I've put on some weight since I got married, any tips on diet/exercise to get back down to size?
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Great question. It took a while to gain it, it will take a while to lose it (in a healthy way). 1-2 pounds a week is perfect. If you have not worked out in a while, talk with your doctor first. Fat burning is the product of two main forces: 1) what and how you eat 2) right kind of exercise. Eat something green at every meal, good sources of protien, quality carbs like whole grain bread and NO junk food or fast food. You will need to eat MORE OFTEN to burn fat (you won't store it as fat if your body is no longer starving and knows it will get food again in three hours). You will also need short, intense bursts of exercise, like sprints or interval training on a stationary bike, to burn fat. (1 min on and 1 min off for 15-20 min is a good start). I HIGHLY recommend pilates to help you keep flexible and just plain feel better but this will not burn fat. Any strength training you do will burn a lot of fat - the more muscle you have the more calories you consume at rest. \nYou can read some great books on this subject but they will all say the same thing: eat quality food, 5-7 times a day, in small portions, and do short, intense exercise 3 days a week plus some light strength training. If you do that, in 3 months you will have totally transformed your life. Talk with your doctor, get a trainer that will listen to you, and have one cheat day a week where you rest and eat whatever you want. I like Sunday. Hope that helps!
1096983
Yes, my fiance is 6'3" and weighs around 150 lbs. He's diabetic, and when he's upset he doesn't eat a lot. Not eating isn't good for his health 'cause of the diabetes, so I'm hoping that he'll really enjoy my cooking after we're married. I'm very pudgy, very very full hourglass figure, I look like the Pillsbury Dough GIrl. I hope some of it rubs off on him!
944426
Drink lots and lots of water and eat a lot of fruit and veggies.  By the way the quicker you drop the weight, the quicker you'll put it back on
1103190
Fast with protein shakes....but the weight will all come back and them some. \n\nLess food+ more exercise is the only way to really lose weight!
578600
eat less and exercise more.  of course, it needs to be a change that you can keep doing the rest of your life so that you dont gain it back once you start back to your old lifestyle.  i dont recommend diet pills because once youre off of them you gain the weight right back.
853687
try jogging,sit ups and a diet.
1092419
Keep working on it!!! I had the same problem (including the two kids) and did exactly what you are doing. Cut out bread, corn, potatoes and rice from your diet.  Eat just one of these per WEEK.  It is important to drink lots of water.  Use splenda instead of sugar.  Eat vegetables and fruits.  Dont stop, youll see the results shortly.\nI did it three years ago and had the desired results in 3 months.  And I´m still in the weight range I want.  Good luck.
533939
Go on a diet and exercise.
540390
Exercise. Eat healthy. It's not that complicated. What's hard is creating a new lifestyle for yourself, which you can keep doing and won't relapse into old habits.\n\nTake a walk every morning. (Or evening.) Drink water instead of soda or other beverages. Cut back on your portion size. Try going to a gym or getting some regular exercise.\n\nAnd be patient. You didn't get fat overnight. You aren't going to become thin overnight either.
61318
Diet and exercise. If that doesn't do it, talk to your doctor.
159480
Reset the weighing machine by minus 5 kgs. :-)\n\nWell, when my wife has to loose weight, she goes on a melon diet -the red and fleshy fruit. It improves the skin tone and keeps her healthy too. At the same time start performing house chores, extensively -like moping the floor, brooming and not vacuming, dusting and cleaning the table (especially the dining table).\n\nTake walks and if you like, have an extensive hour or so of a dance session.\n\nDo not use any medication, no matter what they say -every medicine has a side effect and it will eventually be your problem not the company which sells it.
1034787
Exercise and diet. Your body has really been through a change and it takes time. I have read that a lot of people didn't really start loosing a lot of weight until 6 months to a year after they had their baby. It took me almost a year and some help from Weight Watchers before I lost most of my weight. Just be patient if you can.
969592
read this blog post I posted few months ago about weight loss\nhttp://health-4all.blogspot.com/2006_05_10_health-4all_archive.html
41088
Change your eating habits and your diet. Cut out all the junk foods, sodas and unhealthy snacks if you eat them. If you have a snack, make it a piece of fruit or yogurt, or jello. Make sure you have something for breakfast always, you could have  a salad with a piece of fruit or yogurt for lunch and then have dinner. Drink lots of water. Trim most of the fat off meats and remove the skin from poultry. Take your time when you eat so that your brain has time to signal when you are full. I'm not joking. If you eat in a hurry you are overeating and by the time you feel full you have actually eaten too much. If you don't walk a lot, go for a one half hour walk 3 times a week. In addition to walking, you can also exercise at home for 20 mins. several times a week, do this on the days you are not walking. The exercise does not have to be strenuous exercises (such as lifting weights), just firming and toning ones. Once you lose the weight you want to, don't go back to your old eating habits. Once you lose the weight you want to, you can modify your walking or exercise but don't give it up completely. If you go back to your old routine and diet because you think you have solved the problem, your weight will most likely return.
1080561
The best way would be to exercise and eat healthy.  Denise Austin has a GREAT video called "Bounce back after baby".  She concentrates on the problem areas that new mommys tend to have.  It worked great for me and i'm sure it will for you too.  Just to let you know how well it worked for me--- I gained 39 pounds with my last baby.  After my doctor okayed me to be able to exercise again safely i started using this video and watching how i ate.  I lost a total of 69 pounds in about 8 months time.  Good luck and take care.  If i can do it, anyone can!!
839266
My wife breast fed so the extra weight just slipped off. At the end she too had around 10 pounds or so and just had to hit the gym. She focused on abdominal exercises as tolerable to strengthen that area back up (don't go overboard though, it takes a couple of years for them to heal naturally and you don't want to tear anything worse than it already is), and mostly did cardio for overall fitness and calorie burning.
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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.