Thinking about dropping some weight, but really not sure where to start. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Question

Okay this is the skinny (so to speak) I'm really really fat. To broke right now to afford a dietitian and really not interested in a get thin quick scheme. With that said, does anyone know any good websites or books for that matter on healthy eating? Any input would be greatly appriciated.

Answer 1

Try eating more fruits and veggies in place of other fatty meals, like junk food, cookies, or high calorie meals. Try eating more grapes, clemintines, apples (with vanilla yogurt), blueberries, hummus (it sounds gross but it's really not, especially with Wheat Thins or Food Should Taste Good brand whole grain chips! I personally like garden vegetable or tomato flavored), granola, low-fat yogurt, low-fat string cheese, LITE whole wheat bread, 100 - calorie popcorn / kettle corn bags, steamed broccoli with a buttery garlic sauce etc. I also snack on South Beach Diet oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, they're good AND pretty healthy!

Incorporate more exercise into your daily life. Take the dog for a 20 minute walk, do jumping jacks while watching TV, do laps around the block, or the house for that matter. Don't let yourself sit down for too long. If you can, get a gym membership. I use an elliptical for 30 minutes 5-6 times a week and it works great for me.

And don't eat out of boredom! It's a nasty habit to break, TRUST ME. Whenever you feel like eating, watch a movie with no commercial breaks so you don't have time to get up, call a friend, read a book or magazine, or get out of the house, away from the food.

I recently lost weight, about 20 lbs, and what really helped for me was planning my meals. I planned when and what I was going to eat, and made sure the calorie count was 1400. It may be different depending on your needs, but never go under 1200! Whatver you do, don't let yourself stray from your plan. Write it all down or type it out and leave it up on your computer so you don't forget, that's what I do.

And don't "DIET". Because the moment you go off your "diet", you'll regain the all the weight you lost quickly, believe me. Instead, make "healthy living choices."

You'll never get to your "ideal" body by eating crap food and sitting around, no matter how much you want it to happen. It takes dedication to get the body you want! Make it like a game. How much weight can I lose? Prove it to yourself you DO have the willpower to get what you want.

But allow yourself a cheat day every now and then. Life is too short! If you restrict your body of all the "good foods", you will one day EXPLODE and eat everything in sight. Trust me!

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Good luck! Hope that helps (:

Answer 2

Dr. Phil McGraw's The Ultimate Weight Solution. Start with picking up this book. His premise is learning how to clean you house of garbage food, stocking it with fresh foods and learning how to cook. He also tells you how to start an exercise program. You cannot lose weight effectively if you don't change your eating habits and don't do some sort of exercise every day. It's not as easy as some of the quick fix diets offered out there but those have been proven to not work over the long haul. Dr. Phil gives you principles you can use for life. This program won't cost you money except the exchange from junk food to healthy and the exercise can be as easy as just walking a few miles a day or getting on a treadmill or elliptical. Healthy food and exercise works but it takes concentration and dedication to move you toward your goal. You choose.

Answer 3

I have a problem with emotional eating... i.e eating whenever I am bored or stressed or when I get home even though I'm not hungry. A lot of overweight people have this problem... it is actually the main reason that people are skinny and people are overweight. The sad truth is that most people have learned to ignore their bodies and they don't really know when they are hungry or when they are full. You need to learn these habits to break your emotional eating.

The book "i can make you thin" by Paul Mckenna taught me how to listen to my body to know when I'm actually hungry and actually full... It even has this "craving buster" method that really does work, although it sounds farfetched at first. I am so happy I found this book because I have tried everything even going to a therapist for my emotional eating but nothing helped because no one ever taught me this ... I didn't even know this is how skinny people actually eat... I thought everyone ate for pleasure.

Paul McKenna really understands that mind of an emotional eater and the mind of a skinny person... get the book. It will change your life like it did to mine... It's a really short book. I read it in about two hours nons-stop.

Buy it here:
http://www.amazon.com/I-CAN-MAKE-YOU-THIN/dp/0593050541/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196127609&sr=8-1

Answer 4

Sounds like a good plan. You also have to watch what's in the 1,500 calories that you do eat. If it's five slices of pizza and a beer that make up those 1,500 calories, then it's not good. Make sure that 1,500 includes fruits and vegetables (at least 5 servings), some dairy, whole grains, lean protein, and did I mention vegetables? Since you're also jogging, you can afford to eat a few more calories in the form of a protein shake or more vegetables.

Answer 5

you should eat porportioned meal
eat fruits and vegtable
and whole grains
something that will make you full
try not to drink too mank sweet drinks
they don't fill you up and they are full of calories