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Question

I am 19 years old, 5'5, and weigh 175 pounds. I need a diet plan. Something with details. Not just eat healthy, and burn calories. I need suggestions for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. What foods burn more calories? What foods should I try to avoid? Help, at 19 yrs old I should be worrying about my future not worrying about washing the one pair of pants that fits my fat *** for the next day.

Answer 1

If you've been trying to lose weight for a while, then you've probably tried more than your fair share of diets, including some that are way too good to be true. You know from experience that you can't lose weight by popping a pill or drinking the newest concoction unless you make some changes to your lifestyle. However, those changes don't have to be drastic, and you don't have to give up what you enjoy in order to lose weight.

Calories, Shmalories

You might have tried some of the popular diets, whether low carb, low fat, or high protein, and some or all of them might have worked for you for a while. The weight probably crept back on over time though, didn't it? And it came back because you simply can't eat that way for the rest of your life.

Can you give up your favorite foods for weeks or months at a time? Maybe, if you have a lot of willpower. Can you give them up forever? I'm sure a handful of people can, but those people have more willpower than most of us can ever hope to have. Besides, would you want to give up your favorites permanently? I know I wouldn't.

You see, the concept behind weight loss is simple, even if the process is difficult. If you take in more calories than you use, you gain weight. If you use more than you take in, you lose weight. Forget fad diets and giving up chocolate, bread, fruits, meats, or whatever your latest diet is telling you to avoid.

Control your calories. Lose weight.

That sounds simple, and it can be with a little practice. It won't be easy; no weight loss is truly easy, but knowing that you don't have to give up what you enjoy eating can certainly take away a lot of the pain involved.

Portion control is your key to losing weight without sacrificing taste. You don't need to count calores, unless you'd really like to. You will need to be honest with yourself about how much you're eating on a daily basis.

Let's look at some examples to make things more clear.

Let's say you normally eat a bagel and cream cheese with a glass of orange juice for breakfast, and you just don't want to think about giving that up. You don't need to. Tomorrow morning have half a bagel with cream cheese. Substitute an orange for the orange juice. You've cut your breakfast calories in half, and you're still enjoying food you like.

The same principle applies for lunch and dinner. Instead of two slices of pizza, have one. Then, finish filling up with a salad or some fruit on the side. If you usually go back for second helpings, stick with one helping instead. When you reach for a second serving, take a moment and ask yourself if you're really still hungry, or if you're just reaching for it out of habit. There's a good chance that it's habit and not hunger driving your decision.

Weigh Daily

I know that most diets tell you to weigh weekly, but weighing daily gives you benefits that a weekly weigh-in won't. Knowing that you have to step on the scale tomorrow morning can be a powerful motivator to pass up extra helpings today.

Weighing daily can also allow you to monitor changes in your weight that might surprise and discourage you after a full week has gone by. While it's normal for your weight to fluctuate by even a couple of pounds from day to day, if you see a steady increase in weight each morning, you can make changes to your diet that will prevent weight gain before it gets out of hand.

Seeing a drop in weight gives you immediate feedback and encouragement, and sometimes that small amount of encouragement is enough to keep you on the plan through the tough days.

Get Some Exercise

While you may be able to lose some weight without exercising, you'll lose more and improve your health if you take some time to exercise each day. Again, this doesn't have to be a drastic change to your routine.

Try taking the dog for a longer than usual walk in the evenings. Pull a few weeds by hand instead of using the weed eater. Do a few situps while the commercials are on. Even if you begin by adding just a few minutes of exercise a day to your routine, you'll soon begin to feel and see the difference in yourself.

As an added benefit, as your lose weight and exercise, you'll feel better, which will encourage you to spend more time exercising and pay more attention to your diet. While losing weight isn't easy, it doesn't have to be impossible if you concentrate on making small, doable changes that you can stick with.

Answer 2

I have a calorie counting book. I keep track of intake of calories and how many I use. I keep a cusomized chart in a notebook. I right down what I eat and how much it costs me in calories. I look at it like a budget. I only have so many calories a day a can take in.

I find that I can eat pretty much anything I want as long as I plan for it in the daily allowance. The great thing for me is when I look at something I think I want, and then look up the calorie count, I often decide it is not worth it.

By the way I found that I actually lost more weight eating 1500 to 1800 calories a day, as opposed to less than 1500. At less, my body goes into a starvation mode and no longer burns fat.

I also found that on the weeks I ate right but didn't have time to exercise. My weight stayed the same. It really is about moving for me.

If this doesn't help, there are some web sites with specific programs. Like ediets.com

Answer 3

Try eating eggs or whole bran cereal with skim milk in the morning. Lots of chicken... not fried.. white meat... tuna.. they also have chicken in a can which i love cause i don't lik e tuna. Try to avoid a lot of bread, try switching to wheat.. but don't totally cut it out... and it is true if you eat in moderation you will start to lose weight, so make your food choices and just don't go back for seconds after your first plate. You don't have to work your *** off at the gym every day either. Go for a 10-20 minute brisk walk daily if you can... if not try to go 3 times a week. You will notice a difference. I always had a weight problem and just had a baby 3 months ago, and this is what i do and it seems to work. And hey.. if you are craving that sweet stuff.. make sure u have some just not a lot to satisfy yourself. Good Luck!

Answer 4

Don't worry about which foods can do the work for you--change your lifestyle.
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In the meantime, NO fast food, pasta or hydrogenated vegetable oil or soda pop! And eat all the green and yellow veggies you can find, and include more citrus fruit in your diet, and lots of pure water.
Then, balance diet, rest and exercise and you've made a great start. Hope that's enough for now. Best of luck.

Answer 5

Depends on your eating habits.. Completely cut out sugars - (not carbs in my opinion - i am not an atkins fan) - no soda, no candy etc etc... For myself, after cutting out the sweet stuff, I started working on cutting out oils and butters - I am not into being aggressive about diet, what in my opinion is more important is a lifestyle change - instead of eating a fried egg in the morning, I would eat a hard boiled egg.. I would couple my breakfast with fruit yogurt (not the stuff in a plastic container, but some plain yogurt with some fresh fruit inside) or just a fruit salad in general. I would really fill up at breakfast time - have boiled vegetables and soup for lunch and some grilled chicken, steak or fish for dinner -

Couple that with maybe 20 minutes of extra exercise a day - that is something more than you are already doing -

it is a relatively painless diet, though the results have been a bit slow - but I was not in any rush

Answer 6

Its good that youve recognized your problem and are handling it now before later on in life.
You need a new meal plan that is based on calories and the food pyramid. Dont try and loose the weight drastically or your body will go into starvatiojn mode.
Excercising more than 45 minutes of the day is essential and one day of rest is fine.
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Answer 7

eat peppers and oatmeal not together drink 2to3L of water and keep of the bread and drink juice instead of pop and do at less 45 mins of walking at less 3days a week and if possible go to the gym or join t.o.p.s weight class, or weight watchers tops is 5 dallars a month and 25 dallars for a year of member ship or at less do the exersize part, and lift weight at the gym. i do that and i lost 30 pounds in 4 months

Answer 8

I've lost 5 kilos in my first week. It's my 10th day and I have included salad with some protein (eg. egg/ lean chicken) as you suggested. After 4 years of trying, the fat is finally coming off. It truly feels like magic!

Get started today!

Answer 9

Exercise in the morning to speed up weight loss

Answer 10

Go to www.sparkpeople.com It is a completly free site. You sign up, and they give you an excercise routine, and a daily food menu. It is a great site to use. I love it. You also can get support from the community on that site.