How to lose weight...

No need to stop eating bread and rice - I still consume both and have had success.

Basically it's really just a matter of calories in, calories out, and eating a little bit less than what your body burns all day long in a 24 hour period. Exercise helps, and allows you to consume more cals for fuel, but isn't necessary or the magic part of weight loss, it's calories, and eating the proper number of cals for your stats (M/F, age, height, current weight, activity level). You want to be nourished and well-fueled for daily life and exercise if you include it, but without going over that total daily burn number, or your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure).

No special diets, no taboo foods, no magic anything, it's just learning to eat the foods you enjoy in the right amounts. You want to learn habits that you can stick to for life, right - otherwise you "diet", lose some weight, then crash and burn because it's difficult to stick to, you have no energy from not eating enough, or are disappointed because you're not meeting some unreasonable goals you may have set.

Sustainable weight loss, or even better FAT loss, comes from being in a moderate calorie deficit, getting some exercise, preferably some form of strength or resistance training, drinking plenty of fluids, and getting good sleep.

What has worked for me ...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/what-has-worked-for-me-at-mfp-757858

I've dropped 17 kg since mid-Feb doing exactly what I talk about in my blog.

To be honest I have lost weight app 57 lbs, without drinking much water, just counting calories and barely exercising. I never cut out any food, infact I just ate a cupcake.

The only reason to cut out a type of food is if you find that you have trouble limiting how much you eat of it. If you eat one potato chip and that turns into eating a whole bag of chips, you might want to avoid them altogether. But all that is really required for weight loss is that you eat fewer calories than you burn.

I would suggest to weigh your food and make sure your are logging everything. Additionally, if you decide to eat exercise calories be extremely conservative, you probably feel like you burned more calories than you actually did.

In general people tend to underestimate the calories they are eating by overestimating the portion sizes. You may feel like you're not eating much, but if you're quantities are off by a little then your daily calculations could be off by quite a bit.

Unless you have something physiologically wrong, a calorie deficit will result in weight loss regardless of exercise, water consumption, etc. The rest is to increase your general health, and to help build strong habits around food and fitness.

mskemesha28 wrote: »

Sorry I thought I was replying to a guy that sent a reply to me

Please remember: Just because you disagree with someones info. or it is not useful to you, does not always mean it isn't solid advice.

On that note, all of the above is good info., Good Luck!

Kimegatron wrote: »

I was just wondering what kind of difference walking on a treadmill vs walking outdoors is? Treadmills kill my feet and my knees, and is way less gratifying than walking outdoors. I feel like treadmills propel me, and seems like I have to go farther on the machine than I do outside. Is that a thing, or am I just making this up in my head... lol

I too prefer walking outside. The varied terrain in walking outside works muscles in ways that a treadmill can only imitate. I only do the treadmill when the weather makes it uncomfortable to walk outside. I don't mind a gentle rain, but I draw the line at ice or hot/humid. In my climate that equates to about two month each in summer and winter.