What is a safe way to lose weight?

Answer 1

Hi Mike, I believe that a balanced diet is the best way to loose weight. Any diet that forbids certain food groups = a set-up for disaster and nutritional problems.

First, you should talk with your doctor and choose a diet that suits your needs and medical conditions--if any. If you are relatively healthy, try Weight Watchers, they've been around forever and offer some great ideas.

Best wishes.

Answer 2

Excercise and eat healthy.

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/102_fat.html

Weight loss is possible for people of all ages and sizes, all it takes is dedication and motivation. If you aren't motivated enough to use your treadmill then no wonder you aren't losing weight. Regular exercise if absolutely necessary, as is eating the right foods with the exercise. Let me just explain that fat loss pills generally do not work - they are one big con! If they worked then why don't we all take them? And 'fad' diets never ever work either. True, you lose weight in the short term, but as soon as you stop taking the special weight loss drink or pill and go back to your normal diet, the pounds will come pouring back on. That is the only gaurantee that the salespeople don't tell you about!

Do not eat less because your body needs food to live! Excess food is what puts on weight, that is why you should eat just the right amount. About 12 X body weight (pounds) = calories per day.
Eat about 5 times a day, at 3 hour intervals, but eat less per meal. Drink 1.5 litres of water a day, maintaining intake throughout the day. This will keep metabolism rate steady, meaning the body will be more efficient at burning energy and consequently burning fat.

My advice to you is to take this diet information and go to one of the many diet sites and come up with a diet to suit your lifestyle. Get a balance of carbs, protein, and fat and you will be fine.

However, remember that the diet will not work without exercise. You need to have regular workouts where your heart rate is elevated for 30-40 minutes. Exercises include jogging, step machine, cylcing or anything that you can manage for this period of time. Do a cardio workout like above 3 times a week and this will work wonders. If you can do swimming along with this then that is an added bonus, as swimming is an all round great exercise and is usually relaxing.

Remember that exercising a lower rate for longer is better at burning fat than exercising at a higher rate for shorter. Eg. if you want to lose fat then run for 35 minutes at 8 or 9 km/h rather than 15 minutes at 11 km/h. The latter will be only build muscle endurance, which is not the goal in this instance.

Remember, the above program should bot be done straight away if you are just starting out. Build up over a period of weeks otherwise you may not be able to keep it up.

When this sort of weight loss is done for 16 weeks or however long it takes to reach your aim then you can start working back to a normal diet - but always be sensible with what you eat or the fat will come back. Eg. don't eat more than 2 packets of crisps a week if you really have to - they're not necessary!

When you get into the routine and see the results, extra endorphins will be released from your brain and you will feel great about yourself. Take my word for it!

Good luck to you and everyone out there.

Answer 3

I lost weight 3 years ago and kept it off by doing the weightwatchers way (I did not go to meetings). After I lost the weight, I started to eat Healthy Choice lunches 5 days a week and whatever I want on the weekends. Not only is it healthy, you are not at all deprived. I had a diabetic pregnancy too years ago and the doctor gave me a diet to follow (eat like 6 times a day so you are not hungry and you do lose weight) -- the doctor said the BEST diet ever is the diabetic diet.

Answer 4

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 5

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 6

Dont try to loose weight by short food only, Go a lab and test thyroid, The doctor will give medicine to change thyroid and body metabolism ratio, U can easily reduce fat from your stomach, the main thing is the body figure, try to make it beautiful, aist mustbe 10 inches small n breasts 10 inches bigger then waist, Is the best ratio between body, Only weight is not a problem

Answer 7

The best way to lose your weight is by going walk everyday.
have a light oil less food.
Go to gim. have a balance diet.
and u have a cup of hot water and mix with a small amount of honey. It will lose yr weight.

Answer 8

Through good exercise and good eating. Also, you should be losing about 1 to 2lbs per week. I use the low fat, high carb. I t work for me, and I lost a lot weight. Good luck.

Answer 9

Eat sensibly and exercise (as many here have said). That's the best and safest way, and the most likely to retain positive results long term.

Answer 10

To lose it slow ! Cardio Excersizes Runnning , Jogging , Power Walking etc. , drink lots of water (no soda !)