Is there anything I can do to shed this weight?

Question

I'm 33, 5'6" and weigh 175. I can carry 160 well and look good. But my whole life I've had the extra that won't go away. I have to watch closely what I eat just to keep from gaining. I've always been this way. I'm not lazy, and I don't eat a lot of sweets. Could there be something wrong with my thyroid? Is it normal to diet just to keep from gaining?

Answer 1

you should really have a checkup and see if your thyroid is acting up or not, and then work from there... Try Nutrisystem, I heard good things about it. In the mean time, don't starve yourself, that won't work, it will slow your metabolism and will make you gain even more when you do eat. Try Stouffer's frozen meals, 3-5 times a day, eating every 2 hours, very little, no bigger than your fist. Never eat untill you're stuffed.
And walk of jog a lot. Walking is a good source of burning fat, but if you could swim, that is like the best fat burning exercise you can do, and it's fun too.
Whatever you do, the rule of thumb is, if you build muscle, fat will melt, metabolic rate will go up... so it's win win win!

Answer 2

Of course you can take it off. You are probably eating more than you realise, or the wrong things, or both; and not getting enough exercise. The formula is this: if you take in calories, you need to burn them off. If you burn calories, you lose weight. The more calories you take in; the more you weigh. Up your physical exercise, take in a few less calories per day, and you will lose weight. Try keeping a journal of everything you eat (I mean everything), for about one week and see how much and what kinds of food you eat. It may surprise you.

Answer 3

Doing crunches is not going to intent you to lose fat round your stomach. It's going to burn some energy, however most commonly it'll just tone and beef up the muscular tissues beneath the fat. Diet is the gigantic factor in losing weight across the center. Burn off extra energy than you intake and you're going to begin to see results. Cardio can be very useful in mixture with weight loss plan. Hope that helps!

Answer 4

I used a plan called Shapeworks and lost 95 lbs, and my wife lost 44 lbs in just 8 months, it works wonderful, we have kept the weight off for over 4 years now. Here is where we found out about it: www.loseweightnow.com/tfward

Answer 5

I'm like you and all my life it has been a battle. I will share a couple of secrets with you that the Doctors and the diet industry want to keep to themselves.

I have lost around 60 lbs in 6 months and I will tell you what not to eat. The first myth we have been told is that fat is bad. Sugar and carbohydrate are the big nasties. In fact, reduced fat food that has had some of the fat removed is actually more fattening than the regular food because the removed fat in most cases has been replaced with carbs! This is the main reason why you must absolutely stay away from ALL processed food with no exception. Eat fresh and natural. You must have 3 meals a day and get into a routine so your body knows when to expect food. Your body is capable of doing exquisite things to avoid weight loss if it thinks it’s going to get starved, so you must feed it and regularly.

The other thing you must do is keep your insulin as low as possible by getting sugar and carbs in your diet as close to zero as you can and not having ANYTHING between meals. Also having at least 5 hours between one meal and another. The last meal of the day must be no later than 9pm. Insulin is a hormone that will absolutely block fat and protein burning in your body and force it to burn sugar, that's how it works. You will NOT lose weight with your blood stream flooded with insulin, even with exercise. It’s impossible.

You must have at least 8 glasses of water a day, in order for your liver and kidneys to excrete the fat from your body this is crucial.

Now, what you must stay away from and I mean, non at all. Bread, pasta, rice, pastry, sugar, potato, onion, parsnip, sweet potato, pumpkin, beetroot, carrots, peas, beer, spreads like butter and margarine and be very careful of sauces and condiments. Fruit and milk should be taken very, very sparingly because they are fattening. Fruit is full of sugar too, only a very small amount. Avoid all processed food including diet soda it will stimulate insulin. 3 cups of black tea or coffee WITH meals a day is OK.

OK, if you are still with me, what can you eat? In a nutshell you replace the carbs you have removed with protein and green leafy vegetables. Do not mix protein only 1 per meal. This is what you can eat. Lean meat, poultry, fish, cheese, yoghurt and eggs are your permitted proteins. Cauliflower, cabbage, sprouts, broccoli, capsicum, mushroom, celery, zucchini and a small amount of tomato. You can have unlimited amounts of lettuce and cucumber but ONLY at meal times. You can use balsamic vinegar as a dressing; mustard is ok too but only made from the powder. Shop bought is full of sugar! Curry powder in cooking can be used as well. One tablespoon of olive oil is ok per day, in cooking and as a dressing.

I will GUARANTEE if you stick to this you will loose heaps of weight, fast. I know it's not easy and you need the support of your family too.

Just another couple of things I forgot. NO breakfast cereal and avoid really heavy exercise you will just burn glycogen in your muscles, not fat and it will just make you sore and tired. You need prolonged gentle exercise to burn fat like walking. You don't need to exercise at all on this diet as long as you're moving about. Last but not least read food labels and look at the ingredients. Avoid foods like the plague with more than 5 grams of carbohydrate per 100 grams.

Good Luck. Jules, lecturer. Australia.

PS. if you enjoy a little drink as I do, try a very dry white wine like Savignon Semillon Blanc(very low in Carbs) and a little soda water. Avoid all sweet wines and sherries and beers.

Answer 6

You are likely not cutting back like you think you are. If you eat less food you will lose weight. Exercise also.

Answer 7

Drink water more often

Answer 8

Have you called Jenny?