Need some help losing weight

sonia9240

Please help

malibu927

What are you needing help with?

The greatest resources to your questions will be in the most helpful post threads at the top of each forum.

diannethegeek

Hi @sonia9240. There are a lot of people here who'd like to help. Do you have any specific questions?

sonia9240

I weigh 145lbs & I wanna lose it bad but I really don't know how to lose it. I've been going threw so rough things in life. What's the best foods I can eat. & type of exercise to do! I don't like my fat thighs & my stomach my legs none of it..

diannethegeek

Have you had a chance yet to read any of the Most Helpful Posts ( must reads ) stickied at the top of each forum section? There's some great info there, especially on the Getting Started and General Diet boards.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest

And

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads#latest

The basics are:

Eat foods that you like in portion sizes that fit your goals.

Get plenty of fats & protein for health and satiety.

Get plenty of fruits & veggies for the micronutrients.

Fill in the rest of your calories with carbs, sweets, and treats as you see fit.

There are no foods that you must avoid, just like there are no foods that you must include in your diet. You may find as you progress that there are some foods you don't consider worth the calories, but that's going to be highly individual. Start logging for a few days and make changes as you go along until you find what works best for you.

Do some exercise if you can. And some kind of resistance or strength training if you can. Any movement can help,.so pick whatever program or activity you enjoy.

CorneliusPhoton

There are no quick fixes, @sonia9240 , but if you eat within the calorie limits that this website sets for you, you will lose weight. One pound per week is safe and sustainable. You don't have to exercise, but it helps. Taking a brisk walk every day is a great place to start.

sonia9240

Thanks so much..

sonia9240

Well I'm doing this fast diet thing..

diannethegeek

sonia9240 wrote: »

Well I'm doing this fast diet thing..

Intermittent fasting or something else?

DancingMoosie

When I first joined mfp, I just logged my food and tried to stay within the calorie goal it set for me. I had no idea what calorie counting was like or how much I was eating before that. I also bought 30 Day Shred--did that in the mornings before work and then walked on the treadmill, ran at the park, or did circuits on machines after work.

Try logging your food for a week and see what happens. Make small changes to your diet and exercise. See what makes you feel good and what you can stick to.

sonia9240

Well thanks so much for that I'm doing this fasting diet thing

arleneimojo

Remember starvation hormones kick in after something like 3 days - your body will change your metabolism to do more with less food - ie you will actually end up gaining more weight eating the same amount of food - the wrong diet can actually make you fatter in the long run - better to lose it slow and steady by making small changes

malibu927

arleneimojo wrote: »

Remember starvation hormones kick in after something like 3 days - your body will change your metabolism to do more with less food - ie you will actually end up gaining more weight eating the same amount of food - the wrong diet can actually make you fatter in the long run - better to lose it slow and steady by making small changes

This is not true at all

sonia9240

What's not true malibu927

CorneliusPhoton

arleneimojo wrote: »

Remember starvation hormones kick in after something like 3 days - your body will change your metabolism to do more with less food - ie you will actually end up gaining more weight eating the same amount of food - the wrong diet can actually make you fatter in the long run - better to lose it slow and steady by making small changes

Intermittent fasting is not starving yourself. On the fast diet, you eat normally 5 days per week, and eat only one meal on the other 2 (nonconsecutive) days.

Everybody experiences a metabolic adaptation to weight loss. Your total daily energy needs (TDEE) to support yourself at 120 lbs are much lower than your caloric needs when you are at 250 lbs. So, while it is true that you will gain weight if you eat "the same amount" of food as you did before you lost the weight, it is because your TDEE is different for your new smaller body, and you are simply overeating. Not because of "starvation hormones."

After 2 or 3 days of fasting, your brain is using ketone bodies from fat burning as fuel. Starvation ensues when the fat reserves are completely exhausted and protein (muscle) is the only fuel source available to the body.

misskarne

arleneimojo wrote: »

Remember starvation hormones kick in after something like 3 days - your body will change your metabolism to do more with less food - ie you will actually end up gaining more weight eating the same amount of food - the wrong diet can actually make you fatter in the long run - better to lose it slow and steady by making small changes

Oh wow. The woo in this post. Oh wow.

CorneliusPhoton

misskarne wrote: »

Oh wow. The woo in this post. Oh wow.

Wouldn't it be much more helpful to the discussion to explain why you disagree than to simply shame the poster?

booksandchocolate12

Welcome Sonia!

How much weight do you want to lose? What calorie goal did MFP give you? Are you weighing your food on a food scale and logging everything you eat? Or are you just doing "the fasting thing"...whatever that is.

Weight loss comes down to calories in<calories out: you have consume fewer calories than you burn. How you do that is up to you, but fasting is not necessary.

sonia9240

Well I want to lose provably 10lbs . I'm healthy but I just want to tone my body cause I look fat. See my thighs is fat & never gonna get a flat stomach so I don't like the way I look . I don't know what else to do.. I workout out the gym 3x a day. Only diet that helps me is fast diet .

DancingMoosie

What is fast diet? Like intermittent fasting? Or drastically cutting calories to lose weight faster?

DancingMoosie

You should probably go with a moderate or slight deficit, and strength train. You'll end up leaner and tighter when adding strength training than with diet alone.

sonia9240

Thanks

booksandchocolate12

Could you please elaborate on what you mean by "fast diet", though. A few people here have wondered and you refuse to explain. I hope you're not doing anything unhealthy/dangerous. With only 10 lbs to lose, I don't see why fasting is necessary. And it certainly won't help you"tone" your thighs.

sonia9240

It's call intermittent fasting . That's the diet I'm doing.. I was 185lbs before I lost 40lbs.. But I stopped doing that diet & I gain weight . My goal is between 120lbs to 125lbs

booksandchocolate12

sonia9240 wrote: »

It's call intermittent fasting . That's the diet I'm doing.. I was 185lbs before I lost 40lbs.. But I stopped doing that diet & I gain weight . My goal is between 120lbs to 125lbs

OK, intermittent fasting. Just one of many ways to eat at a caloric deficit. You stopped eating at a deficit so you gained weight. Start eating at a deficit again and you'll lose weight.

PS--Congrats on the weight loss so far!

Psychgrrl

You work out at the gym 3x a day?!? What kind of workouts do you do each time? For how long?

Please be careful to not overdo it. You can make yourself prone to injury with excessive exercise. Are you eating enough to support that kind of workout regimen? Are you working out 3x a day on your fasting days?

sonia9240

Well I do all kind of workout exercise .. Yes I'm eating enough to support what I do at the gym when I workout.. Imetittment fasting diet helps me lose weight . I started 1:00 noon @ I end at 10:00 at night.. @ I cheat on the weekends junk food

Maxematics

sonia9240 wrote: »

Well I do all kind of workout exercise .. Yes I'm eating enough to support what I do at the gym when I workout.. Imetittment fasting diet helps me lose weight . I started 1:00 noon @ I end at 10:00 at night.. @ I cheat on the weekends junk food

Just because you do IF on weekdays doesn't mean you should cheat on weekends. You could easily negate your deficit.

sonia9240

Ok u say so thanks for your comments

diannethegeek

sonia9240 wrote: »

Ok u say so thanks for your comments

@sonia9240 did you actually want help? You've ignored several questions in this thread attempting to get more information to help you and have blown off just about every response. I feel like we've all wasted quite a bit of time here.

sonia9240

I'm not blowing u off .. Relax .