How does one lose weight if she already exercises (karate) and doesn't eat much fast food or drink sodas?

Answer 1

drink lots of water, eat fruits and veggies and whole grains and lean protien, and maybe do a little strength training, simple as squats, lunges, push ups, etc. to build muscle and burn more fat. but it sounds like youre already on top of things!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I lost 105 pounds in 6 months. Here is how I did it.
1. Every morning get up and walk for 45 minutes. You can start with less time, but you want to get up to 45 minutes, and it must be fast walk. You want your heart rate to go up. It must be in the morning, it kick starts your metabolism.
2. I cut out Red Meat, and fatty foods. Boneless skinnless chicken breast, baked, or grilled, rice and vegetables (steamed).
3. Eat half. Just eat half of what you normally eat. Put 1/2 on your plate, and put the rest away. Cook less. When you go to fast food, get salads only. Or grilled chicken. No fries, only diet soda. Or water.

It will work, once you get into a routine, you will get hooked on the results, and you will keep the routine. It has been over a year for me.

A sight with some really cool diet calculators and interesting calorie counting calculators is here. Check it out.
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/

Check out my before and after pic at my yahoo 360 page
http://profiles.yahoo.com/gorillamyke

Stay motivated, and get up and walk every day. I seriously lost all my weight starting off my day on my walk.

Good LUCK!

Answer 4

even though you have gotten rid of the evils, you should still look at how many calories you take in per day. Weight loss is calories in versus calories out. If you are eating more calories than exercising, you will gain, etc.
Consider using an online tool like fitday.com (use the free version) to track calories, this is usually pretty enlightening.

Answer 5

decrease the amount of bad carbs-- that includes starches and sugar--- Sugar will cause you to retain fluid and both of these give your body an insulin peak which causes you to crave them later-- yeilding in a higher calorie count for that day.. You could count calories, but I hate doing that-- if you go low fat, low carb-- you will lose weight!! But if you increase your activity at the sametime, you may lose even more. In addition, building muscle burns more cals than fat alone-- so start lifting weights, doing yoga-- or just sit-ups, push-ups and leg lifts.

Answer 6

do more cardio, some weights. also try to lay off the carbs some