how dose one get started on a diet?
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Work out at least 3 times a week for 20-30 minutes at a time. Cut back your caloric intake to about 1200 to 1500 calories per day. Eat 3 meals a day and include small snacks. This will increase your metabolism. Start lifting weights to build muscle. Muscle needs more calories than fat. This too increases your metabolism. Drink plenty of water.
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No diet is the best diet.\n\nJust eat (larger) healthy meals (5- 6 per day)\n\nDrink water during the day, orange juice or fruit juice with all meals. (helps to absorb iron in meals and vitamin c) drink green tea or coffee or substitute drink with FULL fat milk. (Canned fruit in natural juice is best)\n\nBreakfast; 1 piece of fresh fruit and cereal with full cream fat milk.\n\nMorning tea; 1 piece of fresh or canned fruit or biscuit with full fat cheese, or full fat yogurt. \n\nLunch; 1 sandwich and plate of soup or salad & vegebales with meat or chicken or fish,\n\nAfternoon tea; the same as morning tea.\n\nDinner; meat, or fish or chicken with salad and vegetables and potatoes.\n\nSupper; If you are a poor sleeper or not very over weight. porridge; low fat cereal, yogurt or hot chocolate milk (all of these are relaxing and light on your stomach in the evening) Other wise try to eat your last main meal early (5.30 - 7pm) or only eat supper on days you have been working really hard or missed a meal during the day.\n\nDecrease your daily exercise to walking, or swimming, or bike riding or whatever you like to increase your heart rate for at least 20 minutes straight.\n\nYou are 5'5" or 165 cm tall; as a female anything from 47 to 60 kg or 7 stone - 9 stone or 98 to 116 pounds is normal depending on your body shape. \n\nIf you have small breasts the lighter if large breasts the heavier end would be more normal.\n\nOnly you would know what is right.\n\nIt is more about being healthy and looking good than being a certain weight.\n16 ounces per pound, 14 pounds per stone. or 2.2 pounds per kilo gram.
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Why should I try to have a healthy diet?\n\nHaving a healthy diet is one of the most important things you can do to help your overall health. Along with physical activity, your diet is the key factor that affects your weight. Having a healthy weight for your height is important. Being overweight or obese increases your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, breathing problems, arthritis, gallbladder disease, sleep apnea (breathing problems while sleeping), osteoarthritis, and some cancers. You can find out if you're overweight or obese by figuring out your body mass index (BMI). Women with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 are considered overweight, whereas women with a BMI of 30 or more are considered obese. All adults (aged 18 years or older) who have a BMI of 25 or more are considered at risk for premature death and disability from being overweight or obese. These health risks increase as the BMI rises. Your health care provider can help you figure out your body mass, or you can go to www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm.\nHow can I start planning a healthy diet for me and my family?\n\nYou can start planning a healthy diet by looking at the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 (http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The best way to give your body the balanced nutrition it needs is by eating a variety of nutrient-packed foods every day. Just be sure to stay within your daily calorie needs. \nwww.4woman.gov/faq/diet.htm\nwww.rdoctor.com\nwww.symptomat.com\nnhlbisupport.com/cgi-bin/chd1/step1intro.cg\nFocus on fruits. Eat a variety of fruits – whether fresh, frozen, canned or dried – rather than fruit juice for most of your fruit choices. For a 2,000 calorie diet, you will need 2 cups of fruit each day (for example, 1 small banana, 1 large orange, and 1/4 cup of dried apricots or peaches).\nVegetables Vary your veggies. Eat more dark green veggies, such as broccoli, kale, and other dark leafy greens; orange veggies, such as carrots, sweetpotatoes, pumpkin, and winter squash; and beans and peas, such as pinto beans, kidney beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, split peas and lentils.\nCalcium-rich foods Get your calcium-rich foods. Get 3 cups of low-fat or fat-free milk – or an equivalent amount of low-fat yogurt and/or low-fat cheese (1 1/2 ounces of cheese equals one cup of milk) – every day. For kids aged 2 to 8, it's 2 cups of milk. If you don't or can't consume milk, choose lactose-free milk products and/or calcium-fortified foods and beverages.\nWhole-grain foods Make half your grains whole. Eat at least 3 ounces of whole-grain cereals, breads, crackers, rice, or pasta every day. One ounce is about 1 slice of bread, 1 cup of breakfast cereal, or 1/2 cup of cooked rice or pasta. Look to see that grains such as wheat, rice, oats, or corn are referred to as 'whole' in the list of ingredients.\nFoods high in protein Go lean with protein. Choose lean meats and poultry. Bake it, broil it, or grill it. And vary your protein choices – with more fish, beans, peas, nuts and seeds.
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I hope you mean just the menu for free.  I'd search the internet.  The one I recommend is the Mediterranean diet because it is the most well balanced.  Also it it's the best for your heart and figure.
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the easiest thing for you to do is be your own dietician and trainer.  Go to the bookstore and read up on stuff.  most sites, even if you don't have to pay, are going to be aimed at people over 18.  Its hard for a internet program to be accurate with teens cause each one is so different and is changing.  \n\nthe basic rules are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fruits, vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. No alcohol if that applies. 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. \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 even if its just for a month or two to educate yourself. 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. Good Luck!
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Yes, choose the correct foods, portion control, figure out how many calories you should consume in a day for your goal then spread them evenly throughout 6 to 9 meals a day (every 2 hours or so) and get to the gym and do cardio at least 3 times a week for a minimum of 30 minute sessions and start some form of resistance training.\n\nYou will be a Goddess in no time.
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Losing weight anywhere is a lifestyle.Keep a journal of your food intake.Set a goal and have a plan about how you will achieve it. Make sure it includes lots of veggies and fruits,preferably  real juice. Eat a hearty breakfast,one with a lot of fibre. Exercise either with the help of a physical trainer or on your own.Sit ups,push up,walking etc. will start you if you do not have an exercise machine/gym at home.Since August 2005 I have lost at least 2-4 inches  in my stomach area etc. and I will lose more. I have to walk to the bus stop as the vehicles are not working. My brother,who spends time in the garden, puts on weight but loses it like butter in a skillet.He keeps moving and gets off his butt for most of the day. Sedentary workers need to keep this in mind.Choose to be healthy and work at it daily.
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hi ! i am so happy to know you ! i want to start doing it my self would you like us to start together ! we will be wight loss pals !!?\nok , first of all as soon as you wake up you drink 6 glasses of water , if it is too much , drink 4 than wait for a few mn and drink the last 2 .... do not eat drink or take any thing else for one hour , than you can take your cofee tea or breakfast than you follow the coming recepy belive me i did it several times in my life and the least i lost was 4 kilos but in 7 days not 6 !\nbut courage you can loose more , and do not worry it is a very healty diet , you will feel too energatic exept the last day this is the most diffecult but belive me it works like magic ! the first time i los 6 kilos ..ok enough bla bla bla ..., and lets start ...1 day all kiend of fruits all day as much as you like and can eat ... exept for mangoes and figes and grapes 2 and day all kiend of vegtabels except avocado and potatoes and peas all day cooked steamed or with ognion and garlic and tomato sauce but without butter or margerine or oil, you can eat carrots and cucumbers for breakfast and cooked hot meal of your favoriet vegtabels and for dinner god be with you .. i know this dinner stinks !!! but you can tell your self tomorow is another day ! 3ed day , fruits and vegteballs combiend , much better ! 4th day ... breakfast 2 eggs half an orange or greap fruit , lunch and dinner all you can eat from meat chiken and eggs all day ... grilled or boiled , 5th day breakfast same as the day before , lunch and dinner fish and sea food and canned tuna as much as you want the 6th and 7th day are the real chalange and marathon !!! you can choose just one kiend of fruits and eat it as much as you want when ever you want for 2 days !!! you can add salt and pepper and musterd and lemon and vinegar and spices  as much as you want eggs must be well boiled and you must remove the oil from it completly .. you can drink club soda , sparceld water , all kien of tea or cofee baboong whatever you like without adding sugar nor milk but you can use artefecial sweatner or i do not know what they call it , i haet them so i do not know the brands .. good luck and if you can do some gemnastics even by walking 10 mn . or use the staires instead of the elevator it is good , the more water you drink the more you feel good and not hungry and energetic , and it washes your body from the poisons you have and acceleraet your metabolism , the more you shower the more you remove poisenes from your body , the more you rub your self with NATURAL SPONGE  without soap you are making your blood run and burn more fat + it helps your skin stay tought and firm and spotless so shower alot treat your self with aroma therapy buth salts or oils and rub your self energetecly with it conciderat it is time of devotion to your self to love your body and apreciat the effort it is doing to loose waight , change the sheets of your bed daily puting them in the sun to allow energy to be renewd .. try to be very active and visit alot of people and go out (no alchool) ! so you do not have much time to think about food ... or work alot , tell your self it is only a weeak to go ....\nif you have to skeep one day to make them 6 remove the only vegtebales day ... if you do not start a more moderat diet after this week you will start gaining waight again soon so i recomand you to try to start a nice diet not that sever after you finish .. good luck .. and pls e mail me how did it go ?
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what the hell is a water diet \nif your on one you need to get some food into you body
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There is no easy way. It takes dedication and it takes patience. You need to learn to control your eating habits. Eat balanced, but small meals(reasonably small) Don't stick food in your mouth everytime you are hungry, stay away from the fad diets (fad diets do your body more harm than good) Drink plenty of water and excercise. 30 minutes a day three times a week. \nIt's simple. \nWeight watchers is a good program. You eat your own food, you learn to eat normally, you learn to control your eating, you learn how to eat what you want, but in controlled portions. \n\nDiet pills and all those silly fad diets are not the answer. They are not good for our bodies.
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taking up a diet is not a easy task my foeversexygirl,it takes a lot of hard work ,so if u really & seriously want to do this,then first u have to cut down on that junk that u eat,not all at once, but just slowly .then comes the daily food,take healthy & fresh food.i recommend in the morning one full glass milk along with only one egg sandwich( 2 medium breads with an omlet &some veggies & little bit cheese,coz it has so much energy in it ) & thats it for breakfast,then for lunch have what ever u want but in limited proportions,then in dinner have some light food but healthy food .then comes the exercise part ,just dont over do it,since u have a treadmill run on it daily in morning(depends on ur capacity & commitment),but dont workout in the morning coz it drains all ur energy & u will feel sleepy in the afternoon time so instead in evening at about 5-6pm or 6-7pm work on ur body (in gym or at house & dont forget to have a bottle of water with u while working out & have some fresh i mean fresh not that pre packed juice) dont do overweights since women are not advised because doing a overweight may make ur muscles bulg and make u look like a bodybuilder instead of looking like a young girl,the results can be seen within 3-4months if u follow these steps properly & i suggest u not to go to any instructor for any advice because it waste of money
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start slowly try walking at a fast pace every morning and night for ATLEAST 10 mins  on your treadmill  eat small meals throughout the day so you wont feel as hungry throw aawy all junk and sweet foods ban soda and sugary juices  drink water and milk once you get into a good rythm with ure walking go faster maybe add some strenght training just make sure everything u do is gradual not bam all at once if your really over weight your body wont take a lot of exercise at once and u wont want to exercise ever again after that also do u have a dog? u could walk ure dog. dont take elevators take the stairs. drink lots and lots of water take low calorie snacks such as a sandwich bag with some carrots in it with you when you go places so that if you feel hungry you can snack on carrots rather then buy some chips. and a big thing thats very important when eating is portion control ure meat should only be the size of a deck of cards read all the labels on all your food see where your calories are coming from hmmm what else can i tell u ummmm avoid being in the kitchen if your in the kitchen and bored you`ll snack go outside get fresh air i dont think i mentioned this before but weight training going to the gym and lifting some weights is really important but if u cant do that or its to expensive just go to walmart and buy some weights u can use at home just those hand ones i think there called free weights im not sure but dont start weight lifting til you have a good routine set in your excercise and dont skip workouts force yourself to do them picture the body ure working towards in your mind  and be realistic weight loss takes time 100 pounds will take like a year GOOD LUCK HOPE THIS HELPS
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First change what you eat! A good diet plan is the South Beach Diet. Then start to exersize! Start with little things first like walking. Then build from that. Good Luck!!\nIf you have anyother questions just ask me!!
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Eat breakfast as this kick starts your metabolism, plenty of water, fruit and veg. Sounds dull but it's what our body is designed to work with.
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Best diet:  Eating the amount of healthy foods appropriate for the individual's needs, whether it is losing wait, maintaining weight or gaining weight, combining this with exercise daily, and getting enough sleep to function properly.
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Number one:  make an appointment to see a nutritionist and have him/her outline a good, sensible eating plan for you, then stick with it.\n\nNumber two:  put down the bowl of popcorn, get off the sofa, leave the car parked in the garage and walk.  Buy a bike and use it for any nonessential duties.  Go jogging in the park or join a jogging group.\n\nThere's lots you can do to get and remain fit.  Gyms are for people who want to see and be seen.  Just get moving.  You'll be all the better for it.\n\nOh, and if you work in a building, and don't have to go too far up, take the stairs and not the elevator.  It's a great cardiovscular workout, and it's free.
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If this is your first time then sign up for a program called weight watchers. They set you up on about a 3 week diet. They have lots of foods in grocery stores, that get cooked in microwave or oven. Work out and drink lots of water  and protien.