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ral19592001
ral19592001 Posts: 1 Member
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I'm new to the platform and desperately would like to loose some weight. I have tried all types of diets, and none of them have helped me sustain the little weight I have lost. I realize I don't eat right or exercise but I truly would like some help.

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 37,130 Member

    My suggestion: Don't over complicate.

    The goal is to eat food you enjoy that keeps you mostly full and happy, and adds up to the right number of calories. Bonus if it also adds up to generally good overall nutrition.

    That's it, really. Exactly which foods on what schedule? That varies from one person to the next. So experiment, maybe try things others suggest, see if that thing works for you. If it works, great, keep doing that until it's habitual, then try another positive step.

    If something you try doesn't work out for you after a fair trial period, just cross it off your list of possibilities, and try something else. No guilt, no self-recrimination: No point in those. It's not a failure, it's learning, and learning is good.

    Continue like that, experimenting with positive changes, keeping what works, dropping what doesn't, and you'll succeed in the long run. Only giving up the efforts results in no success.

    Same deal with exercise, except you're experimenting to find ways to move more that are ideally fun, but at least are tolerable and practical. Like with eating, it doesn't need to be some extreme thing. Take a walk, play frisbee with kids, dance in the kitchen, always take the stairs, try active video or VR games, go bowling . . . there are dozens of options. It needn't be some gym-y thing, unless you like gymming.

    Too many people think they need some ultra-restrictive trendy diet, plus some punitively intense miserable daily exercise. None of that is essential. Usually, that doesn't end well, either . . . but it typically does end quickly. It's. Just. Too. Hard.

    Don't think "go on a diet to lose weight fast". Think "gradually find and practice practical, pleasant and more positive new routine habits". That's a whole different mindset, and it can work.

    Best wishes: IME, the quality of life improvement is more than worth the effort required!

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