What's the best way to lose weight?

Drink 4-5 !6.9 oz bottles of water a day, don't drink soda, alcohol, or beer of any sort. things that contain sugar, turns into fat. Don't eat bread, wheat is ok, because flour turns into sugar as well. Starch is turns into sugar too. get an elliptical tredmeil, work out on it 20-45 mins a day or every other day. Don't use your a/c, You neeed to sweat all the toxins out. Don't Strave yourself, you'll lose muscle, not fat. Eat only fruits and veggies. Go to the store, get 2 (or as much as you prefer) of every fruit they have. Go home eat 2 or 3 pieces of fruit Five times a day. eat small meals at normal meal time. Bake every thing! eat mainly chicken and fish, no red meat. Rice is good. Don't bother to much with salad. DON'T EAT RANCH! It is the fattiest dressing for you. If you want to eat salad and veggies, eat them plain.

Don't eat to many cooked things, stick to raw foods (except meat, You do cook that!)

Imagine youself to be skinny! Pretend you weight 112! using your mind along with you body builds stregnth AND character. Mind and will power can be the strongest thing you have! If it is so in your head, it will be so on your body as well!

Have fun, and build more Will power!!

Love Becky

P.S. Weight loss (this Should help you a bit!!)

Limit gas-producing foods, specifically broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, beans and cabbage. When you do eat them, try taking Beano, an over-the-counter supplement which can help your body digest them.

Don't overdo the amount of fiber in your diet. Fiber is incredibly important, but too much can exacerbate bloat in people who are sensitive. Thus, be sure to increase the amount in your diet gradually and drink plenty of water to help wash it down.

Avoid large meals heavy in carbohydrates and fat. Instead, eat low-volume meals throughout the day (and eat every four to five hours).

Be sure to incorporate some type of protein with each meal and snack. Protein acts as a natural diuretic and helps your body get rid of extra water.

Some examples of low-volume meals containing protein:

•8 ounces nonfat yogurt with one cup fresh berries

•4 egg-white omelet with sautéed spinach and mushrooms

•2 cups vegetable salad topped with 5 grilled shrimp

•4 ounces turkey or ham sandwich on whole wheat bread

•One apple with small handful unsalted raw almonds

•4 ounces turkey/lettuce rollups with one cup baby carrots

•One cup whole grain cereal with half-cup skim milk and ½ banana

Well diet pills tend not to work and can actually make you gain weight. What you do lose from them is just water weight and you will gain it all back and more later. I recently lost like 30 lbs and what I suggest is go for 1 to 2 walks everyday and if you crave some fatty snack have some yogurt or healthy fruit instead, also do some crunches or push ups everynight before you go to bed to build lean muscle and burn fat. I tried and it worked. So basically don't listen to those stupid commercials even how convincing they seem, just exersice regually and eat healthier and i'm sure you'll see results. Motovation would also help like if you feel like not doing something all day tell yourself you need to get up and do it for you. Well hope that helps.

Hi~

Exercising is one of the most effective ways. 20-30 minutes of exercise each day is quite enough, depending on how much free time you have.

I think diets aren't extremely useful. Count the carbohydrates in food before you eat them, and keep away from high energy food. (Same concept as diets, just with a different approach). Remember, you are what you eat.

Personally, I don't like weight loss pills, because there might be side-effects. Losing weight is difficult (sort of), but it will get easier once you get started. Good Luck!

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Perhaps you should modify the exercise that you do. Find something that you like to do, that you will look forward to doing. It may take trying some new things. Have you ever tried lifting weights? Personally, I find this a lot more fun than doing cardio. When you lift your body gains more muscle, which burns more calories when you are at rest. Don't try any pills or diets. I try to eat what I want, but in moderation. It is easier said than done, but I find that if I plan out what I'm going to eat ahead of time I am usually able to stick to it. If I feel like eating out of boredom, etc., I try to occupy myself with something else, or chew a piece of gum, or brush my teeth. I also eat a lot, but I eat healthy. For example, if you aim for 2,100 calories per day, that means you get 700 calories per meal to work with. So, for breakfast today I ate 2 waffles (170 calories), an orange (? about 100 calories), 2 pieces of toast (140 calories) with 1 tbsp. of peanut butter (90 calories), cottage cheese (90 calories), and a cup of cereal (100 calories) = 690 calories. It seems like a lot, but it is within the ballpark of what I need in a day.

Don't try to cut back too much, find out your daily caloric needs to maintain a healthy weight, and then eat that many calories. Good luck!

All I can tell you that it actually is all about will power.

Anything else like crash diets or pills are just little helpers but as soon as you start living "normal" again you fall back into old habits and start gaining the weight you lost.

For losing weight you eventually will have to denie yourself things you want to have. You will have to go to bed feeling hungry and stop eating while you still could eat a lil more and thats just the plain truth.

So ask yourself if its really worth the effort, and if your answer is yes... then go for it: Learn to stay hungry and embrace the pain and sweat of exercising ...and never give in.

Maybe you're not eating enough of what you need and your body is clinging on to what you do eat to survive. Eat alot of leafy greens, the greener the better. Drink a lot of water. If you drink coffee, drink two equal glasses of water to run the coffee out of you. You don't have to eat 100% healthy but eating close to it will help. Cut down your carbs, fat, and calorie intakes. 3,500 calories= 1 lb. Try to walk at least an hour a day at 4 mph or work your way up to it.

Good luck to you, I hope this helps.

I did atkins diet and walked maybe 20 minutes a day. Lost over a 100 pounds from 265 to 165. Most people say you gain it back, but I have been off it now for well over a year and haven't gained a pound back. I think it is because most poeple just go back to eating fastfood and junk food, which you really have to limit even when you are done.

It isn't really a matter of how MUCH you eat, but rather WHAT you eat. Are you eating fresh fruits and veggies mostly and cutting out fat and sugar and other carbs? And we don't start burning fat until after 20 minutes of exercise.

It's really pretty basic... consume less calories than you work off. OR work off more calories than you consume. Reducing stress and getting plenty of sleep helps too :) And best of luck!

First of all, if you are eating too little calories a day, your body thinks it is starving, and adds everything you eat as fat. Make sure you are eating the right amount of calories. Try something like weight watchers (you can buy the books on ebay), and continue exercising!!!

Good luck, I am attempting to lose wieght too, I know where you are coming from!

The best way to lose weight is to work out and eat healthy.

Ways to speed your metabolism:

Drink water, Green tea, lift weights (muscle helps burn more calories even when you arent working out), eat smaller meals (6 six meals a day) rather than 3, eat breakfast (it starts your metabolism in the morning), eat spicy foods and protein

reduce your caloric intake by 500-1000 calories, and add in 30-45 minutes of exercise(walking, running, swimming, etc.) at least every other day (preferably every) this should cause you to loose between 2 and 4 pounds a week which is the most that any diet can promise without lying or putting your health at risk.