how do I lose weight without giving up my favourite foods?
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run distance.  I know it isn't fun, but it works.  Don't stop to walk, that is like giving up.  Work up to a few miles twice or three times a week.  Run for an hour straight.  That is the only thing that has worked for many people i know.  After you get into the routine, it's not that bad.  You should be able to eat anything you want as long as you keep the routine up.
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Eat whatever, but in smaller portions. Cut back on sugars and carbs those are loaded with calories.  Don't eat unless you are hungry.  If you snack choose veggies w/ dip, baked chips, or lite popcorn instead of candy.  Plus, throw in some exercise during the week.  If you are trying to lose weight, try to fill up on veggies w/o butter and cheese on them, or fruits.  And try to do some sort of exercise for at least 30 minutes most days of the week.
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If you find that you're eating because food is all around and you're bored, find things to occupy your time! Whether it's your job, some new hobbies, hanging out with friends, or spending some time at the gym - which might be good if you want to lose weight - it will take your mind off of eating and help you change your lifestyle. Also, if most of the food where you live is not healthy food, you might consider doing some of your own shopping to purchase healthier options for yourself. Finally, if you have any friends who are also trying to lose weight, use them for support! If the two of you do it together and hold each other accountable, it might help you to stick to it! You can do it, don't give up!
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Simple...  the healthiest way to lose weight is ONLY EAT WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY...  sounds simple but it works, we get too caught up in routine in our country... just have a little snack (dont indulge) when you get hungry, when you are NOT hungry, dont eat... this along with excercise, will lose your weight for you...  oh and lastly, eat whatever you want in moderation, no cant have this or that, reason is that your body metabolizes what it knows, if you eat what you like your body will respond, but if you go on a salad diet, the second you have that chocolate... POOF it kills all your hard work eating salad.  Your horemones and body will tell you what and when to eat.
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Cut out the pop and junk food. Drink lots of water and WALK!\nWalking is THE best exercise for weight loss and overall health. \nMake sure you don't eat too little- you'll need at least 1200 calories/day. If you eat too little your body will go into starvation mode and start hanging on to all the fat and storing any food you give it.\nIf you happen to "cheat" don't sweat it- just get back to it the next day.
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Bottom line is you can't.\nIf you're overweight, its time for a change - simple as that.  What you're doing obviously isn't working, so you're just gonna have to take a different route.  Thing is, if you're not willing to change, then neither is your body.   You can lose weight without going to the gym, but without diet?  Good luck.  Not without some kind of surgery.\nAlthough it doesn't have to be all bad.  Try substituting things instead of going on a rabbit-food diet.  Instead of a burger or steak or whatever switch to Asian food...preferable something like Japanese food.  Its damn good and also lower in fat and calories.  It'll take some time for you to get used to it, somewhere about a week or 2.  The body will go into a bit of shock from the sudden diet change.  These are the hardest times because that's when the cravings hit hardest.  But once you make it past this little turbulance zone, it'll be well worth it.  As alien as the concept sounds, you'll actually start to like the stuff.  \nGood luck to ya :D
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Go see a doctor or a professional dietician. They can recommend a course of action that takes into account your individual situation and identify strategies that'll help you lose weight sensibly.
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life style change is the key to weight loss not some fad on TV.  try setting up a diet and exercise routine that you could see your self living with forever, not just a few months.  you do not have to give up all your favorite foods, just eat them in moderation as treats once in a while.  try only buying healthy food when you go to the store, stay out of the cookie or potato chip isle.  try buying most of your food in the produce section.
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Best way to lose weight? Want to lose weight.start loving the things that are helping you lose weight.don't think of exercise as a chore,its helping you.water is good whether or not you want to lose weight.low fat food?check its sugar levels.Don't skip breakfast.eat small meals(not chocolate snacks!) regularly throughout the day.monitor yourself and remember - you can't fool yourself,so WANT to lose weight
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WHAT 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\n if 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
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sit ups and side ups\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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There are many things that are required if you want to lose weight:\n1. Skim milk, NEVER (I repeat, NEVER) by Milk with Full fats.\n2. NON-Fat cheese, yogurt, milky products, and butter as well. (use margerine instead of butter)\n3. Don't eat because you like the taste of foods. Eat 3 meals per day. ONLY 3 meals per day. And make sure that the three meals you are eating are in a small portion. Don't eat too many deserts.\n4. Go for a walk for 20 minutes every day.\n5. Try to avoid the TV, couch, or computer. \n6. For your meals, make recipes from healthy eating magazines or books.\n7. Eat lots of vegetables: carrots, brocolli, asparagus, cabbage, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers etc...\n8. Don't snack. Just 3 meals per day is all you need. Snacks are not neccessary, they are extra.\n9. Building muscle can actually fight certain fats.\n10. When you read labels, make sure you are eating monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, never saturated fats and never transfats.\nFollow these rules and you'll be very very healthy very fast.
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You can eat lots of fruits and vegetables and feel full, but you'll be eating *very little* calories, and ZERO fat grams! This is a great way to lose weight, and as for protein to keep you healthy, you can drink Skim Milk (it is fat free and only has about 80 calories per glass)\n\nSo just eating a diet of skim milk, fruits and veggies..you'll never be hungry, and you'll be SO THIN!!\n\nAlso V8 veggie juice is great!\n ~fat free crackers are great!\n ~fat free lunch meat is great!(YES, they now make fat free hot dogs, bologna, ham, turkey, chicken, thinly sliced  deli meat)\n\nYou can be annorexic and still be healthy! It's true! and don't let anyone tell you any different.\n\nP.S. Remember to take a daily multi-vitamin and drink a gallon of water a day
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A great way to lose weight is to incorporate exercise into the patterns of your life. That is . . . take the stairs when you get the chance.  Walk to the store or the metro.  Make a habit of doing a "counter-pushup" every time you go to the fridge.  Quick situps as you wait for the microwave. (Believe it or not, I do this.) It's got to be part of your life for you to continue to do it.\n\nPlaying with what you eat is also helpful.  Try new recipes (lots of sites online!) and Cooking Light is a good way to find light recipes.  More vegetables, fresher ingredients. . . you may find it's fun to experiment with healthier food.\n\nHate to say it, but losing weight takes work and dedication.  You've got to consciously think about what your life looks like now, how you can change.
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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 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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It's never easy to lose weight.\nDrinking lots of water will help, as someone else suggested.\nYou can also try to just cut your food intake in half or less without worrying about WHAT it is you're eating.  Try to fit "non-exercise" exercise into  your daily life. Park far away no matter where you go so you have to walk farther.  Never take an elevator if there's stairs.\nYou might want to make some eating rules too--never eat after 6 or 7 (which ever one works for you, mine is 7 due to my schedule), never eat in the car, never eat standing up, never eat from a package (always off a plate), never eat while watching TV or reading, chew every bite 25 times, put the fork down between bites, take at least a half hour from start to finish on each meal, never finish everything on your plate, etc.
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you dont need to go on any special diet.  you need to learn to monitor your intake of calories throughout the day.  and make sure that calories out are bigger than calories in.  \n\nexercise and cardio are essential parts of losing weight.