best way to loose weight and not kill yourself.

Slow and steady. Once you find your calorie goal and set a reasonable (slow) weight loss goal be faithful in logging. I also try and eat something about 6 times a day, keeps me from getting famished. This should be a total lifestyle change of eating healthy and keeping active, that way it really works. I have been in maintenance since August and only struggled slightly through the holidays, so I know now I can keep the weight off, you will too.

Now this is for me.....and what I do...
I do not deny myself the foods I like. Of course I stopped fast foods because they are just flat out bad for you.....I might once every 3 months but no more then that.

I eat what I like....I just reduce how of it I eat.
This way I don't feel like I am losing anything taste wise.

I go walking each and every day

and there are you tube videos that you can do work outs with

One of the best things I have found is having the friends that I do
They are fun and amazing
we joke around but we are all here to get healthlier and slimmer
each motivates the other
and for me that is the most important thing.

If you dont have weights you could buy resistance bands. Thats how I got started. Not too expensive.
As for food intake I notice you dont track the most important macro...protein!
Having the right amount of protein will insure you keep as much lean mass while dieting down.

Let me know if you need help finding the proper dietary numbers.

Good luck!

I agree with the above poster. You don't have to beat yourself to lose weight, you just need to have patience and understand that the process takes a while.

I've decided this year that I'm just going to be healthy and not have an unrealistic body ideal. I am who I am. I'll never be skinny with abs of steel, but I can at least be healthy!

Shannon

I don't know what the "best" way is, but I will tell you what helps me:

1) I lose slow and steady as well. Over the past 3-10 years, I have lost 37 pounds and I've kept it off. My goal is not weight loss, per se, but change of lifestyle.
2) during difficult periods (i.e., vacation, the holidays), I reset my goals to "maintenance". That feels more "achievable" to me and then I can enjoy some foods I normally wouldn't (and drink a couple of beers, rather than just one).
3) remember, "relapse" is part of the whole thing. One day at a time, as they say in AA.

I have VERY cheap equipment and mostly work out at home. I have an exercise mat, a few dumbells and a good pair of running shoes. When I started, I began with walking, so I really didn't need good shoes. My TV cable comes with exercise TV so that helps. I've added a yoga DVD.

I hope that helps, and good luck to you!

Debbie

When I started at my gym I went to the orientation thing and this is what the trainer told me: Weight loss is 70% your eating habits and 30% what you do in the gym. So, I say if you can get your eating in control first with some running/ walking, then worry about working out you will have a higher success rate. Also, it might help you stay on the wagon and make a life style change rather than trying to change everything at once and get overwhelmed!! Good luck!!

Hi! Firstly, well done for coming back on here, at the least it shows you want to change, now it's just time to keep at it. Take each day as it comes, life gets in the way sometimes and you can't beat yourself up if one day you go over, but f you are regularly going over your calorie allowance then maybe you could find a way to change? Instead of cutting down completely, try finding healthier ways to cook, healthier options. I find even by changing the bread i eat, I find a calorie difference of 50 calories.

On the other hand, at home DVDs are a one off payment if you can afford that (I used these at first because I couldn't stand the thought of people watching me exercise lol) or even by upping your walking every day by half an hour can help.

If you really want to lose weight, you will try find all these little differences and instead and instead of feeling like you're killing yourself, they will eventually become a normal part of your life, and then you can actually sustain the loss.

So basically, finding healthier options (even small ones add up!) as well as trying to squeeze in even a short walk in the day can help keep calories low whilst still feeling full and hopefully healthier too.

Keep at it!

i just try to stay busy. that way i dont just eat because im bored. and when i do feel like eating, i always ask myself first, am i really hungry ? if i wait ten minutes and i am i eat, if not i find something to do like walk my dog.

Food is hard as I am so difficult. I really don't like much. Beef, chicken most meats actually and potatoes. That is what I tend to eat. I don't like much else lol. I think i need a new pallet as well lol.

You will probably find as you start eating better that the things you used to dislike will taste better to you (and the unhealthy stuff won't be as good as it used to be)....so keep trying new veggies - or old veggies in new ways, and keep an open mind.

Good luck!

You could either take it to the country and say "Be free weight!" or just eat a balanced diet at a mild calorie deficit. Whichever would be fine.

You could either take it to the country and say "Be free weight!" or just eat a balanced diet at a mild calorie deficit. Whichever would be fine.

But what if it likes me and wants to stay?

Throw rocks at it.