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ALRIGHT. I can't take this anymore! I've tried every diet you can do & seen a nutrisionist. For awhile I just ate wayy less and lost about 7 pounds (over summer) but I'm pretty sure it's all back now. I honestly don't know how much I weigh because we don't have a scale, but I'm guessing 170-180. And I'm 5'2. Yeah, hah I'm fat. Before I moved to TEXAS (in third grade) I was never fat, I was reeeally skinny actually, less than normal. Then, I guess all the fat asses in Texas had such an influence on me I decided to become one myself!
Kay, no really, what the hell do I do to lose weight. Give me some exercises that will help, or even a plan of meals per day. Please please please, and make sure it works. I'll follow it exactly as long as it truly works. Thanks. (link)
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Sigh. I just wrote a huge answer and lost it all somehow. :(
This is a reconstruction, and it will be a lot shorter.
Okay. Start with the food pyramid:
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
I've been told by a nurse (and other people) that it's particularly effective to eat six SMALL meals a day, once every three hours, rather than three larger meals.
Cardiovascular exercise will also help. That means a minimum of 30 minutes (and more is better) of brisk walking, jogging, biking, swimming, that sort of thing. Most gyms and health clubs have a large selection of different kinds of cardio machines. It's not a bad idea to find a few different kinds and vary your routine.
You need to do cardio at least every other day, a minimum of three days a week. More is better, of course.
It helps to listen to music while you do it, and to have someone else to work out with; makes it harder to skip a day.
Cardio will boost your metabolism, making your body burn fat at a higher rate for quite a while after your workout - even when you're sleeping! You'll have more energy, too.
Be sure to stay well hydrated; drink lots of water throughout the day. It will make your workouts more effective, and help you to lose weight.
You can also improve your results by supplementing your routine with mild workouts on weight machines. You don't need to build huge muscles; just tone what you've got. You can do that by lifting lighter amounts of weight for more repetitions. The extra muscle tissue you build will help you to burn fat.
Don't expect instant, magic results. I recommend NOT weighing yourself the first month, except when you first start your program; tracking week-to-week fluctuations won't tell you anything meaningful, and it can make you crazy. Just concentrate on doing the best workouts that you can.
And if you just can't make a healthy diet plus exercise work for you, there IS another option which is less drastic than bariatric (i.e. stomach) surgery. Many hospitals offer medically-monitored liquid weight loss programs. These are NOT like Slim-Fast or Jenny Craig; they're run by doctors, and rip a large amount of fat off of you in a minimum of time (normally three months, I think). There's also an element of risk, which is why you're monitored weekly and given blood tests.
Basically they take you partly or completely off of solid food, and put you on special liquid supplements. You're taught how to exercise and eat right during that time, too. Then at the end of the program you're carefully reintroduced to solid food.
The substantial majority of people in these programs (I've heard 70-80%) successfully keep off half or more of the weight that they lost, permanently.
The down side is that the programs are expensive; hundreds of dollars at least, and some are well over a thousand! And health insurance generally doesn't cover the costs, or not much.
But in some cases your doctor can get health insurance to pay for the cost by opening a special case with your health insurer. If your doctor can persuade them that they'll save money in the long run by dealing with your weight NOW, they may decide to pay for the program.
It's better to go with a healthy diet and exercise, of course. The hospital programs are pretty drastic; nowhere near as drastic as surgery, but still pretty extreme.
Good luck!
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Thank you SO much! You have no idea how much your repsonse helped me out. Thanks again!
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