To see how much food you need to eat to lose weight…

Follow the Calorie guide and use my fitness pal or sparkspeople or something like it and record every single thing that goes in your mouth ( I record before I consume to ensure I am not forgetting anything) its surprising when you forget the drink calories etc they all add up. I'm not a fitness or nutrition expert in any way shape or form I have another 55lbs to go but I do know tracking makes a huge difference and I most days cant walk let alone workout but I have lost 5 lbs already best of luck!

May 21, 2013

how much does your knee and hip limit you and is this an option?

May 21, 2013

It is more my hip. I have sciatica. It acts up as I gain weight. I can still exercise just not intense aerobics. I dont have access to machines. Would you recommend any workout videos?

May 21, 2013

I LOVE myfitnesspal!! While I can't exercise everyday, that app has basically every single food I use on there, and if not, it always has something similar with almost identical calories!
Remember, you get fit in the kitchen, so even if you can't exercise a lot, eating healthfully is definitely the first place to start :)

May 22, 2013

you can try my exercise videos but they're just as intense but you may want to start with this easy workout plan here

May 22, 2013

expect to lose 10 pounds every 4-to-6 weeks

May 20, 2013

what activity level did you use

May 19, 2013

this home plan will keep you pretty active at only 10 minutes at a time

May 17, 2013

no your weight loss rate gets slower as you lose weight so that is normal and never eat back your calories after working out UNLESS you want to lose weight slower and/or you're hungry.

Use these tips to also speed up the process

May 16, 2013

Check out "The Truth About Beauty" by Kat James. Not all calories are created equal, according to Kat (she shares her own battle with weightloss and eating disorder) In short: stop ALL sugar/flour consumption and watch pounds melt off WITHOUT beating yourself to death at the gym. Her theory works if you can change your eating style for good.

May 15, 2013

can you describe your actually workout in more detail

May 16, 2013

It takes burning 3500 calories to shed 1 pound. You must burn that many calories (or more) over what you eat in a one week period to lose weight.

If you are not losing weight, and are burning the calories, you may be trading lost weight with new muscle. However- the more muscle you have the more calories you burn. So it's not likely this would be your only barrier.

If you eat processed foods, remember there are many hidden calories and ingredients that cause inflammation in your body, which can hinder weight loss and not let your calorie burning mechanisms work as efficiently. If you haven't already, switch to a whole foods diet. Cut out ALL packaged foods and refined sugars. You WILL see a difference almost immediately.

People plateau for a variety of reasons, the most common being they no longer burn as many calories doing the same activity because their body has adjusted and the activity is no longer as challenging. A mile run when you started might have burned you a good 500 calories, because you weighed more, and your heart and lungs was out of shape. Now running a mile for you may be a breeze, and that means you are not burning 500 calories when you run it anymore. You are burning less. To combat this, increase the level of difficulty for your activity- if you run a 10 minute mile, work to run an 8 minute mile and so on. try to increase your difficulty (which also could include your distance, time, etc.) every couple of weeks or when you can have a normal conversation during the activity. If you end on the treadmill at an incline of 2, work toward ending on a 3 or 4 (before cool down) and so on. If you weight train or do cardio, try using different movements for the same muscle groups, to give your body something new to think about and adjust to- for example, if you normally do lunges, try doing them against a wall instead of in the open (you can find countless alternatives to your current routine by doing basic google searches). If your brain is no longer thinking about the activity because it's become so routine, your weight loss will lag, too. Remember- body and mind.

Keep a food journal so you know how many calories you are eating, and use an online calorie burn calculator (most are free) to determine how many calories you burn doing the exercises and daily activities you do every day, including sleep, showering, housework, grocery shopping, playing with the kids, work, etc. This is a great way to figure out new ways to burn a few extra calories in your day, too.

There are nifty gadgets you can carry on yourself that tell you how many calories you burn through the day, like a pedometer only way more detailed and cooler! Also more pricey, but I've seen them for $20 and up.

Change your diet up. Try new foods or foods you haven't had in a while. Have a 'cheat day' once a week to trick your body into believing it can relax enough to shed extra weight again. No need to go overboard and make yourself sick, but eat out, cook your favorite meal regardless of how much oil or butter or cream it has. Sometimes a too healthy diet and lots of exercise can 'shock' our system and send it into shut down mode while you are losing weight, it might just need a jolt of comfort food to jump start it again- sounds counterintuitive but it works! Worm in France who give birth quickly shed their baby weight doing this- they eat reasonably healthy during the week, then on weekends eat WHATEVER they want. That means whatever they want. No limits. Their baby pounds melt off in a matter of weeks compared to American women.

If your body gets too comfortable and knows exactly what to expect everyday, it will slow down with the weight loss. If you normally run on Monday and cycle on Wednesday, try switching them up or instead do something completely different- like swimming or kickboxing! This includes food- if you have oatmeal every morning, salad everyday for lunch and chicken and rice for dinner every day your'e going to see better results if you switch it up- try chicken and rice for breakfast, oatmeal for dinner (with bananas it's a great bedtime food because it has all the ingredients to make you naturally sleepy!) and a veggie and fruit smoothie for lunch. It really works. Try NOT to have the same thing everyday.

Good luck!

May 19, 2013

so you're on a 1500-to-1700 calorie diet with very little exercise? what was your total metabolic rate? did they say it was 1500?

May 14, 2013

best solution: use this workout and this diet

the workout will fit your schedule and the diet is simple

May 13, 2013

should definitely go down after 3 months so you have not lost a single pound in that time? do you look better after 3 months? how are you tracking your calories?

May 11, 2013

Not a single pound. I was using my fitness pal app then started using the health app my gym offers so my trainer could login and see what I have been eating and doing.
I do look better. I've lost some inches. It's just very odd to me that I have t lost ANY weight.

May 12, 2013

So, I once had the same problem. After looking into it for a year or so i finally realized that its more cardio then anything. I stated the couch to 5k program i found on the net and the weight came shedding off! I hated running for the longest time, but I hated the weight more. I am 4ft11 i weighed 198 lbs and i dropped to 125lbs. I am just a girl who made one good choice at a time. the weight training will help keep your heart rate up while you sleep. Also after 1 week of eating low calories eat a week of higher calories. I ranged from 800cal one week to 1800cal a week it tricks your body. As time went of i took away bad things little by litttle. I took away my fatty red meat and ate fish, I took out salt and sugar. I stoped eating wheat and refined flour. I would do cardio every other day and weights on the days i dident have cardio. its was not a super long time but it was almost every day. Oh and i cut my fat intake to 28grams or less. I know that helped. make sure you take a good multi vit. If you cut out your red meats get a prenatal vit because of the iron.

May 13, 2013

do you workout when not with a trainer those 3x a week and describe your HIT workouts

May 13, 2013

the best and easy way is to use this workout and this diet

May 10, 2013

you can lose 10 more but it will take longer since your weight is okay so only expect to lose 1-2 pounds a week and some weeks less than 1 pound or none but for you...

this is the best plan

May 09, 2013

First you should see a doctor about the anemia if you haven't already but what exercises are you doing that is making you tired

May 09, 2013

here's an easy diet

May 08, 2013

ok i was 20yo almost 200lbs and I got sick of it. I found that if i cut everything out that i ate i wouldent stick with it, so i did just one at a time. The first thing i did was stop eating fast food (that took 3 weeks to compleat) (id only move on to the next project when i had one compleated) then i stopped eating past 10pm (1 week) then I started working on portion controll (6 weeks) then I started eating more veggies (1 week) then I took out the refined carbs (3 weeks) then I took out rich red meat and ate fish and peanut butter. (3 weeks) then i only ate 26grams of fat or less a day.(2 weeks) then I took out salt (2 weeks) then i was 145lbs...... My food world had shrunk quite a bit, and I missed it. So once I got to 145lbs I could walk and run so much better so i started bringing back the ok things like salt and some sweets every once in a while, or i might have a piece of bread and not feel bad about it, but in exchange for having some food back I took up hiking and jogging. Then i was 125 and feeling great. You too can do anything one step at a time

May 13, 2013

use this workout and this diet where you can eat what you want

May 07, 2013

Drear name
lol you sound just like my mother and I watched her struggle for all of her life. To be honest, I know she tried. I think though that it it almost just getting out there and doing it. It's hard to tell you what to eat when we dont know what you can't eat. but I can tell you this. I lived off of eggs, peanut butter, some soy (not a ton) milk and cottage cheese and yogurt for two years. As long as I took my multi vit with iron i was just fine. If there was one thing i could change in my past it would have to be that i would push my mother to exercise more. She looked into every pill possible. She looked into every diet possible. Nothing worked!!! I was 20yo and almost 200lbs. The only way i got it off was by exercising. Please, I know its hard and it was for me too. my back, knees, hips, head hurt so bad, but it was worth it. I believe if you get this weight off many of the other problems will go away!!!. please dont wait until it gets to bad to do anything about it. My mother died at 42 and I would give anything to have her back. eat more raw foods, simple foods. cut out corn and wheat, It sure did work for me! good luck and I am praying for you!

May 13, 2013

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May 06, 2013

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May 08, 2013

Its really not a good idea to lose 30lbs in 6 weeks. Thats so hard on your body! with that said, I know what worked for me. I jumped between 800cal and 1800cal every 4days to trick my body. Its kind of like ww on caffeine lol for 4 days i would eat 800 cal then for 4 days i would eat 1600 cal then for four days i would jump back down to 900 cal then 1800 cal what it does is trick the body. before the body goes into starvation mode hard core you give it back its cals. So it burns more cals during you 800cal 4 day stretch and then when it finally sees that its not getting enough you give it lots of food again. by have 4 days of more food

P.s up your cardio!!!
either add a few more days or change the intensity of it. Also running up hills is way batter for you then on a treadmill

May 13, 2013

You may wish to try to cut out processed foods and rely upon foods in their natural state.

Also if you are in the military you can request a consultation with a dietician on base or on post. That is a professional who can advise you about what to eat for your special needs and how to manage the weight.

May 06, 2013