2007-02-21 00:35:46 · 11 answers · asked by vickylou 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
By the sound of it, you've just not found the right diet that you found easy enough to stick to long enough for it to work. It is tough sticking to a diet - especially when you're trying to make long-term changes.
I've found Weightwatchers to be really good - especially the online service because you don't have to go everyday but there's a truckload of resources for you to use. If you go on the points diet (where each food has a points value and you have a limited number of points per day) then it has a points tracker where it calculates and records everything you eat and drink so you can properly monitor your progress. You can also keep a diary on the tracker so you can look back on bad days and see what you were feeling that made you go over your limit that day. Then you can look for new ways to overcome those feelings.
I've found that I'm not alone in snacking on treats if I'm down or fed up or even bored - seems that most women suffer from that to a degree. One saying I try and stick to is this - if hunger isn't the problem, food isn't the answer!
It has forums where users log in and talk about their issues/problems with progress and give each other support and it provides lots of ideas for recipes/exercise etc to keep you going.
It gives you enough structure to help you stick to it but isn't so strict that you fall off the plan easily. What's more, you can eat whatever you want so long as you stick to your points. If you end up choosing your points wisely on low fat options then you find you'll be eating more but still losing weight and feeling healthier!
It's important to mix dieting with exercise - you will feel better once you're in the swing of it - and there's so much to choose from today that there will be something to suit your lifestyle.
Check it out here http://www.weightwatchers.co.uk/ and good luck - you can do it!
2007-02-21 00:47:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is it a case of the diets don't work or you are not sticking to them. If it is the diet then go and speak to your doctor because you might have a thyroid problem or something. If it is because you find them hard to stick to then I would suggest a class, Slimming World, or which ever is in your area. That is the only way I managed it, going back week after week is the incentive and you have all that support behind you too. There is plenty of food to eat on this diet (Slimmimg World) and you can even have a treat every day which is counted as a sin, but you are allowed 10 to 15 sins a day so it's not too bad.
2007-02-21 00:44:27 · answer #2 · answered by jo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my sister goes to slimming world and follows their diet plan, she lost nearly all the weight she wants in time for her wedding in june, she has been on the diet since mid 2006....but she's nearly got down from 14 1/2 stone to her target weight of about 9 1/2 stone.......she looks and feels better for it........good luck!
2007-02-21 00:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by J9 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its the same old question and answer it is not the amount you eat but what you eat,limited eggs to two a week grill all food instead of frying,sausage cook on there own and you will be amazed at the amount of fat that comes out of them,grill basically everything and limit the amount of roasted products,eat more products with omega 3 oils and use low fat butter,like\ flora light and eat brown /wheatgerm bread,plenty of excercise walking,swimming,cycling,a brisk walk for 30 mins a day,jogging,just reducing the food intake alone will only partially help.
2007-02-21 00:50:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need both diet and exercise to lose weight, its not just a pick a choice option. Is both or none.
You have to burn the fat with cardio, by raising your heart rate. You cant just diet and expect those extra pounds to burn off from sitting on a computer all day.
Diet and exercise or bust. Thats it.
2007-02-21 00:41:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-02-21 00:40:37 · answer #6 · answered by Peter R 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
it's very easy. change your lifestyle. if you only eat fresh food and combine the right things you will loose wieght. do not think of food as satisfaction think about it as fuel for your body. i changed my whole diet at the beginning of the year and have lost 11 pounds and have much more energy, sex drive and feel much happier.
2007-02-21 01:47:21 · answer #7 · answered by curlyloxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you visit your GP babe,,they are there to help,plus you could have another problem why you are putting the wieght on so they will do blood test,,my GP put me on some pills,sorry i hav'nt got the name,i'm at work and the pills are at home,but they have been good because when i eat i get full quicker so i'm losing the wieght now,,stick at it don't give up.x
2007-02-21 00:46:15 · answer #8 · answered by kimble 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Diet and exercise. It has to become a new way of thinking, a new lifestyle. You have to live it every day, unfortunately.
2007-02-21 00:47:20 · answer #9 · answered by Nicole 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have simply got to eat less and keep it that way. Otherwise massively increase the amount of excercise you do. There's no simpler way
2007-02-21 00:39:18 · answer #10 · answered by Barbara Doll to you 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋