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i need to lose weight i hate feeling fat
im not happy with my weight. i used to have like the perfect body. or at least thats what i remember then i got into high school. high school sucks that way. anyway i used to weigh about 120 and now i weigh 130.. im wanting to lose 10 or more pounds but the thing is i cant seem to stay away from all those bad foods. my school is like junk food heaven. i try leaving my lunch money at home but it doesnt always work because i have friends i can ask for money. anyway i also have lots of junk food at home and if i dont i seem to find some. or even ill go crazy on the health stuff. i can go on a diet for like 3 days at most and then i just break it. i dont know if theres any key to resisting junk food... i dont know im hoping someone has some ideas?
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If you keep dieting and breaking it, that WILL make you fatter. It's called yo-yo dieting. You are better to never diet at all, than to eat less for a while, then go back to eating normally.
The best "diet" is one you can live with for the rest of your life. In the case of most people, that means, eating very close to what they normally eat.
So how do you lose weight eating normally? Build muscle. While aerobic exercises are good too they aren't for building muscle specifically. Lift weights. Weight train. You're not going to get bulky like muscle builders if you don't want to, but muscle burns fat. The more muscle you have, the more fat you burn. Even when sitting or sleeping. You start losing weight naturally, even if you are eating the same.
100 years ago and longer, there weren't as many fat people as there are today. And yet everybody ate butter, not margarine. Everybody drank whole milk (with the cream too!) not skim milk. Shortening was Lard! One of the biggest flavor additives to dishes was animal fat! There were no artificial sweeteners. So why are people so much fatter today? (well, besides the fact that we eat so many unnatural, man-made foods) Because people back then had to be very physically active and had muscles! Even the women had to be strong and have muscles, just imagine washing every item of clothing on a wash board. If you are physically active and have nice healthy muscle tone, what you eat shouldn't matter nearly as much.
Now on the other hand, if you try to eat less than your body is used to, (diet) your body will think that it's in a famine period, and will panic. If your body thinks it's starving, it tries to make sure to save your life, by lowering your metabolism (so you don't burn as many calories) and by storing away even more fat when you start eating more normally because it's afraid there will be another famine and it doesn't want to die. Remember, in all the thousands of years of human history, people usually had to struggle for food. Your body is made to deal with famines and keep you alive. That's why it's so common to gain even more weight than before when going off of a diet. And if you do it again and again, you get heavier and heavier every time you try to diet.
So bottom line, exercise and weight train. Don't rely on the scales to tell you how you are doing because muscle weighs more than fat! Rely on how your clothes fit, or use a measuring tape to keep track of your body shape.
One more tip, don't drink diet sodas or anything with artificial sweeteners in it (NutraSweet, aspartame, equal). It actually increases your appetite, and one of the known side effects of that sweetener (that the FDA actually admits to) is "Weight Gain"! Weight loss isn't even listed as a side effect of NutraSweet. Ironic, isn't it? It's also horribly bad for you, and it nearly killed me when I was around 20. If you want more info on that, or anything else, you can mail me at DangerWench@gmail.com
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you can still eat junk food but put a limit to it make a plan like only 1 thing thats junk a day then pack spomething 4 lunch thats healthy that tastes good like yogurt or salad or a sandwhich
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Well exercising is another way to lose weight. Not just skipping meals. Anyway I count my calories that I take in everyday and I work out and I try my best to lose alot less of the calories that I eat that day. Anyway just try and eat healthy. I've been really good at that cause now I'm eating salad everyday at lunch its been well. I've been working out and it seems to be working. I've already lost 5 pounds and I can do it I'm sure that you can do it also. I have faith in you that you can make the right decision on what you eat from now on. Hope I helped.
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You could try taking a lunch to school. Don't skip lunch or breakfast because then you are just going to really crave that junk food!
If you want to eat lunch at school then try to pick something that will fill you up but isn't junk food or high in fat.
The best way to keep away from junk food at home is just not have any available. That's almost impossible though because other people live there too!
Enlist help from friends and family. Tell them you want to lose 10 pounds and need help keeping away from the snacks. Maybe get one of them to take a walk with you to get away from the house.
If there is a certain time when the urge hits you, change what you do during that time. Want a snack? Go take a shower, take a walk, or call a friend.
Hope something among these suggestions will work for you! Good luck. :)
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