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Yes, weight loss takes a while. You said you were exercising and you changed your diet -- there%26#039;s a good chance that you lost fat but gained muscle at the same time, and that%26#039;s why you haven%26#039;t seen any change on the scale. That%26#039;s very common for people who are starting a new diet and fitness regimen. But hey, since you asked for advice, tips, or suggestions, here are a few tips:1. You MUST exercise if you want to lose weight and keep it off, so do something every day, even if it%26#039;s just a 15-minute walk around the neighborhood. Don%26#039;t say you don%26#039;t have time for exercise; you have to MAKE time. Yes, it takes time and effort, but you%26#039;re worth it, right?
2. Walk as much as you want, but don%26#039;t do cardio for more than 40 minutes at a time. If you do, you risk burning muscle instead of fat.
3. If you do strength training, use light weights and do lots of repetitions. That%26#039;ll really help you %26quot;tone up.%26quot;
4. Your diet will make you or break you. You have probably learned bad eating habits over time (most people do). That%26#039;s not your fault, but now you have to deal with it. Make a commitment to yourself to unlearn those bad habits and re-learn better habits.
5. Eat breakfast every day within an hour of getting up. People who don%26#039;t are 450% more likely to be overweight.
6. Eat six small meals or snacks per day instead of three squares per day or one big meal per day. Your body expends energy digesting your food, so eating smaller portions more often keeps your metabolism running high because you%26#039;re constantly digesting food.
7. Avoid these as much as possible:
-- Trans fat (any type of partially or fully hydrogenated oil)
-- High fructose corn syrup (soft drinks are LOADED with it)
-- Fast food
-- Junk food
-- White sugar, white flour, white rice, white potatoes
-- The deadly C%26#039;s (cookies, cakes, candy, chips, cola)
8. Build your diet around these trim-body-friendly foods:
-- Nuts, any kind (almonds are best)
-- Beans/Legumes
-- Fresh vegetables (green is GREAT!!!)
-- Dairy products (as long as they%26#039;re low-fat or non-fat)
-- Eggs
-- Lean meats (fish and poultry top the list)
-- Olive oil
-- Whole grain breads/cereals/pasta
-- Fresh fruits (anything that ends in %26quot;berry%26quot; is a winner)
-- Tea (green tea or black pekoe tea)
-- Cold water or ice water (your body has to expend extra calories to heat it up)
9. Desserts and treats are the exception, not the rule. Having said that, however, (1) you can have a couple of pieces of chocolate every day - just don%26#039;t overdo, and (2) Allow yourself one %26quot;cheat meal%26quot; every week where you eat and drink whatever you want as long as you don%26#039;t gorge yourself. That%26#039;ll help keep you from feeling deprived and it%26#039;ll make it easier to stick with your new healthy eating plan.
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Hello,
Weightloss does take awhile so please do not give up,
I found a site that has really helped me lose weight and understand what I need to do to keep the weight off. Dietbug is the name of the site if you want to check it out. Or if you have what did you think. I like it becasue it is free. They truely wnat to help everyone reach their goals.
Continue to eat healthy and exercise and I%26#039;m sure you will reach your goal.
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i work in surgery and back in april i took a contract at a hospital. my weight when i started was 270. 270 is pretty heavy but im 6ft 1 so i didnt look like your typical 300 pounder. i worked there for a couple of weeks and i didnt fit in well with the staff. i noticed there were a select few that didnt like me, and they were talking bad about me behind my back. they gave people nicknames, and they thought it would be appropriate to give me the nickname %26quot;doughboy%26quot; i didnt care for the name. i had later found out that the nursing director had underwent gastric bypass, and only lost 100lbs in a whole year!!!!.........thats just sad. he was one of the people i didnt get along with. there was an anesthesia nurse that had been dieting for about 6 months and he openly would tell people he lost 80 lbs. which isnt too bad. but one day he reprimanded me for something............that made me pretty much hate the guy. overall, the majority of the staff and i didnt get along for some reason.
you see, in surgery emotions and egos are blown way out of wack and there is way too much drama going on. doctors and nurse anesthetists pretty much think they are better than anyone they come in contact with.
anyways, i felt like i could stand to lose a couple of pounds. so i tried the atkins diet.
my first day i was ridiculed for even trying this diet, but ive seen this diet work for some so i stuck with it.
after a week had passed, 5 pounds came off!! people had their 2 cents, theyd say %26quot;haha no bread again huh?%26quot; theyd say %26quot;oh that cant be healthy, eatin%26#039; all that meat%26quot; at the end of this week, i got a gym membership.
week 2 i was at about 264lbs. on monday i started my exercise regimen. i started using the eliptical machine for an hour, and weight trained for an hour a day. i saw the anesthesia nurse at the gym from time to time. i also could feel my food cravings back off a little.
week 3 i weighed in at 261, not a huge loss but still progress. people still gave me their 2 cents about my diet, even the cafeteria lady started calling me the %26quot;meat guy%26quot;
she%26#039;d say %26quot;hey all this guy eats is meat...haha%26quot; it started to really piss me off. i decided to step it up a little in the gym this week. i wanted to drop at least 5 pounds. i rode the ski machine for 2 hours and did my regular weight training. that nurse saw me ride the machine for 2 hours, and said %26quot;hey you better take it easy%26quot; inside i was thinking %26quot;youd better shut the hell up%26quot; in spite of what he said i exercised 4 hours on saturday and sunday.
week 4 i weighed in at 252!! 9 pounds HAHA. some people started to notice i was losing but it was still hard to tell with my scrubs and all. this week i decided i was getting tired of peoples%26#039; comments about me being on the atkins diet. i decided to reduce my portion sizes and exercise more. i rode the ski machine along with my weight training for total of 4 hours monday thru saturday. i took sunday off. i ate only 3 cans of tuna and 1 cup of lettuce a day. the whole time im thinking ro myself %26quot;doughboy huh?%26quot; i was starting to make these people eat their words. i figured all this exercise, id lose another 10 lbs easily.
well i weighed in at 239. i lost 13lbs last week!! by now my boss and a lot of other people started to notice. i had to wear smaller scrubs now. people would ask me what i was doing to lose weight. one time the guy who had the bypass(my boss)was in the breakroom and he said %26quot;wow are you eating?.....howd you lose all that weight?%26quot;and i said %26quot; yeah im eating, but all you have to do to lose weight, is burn off more calories than you take in!!%26quot; i said it real sarcastic, haha. he walked off somewhere. i decided i wanted to lose so much weight so fast it would just be sickening. i kept with my diet and excercise regimen.
week 6 i lost another ten pounds!! by this time none of my clothes were fitting. at 229 i didnt look fat any more. haha, people were starting to talk alot less, 50lbs lost in just over a month, i wonder why. it was like 20 questions at lunchtime. i started to eat a little more since i figured 50lbs was a little extreme. so they all scrutinized my plate to see what was on it every day. it got pretty annoying so i started eating alone. one day someone decided to congradulate the anesthesia nurse on his progress in front of me, i just laughed and walked off.