LOL sounds like an advertisement, but it's not, promise!
I know a lot of us ladies struggle with weight, so I thought I might share what worked for me.
First, I wasn't morbidly obese. I was about 35 pounds overweight (of course, without a change, there's nowhere to go but UP from there). But I believe that the way I did things will work for people of any size.
Very basic idea-- If you consume less calories than you use (or burn) you will lose weight. I have found this to be true.
I found a free site called CalorieCount that became the backbone of my plan. There is a calculator on there that will tell how many calories you need to have every day in order to lose weight, according to height, weight, maybe age, sex. They stress that it is just as important to not eat below that number as it is to not eat way above it. (If you mistreat your body by not givng it enough nourishment, it will not cooperate with you!)I created a log there where I logged everything I ate. There is a database with all kinds of food and also a spot where you can add in manually. In this way, I had a running tally of how many calories I had consumed throughout the day. In the same area, there is a tally of how many calories you burn throughout the day. There is a standard amount based on individual stats and activity level. I chose sedentary and just logged in my exercise. Lots and lots of recipies there, a supportive forum. (Again it looks like I am making an ad, but it is a free site, it just worked really well for me.)
I hate to exercise. But I found that I could jump rope and burn way more calories in much less time than, for instance, walking. Though I do enjoy walking the dog. Even though I hate exercise, I made myself jump rope for at least 10 minutes a day.
This is the big thing-- I wasn't on a "diet". No temporary thing. I was not torturing myself and doing this awful thing that I dreaded so that I could lose weight-- I was learning how to become a person who doesn't overeat, a person who chooses nourishing, yummy, low-cal foods. No "I'm on a diet", just "this is the way I eat now." I was breaking my habit of stuffing myself silly, and instead just eating until I was no longer hungry, I was finding new foods to love and enjoy, and I was not hungry, nor deprived. I still ate out but I made better choices.
I started in May, and by December or January I had reached my goal of 35 pounds. Today, I eat very similarly to the way I did when I was working on weight loss. I don't count calories, but I know that if I choose to eat a cheeseburger and fries, I should make sure that any other food I eat that day is low in calories. More often, i'd just go for fruit or broccoli instead of the fries. I don't still exercise daily past just the normal exercise you get from life and walking the dog, because I hate exercising. But I need to-- I am sure my muscles would appreciate it. i guess I jump rope once a week, most weeks.
This got longer than I intended. There were so many little things that helped along the way that I want to share, but I will save it for after somebody else has had a chance to talk!
I know a lot of us ladies struggle with weight, so I thought I might share what worked for me.
First, I wasn't morbidly obese. I was about 35 pounds overweight (of course, without a change, there's nowhere to go but UP from there). But I believe that the way I did things will work for people of any size.
Very basic idea-- If you consume less calories than you use (or burn) you will lose weight. I have found this to be true.
I found a free site called CalorieCount that became the backbone of my plan. There is a calculator on there that will tell how many calories you need to have every day in order to lose weight, according to height, weight, maybe age, sex. They stress that it is just as important to not eat below that number as it is to not eat way above it. (If you mistreat your body by not givng it enough nourishment, it will not cooperate with you!)I created a log there where I logged everything I ate. There is a database with all kinds of food and also a spot where you can add in manually. In this way, I had a running tally of how many calories I had consumed throughout the day. In the same area, there is a tally of how many calories you burn throughout the day. There is a standard amount based on individual stats and activity level. I chose sedentary and just logged in my exercise. Lots and lots of recipies there, a supportive forum. (Again it looks like I am making an ad, but it is a free site, it just worked really well for me.)
I hate to exercise. But I found that I could jump rope and burn way more calories in much less time than, for instance, walking. Though I do enjoy walking the dog. Even though I hate exercise, I made myself jump rope for at least 10 minutes a day.
This is the big thing-- I wasn't on a "diet". No temporary thing. I was not torturing myself and doing this awful thing that I dreaded so that I could lose weight-- I was learning how to become a person who doesn't overeat, a person who chooses nourishing, yummy, low-cal foods. No "I'm on a diet", just "this is the way I eat now." I was breaking my habit of stuffing myself silly, and instead just eating until I was no longer hungry, I was finding new foods to love and enjoy, and I was not hungry, nor deprived. I still ate out but I made better choices.
I started in May, and by December or January I had reached my goal of 35 pounds. Today, I eat very similarly to the way I did when I was working on weight loss. I don't count calories, but I know that if I choose to eat a cheeseburger and fries, I should make sure that any other food I eat that day is low in calories. More often, i'd just go for fruit or broccoli instead of the fries. I don't still exercise daily past just the normal exercise you get from life and walking the dog, because I hate exercising. But I need to-- I am sure my muscles would appreciate it. i guess I jump rope once a week, most weeks.
This got longer than I intended. There were so many little things that helped along the way that I want to share, but I will save it for after somebody else has had a chance to talk!
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