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Any valuable weight loss advice?

Monday, March 1st, 2010

I’m vegan, and I eat just fruits and vegetables. Not even grains, except for some popcorn (without butter). I just don’t seem to lose weight!!! As soon as I lose a couple of pounds, I gain them back again! Can someone please explain this phenomenon and give me some good advice?

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Need advice on weight loss in terms of what to eat and such?

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

I am 5′4" and 155 lbs. I’m trying to lose about 30 pounds. I’m in fitness class but diet is ruining my weight loss. What should I eat to lose weight?

Here is what I would recommend to see alot of results in a healthy and realistic time:

1. Don’t starve yourself because it’s unhealthy and does more damage than good
2. Eat 4 - 6 small meals a day. Make them consist of healthy things like a yogurt and a granola bar for one, some fruit for another, a sandwich for another, etc….etc…
3. Do at least 20 minutes of cardio everyday. Cardio is the best way to get your metabolism running fast, burning calories and fat.
4. Drink plenty of water. At least 6 - 8 glasses a day, and green tea is nice too, but no soda or juice!!!
5. Eat more fruits and vegetables and foods high in fiber.
6. Eat lean meats like chicken breast, turkey and fish. Or if you’re a vegetarian, eat moderate proportions of nuts and peanut butter and beans. Great sources of protein, but not actual meat.
7. Cut out all the bad fats, like greasy fast food, chips, red meat….etc….etc….
8. Play the Wiifit for a half hour or so daily
9. Get plenty of sleep. You burn about 90 calories every hour of sleep.
10. Chew gum. It helps with sweet cravings and if you’re busy chewing something, you won’t eat as much.
11. Do NOT eat while you are out, but instead make sure you eat something healthy at home where you can track the calories.
12. Keep track of what you eat daily. This helps alot! Every little calorie adds up!!
13. Eat something you really really wanna, rather it’s a cookie or a candy bar, once a week. You’re more likely to follow the diet if you don’t cut out everything you like. Just remember: moderation is the KEY.
14. Be less paranoid and concerned, cause unless you’re like 4′8" or something, that isn’t too much weight, really.
15. Just think about being fit and healthy and happy with yourself! If you just try at this for a while, you’ll get where you wanna and you’ll be totally happy you did it!!

Now here are some effective things to do for cardio:

1. Jogging
2. Riding a bike, rather it’s an exercise bike or just a bike
3. Swimming
4. Stair walking
5. Jumping jacks
6. Oblique twists

If you starve yourself, your body will store everything you eat, even if it’s very very little, as fat on you, which isn’t a good way to lose some weight.

Soda has alot of sugar and carbs in it, which is really bad for you. Now, if you drink diet soda, it’s a bit better, but the artificial sweetener in it toys with your metabolism, so I don’t suggest it. But green tea has natural herbs and vitamins that gives you more energy so you can be more active, and it also naturally increases your metabolism.

Fiber is really good because it keeps you fuller longer, so you might not eat as much.

Now here are some other odds and ends that you can do to burn some extra calories:

1. Lightly tap your foot on the floor or shake it a little. People do that all the time, but it actually burns calories. So if you’re ever stuck sitting, like school or something, do that and it’ll help ALOT.
2. Instead of sitting around when you’re talking to someone on the phone, get up and walk around with it, or just walk around when there is nothing else to do. It helps, walking is great exercise.
3. Instead of watching TV or something, do some house work, Scrub the walls, sweep the floor, something like that. It helps alot too!!
4. And in your spare time, hula-hoop or dance. That burns alot of calories and tones muscle as well.

Well, that’s all I can think of!!

Hope I helped, and good luck!! :)

I’m obese and need weight loss advice?

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

OK so I am obese and I know that, but I am asking for weight loss advice. can you help??
I am 28 yrs old and I am 5′10” and my weight Is 294 pounds and this Isn’t a joke. I admit I am greedy and I do suffer from emotional eating.
I can never really keep my word about going to start a diet. I am always thinking about junk food, and I always want to eat. do you have advice? I always have excuses, as you can see.

Oatmeal, green tea, water, bananas, and cereal.
Eat in the morning not at night so you can burn what you eat during the day.
Get some excercise, any.
Stay away from potatoes, bread, rice, and sugar.
No fast food.
Try to eat smaller portions of food and drink some water before eating then you will feel full already.
Some of these people on here are very mean and cruel. Don’t listen to them. I hope this helps.

Obese person need weight loss advice?

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

I’m 26 yrs old
5′9” tall and I weigh 280 pounds.I know I am FAT and It’s not healthy, but I was wondering If you can give me some weight loss tips/advice, as I do need It badly. Also how would I control myself around junk food? I have a big problem controlling myself. your advice will help…thanks.

32 Easy Ways to Lose Weight: The Best Tips for Healthy Eating
1.Get a support group or diet buddy.
2.Drink lots of water.
3.Focus on what you did well today! Building your self-esteem helps you lose weight without dieting.
4.Skip the mayo, salad dressing, and other high fat condiments.
5.Move your body every day - including short walks or a series of stretches.
6.Eat small, regular meals. Enjoy it when other people compliment you!
7.Limit yourself to half a dessert or just a few bites. When you lose a pound a week, you don’t necessarily have to deny yourself!
8.Stop eating after a handful of potato chips or peanuts.
9.Find an exercise pal – one to work out, walk, or go to yoga class with.
10.Quit any exercise you hate or have to force yourself to do.
11.Nurture your body with bubble baths, massages, lotions, and sensual touches.
12.Hire a personal fitness trainer. He or she might be the easiest way to lose weight for you.
13.Keep a weight loss and/or food journal.
14.Eat snack-size portions between meals.
15.For healthy eating, avoid diet pills or diet shakes. Losing a pound a week without dieting means sticking to a normal eating plan.
16.Enjoy other people’s successes and achievements.This is an easy way to lose weight because it changes your relationship with yourself and others.
17.Never criticize your body, behavior, or thoughts. Keeping your self-esteem healthy can help you lose weight without dieting.
18.Eat home-cooked meals and snacks (not take-out) as often as possible.
19.Focus on "slow but sure": lose a pound a week. When you’re not dieting, it’s best to go slow.
20.Only eat when you’re physically hungry, not when you’re sad or angry.
21.Get enough sleep, at least 7 or 8 solid hours.
22.Deal with any food issues or eating disorders you struggle with.
23.Love and appreciate your body no matter what weight you are. A healthy diet plan that encourages fat loss means accepting yourself at all sizes.
24.Do what you love: watch movies, garden, talk on the phone, play games, read chick lit!
25.Enjoy fiber (bran muffins, cereal, prunes, pears, raspberries, etc). An easy way to lose weight is to learn to love nutritious foods and healthy eating.
26.Allow yourself to indulge in savoury or sweet snacks occasionally.
27.Eat less sugar. Eating half the amount you usually do will help you lose weight.
28.Avoid white rice, white bread, white pasta (try the brown versions).
29.Surround yourself with people who love and support you.
30.Let go of past mistakes, failures, guilt, and shame.
31.To lose a pound a week, get free from emotional eating.
32.Enjoy your body without being nervous. The more comfortable you are with how you look, the more you honor your body. If you respect and accept your body, you may lose weight naturally.

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weight loss advice for 43 yrs female?

Friday, February 5th, 2010

I am 43 and my height is 5 feet and six inches, i weigh 87kg. i want to loose weight as 2 kg/month. can anyone suggest a diet that consists of halal foods and aids in weight loss. i take a brisk walk three times a week for an hour. Any suggestions?

If your really in need to lose weight my "source" is a good article on how to lose weight. It’s not your average typical ideas, read it, I’m definitely losing and toning.

This fat girl keeps trying to give me weight loss advice?

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Basically she just does like 25 minutes of cardio and than for an hour she is moping around on weight machines? Her method doesn’t seem to work for her, so I don’t think it’ll work for me…

How do I tell her to shut up without hurting her feelings?
Sorry fat wasn’t the right word but you know what I mean she’s "bigger"
well she’s a size 18…

I’m actually not much of a cracker eating girl myself, actually some would call ME fat - size 8

Usually I give a valid excuse. I tell him/her that I’m following a program and I only got a minute or so to rest before I start my next workout so I can’t really ‘chat’. But I only do that if I get more than 1 advise from the same person. You don’t know, maybe you ‘are’ doing it wrong :P

Just last week I got an advise from a fat person on how to correctly do my bar-bell squats. And he was right, it felt really intense. Later I learned that he was an ex-bodybuilder who used to be a regular at the gym. I could never had guessed :P

Just because she doesn’t look like it, doesn’t mean that she doesn’t know what she is talking about :P And just because she’s ‘big’ doesn’t mean it’s not working with her because you don’t know how ‘bigger’ she was before :P For all you know she could have been a mammoth :P

Sure, deep inside it kinda hard to respect a smoking doctor, or a bald barber. But that doesn’t have to do with anything :P

So the point? Tell her to piss off if she is bothering you. But don’t be rude because you look better/fitter/healthier than her.

And off subject: cardio and weight lifting is the correct way to lose body fat and look toner. Although next time you may ’suggest’ that she does the cardio after the weight workout, she may get better results (after weight lifting, all is left to burn is fat, which cardio takes care off).

Be cool, be nice :P

Cheers :)

Is there anyone with good advice on weight loss?

Friday, January 15th, 2010

I was wondering if anyone knows an healthy way to loose weight without pills.

The best way without the pills is to sweat yourself out and to go in a diet. These two go hand in hand. Exercise burns excess fat, while diet maintains the form that you have want to achieve. Always find the best plan or program to help you. Check this guide http://www.bestwaytoweightloss.com/weight-loss-guide/ . A really simple and effective way if you really want to shed off your unwanted pounds.

Weight loss advice/tips?

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Ello. =]
Does anyone have any good weight loss advice, dieting tips, or anything like that?

And I mean good tips, that you know for sure is a fact.

Please, do not refer to any drinks, pills, videos, or any other advertisement junk.

Thank you. =]

honestly eat right and exercise, i know its easier said then done but we all know what we have to do :) its just a matter of doing it and sticking to it.

Go beyond your "target fat-burning zone" when you do cardio. It’s true that when you work out less intensely at a lower heart rate (65 percent to 70 percent of your maximum), you burn a higher percentage of fat calories over sugar calories. But when you get your heart rate up to at least 85 percent, you’ll ultimately burn more total calories overall of both fat and sugar, making it a better weight-loss strategy.

hope this helped and good luck!

Went to the doctor for weight loss advice!?

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Hi, Im 18, 5ft 1" and 8st (110lbs)!
I went to the doctor this evening for weight loss and healthy eating advice, as me and my boyfriend are going to Turkey in the new year and I would of liked to lose a few pounds and tone up!
He wasn’t helpful at all and gave me a presciption for this drug called Reductil. I hadn’t planned on using drugs to help me, but I was just wondering…
…What is Reductil?
I’d like to know before I take it, and the doctor obviously knows whats good for me!! But I just want to make sure!!

According to BMI calculators, your BMI is 20.8 which is at the lower end of normal weight and a doctor gave you a diet pill for the clinically obese and you think he knows whats good for you??? Reductil is NOT for use as a general slimming aid.

You can lose more body fat eating protein & fat (don’t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast, eat all you want, but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter & half an avocado a day (for added potassium). Keep the calories high & the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.

The first 2 weeks eat several cups a day of (mostly) lettuce & celery, cucumbers, radishes, mushrooms, peppers & more variety of vegetables thereafter - add 5 grams per day additional every week (20 grams day first 2 weeks, 25grams 3rd week, 30grams 4th week etc) til you gain weight, then subtract 10grams. That will be your personal carb level (everyone is different & depends on how active you are.)

Start with meat, fats & salads for 2 weeks and then slowly add in more green veg, wk4 fresh cheeses, wk5 nuts & seeds, wk6 berries, wk7 legumes, wk8 other fruits, wk9 starchy veg, wk10 whole grains. You will learn how your body reacts to different foods.

The first week is just water weight but fat is lost thereafter if you keep your calories high enough. Otherwise the body will strip it’s own lean tissue for nutrition. Although that may look great on a scale it will make it MUCH easier to accumulate fat in the future (since all that pesky lean tissue burning up calories will be gone). The body won’t release fat stores if you lower calories below what it needs. It will slow metabolism to compensate & store every spare ounce as fat. If you continue lowering calories, it will continue lowering the set point, til it can survive off nothing & store fat on anything. The body will only release it’s fat stores if it knows there is plenty of nutritious food.

Eating carbs while trying to lose body fat is terribly inefficient. When in glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) you have to lower your calories (which slows your metabolism) & exercise heavily to deplete your glycogen stores before burning body fat.

The core of Atkins program is converting the body from glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) to ketosis (burning fat as fuel). Dietary fat levels need to be at >65% of total calories, if not, the body will still remain in glycolysis by converting 58% of excess protein into glucose (via gluconeogenesis).

It takes minimum of 3 days to convert a body to ketosis, (but only one bite to convert back to glycolysis). People feel sluggish the first week but most feel better than ever thereafter.

Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) trigger insulin which can store the calories eaten into fat. The more protein the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released. The more carbohydrate the more the fat storage hormone insulin is released.

Simple carbs are addictive & can be disastrous to health. The best way to break the addiction is NO carbs for 3 days. Make a huge batch of deviled eggs, eat one every time you want "something" - have huge omelets with bacon, sausage, peppers, mushrooms & cheese. Pork chops smothered with peppers, mushrooms & cheese - pork rinds & dip or tuna/chicken/turkey/egg salad - steaks - a huge sugar free cheese cake. Eat so much you won’t feel deprived of anything. By the 4th day, the addiction will be gone & you can start making healthy choices.

High insulin levels promote inflammation, weight gain, hunger & unbalance other hormones. Controlling insulin levels will balance out other hormones & allow human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so lean muscle will be gained even without exercise. Any exercise will greatly increase muscle mass with high HGH levels.

Ground flax seed (2 Tbsp) 1/4 cup water, artificial sweetener, mix in a raw egg - let sit 10 min. to absorb liquid, put some cream cheese in the middle & nuke 2 minutes. Suggested for daily fiber needs.

As long as you have <9grams carbs per hour, you will maintain insulin control & shouldn’t gain weight, no matter the calories. Many people gain weight on high carb, do low carb to lose weight & then are shocked when they return to high carb & gain weight. Many people can return to moderate carb levels but very few can really eat all they want of sugar & maintain weight or health.

Weight loss advice pleaseee?

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

I’m a 15 year old girl, and I weigh about 128 pounds and i’m about 5′6". I am a pescetarian (vegetarian that eats seafood). I’m trying to loose about 10 pounds, because I feel so unhealthy and i overeat all the time. I always eat so much because I try not to eat during the day and than at night I go crazy. How do I stop such cravings? Weight loss tips?

Eat three healthy meals a day. Your biggest meals will be at breakfast and lunch. Dinner will be light. The food should sustain your appetite. As a vegan, I make sure that, I choose legumes and whole grains as a mainstay, because this forms a very filling and satiating meal that is rich in protein.

The consensus reality about six small meals per day is not based on anything but conjecture. The 6 meal recommendation is bogus. Eat three meals per day at a scheduled time and plan all of your eating. If you want to snack between meals, eat a whole fresh fruit.