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Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty
1 oz of 40% vodka = 80+ calories
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Well I'm glad my guess was close. When I kept track of this stuff (roughly anyways) I assumed it was around 100 calories per shot. I guess it was all the dancing and sex that wore that off because some nights....!
Good call on the Michi Ladder. It's a really good tool if you want to gauge the types of foods you should target (bring it to the grocery store), or at least work towards, getting 95% of your foods (gotta have fun sometimes) from the top 2 groups. It doesn't mean you can eat whatever you want for those groups because you still have to think about calorie differential.
I find the problem with most people is they get way too into too quickly and things always fall apart. Take your time with it, it's a life style change and that change doesn't have to come overnight. Start going to the gym for 15 minutes with a 15 minute walk for cardio. Work on getting your calorie intake down replacing meals here and there to get them all in the healthy range.
Let's assume it's a 280lb guy who would burn somewhere between 3000-3200 calories a day from just doing what you do everyday. Then you throw in a 15min walk and 15min weight lifting and that's another ~250 calories burned. So if you want to lose 1lb a week you could still eat 2500-2900 calories. Break that up over 6 meals a day and you are eating 450 calories which can be pretty decent portions if the food is right. Throw in a protein shake for one of those meals to fill ya up or get you by. You adjust the calories as you start to lose weight and work out more and you will see results. You won't see them tomorrow but by taking your time, allowing your body to adjust, you will have a better survival rate.
I would never suggest or recommend, and I think most professionals would agree, is never have a differential of more than 1000 calories in a day. It will honestly do you more harm than good in the long run. And I think they even say anything less than 1500 calories is not good for you.
As for p90x and insanity programs they are great for those are already somewhat fit. Someone who has been laying on the couch all day (their target buyer) is going to fail most of the time because it's 60-90min of straight go! Too hard on a out of shape person's body and that results in "days off" which turn into weeks. Just my opinion though.