I need ideas anything health and weight loss related.

yak31558

Help! I tried keto and found it difficult to maintain. I hoping to get advice about healthy eating for weight loss.

NotGvnUp_EJ

First thing I hear quite often that I myself am working on is drink lots of water. Helps you stay full and lessens water retention.

mtaratoot

Welcome!

One key is to set realistic goals. A good goal is specific, measurable, and has a deadline. It should be challenging, but not so challenging that you'll fail. What specific goals are you setting for yourself?

If weight loss (fat loss) is part of your future, you'll want to be in a calorie deficit. To be successful, go slow! Keto is a tool that some people use to be in a calorie deficit. There are other ways. Log all your food completely and honestly. Observe the results over a month. If the results don't match what you were expecting, change things up.

Might not be a bad idea to check out some of the "Most Helpful Posts" to give you some ideas.

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AnnPT77

Healthy eating for weight loss doesn't have to be some radical "eat only superfoods" kind of thing, with trendy named dieting tactics (such as keto). It can be those things . . . but it won't be workable unless those things can fit fairly comfortably into your individual unique preferences and lifestyle, I predict.

I don't know about you, but I can't rely on "motivation" for the rest of my life, and I do want to stay healthy, at a good weight, and reasonably fit for the rest of my life, y'know? That means I need plans that let me evolve practical, generally enjoyable (at least tolerable) new habits, and practice those habits until they can continue mostly on autopilot . . . forever.

It won't be perfect for everyone, because no one strategy is, but I used a "gradually remodel your eating" approach when I was first starting to lose weight. (I'm now in year 7+ of maintenance.) This post describes that kind of approach, one option to consider if it sounds appealing to you:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

On the exercise front, I'm a big fan of finding something ideally fun, but at least tolerable/practical, that involves moving more. I started with things that were mildly challenging to my very physically unfit self, and gradually built from there to keep a mild challenge in the picture, and generally enjoy my workouts. (A fun workout is a workout I'll do, and get 100% more benefits from than some theoretically perfect exercise that I procrastinate or skip at the slightest excuse.) With time, I made progress, and am now fitter than average for my demographic.

Over-exercising for one's current capabilities is counterproductive for weight loss or fitness improvement. Over-exercising causes fatigue that makes a person drag through their day, rest more, burning fewer calories than they otherwise would've done in daily life activity. Over-exercising doesn't allow for the rest/recovery needed for our body to build back better after the exercise. Don't fall for the idea that you need extreme, punitive exercise to get benefits. That's a complete myth.

You can do this. Log your food, do some fun exercise, pay attention to how you feel, adjust your habits to dial in weight loss and fitness improvement at a manageable rate.

I'm cheering for you!