New year, new me jk.. I've been working on this since I was 16. From fat to fit !!! What did you find most helpful during your weight loss experience?

[Thunderfoot]

Need people to share there techniques

[DodgersGM]

This is super general, but solid advice: only eat whole foods (if it came outta the ground or had a momma, you're good!), eat mostly plants, and lastly, eat enough calories -- but not too much. I don't know how tall you are and how much you weigh, but a good baseline caloric intake would be something like 1800 calories per day. Don't deviate too much from that number if weight loss is your goal. In particular, starvation is not only unsustainable but also incredibly damaging!

And of course, drink lots of water and exercise a healthy amount.

FYI, eating organic will not cause malnutrition. That's a result of too few calories/too little nutrient-dense foods. Organic foods have actually been demonstrated in some cases to have higher nutrition content compared to conventionally grown examples of the same food.

[Thunderfoot]

Thanks for your help. Ya I was eating way to little. I really just want to eat what i want and still lose weight but that's a little easier said than done. I am 5'10, and about 235 lbs.

[kaylaS91]

I found it most helpful for myself to not only lose weight/get leaner but to also maintain it when, in planning my gym routines plus adjustments to diet and eating healthier, I looked at it as more of a lifestyle change versus a means to reach an end/goal. I know far too many people who did manage to lose weight while on diets and sure, would look great afterwards. But within a month or two, they'd cave and gain everything back, sometimes more.

I made the changes in my diet to be nothing extreme; not like I skip meals or anything. Simply eat less carbs, a bit more protein/greens, minimal alcohol/eating out. I don't do HIIT 7 days a week, or gym it till I burn out. I go about 4x/week, do a workout routine that is intense but only enough that I still look forward to it rather than dreading it.

[Thunderfoot]

I tried to do an all organic diet once with a cheat day, it worked really freaking good too. Until I got sick from malnutrition lol whoops

[kaylaS91]

lol yeeeah... all organic sounds incredibly unsustainable for the long-term. Make it more like.. you only eat carbs for breakfast, eat out only on Saturdays for dinner, and Thursdays or whatever have to be all organic. Nothing overly limiting, but still loosely following good diet guidelines.

[ElissaDido]

I starve myself. It works but then you have a bunch of bad things happening to you.

[Thunderfoot]

Ya, when I do that I get really sick from malnutrition so I'll have to find something else.