How To Find the Time to lose weight for a busy person! Please Help me!

A lot of places have their calories listed online. Look them up and buy whatever fits your goal. Or instead of fast food try to find places that sell salads and dont forget to add protein to them to keep you full.
You can also try preparing your meals and snacks in advance for the week. You can take the meal with you if your work has a fridge where you can store it until lunch time.
It also helps me to prep my dinners in advance that way when I am tired and come home, I dont just grab anything but I have something healthy and within my goal ready to eat.

Concentrate on your calorie intake. Exercise is good for health but it's not required for weight loss. You need to eat fewer calories than your body uses in order to lose weight.

Make small changes that you can handle. If you eat out, choose lower calorie options that you like and/or eat smaller portions of what you normally eat.

Don't get discouraged! You can do this!

You can totally lose weight on fast food as long as you research the low calorie best options ( pay attention to getting enough protein). Some days buy some precut veggies or fresh fruits at the grocery store. The amount of food you eat matters much less than exercise although exercise is good for your health.

seska422 wrote: »

Make small changes that you can handle. If you eat out, choose lower calorie options you like and/or eat smaller portions of what you normally eat.

Don't get discouraged! You can do this!

This!

Don't buy into the myth that you HAVE to eat super healthy and slog it out in the gym every day to lose weight.

I've lost 22lbs since June by making small changes to my lifestyle that I know I can keep up. I still eat out a lot, but I look up the calories of where I'm eating and choose the best option available. I've just had lunch with my kids at McDonald's and had a chicken nugget happy meal (around 400 cals here in the UK). I generally use the rule of having a kids meal when out and then I'm instantly cutting the portion size (and often the price too). For exercise I simply walk every day. I'd rather spend my time having fun with my family than being in the gym, so I make sure we get out every day to the park, zoo or just for a walk. And when my eldest is in play group I go for a long walk with baby napping in the pram. I'm averaging around 10-15k steps a day on my fitbit.

I can relate. I work full-time, have a 1 hr commute each way, and taking 3 classes right now, on top of having a hubby, 2 kids who have lots of activities (soccer, tennis, boy scouts), and a household to keep up. I'm gone from 7am-11pm on Wednesdays, so yea, I can relate. I try to get up at least 30 min early to get in a workout. But on weeks where it feels impossible (like this week), I try to just move when I can. I'll squeeze in a few push-ups and sit-ups after I wake up, I walk around during breaks at work, I'll do some squats in the bathroom when nobody is in there (haha). I find myself doing fast food more than I'd like to these days. But there are options. I just try not to get anything breaded and I try to pay attention to how much protein I'm getting in during the day. It's doable....so don't beat yourself up for not being able to work out and having to resort to fast food.

[quote="noclady1995;34305637" I'll do some squats in the bathroom when nobody is in there (haha). [/quote]

Lol a friend of mine split her pants doing this one day!


Now as for the predicament at hand I find bulk meal prep very important, and I try to make an extra portion or two and freeze them so that over the weeks I can have some variety If you have a slow cooker this is a great way to have dinner ready for when you get home but also some lunches or future dinners. I also like doing a bunch or roast veggies as a salad base and then adding a different protein. I would usually have a couple of chicken breasts cooked and frozen with different marinades so in the morning just chuck some veg in a container, add a handful of spinach or a leafy green, grab a bag of chicken from the freezer - then by lunch it's defrosted and ta-dah!
If you like or can at least stomach cans of tuna or salmon, these are so handy. Keep a few cans in car with a bag of plastic forks (and some mints hahaha) and it's a low-ish calorie, high protein snack. Just make sure you put your cans in the bin as soon as possible
Good quality protein bars are also very convenient.

As said a few times above; small changes you can handle and healthier options/smaller portions will all help

Good luck, you can do this!

Ask yourself: "What do I want more?" Do I want a few french fries more than I want to have a fit body? Do I want that extra hour of sleep more than I want to look great at the beach? Do I want to be average or do I want to be great?

Do what others are too weak to do! Be strong! Find strength in every little victory every single day.

Know that when you feel like crap because you're in a calorie deficit, you're not alone, only the strong push through and change their lives.

I know you can do it. Find a way to succeed!