Dieting help please!

[Anonymous]

I really need help. I have tried EVERYTHING to lose weight. I have gone to extremes. I wrote down everything I ate, the calories, the carbs and sugar. I would go to the gym and burn more than I ate and still not lose weight I would somehow still gain some (I knew I lost more than I ate because my gym counts in calories and miles). I was even eating healthy foods, salad, protein, veggies, fruit, sugar free food etc. So the only thing that has helped me lose weight was. 1. I had throat surgery and could not eat for a weak and I lost 20lbs, it sounds extreme but I weighed 255 and went down to 232. So I was over weight and couldn't eat I'm assuming that's why I lost so much, I've kept this weight off but I want to lose more. Also I have used the Diet Pill called "Oxy Elite PRo" and usually lose a pound a day with it. Should I stick with this pill? I need help :/. Please help me. Sorry for all the spelling and grammar errors.

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please don't talk to me like I'm stupid, I know how to diet and know what I'm doing. What I'm saying is diets don't work for me for some reason and I need something to substitute it

[Anonymous]

Read labels and follow serving sizes.

For example, one lean chicken breast has 150 calories. A 1/2 cup of veggies has about 50 calories. Some beans on the side has about 90 calories. That's a healthy meal using only 290 calories. A small serving of sauce could run you about 50-100 calories.

Using this knowledge, build a routine that is based on a caloric deficit (for example, consuming 1800 calories is a 500 calorie deficit for many people). 3500 calories make up a pound. If you have a 500 calorie deficit every single day for a week, that's one pound lost, guaranteed. Over a month, that's 4 pounds of fat lost just by eating right. But if you exercise on a regular basic and make no excuses, you can more than double that 4lbs. I've done it before.

You are very overweight weight and the crux of your weightloss will be that daily caloric deficit. If you eat too much, you won't lose weight. It's that simple. Once you lose about 80 pounds, you can eat a little more (but still healthy) since weight-loss becomes all about fitness and exercise. You'll need more energy as your workouts get more intense.

Forget diet pills. Your habits are fundamentally flawed and diet pills are a false crutch that hide a problem that won't go away until you face it with honesty and fervor.

I hope you see the light and realize how important it is that you check your ego at the door and start listening to people who know what it takes. You can be happy if you really want to.

[Asker]

i read labels and do follow portion sizes.. I'm not stupid I know how to read and know how to diet like I said for some stupid reason diets do not work for me. And I'm only 60lbs over weight I'm not extremely over weight extremely would be anything over 100lbs.. I've talked to my doctor

[Opinion Owner]

Youre not dedicated. Excuses are all I hear. Work harder.

[Asker]

excuses... more like the truth

[Anonymous]

" I would go to the gym and burn more than I ate and still not lose weight I would somehow still gain some"

That is physically not possible. As in seriously, you'd be breaking the laws of physics.

You have to be doing something wrong. Probably in counting the calories you're taking in.

[Asker]

no say I drink a 8oz of apple juice and then there are 100 calories in it I would go to the gym and burn 150. Its a lot higher than that but that's just an example, so it is possible, I burn 2000 calories at the gym a day and eat about 1500 so don't tell me its not possible. I read calories on EVERYTHING

[Asker]

and my gym keeps track of how many calories you burn so that's how I know

[Opinion Owner]

You said you wanted help? Don't freak out when someone tells you what the problem is.

[Asker]

that isn't the problem though

[Opinion Owner]

It is the problem. You're doing something wrong. Try to understand this - what you're describing is *not* physically possible. You might as well be saying you can fly unaided.

Either you're not burning what you think, because the machines in the gym are not calibrated for you correctly, or you're eating more calories than you think because you're not tracking them correctly.

[KiaLuv]

Um... If you are constantly going to the gym and stuff do you have muscle tone? If you are having so much trouble dieting maybe the kind of fat you have is hard fat. If that's the case try going for a hot yoga class, and becme vegetarian and have meat once a week. Also, for the record, maybe you could try reviewing yourself and see if you are doing anything wrong. Please don't take pills. They aren't long term, high maintenance and expensive.

[Lett0385]

You should try Herbalife products I went form 165 to 120, this product is kind of expensive but I can tell you that is a product that helped me loose weigh, If you follow the instructions well you'll be loosing about 5-6 pounds a week

[Asker]

that sounds awesome ill look it up do they sell it at GNC or where? but thank you

[Lett0385]

No I bought it from this Web site link but they should have a distributor closed to you

[Anonymous]

There is no easy answer, but cutting carbs to 50 gram per day and not consuming fats will get you there. Carbs metabolize easily and store easily as body fat. Fats actually are less efficient. Corn and potato chips are far more fattening than a marbled steak..