Trying to lose weight?
I am. I want to lose 20 pounds before the end of March, which isn't bad (about 2 pounds per week). I've been trying to lose weight ever since I had my son four years ago but nothing ever seemed to work. I'm really not good at physical activity (except shopping), so I started looking into other ways to lose weight. Counting Calories seems to be working very good so far, along with 'light' exercise. I also found a few websites that are very helpful.
If anyone has any other advice on how to do this with the least amount of physical activity please let me know....please. As it stands now I may actually have to go to the gym a few times per week...
Fitday.com is a site that lets you count your calories, subtract your physical activity and figure out just how much weight your losing.
Slim-Fast.com allows you to create meal plans and get coupons for thier products (which don't taste too bad really).
Discovery/Health is having a fitness challenge and is allowing people to log in and get lots af great information, expert advice, meal plans and other great stuff. I beleive that at the end og the challenge there will be a winner.
Comments
There are tons of things that you could do to lose weight, but there's no easy answer if you want to eliminate exercise. I honestly think it's great that you've given yourself such a huge goal to achieve, and by the looks and sounds of things, you're well on your way.
Doing stuff you enjoy will obviously help (swimming) because you don't feel like it's work and there's a lot of enjoyment in it.
Finally controlling what you eat isn't easy, but if you can find out how to eat enough to keep you full without all the fat, then you're sure to succeed. (for instance a chicken breast with a potato instead of a burger & fries). I don't think that you should eliminate things altogether (although fanatics do), because then the deprivation causes psychological warfare and one day you'll snap out of a daze and be covered in chocolate chip cookies and wonder how you got there.
All in moderation, including exercise. You'll do great!
Posted by: Eclipse | January 15, 2004 04:14 PM
Don't get frustrated. It takes time and it never seems to show up right away. The weight will go away, but it's not dramatic. After weeks of looking in the mirror saying: "I'm just not losing enough, everything looks the same" - one day you will look and voila - it will hit you.
Then you go back to waiting for that moment.
Here's a good thing I heard. Take a shirt you are wearing right now, or pants, put it in a box and put that box away for 3-6 months. Don't touch it for that time. Then in 3-6 months take the box out, open it and try on the pants.
Then it will hit you.
Posted by: c.s. | January 17, 2004 12:25 AM
I have actually been suprised that pants that I couldn't where a couple of years ago fit me the other day. (I hadn't done laundry in awhile and so...) I've lost about 15 pounds in the last month or so, just by not eating so much candy and cutting down on the caffeine (soda). I figure that by March I could be down to a sensible weight and I would be happy once agian.
Posted by: Caffeine | January 17, 2004 08:42 AM
The important thing to remember is almost what Eclipse said, and probably what she meant to say: "All things in moderation, especially moderation." Making yourself unhappy to be happy is counterproductive. Find things that you like that are healthy, or you're wasting your time. Spending years of your life being miserable to add more miserable years to your live is stupid. But finding ways to be happy with who and what you are and complimenting that with ways that you can be happier while achieving your goals is the key. Oh, and my wife is hot.
Posted by: Jemal | January 17, 2004 09:25 AM
Actually I think this: "All things in moderation, especially moderation."
Was supposed to be: All things in moderation, especially your husband."
:D
Posted by: c.s. | January 19, 2004 02:17 PM
I'll let your wife know.
Posted by: Caffeine | January 19, 2004 03:19 PM