What Do You Think The Fastest Way To Lose Weight Is?
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It''s not a simple question of willpower because if you had the willpower you wouldn''t be over eating.
I am disabled and lead a sedentary life. Weight gain was a constant problem. I went on a diet using the Nutrisystem plan. The plan isn''t important, but what I learned from that diet is. I only need to eat enough to feel full and I was drinking enough diet soda that I was over eating and not losing any weight. But, if I only ate some of the food and then finished the diet soda I was full and I didn''t have to eat any more. Now, I am losing weight and eating healthier. I never thought I could lose the weight because of my health and lack of will power. The key I found is not only how much I ate, but what I ate. I drink two diet sodas at dinner to give me that full feeling so I don''t feel hungry for the rest of the night. I used to have a lot of junk food at night, my favorite was ice cream. I would have a bowl every single night. Now I eat less fattening food because I fill up on diet soda.
What you should take away here is that it is not so much how much you eat, but what you eat. A calorie is a calorie, but if you eat a salad instead of a big mac then you have eaten less calories. If you drink a diet soda you gain only a few calories, but if you drink a regular soda you have a lot more. Switch to diet drinks. Get larger drinks and finish them before eating fast food. Have your mother stock up on diet drinks so you can drink them and when you go out you are less hungry. This will let you get a handle on your diet. Once you do that you can follow the tons of good advice that is out there to lose weight. The problem is that you are hungry, you have cravings and the more you try to ignore them the worse it gets. So fill up on diet soda before going out to get your fast food fix. You will then eat less fast food. Make sure you eat slow enough so that you can have time to feel full without over eating. Move on from there by substituting good foods for your fast foods. You can start with salads and ask about low calorie choices and buy them instead.
You really should talk with your parents and be honest about your problem. They are going to be your best support network here. It is embarrassing and you don''t want to tell them, but if they love you they will only want to help you. They might yell a bit or complain, but in the end they will want to help you and will help you make better diet decisions. Like having celery to snack on before you go out and get fast food. Use alternate lower calories foods instead of the high calorie fast foods, and increasing the amount of exercise you do.
You really need to stop going out to fast food joints entirely, but start with things that you can handle. Take small steps. Start by eating low calorie food prior to going out to a junk food place, work on eating lower calorie food at the fast food joint and then work your way into a better diet program. Ask your parents for help. If you don''t then you are going to eventually have to explain where all the money goes and why you are gaining so much weight. Take the leap and tell your parents and ask them for help. They are going to be your first and best support system.
I eat diet food most of the time and I try to stick to lower calorie options when I eat fast food. Sure, I have set backs sometimes, we all do, but I have been losing weight because of my choices and I don''t feel hungry or feel like I am depriving myself. Coke Zero has helped me a whole lot. So have the Smart Ones and Lean Cuisine TV dinners. I eat a lot of those and try to avoid the fattening food.
I found I was eating past the point of being full. When I slowed down and filled up on diet soda first I started to lose the weight. I lost about 20 lbs in 6 months. Sure that is a slow rate, but it is not healthy to lose a lot and then bounce back and gain more. I have been steadily losing weight. I am not going to bounce back to a higher weight. I don''t deprive myself and I don''t starve myself, I don''t have to exercise a lot of willpower I just make the right choices.
- It''s mind over matter in this case. If you don''t take initiative and stop this unhealthy diet then you will only reap the consequences as you have been. there must be some healthy food that you like and can tolerate. Instead of going out to get fast food, go to the grocery store and stock up on a bunch of snack food that will not be as detrimental to your health.
I know you say it''s hard and you lack motivation but nobody on here will give you any better advice. There is no magical way out of this. You need to control your impulses or it is going to get much worse for you. Obesity is a serious matter. You can cause a lot of health problems for yourself in the future, even possibly the near future. Please try your hardest to take control of your diet. Do not let those fattening foods ruin your life. You are too young to this overweight. Only you can fix it so get to work on a better diet and try going for a jog now and then.
Maybe you should seek help from a councilor who will motivate you. - Yeah that''s a food addiction alright. Start your day with Oatmeal, it''s slow digesting and will keep away cravings. Then fill yourself up the rest of the day on healthy foods and water. Don''t have junk around, and get your parents to take over your finances until you are back in control of yourself. Try to get out of the setting in which you normally eat, or change it a great deal, the brain soon learns to associate a bad habit with a particular setting, so once back in that setting it expects the bad habit. Start walking everyday, at a comfortable pace and distance. Keep it very enjoyable for the next few months you just want to establish the habit. Avoid all junk food, it''s addictive, so even a little is bad. You are still young, plenty of time to turn things around. It might take awhile but just continue to work at improving your health, it will give you a better, happier life!
- What can anyone do if you wont stop, its like smoking you have to want to, think of how pretty you will be and all the lovely clothes you will be able to buy, stop buying take aways and eat lots of fruit and veg chicken and fish , jacket potatoes are very nice. over weight causes heart attacks and colon cancer, could you go to a diet clinic.?
- Drink ALOT of water! Try to slowly wean yourself off of fastfood, and look for healthy recipes online and learn to cook, and who knows? maybe you can find some really yummy recipes ... Also, try to get outside to walk or excersizes any time you can! And I recommend you tell your parents about this problem, when trying to lose weight it is great to have support, and I''m sure your parents will be willing to help you with this addiction... But as I said DRINK WATER!
Good luck!!
