I Need To Lose Weight

Phil, have you tried the Mediterranean Diet? It's more of a healthy eating plan than a diet, but you can eat lots of food on it, and it's all healthy stuff. There's plenty of information on it out there. To help your metabolism, why don't you try eating 4 or 5 smaller meals a day, rather than 2 or 3 large ones? Another thing that could get you started is a week on the Cabbage Soup Diet. You can lose quite a lot - up to 10lbs or even more - and you can have lots to eat. Better yet, it boosts your metabolism, so you keep on losing more weight afterwards, as long as you eat healthily. I adapted the diet on my doctor's suggestion to incorporate more protein and carbohydrate, and I still lost quite well on it. You can do it once a month if you want to. I've done quite a bit of research on it, and written an article on adapting it. I can't post the links here, as they're my articles, but if you PM me, I can send them through. Good luck, and keep us posted on progress.

Hello bostonphil As we all know eating fruits and vegetables are good for our health. I think it's better to be back at Y regularly if you think it has a good effect on you. You also mentioned that you love to eat foods. I think there are certain foods you should avoid to eat so you can maintain your weight. Give it a try!. Self-discipline, perseverance and the will power to say no to the foods that are not healthy. Just try! Have a great day..:)

There are a lot of people who need to lose weight, and the best thing that you can do is to stop making excuses about it and just go back to basics. You don't have to do anything about your metabolism at all; the only thing that you need to do is to make sure that you're eating healthily and doing a little bit of extra exercise, and you should find that you lose those pounds relatively easily. There is nothing wrong with having a tasty treat every now and again, as long as they are just treats and not part of your every day diet.

Hello. I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one here who is having trouble in losing weight. During high school I weigh 48 kgs and now I'm 51 kgs. I really want to lose some weight and remove these belly fats I have and form some abs. A good friend told me how he removed his belly and formed abs for 6 months. For 3 months his 3 layer belly fats was gone and another 3 months he got abs already. What's the secret? He eats only 1 cup of rice per meal and every morning he really gives time for jogging. Now his body looks good. And I'm also on my way of doing it. Tomorrow I will have some exercise. Hope I won't get too lazy to rise from my bed.

I lost weight by drinking a lot of water and eating 1 or 2 pink grapefruits every day. I bought the sectioned grapefruit in a jar mostly. But I found two links that might help on speeding up your metabolism. www.ehow.com/how_4728654_speed-up-metabolism.html and www.livestrong.com/article/31364-speed-up-metabolism/ Years ago I worked with a guy who was pretty skinny. One day he told me he used to be really fat. I couldn't believe it because he was so skinny. I asked him how he kept the weight off. He said he didn't eat much at one time and he always carried a sandwich in his pocket. It sounds funny but he said that way when he did get hungry he had a sandwich and wouldn't be apt to go looking for more food for a while after he ate it. In one or more of the above articles the say to eat more frequently. Not less, just spread out the same amount of food over the whole day - 5-6 meals as opposed to 3. Certain foods speed up your metabolism. Hope this helps. Oh, with grapefruit and water I also ate other food but I stopped using Half & Half in my tea. I lost 17lbs in 6-8 weeks.

Yes bostonphil, our metabolism slow down in our later years and they are responsible for our weight gain as we grow older. And as we age we also have the tendency to led an inactive life that added pounds to our bulging body. I can see that you are looking for a quick fix to your weight problem because as you say you are lazy to exercise. Most OTC pills are ineffective and most of them lighten anything but your wallet. Also some of them are outright dangerous to your health. So the only effective way to regain not only your sexy body but also your health is through proper nutrition and exercise. NO PAIN, NO GAIN !

It sounds like you know what you need to do but the problem is getting motivated to do it. I hear ya, I'm the same way! Have you ever tried joining work out classes or groups, or organized one? Sometimes having it be more of a social thing helps and having other people around to motivate you can keep you from getting too lazy. There are also lots of online sites and apps that help you keep track of your calories and exercise. Sometimes keeping track of that stuff and being able to see it all in black and white keeps you motivated also. Good luck!

I know how you feel. Ever since I was young, I was never extremely thin. I guess my bone structure is a bit big so no matter how much I diet, I still look big. Just this year, around May 2015, lost my appetite to eat due to virus for a month that I lost 15 pounds. Was able to put it off and my current weight is now 145 pounds. I'm still 25 pounds overweight and trying my best to keep some more off. Here's crossing my fingers.

Hi bostonphil, You already have the solutIon to your problem. As one gets older, one's metabolic rate tends to slow down. In other words one is not burning as much calories as one consumes. So where does the excess calories end up as? They are stored in the form of fat. You are right that you must eat less and exercise more. But there's another ingredient which you must have before you succeed in your quest to lose weight and that is strong determination or will power without which your effort to lose weight will amount to nothing. So work on your will power first and you'll see results. Have a nice day.

They say that the amount of food we eat (calorie) should be directly parallel to the amount of effort we put in our daily exercise. Sounds ideal, but that's what I do now, if i eat a lot during the day, I make it sure, to double my time in exercise, but not too strenous, just enough. For example, if I have my usual 30 minutes walk, i usually add 15 to 30 minutes more of my time. There is no secret recipe for weight management, I believe, but discipline on things. You may consult your doctor or dietician for further assessment. Good luck to all of us. Thanks

Thanks for posting this discussion. Well i can understand you problem as i have also gone through the same situation as well. i was very lean and skinny during my childhood days and subsequently gained weight like anything. I took up a sport like running, playing tennis and that really helped. I lost weight in quick succession and also i was indulged in morning and evening walk and they also worked wonders for me. What say?

I have a good friend who is losing weight only walking and eating fruits and veggies. She also is drinking 8 glasses of water per day. Shes doing real well, and still eats. Give it a try.

Unfortunately reducing calories and burning calories is the really only way to lose weight. It doesn't mean that you can't eat though, just eat the right things and drink a lot of water and stay very active.

You need to have balanced diet with low calories and heavy exercises to burn excess calories deposited in the body in the form of depot fat. You can also have some preparations already available in the market. I wish you all the best.