Diets? I need to lose alot of weight with minimul exercise...Any suggestions?
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South Beach Diet.  But why minimal exercise?  If you have arthritis or an injury, maybe you can try exercising in a swimming pool using water resistence to help you burn more calories.
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I'd say exercise is the best way to lose weight. It reduces your weight, can add tone to your body and is completely healthy. You do have to buy a Gym Membership, though. So eating less is probably cheaper because you buy less food. :O
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There is no magic pill for weight loss your best bet is to just change your lifestyle...if you like chocolate eat a mini-hershey bar a week instead of a big one...so on and so forth until you are eating healthier foods and yet don't feel like you can't eat what you like. Park in the back of the parking-lot at Wal-Mart....and burn five or six extra calories walking to the door. Little changes make a big difference
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Hey, I'm on a 1200 calorie diet and it works amazing...if you are interested e-mail me @ m_misland@yahoo.ca and I will give you a site and $$ I highly recommend it! I lost 43 pounds in 2 months
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Hi, I am sure these steps will help!!! Proper diet and exercise can aid in weight loss, as well as keep you healthy. We know you've heard that before - the challenge is to follow through. Others have lost weight by following these simple guidelines, and so can you.\nInstructions \nSTEP 1: Set small, realistic goals. If you have a lot of weight to lose, try for 5 pounds, relax a bit and then go for 5 more. STEP 2: Start a regular exercise program and stick with it. Don't be afraid of those sweat suits and Lycra pants! STEP 3: Sneak in extra exercise in addition to your regular program. Park at the far end of the parking lot and walk; take the stairs instead of the elevator. STEP 4: Eat low-fat, high-fiber foods such as salads and vegetable pastas. STEP 5: Choose foods that you like. Learn to prepare healthful, low-calorie foods that taste good by checking healthy cook books for new recipes. Eating well doesn't have to mean eating dull. STEP 6: Eat smaller, more frequent meals; this way, your body starts to increase its metabolism so that calories are burned faster. Also, mini-meals can prevent overeating. STEP 7: Plan ahead. Keep the fridge stocked with healthful food and you'll be less likely to run out for high-calorie, high-fat junk food. STEP 8: Keep a food diary. This will help you pinpoint where you can improve your diet. STEP 9: Once you discover your favorite snack time, be sure to have plenty of healthful options available. Tips & Warnings \nLose weight with a friend, or join a support group. \nAvoid those vending machines by carrying around your own healthful foods and leaving pocket change at home. \nTry oatmeal instead of cornflakes for breakfast - eating oatmeal can help reduce cholesterol levels, and its high fiber content even fills you up for longer. \nChoose an exercise program that you enjoy, and don't shun the unconventional. For instance, did you know that regular vigorous dancing is exercise too? \nLose weight gradually - you are more apt to keep it off. A safe amount is 1 to 1 1/2 pounds per week. \nConsult a doctor to find an exercise program that is best for you. \nCrash diets can help you lose weight quickly, but most people gain the weight back. Some of these diets are also unhealthy and dangerous. If you choose to go with a specific diet plan, choose one that is medically credible. \nIf you have any questions or concerns, contact a physician or other health care professional before engaging in any activity related to health and diet. This information is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment.
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There is no way to lose that much weight in that short a period of time, even with exercising.\n\nEven if you starved yourself, you'd only lose 10 or 15 pounds.
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The following healthy living recommendations will help you if you’re trying to lose weight, tone up your muscles, have aspirations of building lean muscle mass, are attempting to get a wash board stomach, or just want to feel better:\n\n*1) Burn more calories then your consuming everyday and measure your results using the following formula: Calories Consumed minus Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) minus Physical Activity. Get a fitness calculator that you can put on your cell phone and computer. This will allow you to easily calculate this formula, log your daily calorie consumption, and register your physical activities.\n\n*2) Eat natural and organic foods found on earth versus something created by a corporation to make money. Eat meals in small portions throughout the day and take a good multi-vitamin supplement. \n\nAvoid “High Glycemic Load Carbs” (sugar, pastries, desserts, refined starches such as breads, pasta, refined grains like white rice; high starch vegetables such as white potatoes) and drink lots of water. \n\nDo not try fad diets or diet pills. Here is an excellent food pyramid that anyone can follow: http://www.rayandterry.com/html/images/PyramidLRG.gif?osCsid=26a424be471d1337e7c2f105d5c64d9d\n\n*3) Exercise on most days by doing cardiovascular training and/or resistance training activities. \n\nRead a book or find a certified trainer to make sure your doing all resistance training exercises correctly. A great book to buy that teaches you the resistance training basics is “Weight Training for Dummies”. A superb magazine to buy with excellent resistance training routines that will not get you bored is "Muscle and Fitness". Signup for the free newsletter.\n\nA good book to buy that teaches you the cardiovascular training basics is “Fitness for Dummies”. \n\n*4) Get plenty of sleep. Sleep experts say most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night for optimum performance, health, and safety. \n\n*5) Educate yourself continually on health issues and make a life long commitment to good health. A great free publication is “Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005”. A superb book to read is “You The Owner’s Manual”. An excellent periodic publication is the “Nutrition Action Health Letter”. A reputable test you can take to measure your biological age is at http://realage.com\n\nLook at all areas where you can enhance your health. For example, make improvements in the quality of the air you breathe. Review outdoor air quality forecasts where you live and get an indoor air purifier. Email me if you want a good indoor air purifier recommendation and if you have other questions.\n\n*Click on all the source links below to get the full benefit of the recommendations. The answers presented to your health questions are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Eat fewer calories, and more small meals. Eat less carbs (like bread, pasta, cereal), drink more water, eat more protein and fruits and veggies. Also, try doing a workout in the morning before you eat breakfast. I have found that doing circuit training produces faster weight loss. Try to do 3-4 cardio sessions a week, lasting 45 minutes or longer. Don’t focus on losing 15lbs, just focus on looking and feeling better. Focus on the potential results. Be healthy about your goals, you won’t be successful with starvation or diet pills, eat real food and workout!!! Good luck!
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If you want to lose wight: Instead of 3 meals a day, eat 6 SMALL meals. Drop your carb and fat intake, as it is obviously too high. Cut out ALL sweets... no more deserts. Treat fast food like the plague that it is... in other words, don't do it! Drink LOTS of water, drink NO sodas. Up your activity level and get on an exercise program 5 days a week. You may not want to exercise now, but after a week of it you will find it addictive and you will have no trouble maintaining it. \n\nYou either need to change your entire life style, or forget it. Watch that show on TV... "The Biggest Loser"... they'll show you how it's done, as well as inspire you to do it yourself.\n\nGood Luck!!!
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Get off your butt and exercise.  I always want to roll my eyes at people that "dont have time to exercise".  Stop watching Grey Anatomy or whatever every night, and Ill bet you find an hour or two right there for exercise.  My wife is 32 weeks pregnant, works 50 hours a week + commute, and still manages to get in 4 1 hour workouts a week.  Talk about not having time.\nThat being said, if you insist on doing it via diet only, cut your calorie intake to less than 1500 per day.  Realize that you will likely be hungry, and that as soon as you stop with this, you will put the weight right back on, plus you will proibably gain a little extra, as you will also lose some muscle mass, which slows your metabolism.,  The only way to lose weight permanently is with exercise.
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hmmmm.  Sorry to say, exercise. But for the TRULY lazy, liposuction, bariatric surgery...\n\nAll rather extreme and unnecessary if you are JUST plain lazy.  Exercise and a balanced diet.  Get a pedometer--it will get you motivated when you see just how lazy you are. Trust me.  I'm lazy, too, but I got one and found just how sluggish I was.  (yikes!) Seeing a relative who is just as lazy have a heart attack or having issues because of diabetes might make you move, too.  It worked for me, as of last year I've lost more than 50 pounds.  At my worst, I weighed over 250 pounds.  I weigh a lot less now.  \n\nI use an excercise bike on my lunch hour (30 minutes=6 miles) then use the other half hour to eat a light lunch (lean cuisine.  Their food is excellent and a great variety.)  Drink more water.  After a while, you might fnd you like the rush you get from moving around--and not huffing and puffing from being out of breath. Watching your legs and body become more muscular is a great motivator, too.\n\nIf you don't want to do at least that: 30 minutes a day 5 days a week on a bike, or walk for 20-30 minutes everyday...than cut out soda. It is liquid candy.  \n\nSoda Math for Weight Loss\nFOR WEIGHT LOSS ANSWERS \n  \nHere's simple math on the impact of cutting down soda. \n\nIf you consume 1 can of regular soda a day, how many pounds would you lose if you eliminate that?\n\nThe Math:\n\n1 can of regular soda contains about 150 calories. Giving up 1 can a day is equivalent to giving up 150 x 365 = 54,750 calories a year.\n\nFor every 1000 calories burnt you lose 110 grams of fat, or about 1/4 pound.\n\nTherefore, giving 1 can of soda a day equals not putting on 54,750 / 1000 x 110 = 6022 grams, or about 13 pounds.\n\nYou can be 6 kg or 13 lb a year lighter by giving up that 1 regular can of soda a day.\n\nGood luck.
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I am in the same predicament you are in. My doctor is telling me stuff I already know and i have no will power. like tonight i ate 3 bags of m&ms and a king sized twix but i will start tomorrow a new and try not to eat that crap.  what I do is excersice with a friend always because if I didnt i would do it. Its motivation. and I use a smaller plate so it can look full for the eyes and when I cook I only cook enough for 1 serving so when I want some more its none so I have to drink water to get full. Yeah, sometimes I dont always follow my rules but I wake up everyday and try again and harder. I havent weighed myself in a while because when i do and see that I have lost weight, my mind goes " what are you doing? lets eat more" and i gain it back but the best thing is to Wake up everyday and start brand new each day. if you break a day, its ok, try again. What I have learned is to not stop eating what you eat(as long if its not too much junk)just eat less of it. and excercise like crazy. oh, I also have been eating alot of fruits. I really dont like all the fruit thats available to me locally but i eat what i like apples, oranges, grapes, watermelon, strawberries, i just eat a different one a day.its called food rotating. Lucky with my job, one of my clients love to walk so 2 days out the week i have a good walk and my other client has to excercise more, so i motivate her by excercising with her and get strength training incorparated into those days. oh, i try to eat at least 6 times a day. breakfast lunch and dinner and 3 snacks but i dont always succeed, but i am losing weight, something i am doing is right because i can feel it in my feet and legs and sides where my bra is. hey, if you want a person to talk to about your days to give you motivation to keep trying im here for you sweety. so good luck. if you want to eat fast foods, try nuggets instead of burgers. and eat tacos. the whole point is to burn more calories than  you eat. good luck.
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As for losing weight you should combine diet and exercise.  Your exact diet and exercise regimen depends on how much weight you want to lose.  If you are trying to lose a few pounds and tone up, this is what I did.  I tried to get between 1200 and 1400 calories a day. \nBreakfast: Cereal or oatmeal or half a whole wheat bagel with reduced fat cream cheese.\nLunch: I ate lots of soup or sandwichs on whole wheat, no cheese, or lean cuisine\nSnack: I ate different things but always tried to keep the snack 100 calories or less.  Try fruit or veggies or  various snack packs that are around 100 calories.\nDinner: I ate anything I wanted.  I didn't eat 2nd or 3rd helpings but I ate pizza, spaghetti, burgers. \nNo fast food.  Maybe once a month as a treat if you have to have it.  If you have to eat dessert, like a piece of cake, share it, but don't eat the whole thing.  Unless it is a treat for yourself for all your hard work.  Remember you can't treat yourself everyday!  \nAs for exercise I run, do kick boxing, and ab workouts every other day during the week and hardly ever on the weekend.  I lost 10lbs and shaped up my abs and buns.
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Limit salt intake, including processed/frozen foods; give up sugar, I use Splenda; and drink lots of water, (leave soda's alone), and exercise as much as possible....I lost 46 pounds so far doing this, and I feel fantastic!!!!!
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Lots of cardio is great....do some toning exercises too, as the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn at rest.  Also, don't forget the food angle of it...calories in vs. calories out...I lost 40 pounds by eating healthier (non-processed food for the most part, and exercising 5-6 days a week for an hour total (mixed up cardio and weights)..hope that helps!
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I have recently lost 65 pounds & I will tell you what has helped me. When I first started walking in our local park I could hardly walk just a little. I started taking music with me in my walkman & I also use my exercise time to pray & talk to the lord. I quit drinking whole milk & slowly switched to skim milk. I quit eating things that are fried & if I happen to eat fried things I switched to olive oil. I quit using butter & switched to the I cant believe its not butter spray. Each day you exercise you will be able to do more & more each day. Small changes like swithcing from whole milk to skim really pay off. I also will work out at the gym a couple of times each week. but you dont have to join the gym for results. also right before lunch & dinner I eat a couple of hand fulls of raw carrots with fat free salad dressing & I drink plenty of water. That helps you to feel full & it has helped me to cut down on the amount of food I eat. when you lose just 1 pound you really start feeling so good about yourself. Then when everyone else sees your progress & they tell you they notice you've lost weight you get such a huge natural high. Its really all about the portion sizes you eat & exercise. Watching what you eat & exercise goes hand in hand & you cant do one without the other. If its just getting out & walking for 5 or 10 minutes each day that works. just keep doing it each day till you can build it up to 30 minutes & then before you know it you'll be going an hour each day. Also if you like company get someone that is encouraging to work out with you. If you love music like I do take it with you cause it really helps.  Also stop putting yourself down. YOU ARE NOT A LOSER. God bless you & I wish you the best luck!!! You are going to do it & you are gonna be just fine!!!
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eat less, exercise more