Losing Weight

lauren0804
lauren0804 Posts: 48
in Health and Weight Loss
How do you lose weight, without starving yourself? What changes did you make in your diet. Need to lose 10 lbs (at LEAST)

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  • tabithacate
    tabithacate Posts: 51 Member
    Three well balanced meals, cut down on sugar & junk food. Move around more, even just walking for twenty minutes a day does wonders. Good luck :)
  • gwicks54
    gwicks54 Posts: 201 Member
    Per my doctors orders I am on a low carb diet. She advised me to keep it under 100 grams per day. I have gradually reduced it to around 50 grams most days, eat protein & fats & I am not hungry. I have lost twelve lbs in under two months & this is very do-able. Their is a low carb group on MFP too.
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    Give up the junk, eat clean, drink lots of water, AND move more. The only recipe I have found that works. To eat clean, the secret is to shop around the outside of the grocery store. Avoid all the processed crap in most of the aisles. Which also works for giving up the junk. Invest in a brita (or similar) and drink from there. I recently bought the water bottle, which I use all day at work. I'll drink anywhere from 1 to 4 of them a day, depending on how I'm feeling. Find a type of "exercise" that doesn't feel like a chore to do, and do it! I like a lot of dance type workouts, so I do them alot. I enjoy it, and it doesn't feel like exercise to me. I also enjoy yoga, and started taking a class last fall. It's been great!
  • kaervaak
    kaervaak Posts: 274 Member
    Low carb helped me a lot. I found it easy to eat low calorie if I was also eating high protein/low carb.
  • lauren0804
    lauren0804 Posts: 48
    Per my doctors orders I am on a low carb diet. She advised me to keep it under 100 grams per day. I have gradually reduced it to around 50 grams most days, eat protein & fats & I am not hungry. I have lost twelve lbs in under two months & this is very do-able. Their is a low carb group on MFP too.

    I'd be interested in knowing more about this group. I have limited my sugar intake to 26 grams a day unless on workout days I go a little higher.
  • lauren0804
    lauren0804 Posts: 48
    Give up the junk, eat clean, drink lots of water, AND move more. The only recipe I have found that works. To eat clean, the secret is to shop around the outside of the grocery store. Avoid all the processed crap in most of the aisles. Which also works for giving up the junk. Invest in a brita (or similar) and drink from there. I recently bought the water bottle, which I use all day at work. I'll drink anywhere from 1 to 4 of them a day, depending on how I'm feeling. Find a type of "exercise" that doesn't feel like a chore to do, and do it! I like a lot of dance type workouts, so I do them alot. I enjoy it, and it doesn't feel like exercise to me. I also enjoy yoga, and started taking a class last fall. It's been great!

    I've cleaned up my diet quite a bit. No processed foods, more water, cut out most soda, more whole foods and less sugar. I have done two days of bootcamp classes and 2 days of interval training. Still not seeing much results :(
  • gwicks54
    gwicks54 Posts: 201 Member
    Click on groups on the blue strip at the top of this page. It will show all groups available & you can join any you like.The low carb group has lots of low carb advise, recipes etc.
  • refinley2
    refinley2 Posts: 52 Member
    I became vegan for the weight loss benefits. It's really effective; after the conclusion of my first month, I've lost 12 pounds. However, the dietary restrictions on meat, milk, and eggs aren't the easiest to follow and I don't work out, so the best advice I have is make half your diet fruits and vegetables. Some fruit at breakfast, Some salad at lunch, a piece of fruit for a snack, some more salad at dinner, and BAM!- well balanced diet

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