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Don't bother with pills, detoxing, or measure how much water you drink. Drink water when your trusty don't drink sugary drinks. It really comes down to eating less doing more. All you need to do is eat low gycemic food and exercise everyday even if you only do 30 minutes on a treadmill. I have been obese for 20 years and I once lost 50lbs but gained it back because I went back to the old ways of eating junk food high gycemic food this was in 2001. I was recenlty diagnosed pre-diabetic. I started my plan to dump the weight on my B-day 5/30. Now I'm down from 220 to 208 in just 30 days on my new plan to do it again. What you want are carbs that burn slower not fast burning at least limit that. Eat Fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins. Example is fish and chicken meat is okay but I would limit that to once in awhile. Once you dump the yo yo effect of fast burning carbs you won't feel such a hunger when your body hits the time of the day it's used to getting fast burning carbs. The reason is your body is used to pumping a lot of insulin to counter the high carb meals when you don't feed it the hunger pain is worse then anything. Then you eat a lot of high carb food and feel lousy afterwards as it burns off really fast. Once you break your body of this cycle and move to a slow burning carb and higher protein food you won't feel so hungry. My first goal is to get to 200 lbs which is where I was 7 years ago. Once I hit 200 which is just about 6 lbs away I will set a goal of 180lbs. Break up your goals to something you can do. Set a bottom line which you won't compromise on. I have to go to the gym at least 4-5 days a week, or I won't ever eat this type of food. Good luck and don't give up once you see the first 15 lbs melt off you won't look back. Once I got into the gym 5-6 days a week the lb's melted off fast. I alternate cardo, and then the next day weight training. I do lower body then upper body alternating days. I lift light weights higher repetitions usually 3-4 sets of 20 or until my feel the burn getting too much don't forget to stretch out. My first 2 weeks in the gym I felt like I was going to pass out after got out of there but that has passed now I feel great. I feel so much better My BP has dropped from 180/85 to 172/70 in just 1 month. My personal opinion is you really have to exercise almost every day maybe 5-6 days a week I don't think 3 days a week is enough.
Thanks for all your advises so far. I think I am down 4 lbs now. Overall, how long does it take for me to look slighly difference? I know that I really overweight so it takes awhile for people to notice. Would the first 15 lbs make me go shopping for new clothes? I am setting mini goals in 10-15 lb increments. So 6-11 more pounds before I reach my first goal.
I dunno, I don't really like the idea of a diet that makes you feel sick until you get used to it. I tried the Atkins diet for 24 hours once. At the end of that most miserable time, I was perched on a stool in front of my stovetop, gnawing on a baguette and waiting for my pot of broccoli to cook.
Check out the MyFitnessPal app. People I know have had great success with it, and I have just started using it.
Don't drink just water - SIP tea (I usually have no less than 5 varieties in my cupboard) and water flavored with lemon/lime/mint/cucumber/basil/etc. Mess around with it and find combos that you like.
Veggies and lean meats done on the grill are a really tasty and healthy meal.
Take up meditation. It helps with controlling food-related urges.
Get enough sleep. Hard with kids in that age group, but seriously, it makes a big difference.
Thanks for all your advises so far. I think I am down 4 lbs now. Overall, how long does it take for me to look slighly difference? I know that I really overweight so it takes awhile for people to notice. Would the first 15 lbs make me go shopping for new clothes? I am setting mini goals in 10-15 lb increments. So 6-11 more pounds before I reach my first goal.
I wasn't even trying to lose a ton of weight and I didn't really notice until I lost 15-20 pounds. But once I hit that mark, it started to become very evident, even though I only had another 15-20 to go.
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