What has worked for you?

What was the best approach? Sudden change of diet, or gradual?

What was the details of your diet, and what are the limitations?

..and anything else you feel important.

I want to lose about 50 lbs by the New Year, and I want to know the fastest (doesn't have to be the safest) way to get ride of it.

Thanks!

 

Get a very sharp knife....










and cut your meal by less than 1/4 portions

What? You thought I was gonna say cut your fat out? You crazy .....thou that might work

 

I would recommend doing P90X. That way you'll not only learn to eat healthy, but you'll build muscle tone, strength, energy and overall fitness. I am 6 weeks into it, but some of my friends have completed it already ( its 13 weeks ) and have amazing results. Much healthier to go that route too than a crash diet.

 

Oh, and eat slower. Your brain takes awhile to send out the signal that you're full, and commonly we stuff up more than we should.

And eat 5 small meals a day instead of 3 or whatever you do. You want to do that to keep your metabolism burning all day long.

 

But....its so much fun to crash and not eat at all...

 

Do like me, stop eating as much. Biggest weight gainer for me was alcoholic beverages, I avoided them for a while and lost 70 lbs

 

Thanks!

Thanks to all of you that have posted responses so far!

I'm thinking about doing that simple thing and cut my portions and increase exercise.

I'm never going to do a crash diet, stop eating, or binge and purge.

 

Blood sugar crashes can take you out of here real quick, I came close a few times

 

Divorce...that's a big weight loss.

 

I cut out colas a year ago this month. Quite proud of myself My family has a history of diabetes and so I decided to cut out all the sugary drinks. That doesn't mean I switched to "diet" colas either - those are just chemicals too. Switch to water and organic juices, organic milk, etc, if you want to be healthy.

Don't eat fast food!

If you have Netflix, watch that movie SuperSize Me, and Food Inc. it will change your outlook

 

50lbs by the new year, impossible, the safest ways is to eat healthy small portions, now snacks or cookies, eat fruit instead of candy, drink water instead of fizzy pop and exercise for one hour at least 3 times a week.

Or you can try the chemo diet, it works but is extreme.

 

i dont care how bad i want to lose weight, i wouldn't damage my body anymore with chemicals than absolutely necessarry. the drink water bit is an excellent way to loose and save money and make your dentist happy all in one

 

Meth. :neutral:

 

Lowering your carbohydrate intake will help you loose weight..Avoiding bread, sugars and white paste will help dramatically..Eat fish, oily fish are good for you, wholemeal pasta in small amounts, chicken no skin..vegetables are fine but avoid dressings.. Grill meat if you eat meat, don't fry foods, steam vegetables and don't use butter.

Sugar is a killer so sweeten things with Honey.. Small meals spread throughout the day are better than skipping meals, always have breakfast, porridge, fruit smoothies, fresh fruit.

Keep the diet varied so as you dont get bored and avoid crash dieting, dangerous and the weight soon piles back on..treat yourself once a week so you don't feel you are denying yourself something and take regular exercise. Walk don't take the car, climb the stairs rather than take the elevator, ride a bike, walk the dog, have sex, so long as what you do gets the heart rate going then its going to help..

Sitting on your arse cruising a porn forum wont help but at least it will keep you amused..

good luck.

 

That much weight loss on that time scale is not sustainable IMO. A steady loss of no more than 3lb a week is more realistic; it took me 6 months to lose 50lb, with Weight Watchers.

 

How much do you weigh now and how tall are you?