Help! I keep gaining weight!!?

Question

I'm 5'7'' and 170-175.
What's the best way to jumpstart losing weight?
I'm freaking out about being 25 pounds from 200. Please help!

Answer 1

Krista is full of crap:
"Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. "
BS. Natural juices have sugar also. And there's no proven link between juice and diabetes.
"Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer."
More BS. No proof that drinking water is helpful. All this is good for is making you pee a lot.
"Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart."
WHAT?? This is total crap. There is NO evidence to support this BS. (where does she get this?) Your body does NOT need extra water to "pick out" nutrients. What an absurd concept.
"You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself. Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two [sic] complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of. It needs to be diluted. "
More crap and BS. The science behind Gatorade has been going on for 30 years and there's NO evidence of any "need" to dilute it. It works just fine as-is. Again, your body does NOT need extra water to "pick out" nutrients.

Don't take diet advice from uneducated 19 year olds. It's full of myth and folklore, sadly lacking in truth and science.

Answer 2

I suppose it would help to know what your current dietary & activity habits are, but - to quote Courtney Love - Stop Eating Cheese!

Also, if you like to have a drink, stay away from beer.

I personally think pasta is completely unnecessary unless you're in training for the Olympics.

In general, green salads, veggies & lean proteins are a good rule to stick with if you want to re-vamp your eating habits. And start walking - biking's even better if you live where there's a park or bike trails.

I'm right where you are now, but 2" shorter. So let's see how each of us do - summer's a good time to lose weight, because there's no temptation to eat heavy foods & soups (which tend to have a lot of sodium - also bad) & a tall glass of ice water (or watered-down juice) always hits the spot. I've done it before, I can do it again!

Answer 3

Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol and no smoking if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart. You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself. Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of. It needs to be diluted. These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without. Then work from there. Remember these are perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it. If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day. Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit. Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night. You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly. This is an important factor of losing weight. Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night.
As for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck! Honestly if you need anything else don't hesitate to IM me, krista_girl86 even if you don't pick me as best answer, i'd be happy to help. Also check out the website for the tv show The Biggest Loser on NBC. There are many, many helpful facts on there.

Answer 4

Eating right as always is a great way, try a diet that you really think you can stay on for example if bread is your staple food try a low calorie diet, but if you don't really eat many carbs, maybe the atkins/south beach diet is for you.

exercise, not to gain muscle though, but rather do it for your health, for example if you choose to lift weights do light weights and more of them, this will help you create lean, tight muscles

Answer 5

It takes 7 days to form a habit....21 to break it.

Don't eat bread of any kind
No soda/crystal light
No butter/mayo
No cooking oil
No potatoes (mashed/baked/etc)
No chips/pretzels/nuts.
No red meat

East fish (salmon/swordfish) and you will surpass any of weight watchers/ Jenny Craig expectations.

If you didn't purchase it on the outside aisles of the grocery store, don't eat it....

If you can do this for 22 days, I promise you the rest will be easy. Don't forget to sweat and use 3 lbs weights & jump rope during commercials, and you will soon work your way up to jumping long enough to burn calories.

Answer 6

Here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Here what that will do for you, your metabolism will increase (i.e. Loose weight) and you will have more engry. If you go on a diet and eat less, your metabolism will slow down and store to fat. That is why diets dont work. Only the size of your fist, carbs (examples:baked potato, pasta, oatmeal, beans, corn, melon, apples, fat free yogurt, whole wheat breads)in one and protien (examples:chicken breast, swordfish, shrimp, turkey breast) in the other. You can also eat vegetables and salads with any meal, they dont have none or little fat). 30min cardo exercise every day. Any of these(examples: walking, jogging, swimming,running, biking, ect), Monday cardo, tues upper body (arms: curls, tricep extensions,pull ups, front press)(abdominals: leg pull crunch, leg raises), (chest: bench press, butterfly, pullover)(shoulders: front press, arm pullover, cross county skier machine)(back:seated row, lat pull downs, back extension)(YOU DONT HAVE TO DO IN ONE DAY, mix it up) wed cardo, thurs lower body (legs: leg pull,leg press, squats, lounges) fri cardo, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising, you do this on sunday so your body doesnt go into starvation mode. YOU NEED TO TAKE SUNDAY OFF. If you stilck with this you will have a great body. also drink aleast 8oz of water daily! Stay away from Mcdonals, Wendys, ect because there is nothing good for you on the menu's even the salads are bad (beaon bits, cheeze, dressing, ect) Good Luck :)

Answer 7

Stay away from caloried soft drinks. I have noticed over many years that that is the most common attribute of overweight people. STAY AWAY FROM THE SUGAR. Eat more fruits and vegetables and meat. Chicken is lean, and so is, in most cases pork these days. Take a walk every evening. Join the YMCA or YWCA. Cutting what you eat is quicker than exercising it off, but they are both essential. Fad diets are foolish. You must eat food with food value - not sugar or pure fats like butter and margarine. Pure fat has twice the calories per ounce as sugar.

Answer 8

Hm definite a lot of human beings Have This situation Love And it may well be because you lost Weight Then perchance began eating ingredients which have a brilliant number of fat Or Sugar In It with out you actually understanding It . once you shed extra pounds N commence to eat everyday again the burden Piles On You again because Your body isn't Used To eating That a lot. make effective you Do a lot of workout and performance A Balanced eating routine =) desire I actually have Helped You x

Answer 9

Watch your calorie intake. You should be having anywhere from 1200 to 1500 calories a day. Find the level that suits you best (not hungry, but not gaining weight) and stay active!

Answer 10

Eat smaller portions, When ordering out at a restaurant only eat half the portion and take the rest home for the next day. Watch your calories, and eat slower. Take your time and don't scarf down your food. Take more time chewing your food. It will digest better as well