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Change your exercise routine to include weights/resistance at least every other day. Cardio (walking) is great but to lose weight the best way is to tone or build muscle as it is more metabolically active and burns more calories. Finding your ideal caloric intake may take a couple of weeks but make sure you get an accurate…

try this it may be more helpful https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-many-calories-per-day

Forget the whole "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" crap. It's true that filling up the proverbial gas tank before a long trip is useful but it isn't absolutely necessary as long as you fill up at some point. That is more likely a better explanation for breakfast. Some people must have it and others do just…

You are likely on the right track. Typically when a person begins a caloric reduction that is below the normal eating habits, you tend to lose weight quickly in the first week or two. Mostly water as you suspected. Give it some time. Your body will adjust. 5 lbs. in the first week is not unheard of. In my case I lost 10…

Weights. At your age if you start adding weight bearing or resistance exercises 3-4 times a week the muscles will tone up and the flab will go down. There are tons of at home exercises you can do so you need not go to a gym. Just do some searching on the internet. Also, you could pick up a set of new or used (lots of them…

I had limited success with it also but it's really hard to keep up. It is a short term thing but I think it has merit. I think I too will try it again and hope that on the fasting days I don't wig out!

I mentioned in another post that swimming is good exercise but not great for weight loss. Try adding different strokes or like some people suggested, aquasize instead of swimming and get a waterproof MP3 player. Note: Apple iPods do not come waterproofed and once they are waterproofed (third party) the warranty is void.…

Stay away from packets. If you want all the benefits of Oatmeal, buy raw oat flakes or steel cut oats. The health benefits far outweigh anything processed/packaged as the packets are. I personally don't use anything except almond milk in cooking my steel cut oats and usually 1/2 of the recommended amount. I too use…

Swimming actually isn't the best exercise for weight loss. True it can be a good workout overall like cardio, but the best exercise for weight loss is weights/resistance training. Try combining the two...one day swim, the next day weights. here is a great article on exercise for weight loss...note swimming didn't make the…

10 lbs. in a month is aggressive. It is likely water weight you lost because of the caloric restriction. The fact that you are not tracking your exercise could well be the key. The amount of exercise you do could be cutting your caloric intake even further. If you exercise regularly but also stick to 1200 calories a day…

Think Diabetes. For me, that really makes me think twice about added sugar. I too love sweets but I know the grocery store is full of items that are loaded with sugar and hidden sugars (corn starch, maltodextrin etc.). This is one of the reasons Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and other…

this may help https://diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/enjoy-food/eating-with-diabetes/meal-plans-/low-carb and this https://directclinicaltrial.org.uk/

Its actually called "intermittent fasting" and yes I have tried it but with limited success. As a lifestyle changes for me there simply isn't any reason to fast if my lifestyle changes are for life. All I did was eat less and exercise more...down 34 lbs. in 5 months and still going.

...and at less than half a can (one serving 250ml - one cup) you are consuming 480mg of sodium, more than you need in such a small serving. This is why canned/prepared soup taste good...loaded with sodium. Additionally none of the ingredients are organic or non-GMO. If you make your own soup you have the option of using…

I've used this one quite often. It's really easy, stores well (it's a large recipe) and is vegetarian with some added instructions on how to make it different by using other ingredients like seafood or beef/chicken/turkey. It contains no additives or packaged ingredients except whatever type of broth you decide to use. I…

Personally I advise you stay away from flavor packets and opt for natural flavoring. The packets usually contain all kinds of garbage and you would be better off eating the package it comes in than the product itself! I too don't really care for plain water. I typically add a splash (less than a 1/4 cup) of whatever juice…

I think the most important thing to take away from all this is that sustained weight loss means changing habits, not just dieting. This is one of the biggest reasons WW and Jenny Craig and all the other commercial diets typically get the weight down but don't sustain it, as you have already found out. Sustained weight loss…

2 lbs. a week is aggressive. Sustained weight loss takes a long time and means moving more and eating less for life. Heavily reducing you caloric intake may work in the short term but eventually you'll end up eating more and ultimately gaining it all back. Trying to find a balance can take weeks, even months. You have to…

Forget the shakes. A handful of trail mix would do just as well and there is no prep once it's made in bulk. I personally make my own from Walnuts, pumpkin seed kernels, dried cranberries and dark chocolate chips. The mixture contains ample protein (from pumpkin seeds), fat and carbs along with fiber, vitamins, minerals…

My ex-wife is an alcoholic, we got divorced because of it. Both my elder brothers are alcoholics, one is now living in a care facility due to complications from alcohol - he is 59, the other just died suddenly 3 weeks ago from alcohol related poisoning, he was 55. One of my best friends is an alcoholic and was doing good…

This was one of the first things I posted about when I started up again in October. I told the support team that it should be re-worded because it's not accurate at all. It's simply a motivation tool that they simply don't want to change so just ignore it. Just like your exercise calories. I ignore those too and now I have…

find an exercise or exercises that you can enjoy. Depending on what you want to do with exercise, how much or how little is up to you, there are no set rules. For weight loss, weights/resistance exercises are king. Building or toning muscle improves weight loss because muscle burns roughly 3 times the calories...the more…

weight is made up of a number of factors and once people have exhausted their available carbohydrate reserves which likely won’t be much as they’re probably on a low carbohydrate diet, because of-course carbohydrates make you fat (eye roll), they will need an alternative fuel source and that’s when they’ll burn muscle.…

Nope, but then there are very few people in the world who cannot exercise at some level. Even the morbidly obese can exercise (see "my 600lb life" TV show). My point was this: if you truly want to lose weight and keep it off you have to adopt a healthy lifestyle which includes eating nutritious foods and getting regular…

17 lbs? uh your math is way wrong, dude. 43 kg is almost 95 lbs. Anyway to the original poster, I think you know what you need to do. Any exercise is better than none but losing fat in certain areas can be a challenge. The thing to remember of course is to ensure you are in a calorie deficit so tracking what you eat is…

Don't think diet. Think lifestyle change. Sustained weight loss comes from changes you make to your life that will continue beyond your "goal weight". Always keep that in mind. Exercise (something you like) more and eat healthy. Tracking what you eat (and either measure or weigh or both) all of your foods when applicable.…

What happens when you start eating more calories? Are you staying at a caloric reduction for the rest of your days? I find it laughable that people who say they have lost weight only through dieting are doing great. Studies prove that simply reducing your intake will eventually result in gaining it all back within 2 years…

Take a good quality men's formula multivitamin and forget the daily values on food packages. A multivitamin ensures that any gaps in your diet are covered. Food labels can be very misleading. Ironically they don't show DV% for sugar and nobody questions why. Sugar can wreak havoc on your body yet there is no recommendation…

I agree. 25 lbs. in 2 months is agressive and your body may likely be saying enough is enough. The real problem you face is that your aggressive approach can really backfire. Quick weight loss, with the exception of ill health, is almost always gained back. I always ask this one simple question: What happens when you reach…

Without more data it's a guesstimate for anyone responding. Age, height, weight can help us determine what the issues may be. Even the most accurate calculation needs this information. If I had to guess I'd say your caloric intake is too low for someone who is hitting the gym 3 times a week and then doing light exercise…