Diet & Fitness - 14 June 2006

i am an 18 yr old that has a very big problem with weight .. i have tried all different diets and they dont seem to work i have tried just excerising and drinking lots of water and not eating as much and no junk and that doesnt work i need to find a pill that can help me out more....

2006-06-14 03:38:21 · 55 answers · asked by babi_gurl118 1

2006-06-14 03:34:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

well hopefully I can give you the secret to sticking to a diet. I am a counsellor and hopefully this will help please read all of my answer even if it is long and if you are really struggling with eating far too much.
The problem is usually not about the diet...you most probably know heaps of different diets you could go on (weight watchers, jenny craig, csiro diet etc) the difficulty lies on the self control necessary to maintain a diet. Keeping busy doing voluntary work even will help you to distract you during the day, especially in an environment where you can only eat at certain break times. The secrets are usually 3 fold to maintaining the self control.
1-cognitive-what you think, changing what you think is important - keeping you mind focussed on other things other than food - saying positive affirmations "I will only eat 3 small meals a day, in between I will fill my stomach up with heaps of water and diet drinks." Saying these positive affirmations and affirmations of your own will help.
2- behavioural, keeping you body active is a way of keeping your mind focussed on other things. Look at you behaviour , what triggers your eating, is it watching tv, is it sitting at home all the time, is it lack of work. Restrict your eating to a certain place, such as at the table at a set meal time. this will help resist the temptation to eat in the lounge, or snack around the house. I will only eat at the table whilst in this house.
3- is the most useful - external measures, environment is a big help or restriction to your eating patterns. Where you are, do you walk by Mcdonalds all the time, do you have money in your wallet all the time (to tempt you to buy fast food). If you dont have the self control and have spent most of you life trying to find it then you need to change your focus, use outside measure to beat your self control problem.
*lock yourself in a room during certain hours of the day,
*give all your money to someone whom you trust who will pay your bills for you so that you dont have any money to buy fast food,
lock your fridge, kitchen, and or cupboards and dont keep the key yourself cause you know what will happen, cant trust yourself. *
*Handcuff your hands behind your back during certain hours of the day or get a friend or flatmate to be your body guard and to keep you out of the kitchen.
*Find youself a good fencing mask, or hockey helmet, attach some wire mesh to it and put a padlock on it so that you cannot possibly get any food into your mouth. then get a friend to unlock it at meal times and to supervise the amount you eat and drink whilst it is unlocked. This works wonders however it does need constant supervision just in case you need emergency treatment or Resusitation - CPR.
You need to find a measure to keep you away from food, lock yourself up, etc... until your stomach gets used to eating a more reasonable amount of food. It usually takes about 3 weeks of locking yourself up before your body realises it doesnt want any extra food and your stomach will shrink.

Your stomach is stretchy so if you are keeping stuffing big amounts of food in it then it will ask for the same amount tommorrow and the next day and the result is that you will find it difficult to resist it tommorrow. A dietician also said once that often our bodies can confuse the message of need for food for need for water. We drink far too many juices, fizzy drinks and so our bodies get programmed to ask for food in order to get water cause it is not getting enough water. IF you dring enough water you can also fill your stomach up so much that it will assist with eating cravings. You have just recieved $200 worth of therapy for nothing so please done ignore this, number 3 is what most people who are having constant obesity issues need. People who are near their goal weight should not use this method.
Some people have such a weakness with food that they have to live with locked cupboards permanently.

2006-06-14 03:31:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

less than a year ago i started getting bloated
almost whenever i eat..but i can't connect it to any specific foods,
my diet is quite normal...
i've tried everything, and nothing helps.
doctor says i might be swallowing air when i eat but
i get bloated after coffe...sometimes i'm fine for a week,
and then bloated ALL THE TIME for days.
anyone have the same problem? know how to help?
thanx

2006-06-14 03:25:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would like to do this but is it gonna be a waste of time?

2006-06-14 03:23:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

that I eat. I have always been up and down in weight - my lowest was 125 two years ago and then my highest is 189. What I am looking for is some decent ideas to sneak extra veggies into my day and some various ideas for snacks to bring to work. My office is full of heavy people who everyday break out the cookies, popcorn and run to KFC for lunch- what can i munch on that helps deal with the smell of their food and what kind of mantra's can I recite to myself to help ease my feelings of frustration?

2006-06-14 03:20:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need a diet to follow that I can follow for life, and that is healthy and not harmfull to my body and i need to lose 50 lbs.

2006-06-14 03:17:58 · 19 answers · asked by joeymasotti 1

2006-06-14 03:17:38 · 7 answers · asked by ♥Jackson♥ K 1

My bed is not the problem. I stand all day. I THINK the problem is coming from my tummy pulling on my backbone, because of new weight gain. Could it be?

I just got Billy Blanks new CD in. Haven't opened it yet. Ain't that pitiful?

2006-06-14 03:10:23 · 3 answers · asked by bettyboop 6

I'm not trying to do a crash diet, but it's just that I'm going to see my grandparents, aunts, uncles. etc. in England in two weeks, and last year when I went I wasn't fat, but I definently needed to lose some. I want them to be impressed, because especially on my step-granmother's side they are very particular about everything, and I don't like being the average 'fat' american whenver I'm there. I've been working out for 30 minutes a day at the gym everyday, doing the treadmill and aerobic machine,but this week I won't be able to because of other stuff that came up to interfere. I've been walking a mile every night with my parents, and I've been doing a very healthy diet. This has been going on for about 2.5 weeks, and I'm not expecting drastic results, but I'd like something that wil make me slimmer in the middle and legs. THanks!

2006-06-14 02:54:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

will this much help me reducing weight...how much?

2006-06-14 02:48:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been working out for about a month and now my stamina is worse than when I started. I used to be able to run about 5 miles in just over an hour. Now I have a hard time running 45 minutes without stopping. I eat probably a little less than when I started and I lift weights and do yoga sometimes too. Why is this?

2006-06-14 02:47:34 · 8 answers · asked by peepqueen78 2

I have had this happen before that when I am walking for awhile and consistently that my legs will begin to itch. I thought it meant that I was working the muscles but nobody else I asked seems to have experienced this sensation.

2006-06-14 02:46:47 · 13 answers · asked by babeegirl1966 1

I know that your suppose to eat about six small meals a day, so that you are healthy and have a faster metabolism, but I usually just have three small-medium size meals a day. I never know what or how much to eat during those meals, and I'm scared I will get fat if I eat too much. Im also never that hungry. Can you give me some suggestions on what to eat during those meals? Or is my three meals a day ok?

2006-06-14 02:42:14 · 3 answers · asked by Sonya 5

I am working out and would like to know what types of foods will give me the max energy?

2006-06-14 02:19:29 · 11 answers · asked by crlynn2002 2

going to Miami next motnh so i need to have a nice stomach for those bikinis! tips? advise?

2006-06-14 02:17:53 · 30 answers · asked by Yenny V 2

2006-06-14 02:01:42 · 47 answers · asked by babees94 1

okay, Army guys, no need to answer this, or Marines, that is obvious, question is for general public.

2006-06-14 02:00:13 · 22 answers · asked by me 4

2006-06-14 01:51:49 · 11 answers · asked by KBinSaskatchewan 2

What will lack of sleep do to myself (health/fitness...?
I haven't been getting much sleep in lately, maybe 4 hours or so. What will that do to my health? Well Yesterday, I didn't go to sleep until 2 PM and i woke up at 6 PM. It is now 3:50 AM, and I plan on doing cardio at 5 AM. What would be the result of all this?

(What I'm trying to ask is how will my cardio go? And my strength training will begin at 9 AM.. how will that go?

2006-06-14 01:51:15 · 11 answers · asked by Snaox 1

2006-06-14 01:41:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-14 01:27:37 · 7 answers · asked by thunderoad54 1

I take a martial arts class and our dojo does not have airconditioning. It can get very hot in there. I have had some people tell me that because we are sweating more that we are burning more calories. I don't think this is true because the intensity of the class did not change. I just thought that we were sweating more beacuse we were hotter than usual. What are your thoughts on this?

2006-06-14 00:56:12 · 9 answers · asked by jt france 2

2006-06-14 00:25:51 · 11 answers · asked by evil 1 2

I already eat small proportion but I want to know if I should watch my calorie intake as well? I'm eating the right kinds of food and I know when to eat them just should I be looking at the calories. As in the last post I'm trying to lose 20-30 lbs before september, I'm 17, 5'11, and 165. Thanks.

2006-06-14 00:08:00 · 13 answers · asked by Ohemge 2

2006-06-14 00:02:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw this drink in a pharmacie the other day and it said if you drink that and eat nothing else for the whole day you loose 5lbs.. how?

2006-06-14 00:02:12 · 9 answers · asked by carla h 2