i drive city bus for 45 hours a week how do i lose that extra 50 to 80 lbs i quit soda 2 months ago i dont smoke dont drink  help please
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Hey Dale Im in the same predicament I am 260 and Im only 5'8 so I need to loose about 120 pounds.  Now tomorrow I am going to begin with my diet which includes counting calories under 1200 a day but you just need to make sure you eat three healthy meals a day and dont waste them with stupid stuff like sweets or eating fast food. I dont know how much exercise you get a week but try to get some walking, jogging and if possible about 15 minutes of aerobics every other day.  Its good that you quit the soda now make sure drinking lots of water....Good luck maybe we can motivate each other Richtorres_2000 IM
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Your body will go through severfal changes before it settles down so don't be so hard on yourself. I was in your position at your age so I totally understand. I have a plan that will assist it is a healthy eating plan and includes exercise. If you want to reduce some weight I'd start with 1 hour walk a day. Don't catch the bus or get a lift start by walking to school. Here is the plan: \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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if you go to school and walk the track and work up to 45 minutes or 3 miles  and do this everyday you will lose  the weight and feel better  do it in the cool of the evening or early am   you can also walk 10 minutes 3 times a day  drink water bedfore you eat during the meal and another 8oz after the meal and you will lose the weight
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1. A safe level and effective level of weight loss that is about 1-2 pounds per week.. More than that could be unhealthy is is usually not lasting. Look to make lasting changes in your diet and lifestyle, then you will keep the weight off.  \n2. The only way to lose weight is to take in fewer calories that you burn. There is no secret to it. You can do this by dieting to lower your calorie intake, exercise to increase it, or a combination of both. Depending on your current activity level, even adding some walking into the schedule can help.\n3.  Muscle weighs more than fat but is more compact.  Adding muscle may make you look slimmer, and the muscle burns more calories at rest than fat so it can keep you slimmer.\n4. There are many effective diet programs that you can follow on your own or join. These programs do a few things: they can help educate you on proper nutrition; they help you control portions and calorie intake; and, they usually require you to keep a record of your eating behavior. Find one that is comfortable for you if you think it will help, or do it on your own.\n5. Writing down everything you eat over a few days can be very helpful in terms of identifying your problem areas.\n6 There are some helpul resources available from the US Government, including suggested diet and a calorie tracker that allows you to evaluate your food intake for calories and nutrients, and compare it to the calories that you burn through daily activities. I have some articles on my website as well. Links are shown below. \nGood luck!
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2 years ago, I weighed almost 350 lbs, I would lose my breath walking out to the car to go to work. I had to walk up 6 flights of stairs to get to my desk at work, and was thrilled when they installed an elevator. I knew that I had to do something to make my life better for me. Now, after 2 long years of hard work, I am proud to say that I have lost 70 lbs, taking me down to 280 lbs. I know that I have lost a lot of weight, but I know that I have a lot more to lose. Here is what I did to help myself lose the weight.\n\nI changed a good portion of my eating habits. I now eat lots of fruits and veggies, whereas before, the closest I ever came to fruit was cherry cheesecake. I also started drinking tons of water. On an average day, I drink 1 gallon of water before I allow myself any other drinks. At family get togethers, I always bring a couple of veggie trays. This way, I know that I will (more than likely) have left overs, and there will be something that I will eat without feeling bad. Just so I don't get to discouraged, I allow myself to have 1 bowl of  low fat, no sugar added, vanilla ice cream a month. \n\n\nAnother thing that I did is exercising. I had to start slow, by walking around the neighborhood twice a day, three days a week. Now, I jog around the neighborhood 2 miles twice a day, three days a week. On the days that it is to cold or rainy to go outside, I do one of my workout tapes. I alternate between pilates and tie bow (not sure on the spelling). I have also joined a gym so I can do strength training. I have also enlisted the help of my best friend. I have read many articles saying that a person is more motivated and likely to lose weight with the help of a workout partner.\n\nI also enjoy swimming as a form of cario activity.\n\nI hope this info helps, and good luck with your weight loss!!
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Darling, there is no easy way to lose weight, no matter what you will have to do some exercise.  Just take your time to find out what you like, everyone likes something.  The first 2 weeks of exercising for the first time is going to be tough, but after that you will be fine.  Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol and no smoking  if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart.  You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself.  Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two  complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of.  It needs to be diluted.  These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without.  Then work from there.  Remember these are  perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it.  If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day.  Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit.  Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night.  You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly.  This is an important factor of losing weight.  Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night.  \nAs for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck! Honestly if you need anything else don't hesitate to IM me, krista_girl86 even if you don't pick me as best answer, i'd be happy to help.  Also check out the website for the tv show The Biggest Loser on NBC.  There are many, many helpful facts on there.
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Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart.  These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without.  Then work to there.  Remember these are  perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it.  If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day.  Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit.  Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night.  You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly.  This is an important factor of losing weight.  Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night.  \nAs for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck!   Please don't hesitate to IM me at this name if you have anymore questions, i'd be glad to help
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you may you may not the only way to loose weight and keep it off is the healthy way i know it sounds cheezy but its true using diet pills is only a quick fix here are some tips to help you lose weight.\n\nIf you follow these tips you will lose weight.\nFirst of all your body can healthly lose only 2-4 lbs a week. Also i would not reccomend one of those diet books or programs because once you lose the weight you will go back to doing what you did before and gain it all back.\nHere is what you need to cut out of your diet or limit.\n-sodas they are empty calories and just add fat.\n-also juices try to limit 1 cup of o.j. has as much sugar as a can of soda.\n-fast food. they provide no nutrients and terrible meals they do have healthly selections at all fast food stores if you pic those you will do much better. \n-junk food is also empty calories its ok now and then just don't over do it.\nHere are foods that you can indulge on.\n-veggies since they are so healthy for you and provide you with many nutrients the calories in them are meaningless.\n-water!! you should drink64oz. a day at first you will pee alot but then you will get used to it.\n-when eating meat try to eat chicken because it is the best.\nother tips\n- try to have baked foods not fried.\n-eat breakfast and try to have it mostly be complex carbs like oatmeal and wheat bread they will give you energy all throughout the day.\n-don't skip meals when you do your body thinks it is being starved so it will hold in more calories instead of burning them.\nWORKING OUT\nyou need to buy some weights or go to a gym and work on increasing your muscles. because that will increase you resting metabolic rate which is how many calories you burn while simply doing nothing and you will see weight loss just from that also doing 50-100 squats(5-10min) will help increase muscle in your legs.\nrunning is also a good way to help your overall apperience.\nand pilates is a good way to tone your body a simple pilates tape done three times a week along with weights and you will see a difference.\n\ngo online and find some healthy meal recipes and use them try to reduce the number of calories you take in daily but not by too much.\nhope this helps you.
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Well, I'd say your first step would be to pack your lunch,snacks, any food you need bring from home. Make sure it's healthy,low calorie and nutritious. You just have to say NO to that impulse to grab anything. Make sure you have something to eat at all times. Cereal bar, yogurt, I know it's hard but it's really the only way.You know, the same old same old...veggies, whole grains, proteins and watch the carb and sugar intake. Limit or better yet eliminate soda completely. Stick to water or milk. As far as exercise, if you can't squeeze even 20 minutes per day for yourself, then you need to re-evaluate what's going on. Your worth 20 minutes a day, don't you think? Good luck. I know it sucks, I struggle myself.
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easy...\ndo treadmill 20 minutes a day. increasing a minute everyday. just drink juice and eat sandwich. no meat for 1 month...\ndrink green tea without milk and sugar in the evening. \nit's easy then you will get your car, girl...
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Trust me. There is no fast way to lose weight that you will hold off.\n\nI am a wrestler, and we use methods that drop weight quickly. I have dropped 7 lbs in 20 hours. The problem with that is as soon as you drink water, it comes back.\n\nHowever, if you do want to lose weight, take your time. Exercise several times a week. Combine cardio workouts with weights. Cut bad things from your diet.
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Quit smoking, then get on a proper diet and exercise routine.  Join a gym and get training sessions.  Most people use gaining weight as an excuse not to quit.  It really doesn't hold a lot of water... if you quit smoking and eat right and exercise, your body will be more efficient at losing weight.  \n\nLove Jack
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Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart.  You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself.  Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two  complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of.  It needs to be diluted.  These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without.  Then work from there.  Remember these are  perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it.  If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day.  Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit.  Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night.  You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly.  This is an important factor of losing weight.  Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night.  \nAs for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck! Honestly if you need anything else don't hesitate to IM me, krista_girl86
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Losing 20 pounds in a month is not the healthy way to go. You shouldn't aim to lose more than 1 to 2 pounds a week, no matter what size you are. Extreme dieting not only compromises your health, but you're 75% more likely to gain the weight back after you've stopped than if you'd done it the healthy way. Which is.....\n\nEat more (but healthily) and exercise more! There is no magic pill or drink that sheds the pounds, contrary to popular belief.\n\nLittle changes in your lifestyle will help so much. Eat smaller portions, and eat slowly so you'll feel when you're full. Avoid snacking on unhealthy, fatty foods by posting a list of heart healthy foods on the fridge. Get involved in your cooking so you know exactly what's in it. Include fiber (found in fruits, veggies, and whole grains) in your diet; it'll fill you up faster and make you feel full longer. Low-fat dairy and whole grains have been shown (in addition to a healthy lifestyle) to make smaller waists. Make exchanges: instead of eating high-fat potato chips, eat a few fat-free Pringles. Instead of eating ice cream, eat low-fat frozen yogurt. And most importantly, excercise! 3 or 4 times a week, at least. Cardio is best for people expecting fast results. (running, swimming, biking, stairs, jump roping, etc.)\n\nJust be sure not to cut out any specific thing from your diet. A lot of people make the mistake of trying to cut out all fats, even the goods ones. Don't do it! It'll compromise your health and your diet.\n\nEat a healthy, balanced diet and exercise, and the weight will come off. Good luck!
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make healthy meals,drink lots of water no pop no fast food restaurants and you do not have to go to the gym just run a couple of laps around the block or through the woods or wherever you can run no powerade or gatorade just water do sit ups do any kind of exercises you can think of don't weigh yourself every day just to see if you've been losing because one day you you can lose three pounds and next day you can gain 5 usually its because of  the water one thing you must not do is don't starve yourself that's the worse thing you can do eat small amounts of food like 5 times a day like a sandwich nothing with a lot of calories its better to do this than eat three big huge filling meals that fill you up to the limit try not to do this hopefully this will do the trick remember it wont just magically appear you must exercise and work for it good luck and chew your food with like a lot of chews this will be good for digestive so you wont gain as much weight when you chew your food
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I lost forty pounds ("40") on this.  Count your calories - EVERY SINGLE ONE.   First two weeks do not exceed 1200 calories in a day (just FYI i'm 6'2" and weighed 240) so thats not much.  3rd week kick in exercising and bump it to a mind blowing 1500 calories.  Then increase exercising and maintain the 1500 calories for next 4 weeks.  You will lose weight like you have never imagined.  \n\nTwo keys:\n1. Saturday Free Day - after two weeks I began taking Saturdays off calling it a "no count" day and would eat whatever I wanted.  It worked.\n\n2. Exercise - I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH...if you start exercising running 2-3 miles a day on the tread mill you can get your eating up.\n\nKEY:\nIf you don't exercise you will be caught in the diet trap.  Meaning you will ALWAYS be fighting the diet trap.  Lose weight gain weight, etc.\n\nBut, if you can run at least 10 miles a week (thats 2 miles 5x a week) and 4 days a week keep your calories under 2000 (thats pretty good) you will live a great life.
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The quickest way to lose weight is by drinking cabbage water and nothing else for two weeks - it will drop off you, but this will leave you starved!\n\nWhat I would recommend and is safe and healthy, is to do some fast, brisk walking for 40 mins a day - this will tone fat areas and shape you up.  Eat little potions of food rather than having meals and eat fibre-fuelled foods that will detox your body and rid you of the salts and sugars that cause the fat.\n\nEat wholemeal bread with boiled eggs for lunch, a small dish of wholemeal rice with pure tomato juice and some herbs for supper, bananas with natural yoghurt for breakfast or bran cereal, also eating as much green leafy vegetables without sauces and with fish or lean chicken is great too.  Stick to these meals everday but keep them small (bowl size) - only eat what you have served yourself and no more than this.\n\nThese fibre foods will get the weight off you but only if eaten in small quantities and not large plate sizes.  Your breakfast is the most important meal of the day and so eat a good bowl of bran. These foods take some time getting used to if you don't normally eat them, but they are much more filling to eat and actually get rid of the waste that is sitting in your stomach left unprocessed.\n\nAvoid anything with sugar or salt as these are what causes weight and they can be found in all foods that are not whole.  Drink at least five glassess of water a day and drinking before meals will make you feel fuller anyway and will cause you to eat less.\n\nYour diet is what is going to make you lose weight and excercise really does a lot to tone you up and to look firmer whilst you are losing weight - push yourself to walk for 40 minutes a day and you will soon find yourself getting very fit.  It took me a while to get used to whole foods and excercise and no other diets work at all because whole food is the most detoxyfying of foods and what rids your body of excess weight and maintains a healthy balance.\n\nYou will see a huge difference to your body in just a week by following my instructions but you have to keep at it and don't let yourself be tempted by foods with salt or sugar as these are the worst kinds and put masses of weight on people.  Fast food places like burger chains have salt and sugar content in their foods as well as fat, so keep away from burger meals, curries and or anything processed such as microwave meals, tins of food and cake,crisps etc.\n\nYou will also feel so much more healthier after eating a bowl of bran and two glasses of water! \n\nI give you advice that will work for anyone overweight but to discipline yourself is the hardest thing.  You just have to know that you are doing it to rid your body of bad toxins This is what is going to shift the weight seriously.  In two weeks, you can lose around 30lb if you stick to this regime and don't slip backwards.\n\nIf I can do it, then so can you - just beleive in yourself more than you do and excercise is something most of us dread, but it can be very enjoyable once you feel the benefits of it working you out.