Okay, I'm ready to lose weight!?

Question

I am ready to lose weight and keep it off. I don't care how long it takes! I have a TON to lose so I don't expect it to come off quickly! Any advice on where to begin, what to begin with? Should I do a structured plan, should I join a gym? I have money to do what I need to, and motivation. But with all of this and all the information out there, I'm a little lost of where to begin! Advice from people who have been there, done that would be great! I need to lose about 70 lbs.

Answer 1

start with writing down a plan and post it where youll see it everyday so you remember to stick to it.

a gym membership always helps. but you have to keep yourself motivated to work out on a regular basis. it would be pointless to buy it and be lazy and not go-wasting money. getting a personal trainer would really help too. because they push you and keep you on track.

start with restricting yourself to eating healthy. that really helps. no junk food. stick with low fat foods. no soda/juice (lots of sugar). drink water.

if youre losing weight, you have to exercise at least an 60-90min a day 3-5 days a week.
stick to that plan and you should lose weight easily.

note: 3000cal loss is aprox equivalent to one pound (just to let you know)

Answer 2

Hi Congratss!!! I'm about 4-5 weeks myself, just found out few days ago. Lmp was 3rd last month but I'm always irregular so I don't know how to count it. This is my first and I'm hopin that I lose a bit of weight b4 I start gaining.. I haven't had any morning sickness yet praying that I never do but I get the feeling like I'm going to vomit all the time and I don't have much appetite most times. I'm going to see the doctor for the 1st time on Friday, I normally take centrum complete but haven't taken any vitamins since I found out. I bet ur so anxious!! I think about it all day n night! All the best throughout ur pregnancy.x

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

Well if your serious, why don't you join weight watchers? Its a great program! If you simply stay the course you lose maybe a pound a week. Its a very healthy way to lose weight and it teaches you healthy habits for the rest of your life. Worked for me, lost about 30 lbs in the course of a year. What sucks though is that I gained the freshman 15 + , and haven't been able to take it off since. I rejoined the program though so here's hoping. Best of luck hon though, all the advice sounds great here!

Answer 6

Okay, first off, you don't really need money to lose weight - perhaps, to buy food (but you would be doing that anyway), but not for a gym or workout equipment or whatever.

You are doing great already! I say this because in the third sentence you have a TON of weight to lose which = 2000 pounds, and by the last sentence, you only have 70 pounds to lose, so WAY TO GO - KEEP IT UP!! = )

Okay, so as far as a structured plan or joining a gym, this depends on the individual. Motivation is a good thing, but it seems to be TEMPORARY in a lot of people.

I was 206 pounds when I decided that I was ready to lose weight (and actually meant it). It all started when I sat down one day and defined my values. I looked at categories such as financial, educational, career, mental health, and of course, physical health. Then sad as I was about it, I had to admit that what I claimed to be my physical health values were not consistent with my actual physical health.

So after defining my idea of a physical health value, I began listing goals that were consistent with it. I wanted to be of average weight for my height (I wanted to change my height as well, but it didn't seem too feasible - focus on what you can change (and how to change it), not on what you can't). So a healthy weight for my height is listed as 120-140 pounds - yep 86 pounds or so for me to lose!! Now, of course, that seemed ridiculous and impossible. Anyway, I decided that at this point my goal would be to reach 140 pounds. This meant I had 66 pounds to lose. The hardest, yet most important lesson I learned from the past over years and failed attempts at losing weight (and keeping it off) is that legitimate weight loss takes time and exercise .

Okay, so now I had a long term goal of losing 66 pounds. Knowing that medical experts say it is safe to lose 1-2 pounds a week, I calculated ~ how long this much weight loss would take. A couple exceptions - because I had a lot of weight to lose, I knew it would be safe and more likely that I could lose 3-4 pounds a week (for at least the first 30 pounds or so) and would probably lose over 10 pounds in the first month. The first 10 pounds is easy to drop as it tends to be alot of water weight.

Again, the goal seems to far out there, so I set about breaking it into smaller goals and defining it. Goals need to be specific, have a way of measuring it, be realistic, have a timeline (or deadline), and have an action plan. Now you should know that I was completely sedentary at the time, and the most exercise I got was walking from room to room (usually fridge - bedroom - bathroom - living room) in the house. Anyway, a friend has given me a pedometer. I read that the health world says a person should walk at least 10000 steps a day - I tracked my steps for a week and realized that I never even came close to 10000. In fact, there was only one day that I even walked over 1,000 steps (1,200). So I had another long-term goal - I wanted to reach 10,000 steps a day. I took an average of the recorded # of steps I had walked for the week and used this to figure a new target goal. My average was 680 steps a day - I added 120 to this and made this goal: "I will have at least 800 recorded steps on the pedometer every day for the first seven days (April 1-7). I will check my step status at noon and an hour before going to bed. If I have not yet reached my goal, I will walk as much as possible during the hour prior to sleeping in an attempt to reach my goal."

I continued to use this goal every week, changing where necessary, and always adding 120 to the previous week's goal. I also had goals of doing x # of pushups, situps, crunches, etc in the morning and in the night. I had 100's of little goals - and I always made sure to celebrate these.

Remember that losing weight 'sounds' good, but if you just keep it in the wish state, that's where it will stay. Okay, I keep losing focus because I am drinking a bit more than I need to to celebrate an event that happened at work. Feel free to message me for more/better tips on weight loss and/or goals.



Another thing - you might not want to focus on 70 as the magic # of pounds to lose, rather pay attention to how your clothes fit, and be excited as you become able to buy smaller and smaller clothes while the pounds fall off : ).

Answer 7

I started about 2 months ago at 233. Today I weigh 208. I figured out my base metabolism (how many calories i need to stay at same weight) then subtracted 1000 to come out to about 1200 a day. ( a little severe) Then I tried to devise a diet very low in high glycemic simple carbs, rich in fiber from whole grains and vegtables. In the last three weeks Ive been at the gym almost every night trying to burn 300 calories each night on the treadmill. If ytou drink alcohol, give it up! do DRINK YOUR WATER! Good Luck and if I can be of any support to you you can email me at [e-mail] P.S> I have 50 more lbs to go

Answer 8

find a respectable personal trainer through friends or others who have utilized the person b4. Having someone to guide you is best, avoid the trainers at the popular gyms

Do lots of research, that is what helped me the most, be informed about various nutritional guidelines, and figure out something that works for you and your body type.

Your goals should be to find an eating and workout plan that you can maintain for life.

Check out body for life program, i found it to be informative and started from there and then customized my own personal program from that point on.

Answer 9

Exercise everyday like jogging around the block
Skip meals. Eat 2 times per day than 3 times per day
Dont eat until you're full
Eat fruits at night if your hungry.
Drinks lots of water and stop all the fast food and chocolate.
I found this on this website. There are more tips and info.
there's a video on success fitness too.

Answer 10

You know, all you need to do is limit your calorie intake to 2,000 a day, and exercise at a gym or outside for 30 min. 5 days a week.
It's really quite simple but people these days don't have the dedication.

Remember it could take 2 weeks before seeing initial results, but once you start to see them, the results keep getting better.