how have you lost weight?

[barbie.doll]

- drink lots of water.

- cut out breads, rices, pastas, sugars, processed foods.

- eat lean and green (lots of green veggies and lean protein.)

- do some cardio (about 3x a week for your first time, starting with about 10 mins. then climbing up higher as you become more resistant. Then up it to 4-5 times a week, and give yourself a break on the weekends or something.)

- be slow and steady. don't push yourself too hard.

- believe that you can do it.

 

[.k.]

Fortunately ive always maintained a slim figure, but i did notice than when i started college i would constantly eat out for lunch and my heaviest weight was about 128. Im 5'5 so thats pretty good but the weight was going towards my tummy so all I did was tweak my diet and stopped eating out and stopped having late night dinners. I went down to 120 but sometimes my weight fluctuates but I stay in the 118-122 range.

I never drink soda
Drink lots of water
Constantly eat little snacks throughout the day like grapes, crackers, yogurt
Eat till im 80% full
Try to lay off the fast food
And for some reason I dont like to eat a whole meal after 8pm, ill just have a small snack

 

[Efionawade]

The biggest thing for me, was learning to love myself as I was! I realized that if I didn't love myself at 5'7.5" 162lbs, I couldn't love myself at my goal weight or even if I lost any weight at all.

As soon as I started to just love the way I looked, I started swimming. I found a bathingsuit that I feel great in, and now I swim 2-4 times per week. I go, splash around with my boyfriend, have a -lot-of fun, and we will race and do lengths and make it a lot of fun! I still get a good work out, but it is also an awesome time.

I incorporated cardio into my routine with swimming and started doing a little bit of cardio before swimming. Even just 10-15 minutes of elliptical or on a bike got me revved up and ready to swim.

I started CRAVING the work out! I needed to burn the energy I was storing. RIGHT NOW I wish I was swimming! I think I'm going to go do some sit ups!

And as for food, not as much changed as I thought was needed!

I cut out a lot of junk, things like candy and chocolate, I just eat less of it. Moderation, for sure. I wont sit down and eat 2 Cadbury Cream Eggs, now I'll have half and save half for another day!

I don't even count my calories anymore because I feel like I don't need to!

Noticing changes started pushing me to work out harder!

Stretching is extremely important and I've been noticing my flexibility has been coming back!


I started last year at 145lbs, and I felt and looked great.
This was me, on New Years Eve 2008!
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...Picture211.jpg

Then, I had a series of very unfortunate events and I completely let go of myself. I had been doing Yoga and I lost all of my strength and couldn't continue. My left leg was fully parylised and I couldn't even walk, let alone excersize. Then I was diagnosed with MS and I got put onto a medication for a trial run that made me gain nearly 20lbs.

It took until now to get myself back on track and right now, I am sitting at 148lbs! I'm doing much better now.

When I was younger, when I was about 16/17, I suffered from an eating disorder. Realizing this now, made it hard for me to start losing weight in a healthy way without going back to my old ways. I'm feeling very proud now.

 

[milamonster]

Quote:

Originally Posted by aimerbijoux The funny thing for me is, I am losing weight IN college but when I visit home, I gain all of it back. grrr. I need to get serious though.

this is what happened to me. i walked everywhere at shcool and basically only ate chicken and fish and always ate veggies. i kept my food simple. and my school and town was very vegan and vegetarian oriented so ther was healthier foods. We didnt even have fast foods on cmapus and its a hassle to get to the ones off campus. I lost weight there and when i went home i always gained it back because i didn't exercise and we ate out alot...
when i went back to school in my senior year i lost the weight as expected. The wya i lost weight was by walking about at least 30 minutes a day to classes and back. I also danced with my friends alot. I would drin kmaybe once a week and maybe have 1 or 2 drinks, maybe a glass of wine. I could eat whatever I wanted and be cool. The problem came when i started partying more and gained some weight because of that! We;d go out Thrusday friday and saturday and drink . and i mean them sugary kinds of drinks...so i went up maybe a size form that. I made the mistake of not trying to get it off and so now when i graduatedi have gained much more wieght so for right now i am laying off sodas and juices...im goign to try to exercise 5 times a week or so... and try to eat a bit better. I will update on this...

 

[jinxkat]

I find it most helpful to get at least 30 minutes of exercise daily as well as cutting out carbs.

 

[Natashaaa]

well i will suggest you 2 things...

FIRST HEALTHY WAY
try doing the 2 week kellog's diet and Master Cleanse Diet both really work!!!

ALTERNATIVE UNHEALTHY WAY
i have fasted for almost 11 days and it did paid off but you have yo have strength and be careful after completing the fast...