I'll take all the advice I can get.

Calorie deficit + exercise.

http://www.caloriesperhour.com/tutorial_pound.php

This is pretty helpful

Plan. Be sensible. Be patient.

I'm no expert, however TO ME, 50lbs seems like a lot of weight to lose if you're already at 200, for a 5'9 male. If you're wanting to put on muscle and lose fat, 150 will seems too low for your stats.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
There's a good place to start.

Definetely do this ^

I'm 26 years old and about 5'9 and weigh 200 lbs. At my heaviest I was 207 & that was last month... I shed the 7 lbs which was probably water weight. I'm looking to lose about 50 more lbs by the end of the summer... any help/advice is appreciated. Friends to talk to as well while I try to shed this weight.

What has helped me is understanding portion size! I didnt realize previously I was using so much salad dressing....which added up to almost 350-400 calories....Oy.
Maybe check out your portions (2 slices of pizza, instead of 3, etc). That can help cut calories real quick and get you nice and healthy.

Don't drink calories or empty calories i should say. i can't really knock a protein shake because i haven't had one. Drink have your weight in ounces of water daily. being hydrated really does make a difference on how your body burns calories. I would suggest getting a heart rate monitor that shows how many calories you've burned during exercise. that way you'll know for sure!

Thanks! I have the exercise and calorie deficit part down. I just recently learned about the BMR, haven't researched the other one though. I'm pretty bad about logging my calories. I do it but most of the time it's just a guess unless i'm scanning a label.

Also, if you don't really know how many calories you're eating, get a kitchen scale, measuring tools, and weigh foods that aren't already portioned out. Read labels for serving sizes, calories, sugars, fats, proteins, etc. Getting a grasp on how much you're eating and or how little you're eating is just as important as exercise & burning calories!

To be honest man logging is probably the most important thing. You gotta know what's going in and out. What she was saying about kitchen scale and measuring tools. If you learn to love data you will not regret it.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/844040-raspberry-ketones-for-the-rest-of-us

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/844040-raspberry-ketones-for-the-rest-of-us

:flowerforyou:

if you can handle eating nothing but fresh fruits and vegies and lean cuts of meat. Lay off soy, corn, gluten, eggs, dairy, sugar/artificial sweeteners (except stevia) and peanuts you will lose. I am losing a 1+ lbs a day using this method.

Look up www.thevirgindiet.com.

Or "the 7 foods to avoid method"

A) No

2) Unless there is a medical, religious, or personal reason, one should not be "avoiding" any food just for weight loss. I understand if you want to eat a certain way, such as vegan or paleo, as a personal choice, but to suggest avoiding foods as dietary advice is simply suggestion and not science or fact

III) Losing 1+ lb per day is not a realistic goal for anyone to maintain. The suggest amount to lose per week is 2 lbs at most. This is a slow route, but it's maintainable, and overall more healthy.

Weight loss is very very simple...eat at a caloric deficit, exercise to help achieve said deficit and for body composition (heavy weight lifting such as bench press, squats, and dead lift are highly suggested and recommended), and the most important and hardest part of weight loss for anyone is take your time. If you keep at it, you will keep losing, maybe not on your time table or schedule, but it will happen if you properly log your calories and don't over estimate on your calories burned.