all my life i have never been able to loose more than 10 pounbds. i try really hard and i eat healthy,etc... any advice on how to loose wait?
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Lots of cardio, like running or aerobics, anything to get your heart rate up. And it helps to do at least some light weight lifting. Also make sure to burn more calories than you take in, and drink lots of water, about a gallon per day. Hope that helps!
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You've got a long life ahead of you, Lord willing, so plan for the long term.  Educate yourself about nutrition, and eat *good* food.  (Learn about organic food here, too.) Step one here is to get rid of the junk in your diet.  Step two -- which needs to come very quickly -- is to find good-quality nutrition that also tastes good.  You *have* to do this, or you won't sustain the change in your diet (this is a pressure release valve: if you don't do it, you get tired of eating things you don't like and go back to eating good-tasting junk).  Step three is to do a little judicious cheating.  This is MANDATORY; I'm really not kidding here.  Pick a day, even if it's just once a month, and on that day eat anything you want.  (This is another pressure-release valve.)  Don't worry about diet pills; you eat right and exercise and your body will do the rest for you.  And you'll feel better, too, because you won't have a bunch of chemicals floating around in your system, and you won't have to keep taking pills to keep the weight off.\n\nNow for the 'getting into shape' part.  You can't do that by changing your diet; I don't care how healthy you eat.  You've got to exercise.  If you're looking for a cheap routine, there are a number of sources online that give the details of the Five Tibetans.  You could do that once a day to start.  After a couple of weeks, bump it up to twice; after a couple more weeks, to three times.  Don't overdo it -- 3 reps each exercise is plenty to start with, and go slowly.  Don't force anything, especially anything involving your spine, or you'll hurt yourself (this is a Bad Thing, because if you're hurt, it's harder to exercise).  Pay particular attention to how each exercise works your breathing.  When you start, just move slowly through the exercise with your lungs in neutral and see what happens to your breath.  You should notice that some movements cause inhalation, and others compress your lungs and cause you to exhale.  Use that information -- breathe with the movements, not against them.  If you want better-quality instruction and have some money to spend, check out Steve Barnes' Five Minute Miracle.  If you want more variety, look into Scott Sonnon's Flow-Fit and Intu-Flow programs. (Intu-Flow will also get you started with weight training, which is a good thing for fat loss as well.)  All of these start easily enough to be accessible to just about anyone.  With any of these, set yourself a goal of learning at least one new thing a week about your body, and when you do, write it down.  This will become a journal of insights about you and how you work -- a great tool, and a great encouragement on the bad days.\n\nNow this last bit may be a little hard to hear, but pay attention because it's critical to your success.  Real change that lasts is rarely sudden. There are ways to drop lots of weight, very quickly,  but there is almost no way to drop weight quickly *and keep it off.*  Patient, steady progress will give you better results than 100% all-out effort that exhausts you after a month.  Changing overnight is like quitting smoking -- as Mark Twain said, "It's easy; I've done it hundreds of times."  But change that sticks is slower and more careful.  Take the time to find a way to really accept each little bit of change into your lifestyle.  You can't afford to ignore the 'growing pains' caused by the change.  Pay attention to the inconveniences that each change creates and do your best to eliminate them.  Pay attention to the feelings of resentment or deprivation that may crop up and find a way to alleviate them.  All of this is how you actually get the change to be a comfortable part of your normal life, and it's why lasting change takes so long.  Put in the effort; you'll be glad you did.\nThe core problem here is that human beings crave stability at every level of ou
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It's not gonna be easy but it's not  impossible. If you follow the diet below, but truly follow it.. they say you can loose up to 10 pounds. I do it once a week (it's only 3 days) and I've lost so far 15 pounds ... but i've done it 3 times ... i've lost an average of 5 pounds every time i've done it (Better than nothing) During the days you're not in the diet just try to eat as healthy as you can. Also try to add some exercise, I walk 20-30 minutes 5 times a week.\n\nGood Luck!!\n\n*******************************************************************\n\nDay 1  \n\n*BREAKFAST  Black Coffee or Tea, 1/2 Grapefruit or Juice, 1 Toast with  1 Tbsp. Peanut Butter\n \n*LUNCH 1/2 Cup of Tuna, 1 Toast, Black Coffee or Tea\n \n*DINNER 3 oz. any lean meat , 1 cup green beans, 1 cup carrots + 1 apple  \n1 cup regular vanilla ice cream\n \n\n \nDay 2\n  \n*BREAKFAST  black coffee or tea, 1 Egg, 1 Toast, 1/2 Banana\n \n*LUNCH 1 cup cottage cheese or tuna, 8 regular saltine crackers\nblack coffee or tea \n \n*DINNER 2 beef franks, 1 cup broccoli or cabbage, 1/2 cup carrots + 1/2 banana + 1 apple 1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream\n \n\n \nDay 3  \n\n*BREAKFAST  Black coffee or tea, 5 regular saltine crackers, 1 oz. cheddar cheese, 1 apple\n \n*LUNCH 1 boiled egg, 1 toast, black coffee or tea \n \n*DINNER 1 cup tuna, 1 cup carrots, 1 cup cauliflower 1 cup melon 1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream + 1 apple
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It's only alright to loose 6lbs in the first or second week of dieting. This is when you loose your water weight... after that, the maximum you should loose a week and still be healthy is 2lbs. The best way to loose weight is to eat healthily. Never eat hydrogenated oils, enriched flour, high-fructose corn syrup, or saturated-fats (like lard). Don't drink soda (diet is just as bad as regular), donuts, fries, etc. Cut red meat out of your diet. It's not good for you. Eat FISH. Especially Salmon. It's high in omega-3's. And, contrary to popular belief, you need fat to burn fat. You just need the right KIND of fat. Eat whole grains. Drink a LOT of water and Green Tea. Also, eat only fresh foods. Canned and Frozen stuff have a lot of sodium... which causes bloating. Eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables.\n\nAnd walk a LOT.
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Hello, here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Only the size of your fist, carbs in one and protien in the other. exercise every day, Monday cardo, tues upper body, wed cardo, thurs lower body, fri cardo, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising, you do this on sunday so your body doesnt freak out. if you stilck with this you will have a great body. also drink aleast 8oz of water daily! You can do it in 12 weeks and see a 70% turn around but you have to be serious
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I had this same problem after I had my son, I just couldn't seem to get back those last few inches off my belly and ass. Here is what I did, and maybe it will work for you...Up your cardio by an extra 15 minutes and hit the floor for some serious sit-ups. And don't forget to modify the number of carbohydrates and sweets you are eating. Sugar (from both sweets and fruit) turns into the same thing in your body as carbs, meaning that you have to be careful with how much of that sort of stuff you are eating. Cut out all white and enriched flours and starchy products. Toss in whole grain, not just whole wheat, and lay off the potatoes, if you can't give them up competely, substitute them with sweet potatoes, they have about half the carbs. I hope this helps! Good luck!
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- find sport/exercise that you like, play, get active, it will keep your mind of the food\n- here is a trick, always try to wear sexy, fit into your body clothes and find the smallest, tightest you can just barely fit into especially around the waistline (even if you have to lie down or ask someone to help you pull the zip :p). (a pair of tight jeans is good for this) Then everytime you'll fell uncomfortable and that you're too fat, especially if you're going to eat something. Those tight clothes will "press" your tummy back, it will remind you not to eat, and even if you eat wont allow you to eat much. \nIf it works (you loss few pounds) and the clothes get looser, find the smaller one. And so on.\nIf you fell that those tight clothes make you look like a sausage, wear a loose jacket or sweatshirt on top of it.\n- Drink a lot of plain water (at least 3lt a day) a big glass of water before eating will fill you enough so you don't have less space to put your food into, especially if you have done the trick above.\nHope that helps.
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Sounds like you already no the solution.  Diet and exercise.  The hardest part is having the will to do it.  Too bad all of the eye catching magazine articles promising to hold the secret to a better stomach don't mention that will power is what the 90% of the population that won't have a six pack is missing.
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I am in the same boat w/you. If you dont act now, you're going to slowly put more weight on.  I didnt' notice when i went from 120- to 135 at all, so its good at least you're noticing. I acually went from 120- up to 150 and then i noticed it!! Scary.well anyway.. to your question. There is no safest, fastest way. Everything has its consequences. My best advice to you is to eat alot of vegetables and fruits. Eat meat only twice a week *boiled meat* is the best. Dont put it in the oven or grill Boiled meat in my opinion is the best, it will probably taste like crap, but it is the smallest in calories (it has to be lean too). Boiled fish, and stuff. I heard cabbage soup works too. Just cabbage, carrots, you can put lots of spices in it. Try eating it for a couple of days( i don tknow if you can eat it for a week) but if you do, guaranteed 10 pounds loss. I Have tried cabbage soup before it works great. Just make sure its only cabbage, carrots, spices, no potatoes!!! If you eat it for a week, you will loose 10-15 pounds. Tummy weight a lot of sit-ups. and jogging. Good luck!! I know its hard, butyou got to catch the beast early, because it only gets harder when yhou have to loose like 30 pounds and 40 pounds!! Also try to get a gym buddy if you can; i wish i had one!! hehe Good luck again, i hope this helps!
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Whatever you do, don't loose weight by not eating (completly) or by squeezing the weight in your belly out. Tips: Exercize daily (not too strenuous exercise) and eat healthy foods (vegetables and such). Doing a couple sit-ups (10-40 or 50 if you can) every day might help.
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weight lose is a case to case situation. do not mess with the pills, please dont.  they will give you more down the road problems. loosing wieght is not easy, i agree. but here are a few ideas that if you stick with it, you will see results. i promise and if you dont, sue me.  here is what you do. control what and when you eat. eat three meals a day, simply right, dont snack when your hungry. eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. stay consistant with the times.  eat well rounded meals. touch in one day all of the food groups. light breakfast, heardy lunch and a simple dinner.  also excercise, something as simple as a walk around the park or through the neighborhood, will do just fine. and drink plenty of water. especially with you feel the urge to snack. if you do this, i promise you will see the wieght fall off. and... give it some time, dont expect results overnight.  let me know how it goes....
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i loose weight for about 30 pounds in 3 months,...first week about 5 ponds.in 2001,...and i stil maintain my ideal weight up to know.\n\nWhat i did,...were:\n\n1.eat vegetables soup,....no carbohydrate,..and small bread  2x a day.( no dinner if possie ble,..if cant resist soup again.)\n\n2.try to eat the SAME menu all time,..so that u will not too eager to eat.\n\n3.drink A LOT of WATER,...to make u full,..less hungry.and prevent from hydration,and take VITAMINS,...as required to prevent loss of nutrient.\n\n4.jogging( run and walk),...about 3-5 miles,...everyday.(to get smaller stomach,..i also sit up,..and do litlle other exercise.\n\nwith this system i loose about at leat 5 pounds first week,..and  in about 3-4 weeks u will loose 10 pounds.\n\nIts a proven system,...i dont follow any TV or commercial \n\nsystem,..i just used these anf it works PERFECTLY.\n\nHope this help,...good luck.
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I work at a gym and try to counsel a lot of the ladies that come there.  Here is the advice that i give to many of them who like to binge on fatty foods and eat when depressed.  Stop buying those fatty foods.  Stop tempting yourself.  If it isn't there, you can't eat it.  (Clean out your kitchen and pantry --excuse to exercise- lift all those cans and garbage outside!) I tell them that they should shoot for only eating foods that they have to prepare themselves.  To actually cook.  This might stop you from wanting a snack if you actually have to make it.  Have apples and fruits around instead of snacks.  Have yogurt around.  when eating fruits, cut them up and slow yourself down.  PORTION is very important.  If you are going to eat something fatty, MEASURE it out.  if you have a whole bag of chips there you will eat till you are overfull.  Measure it out so you only binge a little.  Cravings go away after 15-20 mins.  DRINK A LOT OF WATER.  Get a picture out of your target weight loss.  Look at it and know that you can achieve it.  You're in a funk right now but only you can get yourself out of it.  Be healthy.  just look at your daughter and see all the motivation you need.  From what you wrote, you already know what you want to do.  Now go and do it. Good Luck!!!
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first of all u are not TOO overweight!!! it may be true that u have a couple of extra pounds but u are not too fat!!\nbut still it is always nice to loose a couple of pounds to feel good about urself and be motivated!!! so here are some tips... hope they help... good luck... :o)\n\nWHAT to eat for losing weight\n\n• Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, especially NC (negative calorie) food.\n\n* Print these lists. They will be your ... "Bible", from now on !\n* Dill and parsely - include them in all your salads. Also ognion + garlic.\n* Try eat mostly fresh vegs & fruits (whenever possible, of course)\n* If you really want a book, then check this out: The Negative Calorie Diet Workbook & Cookbook - eBook (Win95/98 only). Read more about this e-book here.\n\n\n• Eat fish, chicken, beef, pork. (preferences are in this order)\n\n* If you are a vegetarian, then ignore this!\n* Avoid fat meat\n\n\n• Eat 2-3 slices of bread/day. Don't EVER exclude bread from your diet!\n\n• Snacks between meals (if needed): apples, oranges, grepfruits and other NC fruits\n\n* Don't cheat ... NO cookies, chips, candies, brownies etc! \n* EVEN if they have "low fat" indication... They might have low fat, yet they can have lots of CALORIES !!!\n\n\n• About rice, potatoes, beans, [xxx]nuts, pastry, pasta... you know!\n\n* Don't eat too much of those, at least during the first weeks of the diet. I'm not a low carb addict, but I've noticed weight gains if consuming those in large quantities, especially when associated with other foods.\n* If you like them a lot, try and eat them like one meal. A nice delicious plate of spaghetti could be your lunch (never dinner!), followed by a nice big apple. These rich starch foods are not good for dinner!\n* At dinner time, chose mainly large mixed veggies salads... with fish, lean meat or cheese (if you are not a vegetarian). \n\nif u want to lose weight the best food to it are baked potatoes with nothing on it. no salt no nothing just plain. u can eat a 10000000000 baked potatoes till ur stuff and not gain a pound. i heard that from a weight loss tape. the best drink is water or gatorade. thats a start then when you work out do some taeboo. if u want a macine. run with dumbells on a treadmill. u could do the rocky workout. but thats a new story. u could use a butterfly macine i think it works the abs\n\n1) It is not just the amount you eat, but what you eat. Lean meats and vegtables that snap are a good place to start. And by snap I mean fresh and not boiled or doused with better or whatever.\n\n2) Exercise moderatly but for about an hour every other day. Spend half of that walking or running at a good enough pace for you to feel labored. The other half of the time use weights, or exercises such as push ups or situps to get a muscle "burn". A gym is also an option, but I don't know if you have the money for or want to spend the money on it.\n\n3) Sleep well. To bed earlier and up earlier. Exercise in the morning when you wake up, not in the evening before bed. 7 hours of GOOD sleep is a must.\n\n4) Occupy yourself with a hobby that keeps your attention for a long period of time. A hobby like this keeps your mind focused and gives less of a chance for snacking from boredom.\n\nThat is a good place to start... if you see good results, keep it up and modify to fit you... if it does not, see a doctor AND a trainer \n\nKeep working out, drink water a lot, eat 5 to 6 meals a day but in small quantities, vegtables are important specially cucumber and lattice, fruits not be eaten after meals except by 2 to 3 hours, minimize the starch quantities in your meals lots of salad is important, your last meal must be before you sleep by 2 to 3 hours\nthe most important thing is you don't lose patient wait and have a strong will to be as what you want\n\nyou might have some more ideas from www.ivillage.com\n\ngood luck
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The way to loose weight is simple exercise. your wern't born 98kg and each time you took on weight you said to your self, i've got to do something about it... and then you did nothing. the first thing you need to do is just start with a simple walk if you can run, everyday - rain or shine at a set time, walk/run for 15 minutes, then work out a suitable diet, like cut down on snacks, not food, chocolate, cake, sugar - cut it out, don't starve - don't pig out - you know when you are.\nand the first thing to cause you to want to do all of this - is the goal -- why ? set a goal , not a goal weight, that's later, but a goal - like "i want to be able to get up 10 flight of stairs".
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Exercise and diet together usually work the best. Have you had a physical lately? Perhaps your doctor can give you some insights on your weight fluctuation--15 lbs from one week to the next is quite high. Are you succeptible (sp?) to water retention? \n\nOne of my doctors mentioned recently that accountability is a big help when trying to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Have you tried joining Weight Watchers? Having the weekly meetings and weigh-ins is helpful to many. There are also a number of online groups, message boards, and websites that offer ideas and support.\n\nTime and consistency are also important. It may have taken you a while to put the weight on, and it may take you a while to take it off.
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am not sure, but I don't think you could...  I suggest that you just do your thing, take less food do more physical activity and then, by the eight day just be happy with whatever amount of weight you lost.. Am sure, even a pound lost will be something rather than gaining one.  I am on a diet too.  I need to loose about 15lbs and I wish I could do it in one month.  I have been trying to loose weight for a month now.  I do tae bo and limit my food.  In about three weeks I just lost around 4.4 pounds tho there were days when I got tempted and failed my food diet... But that does not stop me from trying to still loose the 15 lbs I dream to shed.\n\nSo good luck to us... Keep in touch and pls inform me if ever you lose the 14 lbs in 8 days