Help Please... Weight Loss Questions

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  • clw_888
    clw_888 Posts: 157 Member
    Lots of great suggestions here! The only thing I would add is to really make sure you are weighing and measuring your foods. This is so important for balancing calories. If you are not and end up having a little bit more here and there, it can add up to enough over time to halt your loss. Good luck!
  • msdominique1
    msdominique1 Posts: 65 Member
    I would suggest you cut out some of the Carbohydrates you are taking and replace them with fresh fruit, vegetables and meat. I have cut out 90% of pasta, rice, potato, bread and eat a lot more fish and meat without lots of sauces. I stay clear of cheese, chocolate and crisps but eat lots of yoghurts and this time of year lots of salads with all sorts of different meats and fish. I have being doing this since the beginning of the year and lost 22lbs and never felt hungry.

    That is interesting... I just need to find a diet or food regimen that will work for me... I am going to work on that...
  • jazgal
    jazgal Posts: 122
    I have a hard time loosing weight ... I know by my numbers one would think that is not true .. BUT .. I read every label ... stay away from sodium, sugar and processed foods ... no non fat yogurts with fruit in the bottom .. I do eat 1/2 grapefruit before each meal for its fat burning enzymes ... Do take B-complex with added burst of B-12 sublingual daily in the morning. I do splurge on sugar when I take my gummy multivitamins in the morning (those are to me my candy treats) and I take biosil liquid (6 drops hidden in an oz or so of fresh squeezed orange juice) for my joints, bones, hair and fingernails .. My personal goal is 10 lbs a month. I have been running under my cal. daily ... not intentional but just how it has been working out. I do eat good food, lean meats, fish, raw nuts, fruit and veggies lots of water .. have found lots of reat healthy substitutes that I actually like ... and always looking for new ones.

    Wish you lots of luck .. great folks here that will help and support you ...
  • tam8374
    tam8374 Posts: 270 Member
    I would like to add one more tidbit if I may. I agree with everyone about the sodium/ water intake. Also check your measurements, you may not be losing fat, but you may be losing inches.

    Another thing that may be throwing off your weight loss is that when you work out and your burn fat, and gain muscle. Muscle does weight more than fat.
  • msdominique1
    msdominique1 Posts: 65 Member
    I would like to add one more tidbit if I may. I agree with everyone about the sodium/ water intake. Also check your measurements, you may not be losing fat, but you may be losing inches.

    Another thing that may be throwing off your weight loss is that when you work out and your burn fat, and gain muscle. Muscle does weight more than fat.

    That is one thing I fear that I will gain muscle which I don't want right now... as I used to work out and was in shape with a lil muscle so i fear that i could gain muscle... My calves are already muscle which I can't get rid of... I fear muscle gain in my arms that is why I stopped doing strength training like weights... I would like to lose the weight first and then tone later...

    Honestly I am losing about .5lbs a week.. I thought I could lose a little more than that or maybe I am just speeding the process along too much and anticipating some weight loss to come fast when it doesn't work in that fashion :sad:
  • lpm3925
    lpm3925 Posts: 39
    You have to build muscle! Muscle burns fat. Strength training is an important part of any workout. You can do lower weight more reps for a leaner look, but you have to strength train!
  • msdominique1
    msdominique1 Posts: 65 Member
    You have to build muscle! Muscle burns fat. Strength training is an important part of any workout. You can do lower weight more reps for a leaner look, but you have to strength train!

    I am so scared to do strength training because I think it just gonna make me gain weight and not lose it...
  • clw_888
    clw_888 Posts: 157 Member
    You have to build muscle! Muscle burns fat. Strength training is an important part of any workout. You can do lower weight more reps for a leaner look, but you have to strength train!

    I am so scared to do strength training because I think it just gonna make me gain weight and not lose it...

    On the contrary, muscle will take up less space than fat so though the scale may not change you will look and feel smaller.
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