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Advice, please?

mlovebug
mlovebug Posts: 40
edited January 1 in Health and Weight Loss
20. female. 5'6
hoping for a 30 pound weight loss and hopefully a little muscle tone

What should I be eating, what should I not be eating?
How, when...
How much should I exercise?

Please, any advice is great advice :)

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  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    I may not be a popular advice, I have lost 120lbs and I eat what I want as long as it is in my calories. I workout 3-4 days a week.
  • kdf017
    kdf017 Posts: 33
    I don't think of it as a diet, but as learning portion control and exercise.
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
    Welcome to MFP. You're more likely to succeed if you think of it as a life style change and not a diet.

    I would start here.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • GinnetteLyn
    GinnetteLyn Posts: 1
    Me, too. I eat what I want and stay in my calorie goal.

    The app says 1200 for me to lose 2 lbs a week. That hasn't been happening over the summer but I've lost 16 lbs overall since February, which is about 1/2 way to my goal. I started out using 1400 as my calorie target and I'm not sure when I changed it to 1200. Now I'm wondering if I that has something to do with the slower weight loss. I know that taking in TO FEW calories can make it harder to lose weight. I just did the BMR calculator and it says I'd burn 1283 if I just rest and breath all day. I'm not sure what to do with that information. Eat more or less??

    Relating back to your question. I do find that I try to have less empty calories. Instead of grabbing a regular chocolate chip cookie, I'll have a nutritious Whonu chewy chocolate chip cookie. (I like to keep them in the fridge.) The calories are about the same but there's a decent amount of nutrition in them. I figure that might help burn more calories. They help take the edge off hunger between meals, too.
  • SweatGlitter
    SweatGlitter Posts: 9
    Hi hun,

    The most simple way I can put it is like this

    NO JUNK FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Veggies Fruits and a palm size 1 inch thick of meat a day.
    Take your multi vitamin, cod liver oil and vitamin D and iron since you are a lady.
    DO NOT BE AFRAID OF WEIGHT LIFTING (:
  • crazy_ninja
    crazy_ninja Posts: 387 Member
    First: Start learning about your body and food! Do some exercise or running or both.....relax!
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