Good luck
@NovaG926
Things that work for me (prioritized in order):
- Try and eat a healthy, balanced meals. Lots of protein. Make sure to slowly reduce your calories, but not too much, maybe 500 calories below equilibrium. But dont reduce too much. Dont starve yourself or you are jumping over dollars to pickup nickels. It's all about a mass/energy balance. Focus on healthy whole foods. Eliminate the obvious junk.
- Sleep. A full night sleep. If you are only getting 5 hr as your baseline, dont start waking up an hour early to "workout" (now 4 hr sleep). Its a bad long term investment on that hour.
- Find somebody to lean on and help make you accountable. A coach, a workout buddy, a journal, maybe this forum...
- Drink lots of water, especially when you are hungry. Hunger can be painful, especially the 1st day or 2. This temporary discomfort yields long term success. The alternative is short-term pleasure (eating cake for example) yielding long term discomfort. Water can help.
- Walk. A lot. Every day. 1 hr if you can. Walking 3 times 20 min per day is probably better than 1 time 60 min per day. Just move!
- Do a minimalist resistance training program. S&S would be great if interested in kettlebells. Sometimes when it comes to resistance training and fat loss, less can be more. If you are limited on time, focusing on meal preparation is probably more important than your training. Notice that this section is the lowest priority. When I want to lose weight I train less (with weights). I do enough to minimize muscle loss. It is hard to train "hard" on a caloric deficit.
Ping if you need help. I am not a trainer, fyi, just a guy that has been on this ride.
Regards,
Eric