Apr
I have never been overweight but I am definitely at the top end of my healthy weight range (5ft 7 and 10 stone 8, age 27), and would like to lose about 8 - 10 pounds. Most of my fat is carried around my belly, and less on my bum and thighs.
I am aware that the best way to stay slim is to exercise and eat a healthy diet, which I try to do, but I need to get rid of this fat and it doesn't want to shift!
But I am totallly confused about what to do… should eat low fat food or low carbohydrate food etc? Or do I count calories?
Also, I need ideas for foods that will fill me up without putting on weight.
Any help you can give me would be much appreciated as this is the first time in my life I have actually had to worry about my weight!
Answer:
I usually go by a calorie count, i went to a dietician and i was 10st13 she suggested, 150 calories in the morning, 450-500 for lunch, and about the same for evening meal. However you dont shift the weight you might have to lesson them but through using that advice im now 9st3! Make sure you eat loads of veg and fruit instead of snacks.. no suprise there…unfortunatly its not as nice as a choccy bar but its really worth it. Try doing 10 sit ups a night, and slowly increase it over the weeks….your tummy might feel sore for the first tiny while. it should shift the excess weight.
My tips….dont give in, and treat yourself once in a while, like go for dinner each friday night and have a little 'splurge' then straight back onto healthy eating. Your by no means overweight but its good you wanna be careful.
Good luck
Answer:
What really fills me up is fruit that carries a lot of water. (Watermelon, cantaloupe, oranges) Eat a serving before your normal meals at lunch and dinner and you'll find that you get full earlier than you normally would. It worked for me and I've lost 10 lbs already.
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to loss the weight i think this option and its work for me:
eat more fruit
drink fresh juice
get detoxification
no junk food
no milk
no yogurt
no soda
drink natural water
sport (like exercise, running, walking, aerobic, swimming)
eat more salad
good sleep
the example eat menu :
Breakfast
Always same: juice presses fresh, as much as desirable, up to 14 ounce; fresh succulence as much as desirable, or salad fruit; when do you very hungry. When not make difficult, sometimes fun replaced fruit each day that eaten at morning
Lunch
Fresh fruit juice, or carrot juice, 4 - 8 ounce, when does desirable. Salad with fresh vegetable addition desirable and combination sandwich with cucumber or celery.
Dinner
Fresh vegetable cocktail juice, soup cream cauliflower. Potato boat or simple grilled chicken. Garlic flavor string bean. Salad green French.
I read this menu from this blog in HEALTHY LIFESTYLE ARCHIVE. In this blog have an articles for main program, program, healthy lifestyle, many tips and more useful links for loss your weight.
Answer:
1. You MUST exercise if you want to lose weight and keep it off, so do something each day, even if it’s just a 15-minute walk around the neighborhood. Don’t state you don’t have time for exercise; you’ve to MAKE time. Yes, it takes time and effort, but you’re worth it, right?
2. Walk as much as you want, but don’t do cardio for more than 40 minutes at a time. If you do, you risk burning muscle instead of fat.
3. If you do strength training, use light weights and do lots of repetitions. That’ll really help you “tone up.”
4. Your diet will make you or break you. You have probably learned bad eating habits over time (most people do). That’s not your fault, but now you’ve to deal with it. Make a commitment to yourself to unlearn those bad habits and re-learn superior habits.
5. Eat breakfast every day within an hour of getting up. It kick-starts your metabolism. Studies have shown that people who skip breakfast are 450% more apt to be overweight than those who eat breakfast every day.
6. Eat six small meals or snacks per day instead of three squares per day or one big meal per day. If you eat too much at one sitting, your body stores the extra calories as fat. Go too long between meals and your metabolism slows down. Your body expends energy digesting your food, so eating smaller portions more often keeps your metabolism running high because you’re constantly digesting food.
Answer:
Here are a few tips:
1. You MUST exercise if you want to lose weight and keep it off, so do something each day, even if it’s just a 15-minute walk around the neighborhood. Don’t state you don’t have time for exercise; you have to MAKE time. Yes, it takes time and effort, but you’re worth it, right?
2. Walk as much as you want, but don’t do cardio for more than 40 minutes at a time. If you do, you risk burning muscle instead of fat.
3. If you do strength training, use light weights and do lots of repetitions. That’ll really help you “tone up.”
4. Your diet will make you or break you. You’ve probably learned bad eating habits over time (most people do). That’s not your fault, but now you’ve to deal with it. Make a commitment to yourself to unlearn those bad habits and re-learn superior habits.
5. Eat breakfast each day within an hour of getting up. It kick-starts your metabolism. Studies have shown that people who skip breakfast are 450% more prone to be overweight than those who eat breakfast every day.
6. Eat six small meals or snacks per day instead of three squares per day or one large meal per day. If you eat too much at one sitting, your body stores the extra calories as fat. Go too long between meals and your metabolism slows down. Your body expends energy digesting your food, so eating smaller portions more often keeps your metabolism running high because you’re constantly digesting food.
7. Avoid these as much as possible:
– Trans fat (any type of partially or fully hydrogenated oil)
– High fructose corn syrup (soft drinks are LOADED with it)
– Fast food
– Junk food
– White sugar, white flour, white rice, white potatoes
– The deadly C’s (cookies, cakes, candy, chips, cola)
8. Build your diet around these trim-body-friendly foods:
– Nuts, any kind (almonds are best)
– Beans/Legumes
– Fresh vegetables (green is GREAT!!!)
– Dairy products (as long as they’re low-fat or non-fat)
– Eggs
– Lean meats (fish and poultry top the list)
– Olive oil
– Whole grain breads/cereals/pasta
– Fresh fruits (anything that ends in “berry” is a winner)
– Tea (green tea or black pekoe tea)
– Cold water or ice water (your body has to expend extra calories to heat it up)
9. Desserts and treats are the exception, not the rule. Having said that, however, (1) you can have a couple of pieces of chocolate every day – just don’t overdo, and (2) Grant yourself one “cheat meal” each week where you eat and drink whatever you want as long as you don’t gorge yourself. That’ll help keep you from feeling deprived and it’ll make it easier to stick with your new healthy eating plan.
Good luck!
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