Along with the quoted advice below I would like to talk about when I was 180lbs upon entering high school. I was in a gym class that we'd run half a mile as fast as we could, every day. And ever other day we'd do a lifting session, or sport. I cut out eating junk foods and mainly because of this class I dropped 30 lbs in 3 months. Which made my doctor pretty curious at my next physical. Ever since then my median weight has been 150 give to take 5, depending on the season. I ride the bus and walk lots of places now. I'm 27 fyi. I get out once a month for a solid 2-3 hr hike in the mountains, beside the regular evening, digest dinner, walk.
I think that swimming is a great way to burn cals. as well. I don't know if you like that or not, but its low impact as well, which is good on the joints.
Drinking lots of water and having fibre is really important. It helps move things along. Trying to get your 5 a day of fuit/veg or 7 in Canada, will help you get the fibre you need in a good way. Cutting down on fats sodium and cholestoral, will be beneficial as well. Read labels....
My nutrition teacher said, frankly on the short term you can live on butter and now gain weight, as long as you burn the calories, and that butter will kill ya before you gain any on the long term. Put stuff in the body that counts.
Good luck and will power. Keep us posted.
Metta
Sage
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Originally Posted by verklingen
around the time i decided to lose weight, i read that some doctors somewhere had conducted a study and found that some people experience a feeling of "fullness" with a smaller volume of food than others. before then i never really thought about whether i felt full or not after i had eaten some, it was just whether i could eat more or not. i figured out that that was something i'd been doing ever since childhood, so i decided to retrain my eating habits and only eat when i honestly felt hungry. thinking of my body as a machine helped. i would eat 3 small meals and 2 snacks in between -- all with as much fiber as i could manage -- and i avoided eating anything a couple hours before bed. i cut out all drinks but water as well but i don't really think that's necessary. just be mindful of what you're doing and how it affects your body's metabolism. a lot of it is in your head as has been said.
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Originally Posted by Canuck Wisdom
You could always find a reason to go for an evening or morning walk too. Sometimes I do that just when I'm bored and it helps clear my head (I don't need to loose weight), but it feels good overall just to get the blood going to get some fresh air in my system.
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