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I lost 150 pounds twelve years ago and have kept it off. I lost it through portion control, watching the fat percentage in the foods I ate, and consistent exercise.
There isn't any magic bullet, although we all wish there were. I'd suggest that you start with one area of your eating, and work on that first. Perhaps snacking is a problem for you. Plan your snacks for the day, and stick with it. When you've got that under control, move on to the next area.
If you are able to move easily, then just walking will get you up and going. I started out not being able to walk next door without getting winded, but can now easily walk/jog 3 miles.
One day at a time is the key.
Hello, William!
Like you, I am at the beginning of my journey, and I need to lose about 100 lbs. Got the OK from my doc first. I knew that I would not be able to stay on a very restrictive diet, so I'm counting calories, walking and doing yoga a couple of times a week. I started at 230, and used www.calorie-count.com to figure out a daily calorie total. I decided to eat 1800 calories per day (alot, really) and not to restrict what I eat. Once you do this for a few days, you start to notice where you are spending all of your calories, and it makes it easier to say "no" to something really caloric. I also have some "standard substitutions" that have saved me lots of calories--for example, yesterday at the Diary Queen I had a fudge bar (50 calories!) instead of a Buster Bar (500 calories!) Once I get down to 175, I plan to switch to 1600 calories per day, which I hope will get me the rest of the way there. My excercise is pretty minimal, in my opinion--I walk on the track at a school near my house--when I started I could only walk 1/4 mile, but I'm now up to 1 mile a few times a week. I have lost 15 pounds so far, and I've only been doing this for 3 weeks! Hope some of this helped. Lisa McCann, Ft. Collins, CO
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All of the answers above are fantastic! Losing a few pounds vs. several hundred are two very different things. The keyword here is discipline! No pain, no gain...or in this case, loss. All joking aside, the very first thing I would recommend you do is talk to an expert on your particular condition. If you haven't heard of it, there's an incredible service online called LivePerson.
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I dont know what your movement ability is but even setting small tasks of sweeping, cleaning out cupboards, stretching, gardening any type of movement even for ten min periods will get you going,
then when hungry dont focus on eating less, eat as much salad/veg (half a large plate), as you want to start, with of course lean meat/fish (quater plate), potatoe/rice/pasta quater plate,
for brekky focus on high fibre cereals with fruit,
lunch, make it an open sandwich and pile it high with salad and a handfull of lean meat/fish small grating of cheese if you need it, it takes bout 3 weeks for your taste buds to start liking healthy foods.
when you have got through the first 3 weeks, you may find that you have lost weight without thinking, or that you are craving that salad a bit more, its all bout taking the focus off dieting (it is a dirty word lol) and making small life changes :-) hope this helps to get you started. Karen
One day at time is the key. I didn't have hundreds to lose, just one hundred but I did it. Find a diet that works for you and enjoy following and start walking or whatever other exercises you might be phyically able to do.
I'm a big fan of low carb myself, but I'm a bigger fan of finding a diet that you can stick to and begin a "lifestyle change" rather than a fad. You can follow my weight loss journey on my other blog under the "one pound weight loss" catergory. My journey starts las May when I began to write it until now where I have reached my initial goal of 90 lbs. of weight loss. I have eliminated all my medications for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and type II diabetes. You can do it to and as Dr. Vic points out, just take it one day and one pound at a time and you will get there sooner that you think!
I was a very overweight fat guy just "One Pound Ago"!
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Posted by William G.
Would love to hear your stories of how you managed to lose that much weight. With so many pounds to lose, I'm overwhelmed. Where do I start? How do I stay motivated? What should I avoid doing? Does it get easier?