How do you do it?

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Would you like me to lend you my magic fairy? She's very good .. just shake her magic fairy dust over your body twice a day and poof that 20lb will simply disappear :mrgreen:

    Yes, please!! That would be awesome. How many days do I have to sprinkle it to lose 20 lbs?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Would you like me to lend you my magic fairy? She's very good .. just shake her magic fairy dust over your body twice a day and poof that 20lb will simply disappear :mrgreen:

    Yes, please!! That would be awesome. How many days do I have to sprinkle it to lose 20 lbs?

    About 20 weeks should do it - but she has an endless supply of fairy dust.

    It does help to eat about 500 fewer calories than you use up each day on average - but that's just window-dressing

    :grinning:
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    WalkingAlong wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    I suppose I should add that I'm not unhealthy. My BP, blood work, etc. has always been in the healthy range. I am pretty active and eat pretty well most of the time. I drink too much, and this is the obvious thing I should change. I'm not a lush, I just like to party with my friends.

    Are you really 50? The above sounds like a college age person.

    Are you or have you ever counted calories? If you have, it should be clear that you don't have to exercise or give up your partying to lose weight. But something does have to go... less of something or less caloric food overall or more activity.

    And if you're at a healthy weight now and get a lot of calories from alcohol and that is non-negotiable, even for just a weight loss phase, it'll be harder than for most people. I've known slim people who are heavy drinkers. They pretty much just drink with very little eating.

    Yes, I am really 50. I'm not at a healthy weight, at least not by healthy weight charts. I do have a BF% in the healthy range and I am healthy though. Not sure how to take the college remark. I like to drink and eat with friends and family. Is that abnormal?
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Would you like me to lend you my magic fairy? She's very good .. just shake her magic fairy dust over your body twice a day and poof that 20lb will simply disappear :mrgreen:

    I'll have to flag this post for spam advertising
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    @need2exerc1se
    Regaining it causes more stress than just maintaining, or losing and keeping it off.

    In what way?

    If this is true, then why should anyone even try to lose weight, given the extraordinarily high percentage of people who regain?
    Don't worry about it. keep it on.

    You'll be fine.

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