What was the breaking point for you to decide to lose weight?!
Question: Do you have a success story? How are you working toward your weight loss goal? How much have you lost so far? How much are you trying to lose? What types of food are eating? Are you exercising? If so, what kind of exercise?
Answers: Do you have a success story? How are you working toward your weight loss goal? How much have you lost so far? How much are you trying to lose? What types of food are eating? Are you exercising? If so, what kind of exercise?
I started w/ a strict diet just to jump start myself. Once I lost 3lbs, I felt more motivated and started to workout. Some cardio, but not too much b/c I don't like it. Believe it or not, lifting weights like the guys do, bench press, power clean, lunges, and leg press burn MAJOR calories. The reason is that these exercises use so many muscles at one time, as compared to the "girl exercises" that use a lot of isolation. When it comes to eating, you have to be yourself. People say eat 6 meals a day. Yes, it does work, but I don't have time or energy to prepare six meal/snacks. So I fell off that wagon pretty quickly. Also, "diet tips" say eat your heavier meals early in the day and eat a light supper. Again, this works, but if you eat breakfast at your desk or quickly before you leave the house--this is ridiculous. My best advice is to save your calories for when you have the most time to enjoy them. For me, breakfast is on the run, so cereal and skim milk is fine. I stopped eating restaurant lunches at work--it wasn't worth the calories (or money) when it goes by so quickly. I sit w/friends and drink a diet coke while they wolf down burgers. Then I eat my healthy lunch at my desk. At dinner I pretty much eat whatever I want. I try to be mostly healthy, but if it's a favorite food (lasagna), I go right ahead and eat it. I just eat only 1/3 of my normal portion. Not feeling deprived has helped me stick w/ it and drop 25 lbs in 3 months. Eat 10 calories per lb of body weight a day to help lose weight while you're toning up. And get some lean protein in that diet! Good luck.
When I hopped on the scale and almost saw 300 *I think it was 298* I said I'd NEVER hit the 300 mark
When I was 16 and I maxxed out at 205.
I'm 24 now and weight a healthy 144. I have low body fat and a good diet.
Weight is 1% food and 99% mental. I learned how to love myself and do what's good for me.
I had always been a pretty heavy child, and then when I hit puberty, I lost a lot of weight and was really happy with myself.
During my freshman year in high school, I loved life and everything about it. As my friends started driving, we always went out to eat and the weight just piled on from there..I went from 140 to 175 pounds. My sophomore year wasn't terrible, but it wasn't nearly as good as my freshman year. So I decided to start exercising and eating healthy, and I'm much happier now at 158 :) I still have a long way to go, but we got a treadmill at the beginning of January, and I run at least 2 miles every day. Exercise is almost addicting now!
When I saw pictures of myself and I looked fat, and had three chins. I am 5ft7 and was up to 190. I am now sitting at 140 and I did it in 6 months.
I tossed out all the garbage food in the house to start, and I swore off fast food. I now eat it once a month or so. I also started to walk the dog morning and night instead of just morning. I joined the YMCA and work out there for 45 minutes 3 times a week.
I eat mostly whole unprocessed foods. And never deny myself a craving. Moderation is the key. Diets will fail, the only way to slim down is to change your lifestyle.