Acutally I usually gain weight when my friend arrives ( once a month for five or four days). Sorry I feel shy because some guy might read this question. I dont know how to loose that baby fat without stressing myself. I dont want dieting to affect my studies, I mean if I wont eat I would not be able to concentrate on my studies. I have tried complete fasting for 2 and half days and it was really teribble. I didnt really feel like eating but I got dark circles and I looked a little pale. Please suggest me something (food) that wont result in weight gain. I sometimes try to live on popcorn( with no oil and stuff added) and I have also heard that mushrooms and carrots can help to reduce weight. I just want to loose around 10 to 15 lbs. Please help!
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Don't bother with fasting or starving yourself. Not only will this make you feel miserable, but it will actually hamper your weight loss by lowering your metabolism (your body's natural ability to burn calories). If you want to lose weight, here are some tips:\n\n1) Exercise! It's really a wonder-drug. You'll burn calories, build muscle (which helps your body burn more calories on its own), and you will feel less hungry. If you don't have much time, you don't have to do a lot. Any little bit helps. Pick up a jumprope for a few minutes a day. Do some situps and pushups a couple times a day. Don't worry if you can't go to the gym for an hour every day - you can still exercise.\n\n2) Eat healthy fats and proteins and lots of fruits and vegetables. Skip the refined sugars. Instead of popcorn, have an apple. Go for foods high in nutrition - not high in sugar and starch. Mushrooms and carrots are a great start, but what is even more important is a balanced diet.\n\n3) Eat frequently! Sometimes eating more is really one of the best ways to lose weight. No, not necessarily more food, but more often. Your metabolism will be higher when you eat six small meals or snacks as opposed to three larger meals. If you don't want to go overboard cooking, try putting half of each meal in a tupperware container for later. Eat your 2nd meals for snacks. Even if you eat exactly the same amount of food, you'll lose weight if you split it up into smaller portions. Plus, you'll be less hungry throughout the day.\n\n4) Drink lots of water! Most people don't drink enough water and drink a lot of sodas, juices, and other sugary beverages. Skip anything with sugar in it (milk is still good) and drink only water. Soda is a HUGE source of (unnoticed) calories. Forget the diet soda too - it is full of bad stuff. In fact, if you currently drink a lot of it, you'll probably be amazed how good you'll feel if you quit. It's very common to be constantly dehydrated because you quench your thirst with soda (which doesn't actually hydrate your body).\n\nGood luck! And be healthy. :)
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first of all eat a healthy balanced diet, 5 portions of fruit or veg a day, try not to eat to many bananas, grapes or satsumas if you are border line diabetic as these contain natural sugar, diet drinks are fine in moderation not to many as these contain caffeine and can raise your blood pressure not good with hypertension, start off with a little exercise just a gentle walk as if your not used to it, this can be dangerous, gradually build up to more exercise, smaller portions, if you eat smaller portions for 2-3 weeks you won't feel so hungry as your stomach will shrink because it's not being full with food and can't take so much, when you feel like picking eat carrot sticks or celery, you should go to a dietitian and they will tell you how many calories you should have a day for your size, lifestyle etc, and give you an eating plan. good luck
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Only eating salad with no dressing could help you loose weight but the weight you'll loose is not fat but muscle mass. This means you will acctually gain weight when you start eating normally again. \n\nWhen eating only salad your body will believe that you are starving and will keep hold of your fat layers as spare energy.It will also mess up your motabilism. You will loose a few pounds, feel tired and lets be honest just eating salad is boring and you will not be able to keep it up for long. I have tried lots of short cut diets but none of them work.\n\nThe only way to loose weight long term is through eating healthy and excercising. No carbs after 6pm, more carbs or larger portions in the beginning of the day, less in the afternoon or evening. Make sure you have a varied diet so that you get all the nutrients you need. \n\nDoes this work? Yes - I lost 34 pounds (17 kg) in 5 months though eating healthy and taking spinning classes 3 times a week + free weights once a week at the gym. I now go 3 times a week, pretty much eat what I want (within moderation) and I have kept the weight off for over a year.
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Coming from someone who just lost 20 lbs. and before would look in the mirror and want to cry. I have some advice. The first thing, stop eating after 7 oclock. Tell your self that you can always eat in the morning, you can eat as much as you want before 3 oclock as long as its HEALTHY and you move around during the day. Drink plenty of water. 50% of americans mistake thirst (dehydration) for hunger and also not drinking enough water can lower your metabolism as little as 3%. Dont go to bed super late, that always makes it worse. Give yourself at least 3 to 4 hours before going to bed after you eat. It will just sit in your stomach and turn to fat if you dont. Also eat healthy foods not junk food, that is the second reason people gain weight. I am a massage therapist and a nutrionist, and am also going to school for my DVM. I went from 150 to 130 (I am 5'8) in 4 months just from not eating late and switching to whole and raw foods. I dont eat fast food at all, maybe once a month at the most. I make my food and take it to work. Try a supermarket like whole foods or trader joes, which or more natural. And try dairy products without growth hormones, which actually contribute to weight gain. Being a naturalist and not eating after 6 or 7 has changed my life. Sure I get lazy, and dont want to work out, but because I have a healthy diet and I can sometimes get away with it. Also a good thing would be to find some kind of hobby or something you love to do and use that to work out, like for instance I love to dance, and I use that as my work out regimen. I dont feel like I am doing it because I have to but because I want to. Good luck. I hope you can use some of my advice. I know its hard but you can do it. Anyone Can. One more thing that might help is buying a scale that calculates your specific body fat, it will help you set realistic goals for your body and where you stand in losing body fat.
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okay... so i won't be like most of the people who say don't take pills .. they are no help.. just eat healthy and exercise!\n\nso, i began taking hoodia supplments for about a month. but i didn't take it everday... i just took it so that i didn't get addicted.. just in case).... so anyways, within about two months, i lost about 5 -7 pounds... but then, keep in mind, i became an exercise-holic within those months... it just seemed like i ate less. and had the energy to work out more frequently. anyways, eating less than i had before( hoodia suppresses your appetite) and i began exercising more and more because i saw that i was beginning to lose weight. anyways, i stopped taking it for about two months. .. because i felt like i could maintain it... well, i still watched what i ate, but still, i had some indulgences... i gained about 3~5 pounds back.. but it was because i let myslf go. i ate so much.. ahahah i admit. anyways, what i realized was that i was eating because i was bored - not because i was hungry...\n\njust control your appetite... and your cravings..drink green tea! it helps you metabolize... and if you really are in need to lose weight- why not try hoodia pillls? they might give you the push you need to exercise... but beware of the 'fake' hoodia pills!\n\nhope it helps.
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I had this problem, always was able to maintaine my weight.  I never over ate, but didn't watch what i ate, fluctuated up and down 5 pounds at most.   Wasn't active either due to being a heavy smoker.  \n\nWell i turned 21, winter came shortly after, I was always wearing 3 or 4 layers of clothes since i live in PA and its about a 20 min walk to classes.   Spring came and all of a sudden i realized i had a gut...gained 40 lbs and lost a little muscle.  \n\n\nMotivation.   Well instead of switching to bigger sized clothing, i stuck with the clothes that gave me man boobs and gut.  I became super self concious and was generally embarassed, always embarassed.  Even when i was in my apt alone, i could feel my stomache bulging out.  \n\nI'm a conservative person, but i'd reccomend wearing clothing a little skimpy, stuff that just makes you look horrible.  Rolls hanging out etc.  If you go to a party or something,  yeah wear nicer clothes, but the rest of the time, don't.  That will give you the motivation you need.   \n\nIt atleast worked for me.\nAlso...what i actually did.  \nWell i did cut a little bit of caliores.  I drank 4 liters of soda a day and just simply switched to more filling fruit juice (OJ with pulp) and water.  That cut nearly 2000 calories out of my daily diet.  Also, i didn't know this, but the sugar itself is somewhat addictive.  Your body gives you the urges of hunger when your sugar drops thats only cured by drinking more soda, but you don't realize this and just eat food.  \nI still drink soda now, 2 liters a week max.  \nTry to find something like that in your diet, something that you wont' entirely miss.\n\nI also did a little bit of strength training.  Being a woman, you won't have to worry about bulking out, since you don't have the hormones.  But get a dumbell, while watching tv just do some curls.  \nBasically if you are maintaining your weight....every lb of muscle you gain results in losing 6 lb of fat.  Every pound of muscle burns about 30 calories while fat burns about 5.  \n\nMy results were losing about 20 lbs in 6 months.
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Ok, Iam not an expert, but due to my hectic training schedule, I was not able to eat properly, and I lost a lot of kilos. Iam already lean, now I became even more lean! Then I asked for methods to gain weight.\n\n                   The first thing you should keep in mind is that gaining weight is not the only sign of health. If it is, then why are so many people out there go to gym everyday and sweat like pigs to lose weight?! Your doctor diagnosed and didn't find anything wrong, right? And you know very well that you are healthy as a horse. Then what are you so worried about? You should be proud about your amazing slim body. Many people out there dream about a slender attractive body... :-)\n\n               If you still want to gain weight, try thick banana milkshake, and milk mixed with enough protein powder everyday.\nTake in a lot of dairy products(but be careful when you take in the butter). Go to a good gym, where a good instructor can give you advice on gaining body mass.I don't think non-veg is gonna help gain body mass. It just makes you obese.\n\n               "You are just 29, and you alredy have a good family, now why are you so worried about being lean? Be proud, man, just enjoy the life...." ;-)
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first, I know exactly how you feel!  Trust me, diet pills are only a quick fix IF they work.  Do you realize that the FDA does not have to research or approve of them?  Some teas may curb your appetite or have a diuretic in them.  Again, that is only a quick fix.  The best solution would be a sensible diet and exercise routine.  First, cut all portions.  I would reccomend going to the Mypyramid.com website.  Keep a 24 hour diary of what you eat: this includes drinks condomints, and snacks.  Be sure to write down portions as well.  Then go to the web site and enter in what you ate and drank.  The site will pin point your problem areas and what foods you need to decrease/increase.  Its not about avoiding all fats but certain ones.  Anything processed or fast food is out of the question.  Fresh fruits, veggies, and white meats are a definite, but watch how you prepare them!  Trans fats and saturated fats are pretty much a huge down fall too.  Now Im not saying you can't enjoy a burger once in a while, but try to avoid it more than once a week, if not less.  As far as exercise goes, well there are thousands of options.  YOu can try a gym.  ONe thing I did was get a body fat/BMI and physical done.  Then I was given a trainer and I do cardio workouts and toning workouts.  If you can afford it, i hear Jenny Craig or weight watchers are really good.  I now jog/walk almost everyday.  I do Tae Kwon Do, yoga, and free weights at home.  The gym atmosphere really wasn't for me.  But yoga and TKD have really made an impact.  YOga helps my flexibility and strength, which I need for TKD.  And TKD is a great strength/cardio workout.  Don't fret about the weight issue too much.  The goal is to be HEALTHY and happy.  YOu and I, we're the average, even if you don't feel like it.  Good luck!
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Never skip breakfast. You just have fruit juice (freshly squeezed ! not in packets) and eat more organic food. You may excersize and burn off fats, but if you still eat junk food, then it eaquals to nothing. Eat more organic vegetables and try your best not to eat junk food, you can eat some but maybe just once a month. Put less oil in your food and try eating raw salad without the sauces. Control your diet and read up on health nutrients. Don't eat fruits or drink water straight after meals as it will make digestion uneasy. eat fruits maybe 1hrs after meal or eat it before your meal (but not straight before) . Snacks could be vegetables instead of chips. You can drink clear vegetable soup, don't drink fatty or cream soups that ofter. try to brew your own soup and not from cans. Look at every ingredients. it should not have vegetable shortening, this is bad. make sure what you eat is organic and natural, not full of chemicals and fats. Try not to drink low-fat milk as it is WORSE tahn natural ones, really. if you want a healthy and fit life, try not to eat all you want and drink all you want. Search for ForMor and check it out. the supplements there are really good especially the vitamin C. My mom tried it and now she lost about 5kg (not that she wanted to be thin, it comes naturally when you take care of your body). Think of being healthy instead of being slim. thinking of your health will automaticly make you slim !!
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Weight gain comes down to this formula;\n\n*Consuming many more calories than you are burning. \n*Doing a well-structured weight training program \n*Eating the right combination of nutrients (to gain muscle instead of fat). \n\n\nIf it seems that you can't gain weight chances are that you have a fast-burning metabolism, and are predominantly an ectomorphic body type. \n\nYou will need to eat large quantities of food, and eating it often. See the Gain Weight Calculator for exact calculations on daily calories and nutrient levels. \n\nThis MUST be combined with a good weight training program, otherwise ALL that food will be stored as fat. \n\n\n\nDon't Ever Miss Meals \nDon't ever miss meals (such as breakfast) - it is important to eat often. Whey protein and weight gain powders can help - simply because it's easier to consume the calories in a liquid form than it is to chew your way through them. Sometimes you may need to eat so much, that it feels like you're eating all the time - and certain foods may start to become irritating.\n\nLots of Sleep \nIf you don't get much sleep, it's time to start sleeping more - to slow down, and become a little less active. If you exercise a lot it may be time to slow down here as well - no more than 20 minutes 3 times a week.
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Eat lots of fresh fruits and starches -- stay away from salt (less than 500 mg total per day), and drink lots of water.  This combo will naturally make you feel full, will cleanse your body of toxins, and will give you a crapton of energy.  \n\nNot only will you not feel hungry, you can expect to lose up to 8 pounds a week.  It's the Rice Diet from Duke University -- and it's been around since 1939 -- because IT WORKS!\n\nBeware of artificial ways to suppress your appetite.  Many pills cause permanent heart damage, and deaths have resulted from some.  There are so many controversial products out there.  What works for one person may not for another, and they can be dangerous!  Please be careful -- and don't fall for any hype.\n\ngood luck!
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Some of the hoodia is good, some of it isn't, and some of it is actually dangerous.  Don't buy any "chinese hoodia" or anything.  It does work, if you get the real stuff.  If you buy some research it!  Try google, etc.  About.com has some info on it.\n\nAs for gaining weight, I would definately go to a doctor to rule out any physical causes and then go on a physician supervised weight loss program.  There is probably an emotional component to your weight gain- there's low cost programs like TOPS (similiar to weight watchers) that provide support.  OA provides help to people who are compulsively overeating.  Also, look into nutrician counseling at your university.  If you have some money or your insurance will pay go see a dietician.  \n\nA big part of your poblem is probably your sugar consumption- if you can try and limit your pop to maybe 1 regular can of soda a day (maybe as a reward), start drinking diet (if you can stomach it) and try to increase your fruit and veggie intake, along with your whole grain intake, this should help.  Try not to "restrict" but rather eat healthier foods.  Also, try not to let yourself get hungry.  And induldge on occasion!\n\n-Nicole
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OK here is the diet u need to follow to gain weight..It worked for me but it takes time and patients! everymoring get up early and have a sandwich with peanut butter and make a milk shake using 1 banana and put some ENSURE powder into it. the eat something small at around 10:00 am like a chocolate bar. then at 12 have your lunch including pasta and red meat if you eat it. at around 2 eat something small again..then at 6 have your dinner and before you go to bed drink another milk shake using banana and ensure powder. also drink Vitamins,( good for appetite too)....they help alot! Hope this helped!
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If you are serious and understand that there is no overnight way to loose the amount you are asking about maybe this will help. At about 5 lbs. a week it will take  about 10 weeks to loose the weight You would be better to set your sights on 2-3 lbs per week. NEVER, EVER eat anything after 5pm. Never eat just before going to bed. Eat only twice a day. Drink water, lots of water, and a glass of warm water before bed. Drinking water helps the body to flush out excess fat wastes and toxic body waste and helps with giving you a full feeling. It also helps with mental mentality. Have a bit of fat in some form early in the day, like REAL butter on a piece of toast, this will make the body feel like it is not being slighted. If you must eat sweets try the sugar-free kind, they cost a bit more but are worth it in the long run, pace yourself with them. Get out of the house every day if only to walk once around the block, don't rush, notice everything around you, think about what you see. Add more blocks as you feel as ease with, change routes. If you are pressed into feeling bad by someone near, start doing a chore, laundry, dishs, vacuuming, taking out the trash (and you can sneak that walk as you drop the trash in the trashcan as you go by), STAY AWAY from the ice box. Binge eating only makes the problem worse and you feel you are less of a person after it is over with. If you get weak when out and hit a fast food place and after ordering you feel you shouldn't be doing that, DON'T !!!!, pay for the food, walk OUTSIDE!, don't sit down, and drop the stuff in the trash can or give it to someone outside or an animal. You will feel odd doing this but then you will feel that you just took control over yourself and it will get you thinking about the other things in your life you should look into taking back control over, and you just proved to yourself that it is not impossible. Try taking yourself out of the circle you focus on all the time and place yourself on the edge and others in the center. When I was losing weight I found that taking Chromium tablets each day curtailed my craving for chocolate. I am a big choc-0-halic. Amino acids also helped for control (all over the counter stuff). Make sure you are not alergic to any of this though. And do not make a big deal of your trying to loose weight to others, keep low key, pretend to be eating so other do not try to keep handing you stuff to stuff in your face. I stopped smoking by not telling anyone and keeping a half pack of ciggs in my shirt pocket so all could see I had it and they did not offer me any. It was worth their bumming them from me to ward off any questions. Nobody near around you will help you if it is not in their best interest to keep you in the position that is more conveient to them. FAKE them out! Depend on yourself, in the end you are the only one who is there for you no matter what is said. O.K. eat more veggies, take them with you, snack on them, unlimited, try all the diffrent veggies at the store, take time out to go to the store just to see what is offered, strange to you or not, try it! And stay out of the other areas of the store. Well, that's what I can tell you for what it is worth. I gained a lot of weight after 3 surgeries and am an older person in my 50's, and now it is so hard to loose, so very hard. Do it now while you can, and like yourself, not what others want you to change into for them, you are not them, you are YOU, and control will come with practice over time.
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The quickest way is to cut out red meats, starches, breads, sugars, alcohal, and sodas.\n\nEat veggies (salads are good), soups, and drink TONS of water. If you get hungry between a meal, drink water to fill up.\n\nIn moderation eat white meats, and fruits (fruits contain natural sugars, and that can put on weight)\n\nPractice portion control. Yes, you'll feel hungry at first, but think of your goal, and soon your stomach will start shrinking and you won't have that feeling anymore.\n\nEat 5 times a day. A small breakfast. A mid-morning snack, such as an apple. A small lunch. A mid-afternoon snack, such as carrots. A lite dinner. Do not eat any later than 7pm (6pm is better.)\n\nGo exercise for at least an hour a day, incorporating weight training. Weight training builds muscle. Muscle burns fat. You get the idea. It also gives tone and definition.\n\nGood luck!!
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OK here is the diet u need to follow to gain weight..It worked for me but it takes time and patients! everymoring get up early and have a sandwich with peanut butter and make a milk shake using 1 banana and put some ENSURE powder into it. the eat something small at around 10:00 am like a chocolate bar. then at 12 have your lunch including pasta and red meat if you eat it. at around 2 eat something small again..then at 6 have your dinner and before you go to bed drink another milk shake using banana and ensure powder. also drink Centrum pills,( good for appetite too)....they help alot! Hope this helped!
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Here is a simple answer, based on life experience.\nThere are no magic solutions !!!\nIf you want to reduce your weight without any pills, suffering, chemicals and so on, just reduce the amount of food you eat and get some basic exercise.\nInstead of watching TV, Go out, take a walk.\nEat Cereal instead of doritos and drink plenty of water.\nDon't skip breakfast, but do skip these cookies you have with your coffee.\nIt may take 3 months and not 3 days, but if you keep it, you are guaranteed to keep the weight off and not to gain it back in two weeks.