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Diet suggestions The year before last I started a diet, walking every night, stopped drinking sodas, drinking lots of water, and was relatively easy to loose weight,weight that came back after my surgery (hysterectomy) . By the end of Oct. we have some friends coming over from out of the country, we have not seen them in a while, and of course I don't want them to see me, with " a few" more pounds. I got a recipe for the cabbage 7 day soup, I've done it before, only this time I need to loose a bit more. Can anyone help with ideas? I know I should go slow, I know crash diets are not healthy, I no I'm going to get all the pounds back..but would you help??? :( |
Please dont take offense to this because I am a big girl but if you are bigger then just cutting your calories considerably will help you drop weight/inches. If not then the carb diet normally helps you drop quickly. |
I absolutely love bread, soda, sweets, and now because of YT, I don't even walk anymore (LOL) I understand that a healthy diet is the key, even thou I'm not big, but my hips are WIDE and I'm only 5',138 lbs, so when I gain weight every single pound goes to my hips, and I look... lumpy. And no, I will never, ever take offense of a comment well meant , I do appreciate your words. |
Calorie Calculator - Daily Caloric Needs Try this website. Here is mine >> Maintenance: 2435 Calories/day Fat Loss: 1948 Calories/day Extreme Fat Loss: 1800 Calories/day I exercise at least 3 times a week so that is what I used. You can cut your calories and buy healthier things. Bread was the hardest for me to cut out! But you can do it, just put your mind to it!!!!! Ive lost 50 since January, fell off the wagon but working on it still! I am doing Weight Watchers. |
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50 lbs!!!!!!!!!Good for you!!! It is so hard to loose those pounds and yet, so easy to gain them back. I guess tomorrow morning I'll start walking...and I wont be eating this ...apple pie that my son just brought for me from Burger King :( |
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LOL. no, my son already eat it. |
One simple thing you can do is cut out sodas. You might as well just eat spoons full of sugar. ETA: Also if you do a search for "diets" I'm sure you'll come up with a lot of results. |
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Another easy thing to do is to cut out "added salts" and drink 100 oz of water a day. Most foods (proteins especially) have naturally occuring sodium so you would just cut out anything that has "salt" as an ingredient. On my plan I also eat 5-6 small meals a day (every 2 1/2 -3 hours). At each meal I have 2 oz of lean protein and balance it with 1/3-1/2 of carb or fruit and then free vegetables throughout the day. No salt, no sugar, no dairy. Its really restrictive but it works for me. And its taught me smaller portions so even when I "fall off the wagon" I don't eat nearly the way I used to. I also walk 30 minutes a day and do resistance band training 2 times a week. Good Luck! |
Morning #1 Ok, I'm back from my morning walk (first of many, I hope...no, I'm sure!!!) I had my morning cuban coffee (lost of sugar there) but I could not stop cold turkey on my morning coffee :(. I feel energized, so instead of seating here, I'll go clean up the house...but I'll be back soon, I can't stay away for to long :) Thank you all for the words of encouragement |
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I am tall, weigh a lot, and exercise a lot:thumbup: |
Duh. Good lord, I should be blonde!!! (no offense to anyone) :p |
I have a diet for you... The Birmingham diet. I have friends who swear by it. Says you can lose 30lbs in 40days if you do this every 4th day for 3 days. The Birmingham Diet | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Medical Watch | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | wwltv.com |
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Weight Watchers I swear by Weight Watchers. I first did Weight Watchers back in 2003 (as a High School Senior) I weight 168 pounds when I started in January, by April I was down to 135. I was able to eat the same things just in smaller portions. I went to college and lost more weight, but after graduating in May 2007, I moved home and gained back some weight. So I started Weight Watchers again in September 2008, I was 147 pounds when I started, last night was my 9th week and I weigh 133 (14 pound loss). My goal is to be 123-125 and I'm hoping to get there by Thanksgiving. It's not a fad diet, you learn portion control and lose weight steadily so you don't gain it all back at once. Not sure of any good diets for a kick fix, but if you are lookign for long-term results, I highly recommend the Weight Watchers program! |
I also did weight watchers and lost 12 lbs. It really was easy. However, that was 2 years ago and guess what, back to fat! No one's fault but mine. Living in Louisiana, we celebrate with alcohol and food. Beer is a major part of our (my family & friends) celebrations! I find cutting down calories and exercising helps, but I am not always motivated to do that. I will try the Birmingham Diet to lose some weight and then I keep watch and slow down on the eating and drinking to maintain, but it is hard. If I see I am gaining too much, I diet for a while. Good Luck! |
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Have you heard about the alternate day diet? I saw it on the morning show. On it you eat your regular calories one day and the next you eat really low calories. I heard it works. Right now tho i am just trying the old fashioned eat right, work out lol |
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ONE OF THE COOKS THAT I WORKED WITH IN VEGAS, WAS VERY OVERWEIGHT. HE WAS LIKE THAT HIS WHOLE LIFE. WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEING IN AN ALL PROTEIN DIET, HE LOST ALL THE EXTRA WEIGHT, WHICH WAS A LOT. YOU DO HAVE TO INCORPORATE OTHER CARBS IN YOUR DIET EVENTUALLY, BUT THAT IS DONE SLOWLLY, AFTER THE WEIGH IS OFF. ALL DIETS HAVE PROS AND CONS. ALSO, NOTICE ,HOW MOST SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES ARE FIT. tHE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE GOING OUT (PLACES OTHER THAN RESTAURANTS) MEETING PEOPLE, LAUGHING AND MENDLING, MAKES YOU FOCUS IN OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN DIETS; ELEVATES YOUR PLASIVO, AND IS AN ANTIDEPRESANT. |
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I went on a gluten-free diet because I am sensitive to the gluten in wheat products like bread/cereal/noodles. I lost 16 lbs in 3 months not even trying. My doctor says its a healthier diet anyways. Gluten can keep you bloated and make IBS worse. I have heard from other people that it can also help you lose weight. Just replace wheat products with rice/corn/potato products. I weigh now what I did before I had my son. But, my measurements are smaller. I took out my old clothes and they were loose on me even though I weigh the same I did back then. I thought that was pretty cool. :) Just make sure you don't do a crash diet like the cabbage thing. That will ravage your digestive system (diarreah, gas) and make you lose nutrients that you need to stay healthy. It just makes you lose a bunch of water, even some you need. Then as soon as you have one lick of sodium, the water returns quickly. Be patient with yourself. Eating healthier is more important that eating less. |
[quote=hviola;2264195]I went on a gluten-free diet because I am sensitive to the gluten in wheat products like bread/cereal/noodles. I lost 16 lbs in 3 months not even trying. My doctor says its a healthier diet anyways. Gluten can keep you bloated and make IBS worse. I have heard from other people that it can also help you lose weight. Just replace wheat products with rice/corn/potato products. I weigh now what I did before I had my son. But, my measurements are smaller. I took out my old clothes and they were loose on me even though I weigh the same I did back then. I thought that was pretty cool. :) Just make sure you don't do a crash diet like the cabbage thing. That will ravage your digestive system (diarreah, gas) and make you lose nutrients that you need to stay healthy. It just makes you lose a bunch of water, even some you need. Then as soon as you have one lick of sodium, the water returns quickly. Be patient with yourself. Eating healthier is more important that eating less.[/quote] :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: |
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