Looking for a weight loss plan!

I love the Spartacus Workout. Roughly 20-45 mins a day (depends how much you can handle), minimal equipment and its FREE! If you have an Android phone, there's even a great app for it. As far as diet, maybe just try to find healthier alternatives to what you already eat. Good luck!

Let MFP work for you. Input your numbers, it will give you a calorie limit. Log what you est and your exercise, follow your guidelines...bingo...you're losing. Painlessly.

I don't have a weight loss plan so I'm looking for something to stick too, any suggestions that works for you guys would be great, I'm just trying to find what can fit me.

A background for me for any advice:
-I am 202 and want to get to 160 in the quickest/healthiest time frame.
-I don't have time to do no more than 1hr of workout a day. (Hoping to change this soon)
-I'm not looking to greatly change my normal eating habits, but am open to add and try new foods, meals and recipes.
-I am also not looking to sign up to some program (ie weight watchers)

^^my weightloss plan is - eat what i've always eaten, but less.

Start lifting heavy and doing HIIT (I prefer on the treadmill). These are the most effective from what I've researched and tried.

Hi,
This is what worked for me. When I began this journey, I saw a dietician, and she basically told me these things.
1. Eat 15 or less carbs a day. In her world, a "carb" was 15 grams of carbohydrate. I learned to read labels religiously. Basically, a slice of bread is a carb, a hamburger or hot dog bun is 2 carbs, a banana is 2 carbs, etc. I bought the Calorie King book so I could track these.
2. Watch your portion sizes. I bought a scale and began weighing my foods.
3. Eat breakfast -- some people will dispute this and that is fine, but it worked for me. I wasn't a breakfast eater before, and if I did, it was a pop-tart or something similar. I began eating oatmeal pretty religiously, and still do to this day.
4. Eat an evening snack of some sort. Again, this may not work for everyone, but I tried to eat a piece of fruit, some yogurt, or some nuts before I went to bed. I always tried to eat something nutritious.
5. Write down EVERYTHING you eat. It's amazing how I made better choices when I knew I was going to be writing it down on a piece of paper (this was before I found MFP).

In addition, I walked....and walked....and walked. I bought a used treadmill (BEST $200 I've ever spent), and I walked at least three miles at least six days a week. After I had lost the weight (about 70 pounds), I attended an auction in a small hometown near where I grew up. I saw some people I hadn't seen in several years. The dad of some friends didn't believe them when they told him it was me. Later, one of these friends, asked me what I had done to lose that much weight. I told him I walked my *kitten* off. He turned me around, and whispered in my ear, "Literally." Dave died a few months later.....one of my favorite memories of him.

I've gotten a little lax about watching what I eat and writing everything down. I log kind of sporadically, and I've gained back some weight. I was probably too light at my lowest, and I gained about 20 pounds back. I am still in the healthy BMI range, but I would like to lose between 8 and 10 pounds once again.

Good luck......it took me about 15 months to lose the weight......and remember, above all, it is a LIFEstyle change, not a DIEt.

EDIT: I was about your size when I started.....just to let you know.
Kaye

Defecit isn't the best way to go. Especially for women. I'm finding the 4 hour body works really well for me. Its not uncomfortable and not hard to do. 4 hour body is a book by Tim Ferris. I lost 40 lbs in 6 months and reduced my body fat 12 % last time I did it (I did gain 15 of it back over the course of 8 months but that was due to working 84 hour weeks on a regular basis) I'm not saying its for everyone but calorie restriction doesn't work for me. Its too slow and I get restless and quit. Check out the book. I think its like 10$ on amazon. Happy hunting!!

You lost 40 lbs without a calorie deficit?

As long as you burn more calories than you take in, you're going to lose weight. That means you're going to have to log what you're eating and what sort of activity you're doing to really get an accurate picture of where to go from here.

If you really want to lose weight, you're going to have to modify what you're eating too. One of my nutritionists told me if you focus on lean, healthy proteins, the carbs/fats will take care of themselves, and generally, I've found that to be true. Fiber intake should also be a consideration.

Just keep in mind, "What can I do right now to help me get where I want to be later?" If that means ordering a burger without the bun (bun = straight carbs) so you can have fries (fat & Carbs), so be it (yes, you'd be adding fat, but you'd be decreasing the normal amount of carbs you'd have by eliminating the bun). Are you willing to give up bacon or not have it very often? (It's total fat - not much protein to speak of at all.) Can you forego the pecan pie? (90% of those pies is sugar - there isn't enough protein in the pecans to counter the effect of all the sugar.) Are you willing to have the Pasta Fagiole soup at Olive Garden instead of the salad? (The dressing is Food DIary EXPENSIVE - the soup has protein and fiber in it, and is half the calories than the salad.)

Here's some things I took into account in my journey:
http://baysweightloss.blogspot.com/2012/05/things-that-have-helped-along-way.html

Defecit isn't the best way to go. Especially for women. I'm finding the 4 hour body works really well for me. Its not uncomfortable and not hard to do. 4 hour body is a book by Tim Ferris. I lost 40 lbs in 6 months and reduced my body fat 12 % last time I did it (I did gain 15 of it back over the course of 8 months but that was due to working 84 hour weeks on a regular basis) I'm not saying its for everyone but calorie restriction doesn't work for me. Its too slow and I get restless and quit. Check out the book. I think its like 10$ on amazon. Happy hunting!!

And whatever fancy plan it's called, it's all based on the premise of calorie restriction.. whether its through certain foods or whatever. If you believe otherwise, you are only fooling yourself.


OP, go into your account, set it at 1 lb per week, find an exercise routine whether its strong lift 5x5, New rules of lifting for women, p90x or any other beachbody one you like, jillian michaels or one on youtube or www.bodyrock.tv . But whatever workout you find, make sure it involves lifting and HIIT/cardio