Need to lose weight for health asap...please help

Here is what worked for me. Been in maintenance since 2011 I bounce around in a 5 lb range...

The good news is you don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better.

++Track for a week or two before worrying about losing. This way you'll see where you really stand, odds are it is different than where you thought you were, which is actually good news...

++Be scrupulously honest... you can lie to your friends, you can lie in your diary, you can lie to yourself, but YOUR BODY KNOWS EVERYTHING YOU EAT. So you might as well be honest in your diary (keep it private if you like) but you need that info because you can't get where you are going if your are not honest about where you are right now.

++See where you can make small changes on things that aren't so important to you.
(Don't even think of taking chocolate out of my diet!!!)
--Reducing quantities
--Swapping out things instead of eliminating them.

++Focus on what you should eat not what your shouldn't.
Eating your nutritious foods first. Your body will be more satisfied and have less cravings.

++Small sustainable changes.
If you completely revamp your diet, it's way easy to revert to old ways in times of stress. (and who doesn't have stress?)
If you make a series of small changes, food still offers you some sense of comfort, sort of a comfort continuum, and after a while the first small changes will seem comforting in themselves. Also rather than having to think about everything all the time. You only have to think about a 2 or 3 new things to focus on.

++Rather than being uberstrict with the target MFP set for me. (I swear this saved my life.) I was happier once I gave myself a range:

ROCK BOTTOM: 1200 cal
TARGET: MFP Calories for lose 1 lb a week (when that hit 1200 I changed to lose 1/2 lb per week)
TOP OF RANGE: Maintain Calories for my GOAL Weight.

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(SAFETY VALVE: Maintain Calories for CURRENT Weight - remember to keep updating this number as you lose)

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++Only worry about it 1 lb at a time.
Forget I *NEED* to lose 20, 30, 50, 100 lbs. I'm only worried about 1 lb the next one. I'll worry about the others later.
Once I found ways to lessen the stress, I found it way easier to focus on the process and let the results follow. (It's what worked for me some people need the stress to get them motivated. Me I get scared and overwhelmed and don't see the big goal as achievable. )

++Think of losing weight like the stock market. Yes, there will be fluctuations but as long as the overall trend is the the right direction don't worry

Food is not the enemy. You need nutrition to fuel your body and make it strong. and healthy just feels so damn good.

Most vitamins are fat soluable... so remember to include plant and fish based fats (HAPPY FATS) so you can access the nutrients in your food.

All of your foods fall into 1 or more of 3 macro nutrient categories
FATS • CARBS • PROTEINS ... I personally think it's unwise to severely restrict any one of these categories.
Instead of eliminating or limiting quantity focus on the quality...

HAPPY FATS (Plant and fish bases)
COMPLEX CARBS (un or minimally processed)
LEAN PROTEINS

Oddly enough, on my journey here I've reduced guilt over food.
I have the occasional treat and I fully enjoy it with no guilt involved.
The thing is since I'm not eating crap all the time, now the occasional treat is just that a TREAT it's special and I enjoy it so much more than when I was unconsciously shovel junk food into my face.

well sex is great, you will lose weight fast

i was 240lbs and have lost 32Kgs in 12months and kept it off.
In short, Move your *kitten*, control your diet

My story goes as such, 1 year ago i was diagnosed a 2 weeks after my 40th birthday with Level 2 Hypertension (critical blood pressure) i was 240lbs (111Kgs) roughly, depressed constantly, suffered sleep apnea and my heart was constantly fluctuating, i couldn've died at any point.

I had the resolve enough was enough, so over the course of the the past year started off ludicrously with going to the gym and walking everyday sometimes twice a day and cutting my calories to 1400-1600 for 3 months then slowly upped them to around 2000 and currently i sit at 2600 if i want to maintain.

Cut out all the junk food, no fast food, no soft drinks, no cordial, no milk flavoured drinks ie ice coffee. all of those i was addicted to, i'd at one point go through half a chicken and large chips in 1 sitting a whole large pizza to myself, gallons of fizzy drinks and ice coffee hooked upto my veins.

after 4 months of that i no longer needed blood pressure medicine anymore, my fat levels had halved, i had lost around 18Kgs dropped from an XXL-XXXL clothing size to a large. I also had far more energy. I still suffer from Sleep Apnea to a lesser degree and Ensomnia but thats genetic i got that from my parents all 3 of us struggle to sleep (brains never shut off) I no longer got constant chest pains. at that point i added more weights to the exercise. I hear lift weights to burn fat which is true but in my thinking and also it's a proven theory you are better off getting rid of the worst part of the weight first for health reasons then build and tone. It's not possible to build muscle while on a massive calorie deficit all you can do is maintain the use of the muscles so they are less likely to be cannibalised first.

12 months in i'm down to around 78,4-80Kgs fluctuating, i could stand to lose another 5KGs but if that never happens given i'm lifting far more weights now thats fine by me i've already accomplished far more then i expected in such a short time.

I only do intentional exercise 4 days a week now so more time for living less living to burn calories, and still can easily get a low calorie count if i chose to. add Whey Protein shakes, veggies, fruit and multivitamins, to your diet too they are easy to digest, low in calories, high in nutrientsand i'd never recommend eating lower then 1400 calories, 1200 is the bare minimum for any adult just to breathe and keep your brain active you need calories beyond that to function.. Find out what your Daily Expendiature is atm and aim for 20% lower then that and you'll burn a steady 1+kg a week til you get fitter then it naturally slows down

Hook me up if you want some further help, i'm no expert just someone with hands on experience turning a near death obese body into a thin far healthier body..

I have been trying unsuccessfully to lose weight for nearly three years. I am 5'11" and 224lbs. Most of my weight is in my stomach; likely caused by frequent travel (dinners out at restaurants, meetings with drinks, little time to exercise). I am now using MFPal daily and have restricted it to 1420 calories per day. I exercise on a treadmill to burn 250-300 calories per day...what else can I do???

1420 is too low. I'm 5'11" started at 264 and I'm currently at 194 (last Friday, 192 this morning but official weigh in isn't until tomorrow) and I'm cutting on 2400 a day. You need to figure out your TDEE and cut at -20% Lift heavy and do some cardio. Don't starve yourself, you'll just fail, 1420 is nowhere near enough food for a guy.

Rigger

Lots of good advice here..(except the treadmill being useless..if you enjoy it, use it. I don't walk outside when its 115 degrees....) The main thing is to keep at what you're doing consistently and patiently. If you're trying to take off lots of weight in only a month or two...you're setting yourself up for failure, heartbreak, and probably more weight gain. Make good choices every day. Eat good nutritious foods, but don't eliminate things you really do love...eat them judiciously. You're not being punished...you're taking care of you! Good luck...you CAN DO THIS!

Borrow or adopt a dog. Then you have to exercise or the pee the rug. It works and its fun. We see the foxes, possums, squirrels, stars and moon. We have dog and people friends. And I burn 3,000 calories a week doing this.