Weight Loss

So, you want to lose weight.

Welcome to C-C, my friends, and let us instill upon you the guaranteed to work C-C Diet. No pills, no fad diets, no bull. Only real hard science.

This post is not meant to be the end-all be-all of how-to guides. There are alot of topics I skip over or touch briefly, that you should feel free to investigate yourself. I just want to equip you with the knowledge you need to make good decisions and lose weight properly.

Table Of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 0: Are you really overweight?

Chapter 1: The Mighty Calorie (Introduction to the Calorie)

Chapter 2: Nutrition In A Nutshell (Introduction to Nutrition)
     Section 2.1: Carbs Are Cool (Carbohydrates)
     Section 2.1.1: Functional Fiber (Dietary Fiber)
     Section 2.2: Powerful Proteins (Protein)
     Section 2.3: Fabulous Fats (Fat)
     Section 2.3.1: Confusing Cholesterol (Cholesterol and it's connections with Fats)
     Section 2.4: Water You Talking About? (Water)
     Section 2.5: So, How Much Should I Be Eating Then? (Percentages of Carbs, Protein and Fats)

Chapter 3: Movin' Right Along - Exercise and Weight Loss (Benefits of Physical Activity)
     Section 3.1: Sweatin' Off The Pounds - Aerobic Exercise
     Section 3.2: Flexibility Training (Flexibility)
     Section 3.3: Govehnoh Ahnold Sent Me... To PUMP YOU UP! (Weight Lifting)

Chapter 4: Putting It All Together - The Road To Fat Loss
     Section 4.1: Deficit Spending (Figuring out your Caloric Deficit)
     Section 4.2: Your Metabolism And You: A Love Story (Metabolism)
     Section 4.3: Apples vs. Pears: I think you're all a little fruity (Body Shapes)
     Section 4.4: Putting It All Together

Chapter 5: Last Pieces of Advice
      Section 5.1: Getting Over Overeating (Emotional Eating)
      Section 5.2: Be Your Own Doctor - Get Some Patience (Patience With Yourself)
      Section 5.3: Going For The Goal (Setting Goals and Rewards)

Chapter 6: Living With Your Lifestyle Change
     Section 6.1: A Man, A Plan, A Recipe Book, and a Pair of New Shoes! (Planning Out Your Lifestyle Change)
     Section 6.2: Eat To Live - How To Begin To Eat Healthy (Putting Nutrition Into Your Daily Routine)
     Section 6.3: I Think I Can, I Think I Can, I Think I Can (Adding Exercise Into Your Daily Routine)

Chapter 7: HELP ME!!! Common Problems Associated With Dieting
     Section 7.1: Me Vs. The Man In The Mirror (Self-Image)
     Section 7.2: Gimme Gimme Gimme Some Food After Midnight (Binging)
     Section 7.3: Killer Cravings (Cravings)
     Section 7.4: The Perils of Plateaus (Plateaus)
     Section 7.5: Eating Out (Dun Dun Dun) (Eating At Restaurants)
     Section 7.6: Crash And Burn - Why Repetition is NOT always Good (Burning Out)
     Section 7.7: Real Life Strikes Again! (Breaks And Vacations)

Chapter 8: Useful Links

Supplement 1: Stages of Dieting

Introduction: Why the other diets just don't work
So many of us have tried them all: Weight Watchers, Atkins, South Beach, none of them work. Some of them help you learn how to get the weight off, but the moment you stop, BANG!, you're back up again. Well, that sucks, doesn't it?
That's because the diet industry, all of it is, is designed to make sure that you, the average overweight American, don't succeed. After all, if you finally lose the weight and keep it off, than suddenly you don't need to keep buying their stuff. And they're out alot of money.

Here on C-C, though, we can teach you, from experience, how to lose weight, how to keep it off and we don't even charge!

hello all i just joined this forum and this is my first time to lose weight after i quit smoking last year which was very rough.

im 6ft 3 in  and weighed myself at 290 lbs so i have a weight journey ahead of me . anyways im not gonna bore you all ..

so ill begin with a hello ...

I think I'm gonna read this again and more closely this time...

**bump**  cause I think the info in this thread is **very** good...

*bump* for my meat_pillow

*bump*  for my meat_pillow. again.

thanks for putting this together! informative and witty. i like that "a man, a plan, a recipe book, and a new pair of shoes." i'm gonna go make me a list now. 

Bump for my new friend.  :)

meat_pillow and hk. i sense some male engineer bonding tuning up. cool...

Good heavens..... two engineers on the same board?

Better hide the explosives; never know WHAT they might do with them!!

More than two of us :)

lily42 is an engineer as well :)

*beep* Engineer overload...... Please evacuate in an orderly fashion.  no pushing or shoving. All exits are properly light for your assistance ;)

BUMP back to the first page to hopefully cut down on some of the repeating questions =)

*bump*

Bueller.   ...    Bueller.  ...   Bueller.

Ty for all the info im truely ready to lose this nasty weight that has kept me hidden from the outside world i m new here and hope to get to know how to use the site and the forums so i can chat with people how are here to help like you i have 135 lbs to lose i do have a y membership and plan on using it. i think u are a great example and keep up the good work.

**bump**  So all the newest members can see this and read this awesome info!!

ok....am new in forum,but not in diet life....the article very rational....but afterall there is apoint where u begin to reduce your intake calories but still your wight fixed and size 2....!!!....wut should i do in this case.....and another question if anyone know ,if am takin in the breakfast instant white oats(is it good for losing wieght?) if it's, how mush should i take ( tbsp????)....thanks

I do think it's time for a bump, and by that I do NOT mean a pimple.

Your thoughts on the amount of protein needed to build muscle are terribly flawed, as numerous studies have been done proving that at least 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight should be the norm for anyone looking to increase lean muscle mass...

Demonwareltd,

I encourage EVERYONE to do the research and come up with a diet that they think makes sense and works for them.

This post is based mostly on the FDA requirements (which aren't the same as the suggestions from the World Health Organization or Health Canada or a number of other sources.)

I view this post as a starting point to help people who are brand new to this and just need some information to get off the ground.

Thanks for the response! :)