Q&A: what are some good tips for losing weight?
January 31, 2011 Categories: Question Answer
Question by zelda is a fan of adam lambert: what are some good tips for losing weight?
at 13 years old, 5’4″ and 195 pounds, I guess I have a lot of weight to lose. I would like to lose around 40 pounds, for now. What are some tips that will help me achieve this goal? Also, whenever i’ve tried to lose weight in the past, I always get discouraged and give up. How can I refrain this?
Best answer:
Answer by Dan
Here are a few tips;
WHEN to take for losing weight…
• Eat (at least) three times a day.
Because when you take only once a day, your metabolism gets slower than it already is! That’s the main reason. Sounds funny, but to lose weight… you must take (the right things, of course)
• Eat low-fat, high-fiber foods such as salads and vegetable pastas.
• Your last meal should be before 18:00. Try.
OK, one apple after 18:00
• Don’t starve
Starvation is not good for losing weight, nor your health.
Starvation is the worse thing you can do in a weight loss diet.
• Try meal instead of cornflakes for breakfast–eating meal can help reduce cholesterol levels, and its high fiber content will keep you full longer.
WHAT to drink for losing weight…
• Drink 6-8 glasses of water each day !
Can be tap, plain, mineral, sparkling. I just love mineral sparkling water!
This improves your bowel, reduces the “hunger” sensation, and hydrates your skin. Your skin will look much superior after the first weeks!
Don’t believe the slogan “water makes me fat”. Beside being stupid… you might get into serious troubles with your kidneys.
• Drink ONLY natural juices, freshly squized!
Don’t drink Coca Cola, Pepsi, Spite etc. during the diet. Even lite or light versions.
I thought this was not doable for me to achieve. Now… I don’t even LIKE them anymore!
Nothing compares to the the smell of a fresh natural fruit juice! Not talking about health…
• Avoid those vending machines by carrying around your own healthful foods and leaving pocket change at home.
exercise for losing weight…
• If you want quicker results – exercise would be good.
But remember, you’re not going to attend the Olympic Games!
• Don’t just sit in front of the television and take peanuts…
I guarantee THIS won’t work for your weight loss…
• Begin a regular exercise program and stick with it. Don’t be afraid of those sweat suits and Lycra pants!
• Begin swimming. Swimming is an excellent exercise to get involved with, since it increases blood flow and uses muscles we don’t regularly use. Begin a swimming program and try to do it 3 times a week. You will feel excellent and rejuvenated.
• Select an exercise program that you enjoy, and don’t shun the unconventional. For instance, did you know that regular vigorous diversion is exercise too?
• Also Cardiovascular exercises such as running, jogging, or aerobics will help you lose that unwanted belly fat. Weight training can also help you lose body fat because the more muscle mass you have, the more capability your system has to burn body fat.
Good luck!
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eat less, exercise, and try losing weight with a friend or family member…
Probably the reason you get discouraged is because you deprive yourself too much and get frustrated and give up. This time do something different. Don’t go on a “formal” diet. Just make some small changes that will add up to big rewards over time:
1) Weigh yourself once a week, at approx. the same time, wearing approx. the same thing.
Be more active. Ride your bike, take a walk, put on some good tunes and dance, jump rope, etc. Try to do something that leaves you huffing and puffing for 30 minutes each day.
2) Try to make the healthiest choices possible when choosing food. For example, choose brown rice over white rice. Choose whole-grained bread over white bread, etc.
3) Eat half of your normal portion at each meal.
4) Never skip breakfast as it wakes up your metabolism and gets it working for the day.
5) Only allow yourself one sweet on Saturday and one on Sunday (unless it’s a special occasion like a birthday).
6) Drink mostly water and plenty of it. Save sweet drinks for special occasions. Limit soda-even diet. Skim milk is excellent!
7) Try to hit all the major food groups when choosing your food: lean protein, veggies, fruits, whole-grains, low-fat dairy.
If you do these things, you won’t feel so deprived; you won’t be on a diet and therefore will break your diet; and you’ll lose weight and keep it off without ruining your metabolism!
Good luck!
I’m not an expert on losing weight, but this is how I control my personal weight:
Before I eat something, I think, should I really eat this? For example a piece of cake. In order to discourage myself from eating it, I’ll think about the amount of calories there are in it, think of how much exercise will be wasted if i eat it, etc. Remember, most cravings last less than 15 minutes. If after 15 minutes you still crave something, have a little bit of it. It won’t kill you, but you need to be smart about how much you eat. Another small tip… If you drink soda or a lot of juice, cut back. Diet soda is okay, and you need to get in a habit of drinking water. It helps a lot.
Diet alone won’t help much. I suggest sports or jogging for exercise. Sports are good because it combines exercising and having fun. Pick something you like… maybe basket ball or soccer… find some friends with a similar interest and do it regularly. I prefer running though. It gives you a vigorous workout and you don’t have to do it for very long. I can run for 10 minutes a day and be done with my workout. That’s why I like it because I like as much free time in my day as I can get. Try to jog a half mile, and if you can do that, try 3/4 mile, then 1 mile. if your school has a track, a half mile is 2 laps, 3/4 is 3, and 1 mile is 4.
Last, I suggest you record your progress. this will help you keep determined. Time how long your mile takes. If you keep running, it will improve rather quickly. Mine improved 1:30 over the course of about 2 weeks. This is important because when you see this number improving, you will be assured that your work is paying off. Weight is not a number you want to look at immediately, because weight doesn’t improve as quickly as this. Trust me, if you can get your mile time to improve, the weight loss will follow.
i got these from yahoo health
1. Always eat dessert. Yes, always. “A small amount can signal that the meal is over,” says Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan. She ends her meals with a piece of quality chocolate and she’s a doctor.
2. Get help from a paper napkin. You can use it to blot a teaspoon of fat off a pizza slice. That may not sound like a lot, but multiply it by a slice a week, and that’s more than a whole cup of fat you won’t eat or wear this year.
3. Take the beltway. When junk food beckons, tighten your belt a notch. Not so you can’t breathe, but so you have a gentle reminder of the size you’d like to be. “The scale isn’t the only measure of weight,” says Roberta Anding, R.D., a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.
4. Go public. Enlist the help of friends, family, and coworkers and know they’re watching. “The power of embarrassment is greater than willpower,” says Stephen Gullo, Ph.D., author of The Thin Commandments.
5. Milk it for all it’s worth. Consuming 1,800 milligrams of calcium a day could block the absorption of about 80 calories, according to a recent University of Tennessee study. Jump-start your calcium intake by filling your coffee mug with skim or 1 percent milk, drinking it down to the level you want in your coffee, then pouring in your caffeine fix. That’s 300 mg down, 1,500 to go.
6. Scrape by. Always order your bagel or burger with a plastic knife. Use it to scrape off the excess cream cheese and mayo. You could shave off as many as half the calories.
7. Spice things up. Capsaicin, the substance that puts the hot in hot pepper, temporarily boosts your metabolism. Just make sure you’re drinking a yogurt lassi with that searing-hot chicken vindaloo. Dairy blocks capsaicin’s sweat-inducing signals better than water.
8. Case the organic section. That’s where you’re likely to find bread and cereal with fiber counts that put the conventional choices to shame. Thought you were doing well with your 3-grams-per-serving Cheerios? Nature’s Path Slim blows it away with 10 g. (And it really doesn’t taste like a shredded shoebox.)
9. Increase your a-peel. Speaking of fiber, a lot of it’s in the peel, whether it’s potatoes, apples, or pears. Even oranges don’t eat the whole peel, but keep the pith, that white stringy stuff; it’s packed with flavonoids. More nutrients, more fiber, less labor. It’s a win-win-win.
10. Spend lavishly on precut vegetables at the supermarket. Sure, they cost more, but you’re more likely to eat them. “Make low-energy snacks as easy as possible,” Dr. Rolls says. “Keep vegetables as near to hand as you can. Make it so you have no excuse.”
11. Upgrade your restaurant selection. Pick a place where you’ll actually want to linger. “When the meals are not hurried, the presentation is beautiful and the portions are reasonable so you can regulate your attitude,” Anding says. That means your body not the empty plate will tell you when to stop.
12. Eat a snack at 3 p.m., no matter what. “Have a 150-calorie snack [now], and it can save you 400 calories later,” Anding says. An ounce of nuts or two sticks of string cheese weigh in at about 170 calories.
13. Drink with your dominant hand. If you’re circulating at a party, Dr. Rolls suggests keeping your glass in the hand you eat with. If you’re drinking with it, you can’t eat with it, can you?
14. Plate it. Whatever it is, don’t eat it out of the container and don’t bring the container to the couch. “Part of satiety is visual,” Anding says. “Your brain actually has to see the food on the plate, and when you reach into the jar, or the box, or the bag, you don’t see it.” If it’s worth eating, put it on a plate. Eat what’s there, then stop.
15. Send back the bread. All it takes is a wave of the hand, a smile, and a “No, thank you.”
16. Start with salad. It’s the holy grail of dieting eat less by eating more. Dr. Rolls’s research has found that eating a salad as a first course decreased total lunch calories by 12 percent. Avoid the croutons and creamy dressings, which have the opposite effect.
17. Go out for ice cream. Or an eclair. Or even guacamole and chips. Just go out. Don’t keep your danger foods in the house. You can’t eat half of a carton of ice cream that’s not there in the first place.
18. Give yourself a hand. Find a way other than food to work off your nervous energy. “It’s behavior modification,” Anding says. “Instead of grabbing a bag of chips, you pick up your knitting. Art works, woodworking works anything that occupies your hands.”
19. Wait a minute. Well, 10 minutes. When your mind strays from your desk to the vending machine, it could be hunger or it could be boredom or irritation with your boss. If you’re still thinking about snacking 10 minutes later, then you’re probably hungry. Think of it as a chance to have one of the nine servings of fruits and vegetables you need each day.
20. Go wild once in a while. D