Things to consider
-He will need a food lifestyle change, not just a temporary dietary change.
-He should put aside the "I want to enlist by this date" and set small short term goals (6 week blocks) He doesn't make his Sept goal...he may shoot all his confidence away.
-Stay away from scales, he should do the body fat / body measurement thing at his 6 week checkpoint. (this will help him see progress where as daily (or even weekly) weigh ins show little and can be discouraging)
-Stay away from supplements, they are short term and short cuts. Few work, and even fewer work well.
-Anything is better than nothing. If he can sweat even a little activity each day, it will be better for him than plaing PS2
-Be a supportive person with his new found fitness aspiration. But understand that a healthy weight loss goal is going to be about 2-3 lbs a week. Initial weight loss is almost entirely fluid. Next the body will start to resturucture itself and how it uses the fuel being eaten vs. that being stored. He should get LEAN FIRST, then try to get strong. Getting lean first changes the chemistry of the body's metabolism to better and more efficiently use calories and carbs against his Basal Metabolic Rate.
Good luck to your buddy...he may now live longer...
Eagle
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Primum non Nocere
"I have hung out in dangerous places a lot over the years, from combat zones to biker bars, and it is the weak, the unaware, or those looking for it, that usually find trouble.
Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly."
The Reaper-3 Sep 04
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