Uggh, Help?!


Question: Uggh, Help!?
So I weight about 195 pounds and I'm about five feet three inches!. Dx Short, I know!.
Yes, I'm overweight, and I wanna know what i can do to lose the weight!.
Go on a diet, right!? Duh, I know that!. I wasn't born yesterday!.
But I want like!.!.!.an exercise plan, what to eat and what not to eat!. what to do and what not to do!.
Err, I hope I'm not asking too much!. It's just that, I've always told myself, "You're going on a diet today!. D<" but it never lasted more than a week!. Because I would limit myself meals!. only two meals a day!. one at eleven AM and another one at six PM!. Sooo!.!.!.I'm just looking for guidance!?
And I can't really afford much!. For working out, all I have a punching bag (Somewhere!.!.i wonder where I put that!.!.) and walking/running/jogging!.

Allssoo!.!.What's a good way to lose the ugly unsightly fat in your leg area!? Thigh and what not!. >>;;
Whoever answers this, THANK YOU SO MUCH, in advanced!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Reducing your meals to only two a day is a big no no for dieting, this is probably why you have not been able to maintain one!.

Having only two meals a day will mean you will eat a lot during each meal to make up for what you are not eating during the day, and this is very bad because if you eat a big meal, you will need to do a lot lot lot lot lot of exercise just to burn up all the calories, and the chances are that the majority of the meal will be turned to fat!.

An ideal way to eat more healthy is to have about five or six SMALLER meals throughout the day - ideally 7am, 10am, 12!.30pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7!.30pm!.
This way you eat a smaller portion so you are more likely to burn up more of each meal because you aren't eating as much!.

Here's an idea of a day using this plan!.

7am - one serve of porridge with low fat low sugar yoghurt, two tablespoons of blueberries and a small drizzling of honey, or a poached egg with tomato and avocado on a piece of wholegrain bread!. Also have a glass of milk!.

10am - four premiums / saladas (savoury crackers) with a slice of low fat tasty cheese roughly the same size as one salada made in to a sandwich (cracker-cheese-cracker)!.

12!.30pm - pita wrap / mountain bread with avocado, carrot, cucumber, capsicum, lettuce/spinace, tomato and low fat tasty cheese, and a piece of fruit!.

3pm - one piece of fruit - an apple, banana, orange etc!.

5pm - a small salad - lettuce, tomato, capsicum, cucumber, low fat fetta cheese (about 6 x 1cm cubes)

7!.30pm - a healthy dinner ie vegetable ravioli with a tomato based sauce (NOT cream based) or something similar!.
Followed by a piece of fruit!.

Do eat plenty of vegetables and fruit!.
There are even some vegetables that technically have negative calories ie they take more calories to digest the food than they have in them so you can eat lots of these when you feel like you need a snack!.!.!.
- cucumber
- carrot
- celery
- strawberries
- tomatoes
^^these all taste really nice with a bit of hommus or baba-ghanouj dip!.

Have a look at the food pyramid!. It should give you a rough idea of how your daily meal intake should be represented food wise!.

Stay clear of carbonated soft drinks, biscuits, chocolate etc most days, but once or twice a week let yourself have that one chocolate biscuit!.
If you completely deny yourself then you are much more likely to give up!.

If you are short of time, you can buy healthy frozen meals!. Weight Watchers and Lean Cuisine are ones I know of!.

Exercise wise, go for a run every day!.
At first you might find it difficult!.
Make yourself a goal, for example "In one months time I want to be able to run 5km without stopping"!.
Plan a route that is 5km long - mapmyrun!.com has the tools to be able to do this around your home!. Each day follow the route!. Run for a while until you get tired, then walk until you feel like you are able to run again!. remember though that you will have to push yourself a bit!.
Every day you will still get your 5kms, and you can increase your speed as time goes on!.

Also at home there are many exercises you can do to tone up!. Try this as a beginning daily routine, and increase the repetitions as you get fitter:

2 sets of 10 crunches (so 20 in total, but with a break in between the first and second sets of 10)!. Lying flat on your back with your knees bent and feet on the floor, pull your body up towards your legs using your stomach!. do not let your arms pull you up!.

2 sets of 10 squats!. Starting standing up, bend your knees and push yourself towards the floor, then stand up again slowly!. take your time with these!

grab a milk bottle or something with a bit of weight and you can do biceps curls and arm raises using a milk bottle as your weights!
2 x 15 sets of biceps curls, 2 x 15 sets of arm raises!.

I also like to do Mari Winsor pilates!. She makes a pilates DVD that you can buy that has a pilates workout that is quite challenging but lots of fun!. Try to do one of these at least once a week, try to do it three times a week for optimum results!

The last thing is to do incidental exercise!. Walk places, do housework!. believe it or not these will also help hugely!

As long as you eat healthily and in small portions and do enough exercise to theoretically burn off all (or more) of what you eat, you will lose weight!.

Good luck, feel free to email me if you have any more questions!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Instead of having 2 meals a day, have 4 or 5 very small ones and do the jogging in between!. Have salads with SMALL helpings of protein [i!.e!. grilled meat, fish - not greasy fried stuff, boiled egg] or steamed vegies [without butter garnish]!. It can be done but it will take time!. I don't like your chances of losing too much by August!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Have you always been overweight!? Sorry to answer you question with another question but I am in a similar situation(who isn't right!?) so I am just kind of curious what the other factors are!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

try water therapy !.!. you dont need to diet !.!. there a proper way to do it without doing any diet !.

here is the reference:

http://health!.fnets!.net/story!.php!?id=775Www@Answer-Health@Com





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