From 210lbs to 160lbs Goal how do i get there

I started at 252 the frist of the year. Tracked all my food, drank lots of water, etc. Did not exercise at all until frist of April. I started walking. At first I did 3 times a week and added on until now I walk 3 miles 6 days a week. I do short intervals of running in between to spike my cardio. This has been hugely successful for me. Just do your best to stay positive and motivated and take it one day at a time. You can totally do this!

Well, I would plan on walking 30 minutes 3 times a week. Do some easy squats, jumping jacks, push ups and crunches 2 days a week. In a month, kick it up a notch and start C25K.

Weigh and measure your food and log it every day. It sucks at the start, but MFP has a great food database that you probably won't have to type in all the nutritional info for what you eat.

LoraF83 is right about exercise.

Starting out is hard, but it gets easier.

I had to do that before after baby #2. I got to 150 from 214. Now I am doing it again after baby #3. Really anything works. You have to keep track of your food every day. I found recently that planning my dinners out everyday helps. Keep like 1 box of a low calorie snack in your house that is preportioned so that if you find yourself wanting to snack it is there. Those 100 calorie packs are good. I did everything from walking the mall on my days off. I would hit the gym for 2-3 hours a day back then because I had the time. Now when I go out anywhere I am mainly just walking. Park farther back. Take the long route walking. I also do steps in my house on my stairs on the bottom step. Try different things on the tv like zumba or belly dancing which is really fun. Belly dancing is low impact but gets you up off the couch. Really try to stay with just losing 2lbs a week unless you are doing something with a dr or fitness instructor. I was losing over 5lbs a week before and actually got really sick so keep it low until your body gets used to it.

Losing the weight only took me 4 months to do.

I started off at the same weight (well, 208, but close enough!) and I am now at 160.

I've been eating super clean (low carb, high protein, lotsa veggies) and exercising 6 days a week - cardio and strength training. And...that's it really (not that it's been easy but I take it a day at a time!). It's taken me 4 months (and I still have 5 more lbs to go). I get out and walk a lot too - I'm lucky in that I can walk to and from work (a brisk 20 minutes each way - on top of my lunchtime work out which could be more cardio or strength training mixed with some cardio).

It just takes time, dedication, eating healthy and exercising.

I started at 217, my goal is 160. I'm now 192lbs, so I'm getting there slowly. The thing that has helped me the most has been drastically reducing my portion sizes (my portion sizes used to be huge!), weighing out everything and logging it accordingly on MFP, drinking loads of water, and cooking everything from scratch.

I do a bit of exercise, I walk everywhere (mainly because I don't have a car and public transport where I live is pretty dire!) and I occasionally do 30-40 mins on my exercise bike 2 or 3 times a week, depending on how I feel. I know I should do more exercise, and I'm working on finding something fun that I actually enjoy doing.

So yeah...start slowly, keep your goal in mind (on my profile information I've plotted out the weight between where I am and 160lbs and I tick them off when I reach them, keeps me motivated) and enjoy the benefits of getting healthy (because it'll be hard at first but soon enough it'll start to feel amazing!)

Good luck

I started at 210. I have been using our local pool to do some water jogging...really burns the calories. I am not to my goal (150) yet but I have lost 20 pounds in about 3 months, which is a good rate. I also watch my carb intake...limit my grains and refined sugars. You CAN do it!!

you'd be amazed at how quickly you will see results with just small changes. Each week, I try to find a new way to cool a recipe healthier- or omit something. Every week I push myself just a little harder with fitness. I started at 345, still on my way, lost 70, still going! I teach Zumba® classes now- 8-10 a week. I started at just taking 1 class, then 2, then 3. I also teach 4 different formats of the program, great for challenging myself and not allowing my body to become accustomed to the workouts. Also strength training- huge to long term success

Being overweight is hard, working out is hard- choose your hard

1 day at a time and focus on all the good foods you CAN have and not what you're giving up. You can do it with perserverance but dejection will make it tough. Vow to keep positive NO MATTER WHAT!

Be my fiend. I weigh 220 and my goal is 150, so maybe we can sort of compete and encourage each other. One thing I have found is this food tracking thing has really helped me control my eating. I am lucky I live out in the country and I have a nice 2.8 mile walk just to go around my "block". I am doing that 3-5 times a week. By winter I plan to buy an Eliptcal machine so I can keep up with the same amount of calorie burning. I'm 61yo and have rheumatoid arthritis.My neighbor is 84yo - she walks with me. If we can do it so can you. That 2.8 miles is mostly uphill! I burn 449 cal doing that. So come on girl get motivated!

YOU CAN DO IT!

I started at 192, I was just in love with food and hated to be called "gordita" which means "fattie" ....
So I joined a gym... I gotta be honest with you, I hated running, and I loooooooooved food still.
However, I started hitting the gym about 3-4 days a week, for about an hour . I started just walking on the
treadmill then I found my true passion, the classes... So I started doing Kickboxing and cardio kickboxing twice a week.
Man those are fun, and do they burn calories. .... I also just replaced my foods with more vegetables, less white powder,
stick to whole grain everything (pasta, crackers, bread) ... I really didn't stop eating, I still stuff my face but now I run.

I know you see your goal far away, but you need to set small achievable goals for yourself.. Maybe set a goal to lose 10pounds
in 2 months? Which is really a good goal to start, and am sure if you do slight changes you'll lose more.
Best of luck!

~ Don't Give Up ~

dont worry what others think

Keep logging calories in and out on here - it works !

Thank you for all your ideas, I am trying to find something because I know I can run I was in the military the past 6 years so it wasn't optional...but I hate HATE running because it hurts right now. So I am trying to find something I can do until I am at that point where it doesn't hurt anymore. I also dont know what I should be cooking so I just have the hundred cal cereal bar for breakfast an apple for lunch and veggies for dinner, it seems that whenever i have regular food its bad for me or too high in calories...Any suggestions

Depending on how much you are trying to lose home cooked meals usually work for me. Try allrecipes they have some good recipes. also portion control is really helpful. It sucks in the beginning but as you get use to it you won't notice.

I also dont know what I should be cooking so I just have the hundred cal cereal bar for breakfast an apple for lunch and veggies for dinner, it seems that whenever i have regular food its bad for me or too high in calories...Any suggestions

Eat some protein, girl! Personally, I don't eat meat, so I focus on greek yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu, nuts, peanut butter, etc. but really it's very important to have a balanced diet (in my opinion, including veggies, fruit, protein, carbs).

don't give up. that's what you do. work your *kitten* off in the gym, eat veggies and fruits like candy and don't give up on yourself!