need help

sgroth356

I am 28 years old and I need help losing weight. I am about 210 lbs. I cant afford to get a gym membership. I need some help with motivation and healthy recipes.

MoonKat7

Watch the carbs. Avoid simple carbs and eat complex carbs (veggies and fruit) but still count your carbs.
A good start for a beginner is the GI diet. Google it online and learn about the phases. For weight loss eat from the low GI food list for 6 months.
Start baby steps give your body time to adjust to a new type of food. Good luck!

nineteentwenty

Hmm, if you are 210lbs and female, I am assuming you wanna lose at least 50lbs. Is that right? Feel free to correct me, as I do not know your medical condition, bodytype, or height.

First off, congrats on being here in the first place! This is the first step, and asking for help puts you ahead of the game. There is a lot of help on this website, but if anything ever sounds fishy to you, please ask your doctor. Many people here are very informed and well-meaning, but none of them know your personal medical details.

The good news is that you do not need to go to the gym to lose weight, especially if you are looking to lose upwards of 50lbs. When your body carries more weight, it is more eager to shed excess. This is why people complain about yo-yoing around during the last 5-10lbs of weight loss, because the body will fight you harder hen you have less to lose. So you are in the perfect zone to ease into your process while seeing good results.

Working out will help you stay fit and healthy, but when it comes to the act of pure weight loss, a lot more can be done in the kitchen than on a treadmill. Your body burns a certain number of calories every day just to stay alive and do your day-to-day thing. This number is called your TDEE, or total daily energy expenditure. If you eat less than your TDEE, your body is forced to consume that fat on your body in order to get energy. This is how weight loss happen, when your body burns stored fat and you do not replace it. Your results will be quicker if you work out, but a calorie restricted diet will result in constant gradual weight loss, guaranteed.

((unless you have some sort of rare medical condition, in which case you will need to consult your doctor and speak with a dietician (NOT a nutritionist, they have no certification!) about what your body needs in order to lose weight.))((unless you have some sort of rare medical condition, in which case you will need to consult your doctor and speak with a dietician (NOT a nutritionist, they have no certification!) about what your body needs in order to lose weight.))

To figure out your TDEE, use this link and enter your information in as accurately as you can. Then, decide the rate at which you would like to lose weight. If you wanna ease into this slowly, multiply your TDEE by 0.9 and use the resulting number as your daily calorie limit. If you want to launch right in and see quicker losses, multiply your TDEE by 0.8 ad use that number instead.

For example, my TDEE is 1726.

1726 x 0.9 = 1553.4. If I wanted to lose a little at a time, I wouldn't eat more than 1553 calories per day.

1726 x 0.8 = 1380.8. If I wanted to see dramatic loss, I wouldn't eat more than 1380 calories per day.

While you can go lower than 0.8, I do not recommend it for starting out. Eating less than 80% of your TDEE can trigger cravings, headaches, mood swings, and all manner of things that may discourage you early on. It is not a very sustainable diet plan in most cases, unless required by a licensed dietician.

That's it. It really is that simple, as silly as it sounds. There is no magic food that will help you slim down, and you do NOT have to live on salads and protein shakes if you are looking to shed pounds. You just have to eat less, especially if your goals are in the +50lbs range. If you were looking to lose say 15lbs, I would suggest specific dietary choices, like the commenter above me. When you have less to lose, small screwups have big impacts, and you have to be more careful. As you lose weight, you will notice what I am talking about. But for now, it is a numbers game. You can eat pizza all day, as long as it is under your TDEE.

...not that I suggest this, because eating garbage makes you feel like garbage, but you know what I mean. Don't deprive yourself of your favourite foods, just eat less of them. I still drink alcohol and eat macaroni, it's just a little less often and in smaller portions because I think greek yogurt tastes like roadkill. It is a little more tricky, but I enjoy my weight loss process.

That's about it. Make absolutely sure to weigh yourself weekly and log EVERYTHING that goes into your mouth. Sauces, food, drink, candy, I don't care. If you keep those numbers accurate and stick to your plan, you will lose weight. Failing to log even one dessert can mess you up, there's more calories in food than you'd imagine, even the healthy stuff. Buy a food scale. It sounds dorky, but it works. Portion size approximations of nutrition labels are straight garbage half the time.

Happy hunting!