How can you this serious?This is true, HOWEVER. Diet sodas include asparatam which in most cases to people will increase appetite.
There's a reason why alot of obese people gain weight, they drink diet fizzy's and think they can get away by it showing it has 0.1 calories, 1 calories etc.
but infact they bindge in alot more calories overall in a day due to the stuff in diet sodas making them craving sugar more.
gonna edit this post when i can find the research on this just to back me up, usually dont write without any backup info.
Also some people might say instead of drinking fizzy drinks you can drink juice, because it's "healthy". But in truth; juice, like orangejuice contains more calories than a normal Coca-Cola. example : 1 glass = 0.2 liters (2dl in norwegian)
1 class of applejuice contains 22g of carbohydrates and 90 calories
1 glass of grapejuice contains 28g of carbohydrates and 124 calories.
1 glass of orangejuice contains 21g of carbohydrates and 92 calories.
comparison to 1 glass of cola which is 21g of carbohydrates and 84 calories.
Now to the thread starter. my starter tips since you cant cold turky the fizzy drinks.
what i've tried out with several mates that wants to cut out coke etc is that if you drink 1.5l a day.
At week one just cut out 0.5 liters of cola, switch it with pepsi max or coke zero.
Week two, go down to 0.5 liters of cola and 1L of pepsi max.
By doing this your body wont feel the "hunger" for sugar that much as you would by cutting out cold turky.
then at week 4 you keep moving on from Pepsi max/cola zero to water with a lemon in it.
One of the most important things i have to say is; do NOT overtrain.
by doing this you will get fed up and also but way to much strain on your body since you aren't used to working out as much.
start easy, the results will come.
Dont look at the biggest loser and think "oh i can train like that everyday".
its not healthy. Most of the people that were in that show ended up with alot of injuries after being done on the ranch.
Also here's a keyword for you when it comes to practice.
and its varity, you dont want to do the same setup when you work out,
for two reasons. you want to exercise your whole body, its good to have a setup, but remember to switch it out from time to time so you dont get fed up with working out just because you will feel like you're getting nowhere and its like "oh gad next up is crunches...".
it ruins your spirit when it comes to working out and you will get burnt out rather quickly.
dont run the same schedule every time you go to the gym. Do legs one day, then mucles the next, then condition. condition in most cases is ALOT more valuable for you than anything else.
You dont want to only focus on Strenght.
if you do, and dont do condition you are throwing away the ability to progress faster (due to the lack of endurance.
Yes you gain from doing strenght but not as much as you would from conditioning). Remember to train your whole body.
not just shoulders and legs, its not a pretty sight when people only focus on what shows outside the shirts.
one of the best all around workouts you can do is called Deadlift, this is one that is a MUST in your setup since it basically uses your whole body when you do this. and its ALOT of fun when you see progress.
and last but the most important thing: learn how to to do the exercises CORRECTLY. i cant stress this enough how bad this is if you dont know what you're doing. you will end up harming your body and in worst case have a permament injury just because you didnt do research. But you have taken the first step and the biggest one. and thats asking people for help.
Wish you the best of luck!
You're actually trying to feed him 1.5l of (more sugary cola a day). I've switched off to diet cola a while ago because i preffer the taste. Yet it doesn't make me more hungry or anything at all. If you want to switch you should drinking healthier, like water . Instead of advising someone to drink 1.5 of non diet cola. You're body will want the same amount of sugar it always wants, If someone is obese he's pretty much getting plenty of sugar and should be drinking a lot more water.