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Anybody got any tips on losing weight
- Thread starter alexi52
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Count calories. Try an app like Lose It on your phone and hold yourself accountable. Ease yourself into exercise, and don't overexert yourself. Rome wasn't built in a day.
Eat healthy food.
Limit your carbs.
Portion control.
Only drink water and unsweetened tea.
Don't even worry about exercise until you're at a good weight to start.
Eat at a caloric deficit every day to lose weight. It's very, very simple. You'll be hungry and that's fine, you won't die.
Limit your carbs.
Portion control.
Only drink water and unsweetened tea.
Don't even worry about exercise until you're at a good weight to start.
Eat at a caloric deficit every day to lose weight. It's very, very simple. You'll be hungry and that's fine, you won't die.
Switching up your diet is the most important thing you can do, you can workout every day but if you still eat garbage you wont see results. My suggestion would be to try the Keto diet and workout 3 times a week to start. I started at 420 lbs and im down to 230 in the span of a year doing this.
The key is to focus on the process and not the results.
It's going to take time and effort to lose the weight. You already know how to do it, the key is not getting discouraged or falling off the wagon and sticking to your new habits and lifestyle. The results will always follow.
It's going to take time and effort to lose the weight. You already know how to do it, the key is not getting discouraged or falling off the wagon and sticking to your new habits and lifestyle. The results will always follow.
Deny yourself fast food/take out/restaurants. Invest in a solid piece of home fitness equipment, don't be ashamed to eat cereal for meals, eat your fruits and green veggies, learn how to sear and bake chicken.
Diet helps you lose the weight, exercise maintains the weight loss.
Diet helps you lose the weight, exercise maintains the weight loss.
Cut out sugar from your diet.
Drink water. Like, A LOT of water.
Losing weight is 10% workout, 90% diet.
Drink water. Like, A LOT of water.
Losing weight is 10% workout, 90% diet.
More fruit and vegetables in your diet. Replace atleast one snack with them. Eat more Grilled chicken and less fried foods.
Track your meals. There are plenty of free apps, but take a look at other programs too.
Don't beat yourself up if you deviate, just get right back on track.
It's a challenge but not a hard one. If you set achievable goals for yourself and track the experience, that will make it easier.
Track your meals. There are plenty of free apps, but take a look at other programs too.
Don't beat yourself up if you deviate, just get right back on track.
It's a challenge but not a hard one. If you set achievable goals for yourself and track the experience, that will make it easier.
Get one of those apps that tells you what to eat and then actually follow it.
I think cutting out carbs entirely is too extreme and isn't stable. If you live in the US try to find bread without a ton of added sugar, most of the ones over here are secretly cake.
I think cutting out carbs entirely is too extreme and isn't stable. If you live in the US try to find bread without a ton of added sugar, most of the ones over here are secretly cake.
OP go for a mild paced walk in the am before work and pm after work, about 1-2 miles to start. Do it before breakfast and the other before dinner. Count your calories and you should see some results. I did this for a few years lost 70 plus lbs and kept it off for 9 years. Kids and marriage ended that lol
Eat less, move more.
Ignore advice about specific diets and simply eat less of what you are eating and move more than you are moving.
You need to change whatever bad habits got you to your current weight, identify your problem areas and work to correct them long term. Don't try to adhere to a specific trendy diet that you may or may not be able to commit to long term, do something that is going to be permanent and effective.
Ignore advice about specific diets and simply eat less of what you are eating and move more than you are moving.
You need to change whatever bad habits got you to your current weight, identify your problem areas and work to correct them long term. Don't try to adhere to a specific trendy diet that you may or may not be able to commit to long term, do something that is going to be permanent and effective.
I had a lot of success with just reducing my carbs, limiting portions a little, and drinking lots of water and tea (nothing in it). This combined with a bit more walking really helped a lot, be it a walk into town and taking the bus back, or a walk every evening shortly after dinner. I'd still allow myself treats, cheat days, eating out, but all while being more conscious of what I was eating and often making smarter choices. This wasn't a fast weight loss by any means, but in about 6 months it made a noticeable difference without any major shift in my diet, lifestyle, or budget.
Cut out processed food as much as possible. That's the one thing that really helped me. Anything thats boxed and microwaved would be an example. I started looking up recipes and cooking and I grew to really enjoy making my own meals and getting compliments from others on them.
- No Soda
- No potatoes
- Especially not french fries.
- Do cardio. You must sweat for 30 minutes.
- Eat dinner at 7PM max.
- No Rice
- No snacks
- Limit calories to 1500 a day. Plus 200-300 you will burn when sweating for 30 minutes. thats 1200 calories a day. your body needs 2000. it will eat up fat while you sleep/
- Sleep 8-10 hours a day. Your body burns most of your energy while you sleep.
- Oh and drink water. Lots. its insane how much weight you will lose just drinking water. i have no idea why but it works.
Profit.
Fruit? nah.
that's waaaay too much for most.
What is your goal in losing weight? Remember that goal every day when you wake up and focus on doing one thing that day to reach that goal. Don't think 100 days from now, just work one day at a time, and do something to make that one day better. The journey to day 100 will be easier if you focus on every step.
If you dine out, eat half of your food at the restaurant, and take the other half home.
Give yourself a cheat meal once or twice a week.
Drink lots of water
Cook your meals
Give yourself a cheat meal once or twice a week.
Drink lots of water
Cook your meals
How I lost 80-ish lbs:
- Only make changes you are comfortable with long term - reduces chance of gaining it back
- "Trade down" on foods you like over time - get a medium fry instead of large, diet coke instead of coke then continue trading down to healthier foods
- CARDIO IS NOT GREAT FOR WEIGHTLOSS. It's great for your health, but weightlifting will help more and give your body shape as you lose weight
- Track your calories for at least a week. I guarantee you eat far more calories than you think. I used to eat 3 meals a day, but sometimes each meal would be 1000 or more calories, so no wonder I was so fat.
- Only make changes you are comfortable with long term - reduces chance of gaining it back
- "Trade down" on foods you like over time - get a medium fry instead of large, diet coke instead of coke then continue trading down to healthier foods
- CARDIO IS NOT GREAT FOR WEIGHTLOSS. It's great for your health, but weightlifting will help more and give your body shape as you lose weight
- Track your calories for at least a week. I guarantee you eat far more calories than you think. I used to eat 3 meals a day, but sometimes each meal would be 1000 or more calories, so no wonder I was so fat.
It's a life style change that you will be doing 5 years from now too. Not just a short spell of "wow I need to lose weight. For me, carbs were making me too hungry too often. I dropped all carbs basically besides 30 or so a day from nuts and veggies. Honestly, I don't even miss potatoes, rice, pasta, etc. There are ways around them.
Calories in/Calories out via sustainable lifestyle change is the only good advice.
For me, it was all about mindset.
Secondarily, the combo of eating a set amount of calories (calorie counting) AND exercise did wonders. I exercised as nearly to daily as I could, attempting to do it no matter what.
I really think I must have been burning 4000+ calories a day even though I wasn't going crazy with exercise - my metabolism went up and up, yet I was eating 2300-2600. Eating 3000 calories in a day didn't break the bank.
I have gotten way more lax but I've kept most of the weight off. I need to get back in the right mindset though. For me it was a pretty black or white thing, and I needed a sense of (self) control.
Now that I've seen more people I know lose weight in diff ways, it is definitely different for everyone.
Secondarily, the combo of eating a set amount of calories (calorie counting) AND exercise did wonders. I exercised as nearly to daily as I could, attempting to do it no matter what.
I really think I must have been burning 4000+ calories a day even though I wasn't going crazy with exercise - my metabolism went up and up, yet I was eating 2300-2600. Eating 3000 calories in a day didn't break the bank.
I have gotten way more lax but I've kept most of the weight off. I need to get back in the right mindset though. For me it was a pretty black or white thing, and I needed a sense of (self) control.
Now that I've seen more people I know lose weight in diff ways, it is definitely different for everyone.
What are good resources for people that want to start down this path? Are there any really great podcasts/forums/youtube shows that people would recommend?
