What motivates you? (on a diet, what keeps you on the diet and loosing the weight?)?
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First determine why you have to lose that weight, is that because you really want it or because you envy your thinner friend who get your favorite guy in the class? If you really want it, it will work.\nGive yourself a reward. Instead of spending your money on snacks and fattening foods, go to a fashion store, by some clothes. But, instead of buying something your size, try buying something too small for you, but it must be something you really like and want to wear. Jeans and dresses (not strecth one) are good for this. Just try it, but don't go too far, just 2-3 size smaller. If you're currently size 12, try a size 10 or even 8. \nOK then, after 5 minutes of struggle finally you can get yourself in the dress, but now you can't pull the zip up. It's OK, buy it. \nNow hang it in front of your other clothes or on top of the stack, so every time you want to get dress you see it. and eep the note in your mind : 'I'll be small enough to wear that, soon" If you have time, try them too see your progress. If finally you can wear it properly (all the buttons and zip up), go on, wear it even actually it still to tight and exposing some gut. It will remind you not to eat too much all day, and a restriction in the waistline will make you feel full faster.\nBuy a new (smaller if you can) every few weeks or if you feel that the old clothes feel a bit looser.\nGood luck
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Oh I'm on a diet to loose weight now. It's going well so far. I eat when I'm really hungry and I never overeat. I drink a lot of water while eating. I eat fruits rather than candys and snacks. When I'm lazy to cook, I eat like canned soup (love progresso soups) rather than junk food like pizza. I chew a lot when I eat.
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weight lose is a case to case situation. do not mess with the pills, please dont.  they will give you more down the road problems. loosing wieght is not easy, i agree. but here are a few ideas that if you stick with it, you will see results. i promise and if you dont, sue me.  here is what you do. control what and when you eat. eat three meals a day, simply right, dont snack when your hungry. eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. stay consistant with the times.  eat well rounded meals. touch in one day all of the food groups. light breakfast, heardy lunch and a simple dinner.  also excercise, something as simple as a walk around the park or through the neighborhood, will do just fine. and drink plenty of water. especially with you feel the urge to snack. if you do this, i promise you will see the wieght fall off. and... give it some time, dont expect results overnight.  let me know how it goes....
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I have spent tons of money trying to lose weight and keep it off with diets from: Weight Watchers, Medical Weight Loss Clinic, South Beach, to the Grapefruit diet and Rice diet!  Many of them worked, only for me to gain the weight back plus more.\n\nHowever, I have lost over 155 pounds, gone from a tight size 28 to a size 6/8, and kept the weight off for 3-1/2 years, with Herbalife.  Herbalife has 1,500 calories worth of good nutrition in only 90 calories plus you get a free personal weight loss coach that teaches you all-around good nutrional choices.\n\nI actually saved money on my grocery bill with Herbalife, and it is not just shakes.  I have many recipes for other things you can make with it!
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The only thing is to be able to bear it.  I have had to sacrifice chocolate to lose weight as well.  At the beginning, I was looking for anything to substitute it.  Then I realized that nothing was going to do it and I had to decide which I wanted more:  to lose weight or to have chocolate.  I decided for losing weight.  That was 35 pounds ago.  Now, I have chocolate but only once in a while and if I do get a craving, I can control it.
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I have gone through the exact same thing! My diet and excercise never changed yet I managed at first to lose weight then put it back on and even more. Its been over a year now, and once again Im losing weight again! Lets just hope that I dont put any more weight on! My worst problem at the moment though is getting off them, I just cant seem to do it because of the withdrawels!
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The best motivation, experts say, it's health. Because it never becomes obsolete, like an outfit or a guy that you might not want anymore, for instance.\n\nThink about the health benefits of weight loss (I mean, of having a normal weight!):\n- less risk of heart disease\n- less risk (or better management of) diabetes\n- no more swollen feet\n- etc etc\n\nand of the various benefits of exercising regularly:\n- increased levels of serotonine -> happyness or at least reduction of depression symptoms\n- stronger bones\n- more oxigen for the brain\n- (can't remember now but I've seen a list somewhere and they are definitely more).\n\nAnother way of keeping your motivation alive and improve your methods is, in my experience, to read regularly, for instance on the internet, about weight loss, diets, exercise and the like.\n\nGood luck!
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self-control and excercise. determination and patience are key. you should not force yourself to lose loads of weight in a very short amount of time... it all depends on your body's metabolism, and it's usually activity that determines it.\n\nalso, i've learned that you lose more weight when you don't worry yourself about it much. remember that crash diets and eating disorders are not the best ways to go.\n\nlove yourself the way you are. try to improve, but never let yourself reach the point of compromising your well-being. when you're happy in your own skin, it will show through.
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i have this new program i am working on.\nit involves - eating healthy and exercising.\nin fact, i am working on a breakthrough - i have found if you burn more calories than you take in - you lose weight.
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The best diet I have found is moderation. Radical loss plans do not keep it off for me. It needs to be a diet that you can maintain and not feel like you are depriving yourself. It does not hurt to eat a slice of pie or a couple cookies once in awhile. It is what you do on an over all basis. Wise life style choices in dining that can last a life time will probably help you along with a exercise plan you can stick to as well.  Good Luck.
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Simply put it is diet and exercise......But ultimately it comes down to deciding on making a lifestyle change to better your overall health and embracing this idea to give you the motivation to follow through!  Good luck to you!
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i can send you a diet that lets you eat but makes you eat healthy. you stick to it you will lose weight. i lost 65 pounds in a very short time on it.
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Why do all you people insist on diet pill to loose weight. When will you ever see that you are wasteing youre hard earned money?
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I recently started a diet about four months ago & I have lost about 60lbs so far. I eat, count carbs & calories, only drink water, & exercise more (walk around the block, jog, sit ups, etc). To stay motivated, I bought a pair of jeans that were way too small for me (definately couldn't button them). I tried them on like once a week & imagined what it would be like to finally get them buttoned. When I did finally get them buttoned it was all worth it.
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You probably know that virtually hundreds of different fad diets, weight-loss programs and outright scams promise quick and easy weight loss. But the foundation of every successful weight-loss program still remains a healthy diet combined with exercise. You must make permanent changes in your lifestyle and health habits to lose significant weight and keep it off.\n\nHow do you make those permanent changes? Follow these six strategies.\n\n\n1. Make a commitment\n\nPermanent weight loss takes time and effort. It requires concentration and a lifelong commitment. Make sure that you're ready to make the necessary permanent changes and that you do so for the right reasons.\n\nNo one else can make you lose weight. In fact, external pressure — often from people closest to you — may make matters worse. You must undertake diet and exercise changes to please yourself.\n\nAs you're planning new weight-related lifestyle changes, try to resolve any other problems in your life. It takes considerable mental and physical energy to change your habits. So make sure you aren't distracted by other major life issues, such as marital or financial problems. Timing is key to success. Ask yourself if you're ready to take on the challenges of serious weight loss.\n\nKeep in mind that no matter how prepared you may be, you'll occasionally overeat or eat foods that you should avoid. Rather than let a setback derail your efforts, accept that it happened and get back on track. Don't expect perfection — and never give up.\n\nMotivate yourself by focusing on all of the benefits of losing weight, such as having more energy and improving your health. Then look at the negatives, such as finding the time to exercise, and come up with creative solutions.\n\n\nMore On This Topic\nWeight loss: Are you ready? \n2. Get emotional support\n\nUltimately, only you can help yourself lose weight by taking responsibility for your own behavior. But that doesn't mean that you have to do everything alone. Seek support from your partner, family and friends.\n\nPick people who you know want only the best for you and who will encourage you. They should be available to listen to your thoughts and feelings and encourage you, perhaps spend time exercising with you, and share the priority you've placed on developing a healthier lifestyle. An ideal support person might be someone who also is participating in a weight-loss program.\n\nSome people fare better with professional support, such as a dietitian or personal trainer. Others benefit from the group support they receive from organizations such as Weight Watchers or Overeaters Anonymous.\n\nIf you do join a group, keep in mind that what you get out of it will be in proportion to what you put into it. If you sit in a corner and just listen, you may hear some good suggestions. But if you actively participate, you're more likely to reap the potential rewards of the group, such as support, encouragement, feeling that you're not alone and helpful suggestions specific to your concerns.\n\n\n3. Set a realistic goal\n\nWhen you're considering what to expect from your new eating and exercise plan, be realistic. Healthy weight loss occurs slowly and steadily. Aim to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week. To do this, you need to burn 500 to 1,000 calories a day through a low-calorie diet and regular exercise. Losing weight more rapidly means losing water weight or muscle tissue, rather than fat.\n\nSet weekly or monthly goals, and then track your progress. Remember that you're in this for the long haul. Anything you undertake too intensely or too vigorously may quickly become too onerous, so you're more likely to give up.\n\nIn addition, make your goals "process goals," such as eating judiciously and exercising regularly, rather than "outcome goals," such as losing 50 pounds. Changing your process — your habits — is the key to weight loss. Make sure that your process goals a
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Keep in mind the following when dieting:\n\nDiets and changing your eating to healthy food choices can work but because we know so little about ourselves and our relationship with food, it makes it difficult to win the battle. A lot of us have problems with dieting because we have a problem called "emotional eating" we eat to comfort ourselves during difficult, stressful, sad, etc times in our lives.\n\nYou may experience all those emotions during dieting as we continuously get on the scale hoping to see a big difference in numbers after dieting only for a day or two. Also what is stressful when dieting is that we try to lose a large number of weight in such a short period of time which in most cases is unreasonable. \n\nThis all brings about stress, discomfort and sadness. When we feel this way, we turn to our best friend for help and support which for many of us is food. The diet is now broken and we feel that we can't stick to diets. We then try fad diet after fad diet hoping to lose the original 20 pounds and now we may have as much as 30 pounds to lose because we continue to put on weight as we continue to break these fad diets by binging before starting our next diet. \n\nPlease learn about your relationship with food before your next diet so that you may achieve your goals. To help a little, keep in mind the following:\n\nYou already know how to lose weight. You know that if you eat less and exercise more eventually you’ll see the pounds come off. What’s getting in your way? Why do you usually regain the weight you lost? The answer to all these questions is the same “Emotional Eating.” Simply defined, emotional eating means you eat to satisfy emotional hunger; it means you use food for comfort or as a way to cope with life; and it means you eat for reasons other than what your body needs. Whenever you reach for a boredom-breaking snack despite your commitment, or whenever you eat to quell anxiety, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you binge after a fight, or double up on portions because your day turned sour, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you feel that sharp craving for your favorite food, that’s emotional eating. When we eat during these times while on a diet, we believe the diet doesn’t work or that we lack self control and then look for the quickest way to lose weight (fasting/diet pills, ect) after eating all we can since we already messed the diet day up. Read the information below but remember that emotional eating plays a big part in why we don’t continue dieting and why we regain lost weight and why we binge today and start a new diet tomorrow. Best of Luck.\n\nP.S. After learning about my relationship with food, I was able to drop my weight from 263 pounds down to 151 pounds which is a 112 pound weight lost.
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If you really want to lose weight...and keep it off forever...forget about diets. They do not work. Instead, what you need to do is make a lifestyle change. Here's a high-level overview of what I'm talking about.\n\n1.) Eat healthier. I'm not sure what kinds of food you eat. Eliminate junk food and processed foods. Opt for fresh veggies and the like. (This is vague...cuz like I said...I dunno what kinds of food you eat.)\n\n2.) Exercise. Turn off the TV and get some exercise on a regular basis. This along with healthy eating will help you keep the weight off. \n\nThis won't be easy...nor should it be. You will need to put in a lot of effort and research...but it's so worth it. Investing in your body is one of the best things you can do. It'll pay huge dividends though out your lifetime.  \n\nAlso, don't fall for diet fads. They'll set you up for failure. If you simply cut out the bad food and exercise on a regualr basis, you'll look better and feel better. \n\nI know this is kinda vague information. If you want details, lemme know. I'll be happy to share. \n\nGood luck...and don't give up.