Help with Weightloss

Hi C.,
I completely understand how you feel. I am the mother of three and will be thirty in July. I have never had a weight issue when I was younger, but now that the years and the pregnancies are catching up with me I do. I graduated with my bachelors about a month ago and decided to give myself a graduation present. I joined LA weightloss and have lost 14 pounds and 11 inches in four weeks. I eat alot of food, but the trick is to eat the right food. My only exercise is walking and household chores. The plan is extremely doable and the great thing is you eat food that you have in the house. I would be happy to share some of my plan secrets with you if you would like. You can do it. Good luck!
L.
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C., you have gotten a lot of great advice. I wanted to add my two cents. I tried the Eat Right 4 (for) Your Type by Dr. D'Adamo, www.dadamo.com. It is about eating foods based on your blood type, thus the four because there are four different blood types-A, AB, B and O. I ate all of the same food as I did before, pizza, lasagne, cereal, etc., they were just made from different ingredients. I lost 30lbs in 4 months, from a size 14 to 10. I did not use the scale daily to see how much weight I lost (other than my doctor appointmets from post baby to another check-up). Anyway, my clothes are what told me I was getting thinner. It isn't really a diet to lose weight per se, it is a change of eating diet. I wish you the best of luck in this endeavor, J.

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I stay at home too and I am going crazy trying to lose weight! Right now I am looking for a work out buddy. I am hoping that mutual support will help. None of my friends have the same schedule and that makes it hard to go it alone. I am interested in seeing what responses you get!

Are you located in El Paso? I joined EP Fitness, which has a daycare and you can work with a personal trainer. I like it. If you are military the initial joining fee is only $64 and then the monthly rate is $38. I also was taking Universal Fat Burners. I went from a 11/12 to 8/9.

C., I have had a personal trainer and learned alot from him. I was always just doing cardio but it wasn't until I started doing weights that I saw pounds drop. It is also important to change up your routine. Once your body gets used to what you are doing, it isn't effective anymore. Supplements actually do help. A litte bit, but anything counts. I eat this one fat burner I buy from Melaleuca, and I take fat burners from either Advocare or this ENC place by house. When you say dieting, are you sure it is effective dieting? Have a food diary? That is hard to keep up but it helps. But like I said, you need to change your routine. The more I ate, the more I lost. I used to skip breakfast but now I eat like 5 times a day,and I see my weight drop when I do that. Numbers do count. You can't lose a dress size with out losing numbers on the scale, so keep it up. You will see them go down. Everyone is different, I would work my butt off for a whole month and see nothing and then about the fourth week, I dropped numbers. It was encouraging. In 10 months I lost 36 pounds. That is not much for 10 months but I tell you what, those 36 pounds are not coming back on. Those were real pounds,not slim fast pounds.

Oh, one more thing, don't tire yourself out Find out your target heart rate and stay in that range. That is what burns fat, anything higher and you are burning muscle. Stay in that rate for at least 25 minutes and you will see results. I would tell you good luck, but luck isn't what is going to make you lost weight. Take care.

Hi C. -
Slimfast is pretty awful. Have you ever looked at the sugar content? It is loaded! Check out this website-- http://www.ultimatefatburner.com/reviews/slim-fast-diet.html
Eat breakfast - it is one of the most important meals of the day. Try grapefruit, 1 egg, toast, then alternate that some days with oatmeal (just plain oatmeal that you cook- don't buy those packets). Add blueberries, chopped walnuts, a little 1 or 2% milk and some sliced apples to your oatmeal. If you need a little sweatener, add just a tiny bit of brown sugar or honey. and then sometimes eat cereal - try grape-nuts or something else that has a sugar level of 5 or 6 g. or less. Put real blueberries or strawberries in there if you want to add a little natural sugar - blueberries are healthy with high antioxidant capacity, good for the brain, etc. , etc. Here's a site on benefits of fruit such as blueberries, etc.. http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/01/blue.berries.hel/ind...
Eat whole grain breads (not too much), lean meat , fish, fruit and steamed vegetables. Just eat healthy! Check the sugar & corn syrup levels in things (avoid high sugar/corn syrup things like the plague). Try the weight watchers diet or something that is healthy. Read the Sugar-Busters book to get some perspective on healthy eating and why sugar adds pounds and raises cholesterol. Excercise by finding a buddy to go walk in some of our parks or natural areas (Eisenhower, Friedrich park, Crownridge Canyon, etc.) - take the kids. Be a good role model and eat healthy and walk or hike or sometimes walk in your neighborhood. Regular exercise can get boring...so alternate it with this. Good luck with everything - I know it isn't easy!

I had great success with the 8 Minutes in the Morning by Jorge Cruise. Get the book and read it. He has a 28 day exercise plan and a "diet". But the diet is very reasonable and doable! The exercise is using light weights, only two exercises a day, and it only takes 8 minutes! I completely committed myself to it for 28 days and lost 20 pounds, and honestly I didn't think I had that much to lose, I was thinking maybe 10. The things I learned from that book about nutrition have stuck with me and now it is just how I eat. I did that 4 years ago, and since then have had 2 babies and I am back to where I was after I did that program. I totally believe in it, but like I said I COMPLETELY committed myself to it. It's tough, but you will feel so good when you accomplish that goal. Good luck C.! Let me know if you try it and like it/dislike it!

My husband has used this site: www.myfooddiary.com, and it has been wonderful and yielded GREAT results! Since Jan. 1st, he has lost around 70 lbs. He also walks our dog for about 40 mins. two times a day and gets 10,000 steps (minimum) a day.

He used to have a Slim Fast shake in the a.m., but now, he has breakfast bars (I can't recall what brand, sorry). He eats well (no fried foods), and he makes a weight goal. Once he reaches that goal, he treats himself with a nice dinner (steak or something he wants). :) He does allow himself sweets every so often, by keeping track of his calories, he "saves" those calories for special treats like cheesecake or ice cream.

I really loved Weight Watchers, and you can do it all online (meetings, tracking, etc.) I got to eat things I normally did but just watched my portion sizes. It was great!

Cutting your calories that low is not healthy. My suggestion is doing some weight training. Building muscle is a great way to boost your metabolism. Start with 2-5 lb. weights and use them for your upper body. Lunges are a great exercise for your lower body, as are squats. I started weight training about 3 1/2 years ago. I have lost 25 lbs. and kept it off. Don't let the words weight training scare you either. Using light to medium weights will not make you bulky. Also, as far as diet goes, try to stay away from anything with corn syrup. It's a real hunger trigger, as is artificial sweetners. They may cut calories initially but they mess with your metabolism. I hope this helps you out some. If you'd like anymore suggestions I'd be glad to help.

Stop eating and just work out jog,walk,carido!!!!!!!!!!!!! Water,water!!!!!!!!! Lots and lots of fiber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!no coffee!!!! Less portions!!!!!!!!! Its takes a wile but it will start to come off don't give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am right there with you. My daughter is one and i stay at home as well. I tried doing belly dancing and dieting but nothing worked for me. I would also like some advice. :)

Hey C.,

I am not an expert on weight loss, but I do know that in order for you to start losing weight you are either going to have to eat fewer calories like you friend suggested or exercise more so that you are burning the calories that you are eating. I hope this helps some and good luck.

D.

Add weight lifting to your work-out routine, when you build muscle, you burn fat even when you are not working out. Drink a lot of water. And make sure to keep your heart-rate at a fat-burning level, not at the cardio level. Most machines at gyms have heart rate monitors and tell you when you are fat-burning, or just cardio.

Also, get the Book of Food counts - it has all the counts of any foods, even fast foods - calories, protiens, carbs, etc. Watch those sugars - a lot of things that say "fat free" are loaded with sugar, which turns into fat if not burned properly.

You might even find a good pedometer - walking a min of 5,000 steps a day is good - walk 10,000/day and you are really walking off the weight - check out some walking websites, too.

Good luck!

Slimfast shakes made me gain weight, not lose weight. My advice for you is to eat a healthy diet rich in fruit, veggies, and whole grains and drink as much water as you can. You can lose 10-15 lbs in a few months just by drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day. The easiest way for me was to get one of my little kids cups, fill it with water every time I pass the sink and down it quickly.