Weight Loss

[Anonymous]

I need tips.

A while back I stopped eating and lost a decent amount of weight. It was "great". But I overcame that. I ended up gaining weight, and it has recently gotten out of control (the weight gain that is). I want to do this in a healthy way, which I know is eating right and exercising.

But do you guys have any tips on things to eat that are healthy but still taste good. And how about exercise any tips on that? Like what kind of exercises work?

Thanks so much ( : I really appreciate any help I can get here!

[Shutupman]

Try herbalife ; shakes that contain all you need, proteins, vit.,...
Combined ofcourse with a lot of sports, you will get results very fast.

The pro of this diet is
- that you will get all the nutrients you need and you won't lose muscle mass ( the shakes contain a high amount of protein), you will lose mainly fat (you have to drink a lot of water ofcourse).
With other diets you have the risk of just losing fat and water, and it might seem that you lost a lot, but if you stop that diet, and eat normal you will gain every pound
- the shakes taste really good
- you hardly get hungry

There is only one negative side about herbalife : the price. It's expensive, here it was about 180€ \ month. But you gotta keep in mind that you take those shakes twice a day as a replacement for breakfast and lunch.

For ex. : in the morning 1 shake (250 ml), as a snack between breakfast and lunch an apple and or a cereal biscet and lots of water.
Lunch another shake (250ml) between lunch and dinner you could eat some tuna, or a slice of turkey with a biscet, or a fried egg (bread isn't advised).
And for dinner you eat normal (but try as healthy ofcourse 😉)
When your hungry in the evening you could eat nuts, tuna,... (with the diet you get a book with the stuff in you can eat)
After every training you will have to drink a recovery shake that taste just like chocolatemilk 😋.
Everyone I know that used this, has effectively lost fat and not yet gained it back. But ofcourse you need to change your eating habbits, if you don't nothing will ever work.

[Shutupman]

Forgot to mention in the mornings before you take your shake, you need to drink a glas of oolang (? don't know if it's written like that) thea and a glass with...(sorry forgot the name), these purify your system.

[Emilymarie77]

Well, you need to make sure that you eat - starving yourself will only bring back the weight once you start eating again, as you know. The issue is that when you starve yourself, your body is going in a panic - latching onto anything substantial to turn to fat that it can. So even if you are eating somewhat healthy, after starvation, your body will probably work against your efforts.

Now, understand that its not necessarily what you eat - its is more so the proportions that you intake that matter. I have lost 50 pounds in the last year and still need to lose 30 more - in my opinion so I do understand. I try and eat abt 6 times a day - mini meals but sometimes I just can't and I am not going to push myself to eat if I am not hungry. =)

I joined a gym, which I go to regularly abt 4 - 5 times a wk. The best thing abt exercise, is it works and it makes you feel sooo much better. I watch what I eat but I also have a treat day, once a week - I eat pretty much whatever I want. If I did not have this day, I'd go insane!

I now have a personal trainer, which I will retain for abt a mth or so - this will help with issues that I am not able to fix on my own. I don't know abt weights and how to direct weightloss to certain areas of the body - they do. At first you main goal is to drop the weight and that's lots and lots of cardio. When you get to where I am, its all abt tone and strength. Hope this helps!

[Vendrix]

First off, never diet alone. Not eating is NOT a diet, its a disorder.

If you want to diet and exercise to lose weight then you need to make a schedule to stick to. Jogging, elliptical machines, rowing machines, abs crunches, etc are all good ways to help move towards a healthy weight. Joining a gym like the YMCA or something allows for both machine and free weights as well as classes. Biking or running also are good ways to exercise.

Personally I hate being in a gym so playing ultimate Frisbee or volley ball is way more fun and I get a good work out too.

As far as eating goes, don't start by limiting yourself, start by eating slower. My habit, and that of many people is to rush through meals but by eating slower two things happen, first you get full faster, and second your body metabolizes the food easier thus allowing it to be stored as either muscle or used as energy and less goes into fat stores.

Remember, take a friend because it's easier and much more fun to work out or get in shape with a friend.

Good luck, and no more anorexia please.

[sweatgirl]

I am a personal trainer. you need to make sure you are drinking water and eating breakfast. I eat 5 mini meals over the course of the day. 30% of your calories fat, 40% protein and 30% percent carbs. stick to a calorie intake of around 1,300-1,500 calories. read food labels and stay away from sugar and alchol. you can down load great workouts at YouTube.com they pretty much have everything. if you currently are not exerciseing I recommend 3-4 days a week. weight watchers.com is also a great program to use and if you currently are not cooking that needs to change. best of luck

[Reeses-pieces777]

I like vegetable soup. I think that tastes good. And just having a lot of dishes with vegies in it. I like to sautee mushrooms or cook my own meals, and it helps because I know what I'm eating. Just stock up on a lot of vegies, and I try eating it with pasta.

I love making salad, taking protein shakes in the morning before a run, or making fruit smoothies. These are some good ideas to eating tasty healthy food.

[xxangel1990xx]

You need to do cardio for the weight loss, so any exercise that will make you sweat and get out of breath. Then you need to do exercises to tone your muscles (crunches, press ups etc). I love smoothies-they're really good for you and taste gorge!

[Magicalfrog]

Simply don't eat after 6pm and you will see a difference. It helps you shrink your stomach so you get full faster and keep your body from keeping extra fat. Add some cardio and healthy eating to it to get better results.

I lost 20 pounds with 30 min. of cardio 4 times a week and not eating after 6. Then I stopped and I gained back the weight but a couple weeks ago I did the 6pm thing again and so far I lost 8 pounds, with no exercise.