I need help guys...

I did Calorie counting back in 2009 and lost quite a bit of weight mixed with excersize and herbal life.
I have since started back and am sooo confused. I have about 60 pounds to lose and really want a jump start but after a round of HCG and losing the weight and then gaining it all back I decided of everything I have done I was most consistant with CC and excersize. I need an appetite suppresant just to get me through the begining stages of shrinking my appetite to help me stay on track with CC. My confusion is I have heard about a pill called ACE that I was thinking about using just to get started in addition to eating healthier and CC and Excersizing. My question is that I was also told low carb would really take the weight off. with all of the advice out there it really gets confusiong on what to do. Should I just eat under my Calories and excersize and use ACE or should I add another layer and also try tyo make sure that 80% of calories come from Protein and eat low cal.. help... I don't want to burn out before i accomplish my 60 pounds of weight loss.

As you've experienced, very low calorie diets like HCG don't work long term. As for Herbalife and those other shakes, pills, why bother? Eat real food at a sustainable calorie deficit. I have lost 120lbs (30 before starting on here) by doing just that. I don't cut carbs, I don't eat 'clean', I don't do low fat or ANY of that. To lose weight, eat at calorie deficit, meet your macro and micro and fiber goals for overall health and exercise for fitness. This is an excellent starting point:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/833026-important-posts-to-read

Or here:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

Good luck!

Macro is macronutrient and micro is micronutrient. The links posted do an excellent job of explaining how to set everything up. I recommend spending some time going through them. There's a lot of goof information there. As for changing your calories, 10 lbs is a reasonable amount to recalculate at.

Hello! Here are my two cents on where you're at and just to give you a bit of context I have TOTALLY been where you're at - I tried to get off my excess 50-60 lbs for a few years trying so many tricks for jump starts that included home HCG injections, medically administered injections through a weight loss program, abusing thyroid medication, using appetite surpressants, the list goes on and on and on - and like you seem to already know - the best way to do it is by diet and exercise. Here are some tips that helped me shed 50 plus pounds in the past year:

*You mention low carb and I highly advocate this: but do it the reight way. For me, I followed the advice on "marks daily apple" which shows 50-100 grams of carbs for the optimum, steady weight loss range and 0-50 for "aggressive" weight loss. Eating in this range will also likely put your body into "ketosis" - again while others advocate this is not great for your health, there is definitely a camp on MFP and in the world that swears by this. I found that while in "ketosis" I would lose an avg of 2-3 lbs a week. I was more liberal with carbs on the weekends, but didn't go over 100. Again, I found this pattern of eating very easy to follow - but I think as long as you are "planning" your meals, and being concious of healthy, clean eating you don't need to necessarily go "low carb" if you don't feel it's right for you. Another thing that worked for me though, was figuring out delicious, healthy meals that I looked forward to and eating them over and over again; or some variations of the same thing...during the week and then having something like chicken wings as a cheat meal on the weekend.

*However - I think that while you are indicating that you don't want to burn out - you should keep in mind that it's a journey. Like I say - it took me a year and I was constantly re-evaluting and planning and setting small goals. It's great that you have a long term goal but I would start by making small changes to avoid this burnout, feeling of frustration/desperation.

*Start by say; committing for the next month to exercising x number of times a week and not going over x number of carbs; calories, etc....and track your measurement and weight. Take it day by day, week by week, month by month and know that consistency is your biggest friend thorughout the whole journey.

*Feel free to msg me with any specific questions or veiw my diary! GOOD LUCK!!!!!

I have about 60 pounds to lose and really want a jump start
I don't want to burn out before i accomplish my 60 pounds of weight loss.

Here's something you might want to think about. You'll hear, 'it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change,' around here, alot. Well, IMHO, eating at a calorie deficit is a diet... but, the point is.... if all you think about is that 60 lbs..... once you lose 'em, you'll almost surely gain 'em right back, and more. You need a more long term plan, than just how to drop that 60 lbs. I know... I know.... you figure, you have LOTS of time to figure out what to do next.... But, if you go at this all willy nilly, you are almost guaranteed to fail. Whether or not you choose to 'jumpstart' your weight loss is up to you.... but, again, IMHO, what you need to do, is come up with a plan, that is sustainable for the rest of your life.

So, if you decide to use some kind of 'diet aid' pill, now... or do low carb, or whatever.... are these things sustainable? If you choose to start with a plan that isn't a permanent lifestyle change, I strongly suggest, you start considering the exit strategy from that plan, NOW. Either that, or just eat at a deficit until you are at your goal weight, and then transition into maintenance.

I hope that helps.

This!^

Lifestyle changes

A "diet" is a project ....something temporary. When you are done with the project ....then what? Your next project will be "how the heck do I keep this weight off?"

I don't want to start another project......I want to be done, once & for all. I am done with diets. I'm not doing low carb ... because I won't eat that way in the future. I'm not taking drugs, because I need to figure out how to keep from being hungry (hint** protein, fat and fiber ...cut out processed food which is less filling). If I want to eat out of boredom ....drugs would not combat this. I need to LEARN how to keep the weight from coming back.