the best way to lose

faithfuller21 wrote: »

Can anyone suggest anything they've done or taken, and actually seen results? I'm honestly not motivated to work out. But if i could change done eating habits, or drink or eat something that helps... please let me know! I've tried a few different things. I'll lose a couple pounds, get excited, and they come right back! So I'm defiantly open to any suggestions/help!
Thank you!

Eat less, move more

What has worked for me is eating less than I burn. CI<CO.

The easiest way is to simply reduce the amount of calories you are eating. If you eat less than you use you will lose weight. Let mfp work it out for you.

If it helps. I have lost 15lbs so far and now really enjoy exercise. I hated it before, but it's a lot easier now I'm not as heavy.

The most effective ways to lose is to learn about proper nutrition and then eat fewer calories while maintaining a good nutritional balance. I'm not on a diet. I am choosing to eat much better and less. You will be able to do this if you are using food to medicate emotional issues. If you are doing that then you have to address those issues some other way. Counseling helps you get to what is eating you do you don't eat so much.

You must get tired of how you feel physically and mentally because of your health and then something will just click and the rest will be history.

faithfuller21, there IS no magic bullet. You lose weight the same way you gained it... one pound at a time, and by virtue of how much you eat, not which faux magic wand pill does or does not work. You didn't take a magic gain weight pill and there is no magic lose weight pill either.

It's not something that is going to happen overnight. But, once you achieve your goal, it may well seem like it!

Now, that being said, there will be people who swear by this or that to make them lose ten pounds a week or some such nonsense. Unless you're 300#++ that's a really... REALLY bad way to do it. And even at that, it's a more than a little aggressive target range! Under ordinary circumstances, you lose weight through hard work - diet control and exercise. And, generally speaking, you should lose weight based on a percentage of total body weight vs height. (Obviously, you are 6' 8" you can healthfully carry substantially more body weight than if you are 5'4".)

Realistically, if you want to keep your body healthy, you should not be losing more than 1% of total body weight per week. (And, although we all really lose weight to look good - right? - we must also constantly be aware that, losing it the wrong way is not and will not be healthy for us. And doing it that way WON'T make us look good. It will only make us look, and be, sickly and definitely UN-healthy.) So that means, if you are female; weighing 196; but are only 5'2", you probably should not be losing more than a pound to a pound and a half per week.

I can hear it now. "OMG! That's not right. It'd take forever!" Well, not forever but certainly a long time. But, if you lose too much too fast, your body is going to 'rebel' in a manner of speaking. The faster you lose it, the more likely you are to experience rebound weight gain. Give your body a chance to adjust along the way and you not only will find the 'journey' easier but you will be far more likely to keep the weight off for the long haul.

So, is there a magic bullet to help you lose weight? YES! But it's that thing sitting on your shoulders, balanced on your neck. And either you listen to the reason that is there or you allow yourself to be seduced by the promise of an 'easy out'.

Timorous_Beastie wrote: »

There is no one who hated exercise and gym class more than I used to. But working out was the major factor in my change. My eating habits weren't THAT bad, but I was eating just a little too much for my activity level.

What I found was that when I'm exercising regularly, I can eat pretty much whatever I damn want and still lose. And exercise makes me feel better, physically and emotionally, so I'm less likely to overeat things I shouldn't. For instance, I'll still have chocolate, but I won't polish off a bag of Butterfingers in one sitting.

So... tough love time.... big deal. You don't like exercise. Suck it up. There's lots of things in life that you're not going to like doing - paying bills, doing taxes, shoveling snow, scooping the catbox - but are necessary. I don't like cleaning the litterbox, but if I don't, my house will stink and the cats will pee on my bed in disgust. I don't (always) like exercise, but if I don't, I can't eat the way I want and my body won't look like I want.

THIS. THIS. THIS.
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faithfuller21 wrote: »

Can anyone suggest anything they've done or taken, and actually seen results? I'm honestly not motivated to work out. But if i could change done eating habits, or drink or eat something that helps... please let me know! I've tried a few different things. I'll lose a couple pounds, get excited, and they come right back! So I'm defiantly open to any suggestions/help!
Thank you!

Dear Boss,

I'd like to be paid more money, however I want to do hardly anything at all at the same time. Can I get a raise by only doing the bar minimum to keep my job?

Thanks Faith

Dear Faith,

Do you really feel that I would give you a raise by you only doing the bare minimum? Welcome to life it takes hard work to get the things you want. If you're not willing to put in the work you'll never go anywhere in life or this company.

Regards,
Boss