuses about the eating 6 times a day thing. You don't have to eat 6 separate meals. Eat a good breakfast (if you don't like eating breakfast, then force yourself to start) and then have a solid snack 2 hours later, you may not be hungry exactly but that's part of making this diet work. You eat before you're hungry and you eat smaller amounts so you avoid pigging out on huge meals due to excessive hunger. This could be some nuts, some fruit . . . hell, it could even be something "bad" for you . . . but make sure it's bad in a way that has some real nutrients. Some meat or something.
Next, buy your normal lunch about 2 hours after your snack. You should still not be all that hungry. Split your lunch into two servings and save the second half. The half should be enough to get you through to your next meal. A couple hours later, finish up your lunch. Finish off your night with a couple hardy "snacks". I like to have some meat at night, personally. I'll usually get a steak or some chicken. Eat half and then an hour or two later finish it off.
This diet will help you boost your metabolism and it will also keep you from getting hungry, which will help you to avoid making bad food decisions, like a giant bag of chips because you're starving and suddenly those chips look 10x better.
Still, the key is ALWAYS to exercise. All the "cutting" that's so popular here is silly, if you have a choice between lifting or cutting, lift. If you have a choice between cutting AND lifting (while eating a ton of protein) or straight cutting? Always cut and lift.
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