from 2012-2013 i lost 50 pounds. Since then i have gone up and down but currently i am still the same as i was in february. I need some help to get kick started again on my weight loss. my goal is to lose 10 pounds, and then to try and lost 10 more ultimately. I feel lack of motivation in my exercising and dieting.
How to Lose Weight Safely as a Diabetic
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How to motivate yourself to lose weight. 1. Announce it to a bunch of people. Tell your family and friends that you are going to lose N pounds a month. It helps, because, others will expect you to change and will ask you about your progress. 2. Make a bet. Either with another friend, who is trying to lose weight, or with someone who does not. You will feel like winning, and winning that (maybe not that large) sum of money. 3. Buy a cute outfit, the size you want to become, and try it on every evening. 4. You will need to exercise to lose weight, so find an activity that you really enjoy. 5. Combine your goals. Say, you joined a gym, or started using a swimming pool, or joined a badminton club - use the occasion to meet people of opposite gender and socialize. This way, exercise will be more enjoyable. 6. Keep a track of your progress. Photograph yourself once a week, weight yourself, put the data down and make it your weekly ritual. Seeing progress really helps. 7. Put photos of athletic looking men or women on your fridge. Every time you open the door, you will look at them, and want to be like them, that will help with binging. 8. Find same-minded people. Join a club, or find a group of people who are trying to lose weight, to mutually support each other. It will boost your social life, too. 9. Often, people eat because they are bored. Evaluate your life and try to find ways to make it more interesting (evening classes, going outs, volunteering, a new hobby). This will keep you busy and keep your mind off eating. 10. Spend more time with your dog or get one from a shelter. You will do a good deed, plus will keep active and occupied, walking it out. Meet other dog lovers in your area, to make it more sociable.Other Answers:
- For weight loss, dieting is more effective than exercise. Reducing your intake of junk sugar will help as in items 22 and 106 in http://www.rheumatic.org/sugar.htm The natural sugars in fruits are OK as they are metabolised to glucose slowly due to their high fiber content. Fruits are low in calories and are not fattening. Most fruits are metabolism boosting foods and most vegetables as well and that helps for weight loss.
- Don't even keep hi calorie food in the house. Here's a good low-carb food/exercise plan:Breakfast: Cook 9-grain cereal (from health food store) in water with rolled oats and wheat bran. Make a pot of it on weekends and nuke 1/2 cup each morning. Then stir in low fat milk or yogurt, banana, walnuts and berries. Drink hot Ovaltine. Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day to raise blood sugar level which falls during the night.Lunch: Egg, tuna or turkey ½ sandwich on multi-grain (not just whole wheat) bread with bean or alfalfa sprouts, yogurt, fresh fruit. If you had meat loaf for dinner, bring a meat loaf sandwich on whole grain bread (NO mayo). On cold days, a squatty thermos of hot chili, split peas with ham, or beef stew.Snacks: Fresh (not canned) fruit. Nothing ever from a vending machine. Fruit smoothies. Dinner: salad with white meat chicken and fresh (not canned) veggies: tomatoes, 2 kinds of lettuce, 2 kinds of shredded cabbage, shredded or sliced carrots, alfalfa or bean sprouts, zucchini, green or red peppers, hard boiled eggs, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, tofu, cottage cheese, spinach...Instead of dressing, squeeze 1/4 tomato over it. Or homemade bean/vegetable soups; great way to recycle leftovers.Or grilled fish with steamed veggies.Or omelet: In blender, whip together eggs, tofu, cottage cheese, onions, garlic powder. Cook with mushrooms, chopped tomatoes and green or red peppers. Avoid junk food, fast foods, pastries, desserts, anything with sugar (cancer cells feed on sugar), gluten, syrup (even canned fruit in syrup), peanut butter, fat/grease (pork, wieners, chops, bacon, salami, pizza, chips, fries), pasta, potatoes, ramen, popcorn, white bread, rice, canned veggies, ice cream (it's lard + chemicals), chips, tobacco, alcohol (kills brain cells) and coffee (carcinogenic). No oil except olive and mac nut. Sodas (loaded with toxins; leads to stroke, obesity, kidney damage, high BP and inhibits bone growth in kids. To keep your skin clear, drink water, tea, veggie juice, unsweetened fruit juice.Join a gym; they have all the equipment and staff to show you how to use it to get the look you want to achieve, but you have to ask them. Much cheaper than buying your own equipment. Go hiking, biking, jogging, bowling, swimming, rowing, jump rope, play tennis, badminton, volleyball, soccer, jumping jacks, lift weights, trampoline? To tone your tummy, do sit ups, push ups, pull ups, leg lifts, butt raises and crunches.For more energy, take Super B complex. Try appetite suppressants.
