Lose a lot of Weight!?
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I lost 143 lbs over 7 years ago and have kept it off-and I did it all naturally-no medical intervention! Since I was so overweight all I could do was walk. Forget about hardcore exercise! You need to take a 30min walk every night. Walk as fast as you can handle and move those arms! As far as food, all I did was cut out all fast food, junk food (snacks), soda and juice. Drink only water and unsweetened tea but mainly water!ALOT OF IT! Eat 5-6 times per day but very small meals. For instance here is a typical day back then for me: 6am-1 pack oatmeal and cup hot green tea. 9am- fat free cottage cheese and diced apple 12pm-chicken breast with salsa on top and piece whole grain bread 3pm-very small handful of almonds and raisins 6pm-chicken breast and small side salad with only lettuce tomatoes carrots and a fat free italian dressing. DRINK WATER THRU OUT THE DAY. If your anything like me I used to HATE water but as I made myself drink it- my body craved it! Still does! I am very proud of you for wanting to do this! As you begin to lose weight and fell better you will naturally start to change up your exercise routine as well-you will want the challenge as you begin to feel healthy and strong! At 31 years old now I feel healthier, sexier, and happier than I have ever felt in my whole life and let me tell you... I LOOK GREAT! GOOD LUCK- YOU CAN DO IT!
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I'm sure that I won't be the first person to tell you this.  Any quick weight loss fix like a patch or a pill is not the answer.  You need to change your diet to a healthy one and maintain an active lifestyle.  that's the ONLY way to lose weight with the exception of gastro-bypass surgery.
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First you need to talk to your doctor. That is your best way to figure out the best way to lose weight. If you are looking to shed so many pounds you might ask to talk with a nutrionist. They can help you plan your course of action and will be very helpful on the support end. They help people like you all the time, thats their job and they enjoy doing it. \n\nRemember being over weight is unhealthy and your putting yourself at risk for lots of diseases and future complications. But to lose that much safely you need to have medical help. Your family doctor is the first step, he/she can direct you best from there.\n\nRemember you need to exercise at least 45 minutes to have effective weight loss. you should attempt 30 minutes of cardio where you bring your breathing rate up. Here you will need your doctor to approve just how high of a heart rate you can go safely. normally 75-85% of your max heart rate is what will get the pounds off. But you want to be safe and not over tax your heart. The doctor might recomend 50% which is just as good if you keep eating healthy and are dedicated. This way while you do cardio you will have a target heart rate to stay in to get the most out of the exercise.\n\nAlso know that every pound is 3500 caleries. You need to burn that many a week less then what you consume to lose any weight. Thats buring 3500 caleries less then what you consume to lose one pound! Think about it...\nMake sure you get nutrion and take in a healthy amount of caleries. \n\nI suggest keeping a journal. Attach a picture of someone who is your goal size. At the end of each night write in how many caleries you had or what you have eaten. Also when you exercise mark how long you did and how many caleries you burned.  you can get a book that will tell you how many caleries you burn at your current weight doing certain exercises. If you weigh more your body is carring that extra weight in the exercise, helping you burn more then someone who weighs less then you. Thats a positive thing... it makes losing those first pounds easier! You can also get a computer program that will tell you how many caleries you consumed.  \n\nWhen you look at lables on the food pick ones that are low in saturated or trans fat. Mono and poly are good fats and are ok to have in your food. Also get foods that have less sugar. Sugar is a simple energy source and gets stored as lipids and fat. Stay away from the sweats. It's hard I know but now a days you can buy things with out sugar. ( I dont endorse sugar substatutes though)\nDrink water instead of pop and natural juice if your going to drink juice. Also stay away from alcohol because it has caleries too.\n\nMost importantly talk to your doctor. I am not a doctor and in no way an expert on this matter.\n\n\nalso lots of people will respond with fad diets. Do not follow them. Make your diet personalized and realize cutting out all carbs is dangerious. Every food you eat is an energy source and the only energy source your brain uses is carbs. Don't deprive your brain.... When you eat carbs though you need to make sure they are whole grain and complex. These don't store as fat so easily and are easier for you to burn. If you like white bread Wonder makes a good whole grain wheat bread. Some wheat breads aren't whole grain and are just as bad as white bread then.\n\n\nIt sadens me to see people recomending pills for you. The main thing to realize with herbal medicine is that they do not need to be FDA approved. You are buying things that have not undergone  long term studies and do not have any regulations on what can be put in them what so ever. They could literally put anything they wanted into the pill and it would be with in the law. DON'T try them. If they do work the weight won't stay off and then you'll be oobles of disapointed. Also they aren't safe. Not one of them is retulated...
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Yep, tis simple. Limit your food intake(reasonably) drink lots of water and excercise. Don't tamper with those pills. \n\nSomething else that helps is apple cider vinegar pills. It's just pure apple cider vinegar, but if you are that concerned about losing weight talk to your doctor or dietician. ;)
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If you are serious about losing weight, the calories\nin the food you eat should be less than the\nenergy you use. You will have to increase your \nmetabolic rate now, and plan your diet carefully.\nFormulate your own weight loss plan and you will \nlose weight faster. More details available at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/m7ckx
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forget about dieting. just have good nutrition habits...and start exercising!\n\nIt's calories in vs. calories out. a pound of weight is approx. 3500 cals. If you burn that much in exercise per week you'll lose weight.
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1. Go on a diet (I used the calorie diet and it worked really well) if you want more info on the cal. diet let me know Ill be glad to help! 2.Exercise, walk,run,swin, go to the gym anything like that will help\n3.Keep your self motavated if you dont you will just gain extra poundage \n4.Eat good foods dont eat junk, I mean every once in a while is ok but not everyday. \n5.If you are near a gym and can afford it that is a great way to lose weight. \n6. If you want more help just e-mail me @ trippleb93@yahoo.com
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You're slightly on the heavy side but no, you're not HUGE. Look at what kinds of snacks and sweets and junk foods, sodas you're eating throughout the day. Cut those and drink water instead whenever you want to eat them. Just that will help you lose ALOT of weight over about 2 weeks... If you have time, exercise!! And remember to keep this up as a part of a healthy lifestyle. DO NOT skip meals or starve yourself. I've been down that road and it's not pretty. Good luck!
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As you get closer to your goal weight its harder to shed the pounds. Additionally if you just lost quite a bit of weight your body will plateau for a while. Keep doing what you are doing and cut the calories by maybe 100 more a day and be sure that your exercise is challenging and not too easy. It will come off, be patient.
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Eat a huge breakfast, a medium sized lunch, and a tiny healthy dinner and eat your last meal before 7 pm every day.  Do that, and walk at a brisk pace twenty minutes a day four days a week and you will lose weight.  Not necessarily quickly, but you will.\nAnd no soft drinks!  Water, fruit juice, and skim milk.
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I've been trying to lose weight and the best way I have found is with Weight Watchers.  You can eat and eat what you want.  It's simple and it also promotes a more healthy style of eating.  I have found also that the weight stays off.  Another good way to lose the wieght is walk...walk walk walk!!\nYou would be surprised how much you will drop.  And drink water...sip it all through the day...you'll melt away in no time!
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The most mechanical way to lose weight to expend more calories than you consume, so first diet hardcore, 5 small meals a day with mostly protein, vegetables, and fruits. also i would take some type of thermogenic weight loss pill, they will help boost your losses at first. then also, dont do any lifting but, do a lot of cardio (running, biking, jump rope.) to lose weight healthily you should only lose 2 pounds a week, so go at your own risk, work out 2 or 3 times a day and eat 5 very little very healty meals a day.
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your body changes. its needs will change too. look as losing weight as eating healthy and along with excercise it does work just as well.
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Its a bit of a tall order.  You might lose 6lb but not more...and you would need to exercise to lose that much.  Eat small portion, no fatty or sugary foods, fill up with fruit and raw veggies.  Keep meat to very small portions.
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Cut off your head!\n\nThe only good and safe way to lose weight is a reasonable diet and regular aerobic exercise.  Your goal should be to lose about 1 kg (2 pounds) a week and KEEP it off for the rest of your life.  Extreme weight loss in a short time will only set you up to gain it all back and more.  That's why they call it yo-yo dieting.
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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\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 really not healthy to lose a lot of pounds quickly.  Your best bet to lose weight & keep it off is to lose no more than 1 or 2 pounds a week.  Doing regular aerobic exercise and weight training along with eating a sensible low fat (lots of fruits & vegetables) diet will get you on your way.  You can get free workout plans and diet info at about.com in the fitness section and at fitrex.com.