I am a 31-year-old female who has had the worst luck in losing weight since having my daughter.... nearly 12 years ago!! I weigh more now than I did when I was full term with her!! I'm getting ready to have sinus surgery, which I've been told could actually help with my weight loss (as far as getting enough sleep or something like that). I have lost all motivation to exercise and eat healthy these days! I have, however, recently started walking 2- 3 times a week. Today I started using ankle weights (2 lbs each) and 1 lb hand weights to start, but I'm worried what will happen after the surgery (ya know that old, "Once you stop it's hard to start again" thing).
I have plans to go to New Orlean for St. Patrick's Day weekend and a wedding I have to attend in April (and wear a sleeveless dress), and I NEED to lose some weight in a big way! BUT, I love food and can't seem to get on track with "dieting". Any help or ideas would be GREATLY appreciated!
2007-02-12 15:01:45 · 19 answers · asked by chynadol25 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
The best way to lose the weight is to START SLOWLY. Making permanent lifestyle changes comes with persistence and patience, and big lifestyle changes are difficult to sustain. The walking is a good change. Don't worry about what will happen AFTER the surgery -- focus on the NOW and after the surgery, when you feel ready, bring yourself to begin walking again.
What is just as, if not more, important than exercise is your diet. I'm not saying you should go ON a diet, I'm saying that you need to incorporate lots of healthy foods into your eating plan, and to gradually downsize your portions. I love food too (I'm a female in my twenties) -- in fact, I'm an equal opportunity eater, which means I love just about everything! But I've learned that you CAN enjoy just about anything edible, as long as you eat in moderation. Remember -- "you can eat ANYTHING you want, just not EVERYTHING you want." This reminds you to eat in smaller portions.
Small changes that make a big difference:
1) Cut out soda from your diet. Any kind of soda -- diet or otherwise. Sugary drinks increase your waistline by providing empty calories, diet drinks (may) add pounds by increasing your appetite. DRINK WATER INSTEAD. Water is a healthy eater's best friend. It keeps you fuller, and boosts your immune system and overall health.
2) Try to ban second helpings. I'm an "eat everything on your plate" kind of girl -- I've tried to change, but some habits run too deep. Therefore, I know that if I sit down to eat something, I'm almost guaranteed to eat it all. That's why I at least resolve not to get up and go for second helpings. This habit becomes fairly easy to sustain after a while, as your stomach adjusts to feeling full, rather than stuffed.
3) Downsize your plates -- since I do eat everything on my plate, I try to use smaller plates, or at least fill a greater percentage of my plate with vegetables. Make sure your meals are balanced -- preferably including vegetable, protein, and complex carbohydrate. Eat as much vegetable as you can -- find out how you like them, whether cooked, pureed, or raw (perhaps drizzled with dressing).
4) If you're not a big dessert person, you are lucky. If you are, this can be a hard habit to change. Sugar is pretty addictive. My advice? If you must have dessert regularly, choose something healthy: desserts with fruit and nuts, or maybe whole-wheat fruit breads. Although you CAN indeed enjoy portions of dessert in moderation (and I do, often -- including cake, ice cream and everything else), they do serve as a setback to losing weight if you eat them EVERY DAY -- especially since it's hard to stop at just a small portion. So try to make dessert an occasional, rather than a regular, part of your eating plan. How occasional? Just downgrade from what you're already doing; if you eat dessert 5x a week, try eating 3x a week, or just 2. Proceed from there.
Good luck! I hope you feel much better after the surgery.
2007-02-12 15:33:53 · answer #1 · answered by jazzy girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have everything you need to motivate you to lose the weight - wedding, St.Pat's Weekend, and a 12-year-old daughter to be a role model for. If you want to, put up photos on the fridge of your daughter, the couple getting married, and a shamrock to remind you of your goal before you eat.
This isn't a daunting task... you have already made headway into the exercise realm. That's awesome. You just have to get a well-balanced, reduced-calorie food plan in place. Might take a while of trial and error to figure out a plan, but you have momentum in the right direction.
2007-02-13 01:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by Patti C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 08:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by golden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok. This will work only if you want it to. There is only one thing you have to do. Make a decision. That's it. You can decide to get in shape so the dress fits, or not. It's your decisioin.
Now, if you want a bit of motivation, go buy the dress now. Don't wait. Buy it in the size you want to be for the wedding. Hang in on your door so you can see it every day. If you want this bad enough, you will do what it takes to fit in the dress.
This has nothing to do with your weight though, it's your thought process you need to work on. So think about this, exercise and healthy eating works every time.
2007-02-12 15:57:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must first get your mind right. Maintaining a healthy weight is not a matter of luck. Diets do not work, only making permanent lifestyle changes does.
2007-02-12 15:12:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-12 15:07:00 · answer #6 · answered by chase 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a cardio routine that engages multiple muscles simultaneously
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