Need lots of help to lose weight!!!

Hi there, we need a little more info to help you out.

Please post your current Height and Weight. Thanks

It is an 80/10/10 effort to lose weight. 80% of weight loss is what you are eating, with 10% being exercise and 10% being rest.

Eat as much fresh, whole foods as you can stand. Avoid anything that comes out of a box or restaurant. Canned stuff should only be used rarely.

Exercise 3-4 times a week and get plenty of rest. The weight loss should follow.

You should maybe consider drinking a protein shake instead of grabbing something unhealthy. I have already tried plenty so I can recommend some.

Good luck!

I use Carb advantage EAS, with 1/2tbls peanut butter. I blend it in a personal blender bullet type) with 5 ice cubes. I have this every morning and every other day early evening before my Zumba class. That's my recommendation for a protein shake

I am five three and tree quarters, 162-166 pounds!!! Gained fifty pounds during pregnancy!!! Yikes!!! I eat pretty healthy. Maybe a little too much soda sometimes but that's it. Maybe my exercise routine is wrong I don't know.

Describe what you think "pretty healthy" means. There is no magic formula for weight loss beyond eating at a deficit (taking in a few less calories than you burn) and exercising "some" to maintain and tone your muscles (and many here have lost weight without any exercise beyond normal daily activity). Carefully log EVERYTHING you eat. You'll probably have to weigh or measure (as appropriate) to know the "exact" calories (there IS a difference between one TBL of peanut butter and five TBL). Once you know what you eat that maintains your weight (since you're not apparently really gaining or losing, what you eat now is maintenance for your current weight), if you cut off a few hundred calories each day, you should start to slowly lose (a deficit of 250/day is approximately equivalent to 1/2 pound loss per week; 500 is about 1 pound per week; I wouldn't cut further than that). It probably helps the most to cut out most of the empty calories - like pop and juices with added sugar - and concentrate on nutritionally dense "whole" foods (stuff that is minimally processed). This doesn't mean you can't eat anything in the "junk" category - just that "most" of what you eat should be "healthy" and you should think before you eat the "junk" (use portion control; know what a portion actual is - one little "single serve" bag of chips might be labeled as 3 portions, so the bag has 3 ties more calories than what appears to be the case at first glance)

Make your food diary complete and honest. Review your past days of food entries to spot problems in terms of unhealthy food habits. I love diet caffeine-free Dr. Pepper, but I've switched to water--and right now, with the scorching temperatures, I've allowed myself Trader Joe's sparkling water (orange or lemon flavor).

Think hard about your favorite healthy foods--make a list & keep these foods on hand. Get as much in-home exercise as you can (old adage: don't lay down if you can sit, don't sit if you can stand, & don't stand if you can walk). Maybe you've stalled because of sleep deprivation or dehydration; add hours slept to your food diary notes, so you can see patterns there.

With a baby in the house, don't beat yourself up over a stall; just keep trying to do the right thing--in my aerobics class the instructor's motto is "Do your best and leave the rest" (..."don't sweat the rest").

Cut out any sodas (full of sugar and calories, yuck) and choose water or iced tea, something with low to zero cals. also track your food on here and set a healthy calorie goal for yourself and a good work out plan. start with taking walks. you say you just had a baby a couple months ago, right? take your baby out for a nice walk. if you don't wanna walk (which to me is the best exercise) then simply dance in your house or even clean! cleaning burns a lot of calories when you move fast and put a lot of effort into what you're cleaning. if you're like me and don't like to try those work out videos or don't have money for any gym equipment, try these simple exercises. if you eat right and exercise, you will surely lose the weight. don't be so hard on yourself, it'll come. be patient and it will come. trust me.