How can I start loosing weight without being in a drastic diet?
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taking a multi vitamin daily (vitamin b's help with burning fat and bloodflow) doing light cardio going for walks or slow jogs not eating less just less at one time 5-6 small meals throughout the day will up your metabolism.  Drinking green tea or taking EGCG tablets will boost your metabolism, help block calories a little, and helps in fat oxidation (brake down).  Don't worry about all this atkins this or southbeach that just eat clean healthy foods, no processed starchy sugary crap.  If you have to snack try snacking on protein foods like beef jerky or at least something salty and baked over something sugary or fried.  Here is a good grocery list http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/stella9a.htm
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Exercise and start calorie counting. Work out your BMR and try to eat about 500 calories a day less than this.\n\nRunning is one of the best ways to lose weight, cycling, swimming, rowing are also very good. If your not comfortable with these try dancing to your favorite music in your bedroom for an hour a day.\n\nDon't try to lose it too quickly, 2 pounds a week maximum, or your skin will not have time to adjust.\n\nGood luck.
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eat less and exercise
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"50 Habits of "Naturally Thin" People\n\nHow to get Started:\nDecide how much you want to loose and see how many calories a day it will take to make it happen by year's end.(for you 575 calories a day-based on one pound being about 3500 excess calories) Then, work into your routines however many of these eating tweaks and exercises you need to achieve your goal.\nSlash 250 cal.s a day to lose about 25 lbs. in a year, Slash 500 cal.s to loose 50 pounds.\n\n\n1.Wake-up Workout - \nWhen your eyes open, sit up slwoly w/out using ur hands. W/ legs straight out, lean forward until u feel a gentle stretch in ur back & hamstrings. Hold. Then, Using ur abs, lower urself flat. Rest & repeat 2 more times. BURNS 10\n2. Balance Booster - \nWhile u brush ur teeth, alternate standing on 1 leg as u switch mouth quadrants(every 30 seconds). BURNS 10\n3.Be a Ballerina - \nAs ur coffee drips, stand sideways, put 1 hand on the counter, and lift the outside leg straigh out in front of u, keeping it extended. With upper body straight, hold for a few sec.s and move it to the side: hold and extend it behind u. Do 5x on each leg. BURNS 10\n4. Talk It UP - \nEvery time u grab the phone, stand up & pace around. BURNS 50\n5. Carry Some Weight - \nWhen ur grocery Shopping/ running erands, wear a backpack with 5-10 lbs bag of sugar inside to increase resistance & burn more calories. Add purchases to ur load as it becomes easier. BURNS 20 (FOR AN HOUR OF ERRANDS)\n6.Pump at the Pump - \nWhile ur getting gas, With 1 hand on ur car, Stand on the balls of ur feet & slowly rise up & down for as long as it takes to fill ur tank. BURNS 10\n7. Shop till the Pounds Drop - \nat the mall try on at least 10 outfits- pants and shirts.BURNS 60\n8. Jog for Junk Mail - \nFor every piece of junk mail u get each day, do 1 lap around ur house/ building, / up & down a flight of stairs. BURNS 35-140\n9. Play Footsie - \nAfter Dinner, while u are sitting at the table, extend your right leg out & slowly bend it up & down, squeezing & holding in the up position for at least 5 sec.s. Repeat 5x for each leg. BURNS 10\n10.Ease into Evening - \nsitting with feet uncrossed, grab ur wrists & raise ur hands above ur head to lengthen the spine. Take a deep breath in as u reach & hold the position, breathing slowly in & out for 20 sec.s, taking longer on the exhale. BURNS 5\n11. Sing a Song - \nSpend sunday morning belting it out in the church choir. BURNS 70 PER SERVICE\n12. Catch This! -\nSpend 30 min tossing a ball or a frisbee with ur kid/dog BURNS 90\n13. Make Whoopee - \nInstead of a bowl of ice cream as a bedtime snack, have a robust tussle with your spouse. BURNS 300
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Dieting alone will rarely help you lose weight. The surest way to get rid of excess weight is to start an exercise program. You could join a gym and get a trainer or just start your own regimine. Cutting out certain foods like soda, desserts, and fried foods will help, but they won't be effective on their own. Drink lots of water and get 40-60 minutes of exercise 5 days a week. Exercise more and longer if you want to lose it quicker. But don't get discouraged if at first you gain weight, because it will probably be muscle. I would suggest doing an Elyptical machine or walking a hills course on a treadmill if you can. Add in strength training if you want longer-term results.
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No Diet and No Pill:\n\nI am not sure what your diet is now, but I can tell you how I lost weight 20 pounds and fast.\n\nDrink Plenty of Water, I mean a lot.\n\nCut out suger/sweets, i.e. cookies, cake, candy, etc.  I treated myself on the weekends (Friday/Saturday) by having a treat in moderation.\n\nDo not eat anything after 7pm\n\nEat at regular intervals so your body can maintain a steady metabolism rate.\n\nIf you do try this, the first week for me was slow, I was like this is not working.  By the second week the weight started to come off.  Now still eat, just everything in moderation and no junk.
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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!
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hi, you dont need a diet. to lose weight, just eat less and healtily and excercise. Dont try diets, as they dont contain all the vitamins and minerals you need, so they could hurt you. Also, diet lasts only for a short period of time. When you lose weight, you start eating as you did before. You need to change your lifestyle and keep it during your whole life! If you wont, youll gain weight again, thats for sure! Ive tried both diets and rational eating and excercise, so i know what am i talking about. \nDont eat low-fat food, it contains lot of harmful chemicals and because of lack of fats your body is not able to use vitamis it contains. (some vitamins must dissolve in fat in order to "do their job". If there is no fat, your body cant use them!)\nEat lot of vegetables, fruit and drink non-low-fat milk, eat as few sweets as possible (you dont have to exclude them completely, because it may happen that after a long time you havent eaten them, youll buy "tons" of them and eat them at once! This is not very healthy :-) Eat 2-3 small sweets per week and know that its no "sin" :-) However, the most important part is excercise! You cant expect to lose weight if you dont move. You dont have to do any special things, just forget about your car if possible- walk or use bicycle instead, dont use elevator- walk, at least 2-5 stages, dance and swim.\n I wish you good luck and strong will. Im sure youll be happy, healthy and feeling great soon!
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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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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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No, definitively exercising alone won't do the trick. You will have to change what you eat, but understand that you can't do it overnight. You have to proceed by steps.\n\nFirst thing, try to get rid of unnecessary stress in your life: we all need some stress to move on, but enough is enough. Try to relax, take a vacation, go for a walk, stop worrying about what you can't change, try to sleep better, smile as often as you can, don't be afraid of being emotional, etc, etc.\n\nSecond thing, use less your car, if you have one. Walk more. This is exercise number one for you. I am not telling you to run. Simply walk. If you can walk in a wooded area, provided it is not dangerous, that would be fine. You may be in need of fresh air, too. Try to do this at least once every day.\n\nThird thing, your diet must be changed. I don't know if you live with your family or alone. If the former, then you will need their support. If the latter, you will need discipline. Can you cook? Can you prepare your own foods? Can you do some shopping? Do you have to eat out? Learn to be selective.\n\nStick with a plan like this for a while and see if its works with you. I don't know what your ideal weight is, but let's put it at 90kg (I am using the metric system because it is easier for me). Try to eat three meals a day (not snacks!) - breakfast, lunch and supper - in such a way that the total weight you will be eating equals 1/100 of your ideal weight. If it's 90kg, you will be eating 900g a day. Let's say: 100g for breakfast, 350g for lunch and 450g for supper. You may need the scales to begin with, but after awhile just by looking at it, you will know rather accurately the food weight. \n\nYour eating plan could be something like this:\n\nbreakfast: two boiled eggs or a few nuts + some bread or toast + one cup of black coffee or herbal tea. (If you have no problem with wholemeal bread, use it.)\n\nlunch: cooked vegetables (carrots, spinach, peas) or some potatoes or some rice + some raw vegetables (lettuce, radishes) + grilled steak or chicken or fish (as you please) + a little dark chocolate or a very small slice of fruit  (optional) + some mineral water\n\nsnack (around 5PM): some fresh fruit (one kind: apple or pear or cherries, etc) (optional) (avoid bananas or nuts)\n\ndinner: just like lunch.\n\nAvoid all dairy, soft drinks and junk food. Reduce salt and try to increase the use of raw garlic and natural herbs. Chew well and rest after each main meal, if possible.\n\nHope this helps.
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healthy diet, no junk food, LOTS of exercise, detoxing is a good way to start, and to give you a boost along try some diet tablets, they can really help.  Oh course, if you have the money and want to go that way, lap band surgery or liposuction would do the trick.  Losing weight isn't easy and it takes time, be patient.  Also, expect to have a period where you dont lose weight (thats normal), just persevere and maybe change your diet or exercise.  Try not to have unrealistic expectations, it takes a long time to lose weight, and unfortunately you probably wont lose all that much in 4-5 months, but keep going, it will happen, you're just a work in progress.  Also, dont try to starve yourself, that makes you gain weight if you do it for long periods, and expect to gain a little, as muscle weighs more than fat.
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For losing such a large number of pounds there is no asap. This requires a lot of patience (sorry) and change of lifestyle in general. \n\nAlso - you would be more successful if you make your initial target more realistic, like losing 20 pounds, holding them for a few months and then again 20 and so on. \n\nIn general it is really - it less, about 1000- 1200 kcal per day and exercise in a healthy way (increase it slowly if your body is not used to it). \n\nIf you can afford it he best is to do the weight loss under supervision of a doctor or better in a clinic where they also teach you different nutrition. the important thing is that you have to change your whole way to eat and move and all habits associated with that. There is a lot of mental work involved in this change. Like getting used to smaller portions, less "bad" fat and using "good " fats instead. In general eating less and much more veggies and fruit than you did in the past. \n\nOver time you will see the effect and also lose your cravings and your body will adjust to it's new weight. \n\nIf you still think you want to do this asap and this is possible then be careful with how you do this. You need to exercise but start it slowly, you need to eat less but make sure you get all nutrients a body needs. Go at least to weight watcher meetings.
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Eat less and move more
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try taboo\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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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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Start out by walking 1-2 miles a day. Cut out all junk food. Eat only Raw foods (Fresh, not processed foods) No fries (Unless baked in the oven. Follow serving sizes on foods. Stick to low-fat, but not necessarily fat-free. You need at least 20% fat per day in your diet. Remember that losing weight and keeping it off means lifetime changes, not just temporary.