I need to lose a lot of weight please help?

Question

I want to lose weight I weigh 241 and I’m 5'7'' I’m only 17 and I want to lose. I feel like I tried everything I have had dieticians and personal trainers but nothing has helped. Every time I diet I get severe headaches and feel lazy but as soon as I start eating all the junk again I feel great. I don’t know what to do anymore but I don’t want to just give up.

Answer 1

You're probably getting severe headaches because you're not eating enough throughout the day when you are dieting. Also, junk food can be addicting, so if you deny your body your usual high doses of sugar, carbs and fat, you will experience withdrawal symptoms and your brain tells you that you need to eat more fat and sugar. So you eat more and feel better. It's a vicious cycle of weight gain. It is just like being addicted to heroin for some people.

That being said, the best diet is the one that works for you, but there are some things to take into consideration when picking a diet. Do not exclude a food group (like carbs) or concentrate on only eating certain groups (like the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, etc.). You also should never choose one that suggests skipping a meal or under eating. Your body needs a variety of foods in proper portions to function effectively.

I did Weight Watchers and I was very happy with the program and the results. I learned how to eat the right foods and the right amounts. (It is amazing what you learn by reading nutrition labels and understanding what they mean!) Don't set your sights too high, either. Set achievable goals and continue to work at them. Losing too much weight too fast is not healthy, but if you don't achieve it right away, you will feel frustrated and defeated. Set a goal to lose 25 lbs in 6 mos, or maybe a pound a week. It's easy and doable. When you lose 2 pounds one week, you'll feel great about yourself!

I commend you for taking the initiative to be healthier and get fit. Another thing to keep in mind - exercise is important, too. If that is not your thing, don't worry; walking counts. Walk home from school. Walk around the block. Take a walk while eating your lunch. Walk a bit farther every week.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Losing weight is really a science, all about balancing input and output. So, maybe you need to change the way you diet. Perhaps you aren't eating enough or you are eating the wrong foods. You have a BMR of 1938.35, which means at rest, you burn 1938.35 calories a day. If you decided to eat 1500 calories a day, on a balanced diet, (fruits, veggies, carbs, meat, dairy, etc.), you could expect to lose a pound a week, this is with no exercise. If you add in exercise, which I ecourage you to do, I think you could easily burn another 500 calories a day, (this being from just normal daily activity, walking around, etc. and also from an exercise routine). If you did this, you could expect to lose at least 2-5 pounds a week. Which would mean in six months, if you stick to this routine, you could down to 140-150. I think you can definitely achieve these goals. All it takes is determination. Take it day by day. Set reasonable goals and be happy, the weight will come off. Best of luck!

Answer 3

Get some willpower! Stop blaming the fact you can't lose the weight or keep on a diet because of headaches or that you feel lazy. If you really wanted to lose the weight stop going around it and just be like if i want to be healthy i can't eat junk food. Its your responsibility no one else. Because you may not want to "give up" but you haven't really started. You can't go into this things with a negative feeling. Don't expect results right away, no matter what a commercial says losing weight the right way so that it stays off takes time.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Have you had your thyroid checked out? It requires a blood test to see what your thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level is. That might be part of the problem.

If your thyroid is normal, I don't know what could cause the headaches and lethargy.

Another question--Are you taking steroids? If you are, those can make it difficult for you to lose weight.

Do keep striving to lose weight. Obesity leads to type 2 diabetes, which is something you _don't_ want to get. I have known people who, five years after they were diagnosed with that, were on renal dialysis, had had heart attacks, and were blind.

The only way to lose weight and keep it off is to expend more energy (calories) than you take in. Luckily, the more you exercise, the more you can safely eat, because you are burning the calories.

Don't skip meals. When you do that, the brain takes nutrients from your muscles before it takes them from fat, and you lose muscle mass. Try eating several small meals throughout the day. Avoid eating at restaurants, because they always serve you way more than you need.

Good luck! :)

Answer 5

I was in the same boat as you, I graduated high school at 5'9" 260 pounds, and about two years later I was at 5'9" 165 pounds. I started out by exercising moderately, about 4 days a week for 30-45 minutes. I rode a stationary bike at the beginning because running was hard for me. I soon changed up what I ate, the easiest weight I ever dropped was giving up soda, lost 25 pounds within two months. No more fast food, no more junk food, you kinda get disgusted once you read about what you're putting into your body. Then in order to get an extra boost I started using fat loss supplements. I used Nutrex Lipo6, Muscletech Hydroxycut Hardcore, and Nutrex Ripped System, all worked great, I liked the Nutrex the best because it had a pill for night time fat burning. So that's what I did and I've been able to keep it up for almost two years now. If you want info on good diet plans and exercise workouts checkout bodybuilding.com, they have tons of great stuff, good luck to you.

Answer 6

I'm sorry to hear about this. You know what worked for me?
Weight Watchers. It's a great diet plan and you can eat everything as long as you keep track of your intake.
The reason that you get a headaches is because you are eating less and your body isn't use to that.
At first you feel like you are starving but you will get use to it.
Also switch to low or non fat foods,but don't overeat them because the amount still equals to the regular foods.

Good Luck and let me know
Don't forget to work out.

Answer 7

start exercising slowly. Walk a mile. Next day walk a mile and get some small dumbbells to build a lil muscle. Next day walk/jog. etc... just start small. If you start off with alot of exercise and dieting all at once, you crash. You feel lazy because your body is in recovery, not becasue you are necessarily lazy. Make sure that by the end of the day you have done something that could be construed as healthy, and just keep building up until you can handle a serious diet and an hour of hard exercise "don't give up, don't ever give up" J. Valvano

Answer 8

1. Never "diet." You need to change the way you eat and excercise permanently, otherwise the weight will come back.
2. You're right, you can get addicted to fast food (Did you see the movie Supersize me?), but if you are patient you will stop craving it.
3. How much time have you given it? A real change can take a while to be noticed. Also, muscle weighs more than fat, so that could be why you haven't noticed a change.
Good luck! I know it's hard (personal experience), but be patient!

Answer 9

I will try to keep it simple. Your metabolism is basically the rate at which your body burns calories to create energy. So the faster your metabolism, the faster you burn calories and the easier it is to lose unwanted weight. To boost your metabolism naturally you just need to eat the right foods.

You can sit down and literally eat a 1,000-calorie dinner and yet be absolutely starving just a few hours later and the reason is simple: Because your body didnt get what it needed in those 1,000 calories so it sends signals to your brain telling you to ingest more calories and thus, the late-night cravings. That means that the surest way to end those late-night cravings and keep your weight loss goals on track is to eat a more balanced, nutritious diet that actually gives your body what it needs.

It's VERY EASY to lose weight if you eat the right foods. Check out Dr. Charles Livingston's video here: http://www.sexyjese.com - it will blow your mind.

Answer 10

You're asking to do the impossible. Which is remove fat from one area only. Your body don't care if you want to lose fat from your stomach only. Your body will remove fat from all over your body however your genetics see fit. Some people lose fat off their stomach first, some people lose fat off their stomach last. Another virtually impossible thing you want to do is lose fat through exercise. Very difficult and time consuming to do. It is always easier and faster to drop fat by our diet. This ab workout DVD you have will BUILD THE MUSCLE THAT IS UNDER NEATH THE FAT on your stomach. But those ab muscles will never show until the fat is dieted off. Or, if you have a lot longer time schedule, exercised off. For instance, if I have fat arms, and I flex my muscle 1 million times per day, after 6 months guess what? I will still have fat arms. Don't be afraid of eating in a manner that will promote fat loss. THAT is not the same thing as 99% of he diets I see here on Y!A and in real life. THOSE diets suck. Period. It's no wonder people have such a hard time losing fat. Check out this forum. Your question will soon be on page 6. Why? because no one knows how to diet correctly and therefore they're on here asking questions. Now I'm ranting lol sorry anywho, good luck! And if you want a good diet to get that fat off your stomach, feel free to ask