Girls, diets that work?

[Serenading_by_night]

So, I'm 19 and I'm about ten pounds over weight according to the BMI chart. I go to the gym regularly, but I loose inches rather than pounds and it's always in places that don't matter. Like my waist. What's an eating program that will help me lose weight faster? I'd love to be twenty pounds lighter by November. Any advice would be helpful!

[onemoreplease]

You shouldn't be so concerned with pounds at all. BMI charts are extremely generic and not very accurate because they don't take into account huge factors like a person's natural bone structure or the amount of muscle mass they have. Someone who is physically fit and muscular could very well be "overweight" on a BMI chart, but in reality he or she will feel healthier and look slimmer than someone who weighs 10 lbs less but is all untoned flab. Losing inches is far better than just losing pounds, because it means the shape of your body is actually changing. You could lose 5 pounds of water weight and no one would notice the difference, but lose 2 pounds of fat that results in 1 inch off your hips and you could drop an entire dress size.

The best diet I've ever been on is the South Beach Diet, and actually I have made it such a permanent aspect of my eating habits that I doubt I will ever try fad dieting again. It is all about reducing fat and empty carb intake, and is probably the least restricted or deprived I've ever felt while on a diet. More importantly, it really does work and it works fast. You will feel and look visibly thinner and healthier within the first week or two. It does require a bit of cooking and planning your meals ahead but the nice thing is that there are so many free recipes and articles on the Internet that you don't need to pay a dime on the books or ready-made meals if you don't want to. It's probably the only diet I would really recommend for healthy, permanent weight loss.

[Serenading_by_night]

Thank you very much. I've heard of South Beach Dieting and have seen the difference it makes. I was ify about it at first, but you've encouraged me! Now, how much exercising did you do along with this?

[mandi9527]

the less pounds you need to lose, the longer/more effort it takes to lose them. a person who is severely over-weight will drop significantly more pounds a week than a person who is only moderately over weight or not even over weight at all. considering you are only about 10 pounds over weight you are going to have to try a lot harder than someone who is 40-50 lbs over weight. just stick to a healthy diet; always eat breakfast, eat 3-4 snacks throughout the day every 3 to 4 hours, and keep your meal small. think of it as a lifestyle change rather than a diet. I know this first hand because I recently lost a lot of weight by doing this. and istead of going to the gym I just did work outs at home and looked up some good ones online for the areas I wanted to tone up the most. also drink a lot of water; 8 glasses a day is ideal, which is 4 bottles of water.

hope I helped. it takes a lot of work and you have to really want it to be able to do it, I know I started and stopped many times before I stuck with it and finally lost all the weight. its definitely worth it in the long run.

good luck (:

[Serenading_by_night]

I've heard about that always eating breakfast thing. I'll have to get back to doing it. I'm bad at skipping it!

[Jarett]

Unfortunately, the area around your waist is always the hardest to lose. But it takes a combination of working out your stomach muscles, aerobic exercises to burn calories, and eating healthy and drinking lots of water to battle the actual fat over the muscles. The key is to keep going to the gym and stay consistent. You don't need to exercise 20 hours a week. But if you go to the gym 4 or 5 times a week for an hour, and do aerobic exercises along with exercises that work the stomach and waist area. Make sure you do lots of stretches that hit those target areas as well. And eat healthy and drink lots of water and stick with it, and you will see results

[Serenading_by_night]

I made that unclear, sorry. My waist is the only area I tend to lose. My thighs are where I want it gone. I got three-four times a week already.

[Jarett]

Oh ok, gotcha. Well with your thighs, you want to do leg exercises, squats, lunges. But the key for toning is to do low weight and lots of reps, like 15 reps each set.

[Serenading_by_night]

15? Alright! Thank you so much!

[Jarett]

Yeah, if you want to tone muscles, you do low or noweight with lots of reps. If you want to build muscle mass, you do heavy weight with low reps. But there are lots of leg exercises, you can do easy squats and lunges which hit both your butt and legs

[gotc147]

Is that you in your profile pic? If it is you're really pretty and look to be a fine weight, you have nothing to worry about.

The BMI chart is an outdated, inaccurate load of bullsh*t anyway, according to that thing I'm 30 pounds overweight but I have a medium build and don't think there is anyhting wrong with my body.

So don't listen to it.

[Serenading_by_night]

That's very sweet. Yes, that is me in my profile.So if the chart is outdated, what could I use instead?

[gotc147]

There is no real "set" weight for a person, it's all in stature. The BMI chart was created in the 1800s based off research of only a couple hundred "average looking" men.

Weight is also heavier than fat, so muscular people are often considered overwieght according to the BMI chart. You have to judge for yourself, forget about what the scale says and look at yourself in the mirror, does your body look fine to you?

[gotc147]

I'm sorry I meant to say muscle is heavier than fat.

[directoryart]

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