sugar solution

i've heard alot of people saying that they are losing weight pretty fast by cutting out sugars and lowering carbs....and i really really wanna lose some weight...i was wondering if anyone knows stuff to eat that fits into that cat. and any other weight lose things that i could do that would help me shed some pounds. i would really appreciate it. please give me some ideas and options :) thanks

Eat six times a day. Small portions. And work out for about an hour a day. You will lose weight. Good luck.

-ScreenplayOfDesire.

i've been cutting chips and cookies and stuff...

tip-don't forbid yourself anything...you'll start to crave it and then eat like a pig the next time you have it...eat it in small portions every once in a while...

also...don't eat anything out of a large container...take a little bit and put on your plate then put the container/bag away.

DRINK LOTS OF WATER!!!!

hope i helped.

Tips
>< Stay out of the house.
>< Go to bed early.
>< Exercise in the morning before eating.
>< Set a time in the evening that you will not eat after.
>< Become a fruitarian, vegan, or vegitarian.
>< Drink a lot of water.
>< Drink only diet sodas.
>< Wear a ring as a symbol of your dedication.
>< When sitting, move your legs. Every calorie counts.
>< Keep a diary or journal.
>< Make a thinspiration scrape-book.
>< Don't carry a lot of money with you so youre not tempted to buy food.
>< Take vitamins.
>< Buy small clothes and look at them when you're hungry.
>< Talk to other people trying to lose weight.
>< Avoid bad carbs.
>< Lower the temp in your house. Burn more calories when cold.
>< Jump rope. Burns a lot of calories.
>< Chew sugar free gum.
>< Sleep at least 6 hours a night.
>< Look at magazines.
>< Eat spicy food. Raises the metabolism.
>< When you get a craving count to 100 slowly before doing anything.
>< Brush your teeth if you want to eat.
>< Take cold showers. The body will burn calories to warm you up.
>< Clean something gross.
>< Keep good posture. Burns 10% more calories.
>< Weigh yourself before and after you eat.
>< Don't eat infront of the computer or tv.
>< Eat standing up. And move around while eating.
>< Really watch people eat. It's disgusting.
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Exercises.

[Do 3 or more sets of each, do them all at once, or through the entire day. It is important to exercise daily.

-Crunches, three sets of 100: Lie on your back with your feet flat and your knees bent. Put your hands behind your head and bring your shoulders/upper torso up off the floor. Then lower back down. Tip: For more of a challenge and to work different sets of muscles, try doing these with your calves in the air parallel to the floor, or with your feet up above your head. (My PE teacher made us do the above-the-head ones...ouch, but it worked.)

-Push-ups, three sets of 15: You can do these the "girly" way or the "manly" way. The girly way, you have you knees on the floor. The manly way, you have your feet on the floor. I recommend starting the girly way and then upgrading to the manly way when your arms are stronger. Lower your upper body as close to the floor as you can, and then push yourself back up. Tip: Bring in a Jedi mind trick if it gets tough: Bring the ground close to you, and then push it away.

-Lunges, three sets of 25 for each leg: Stand with your feet together. Then step one foot out and bend both knees; the thigh of your front leg should be parallel to the floor, as should the calf of your back leg. Then stand and step back to your starting position. Switch legs and repeat. Tip: I usually do a set with one leg and then a set with the other. This keeps me from tiring out too quickly.

-Candles, three sets of 20: Lie on your back with your legs straight up in the air (or as straight as you can get them) and your hands either flat on the floor or behind your head. Lower your legs to about a 45- or 60-degree angle, then bring them back up to vertical, and push your butt up in the air so that only your upper torso is still on the floor. Lower your butt back to the floor. Tip: The lower you lower your legs, the more it will work your abs. You can also bring crunches into this by keeping your upper torso off the floor while you bring your legs back up.

-Bicycle, to 3 songs: This is done while playing music...hence the "3 songs" part. Lie on your back and move your legs as if you are riding a bicycle. The songs you choose should equal about 10 minutes total. So no 45-second punk rips or 20-minute techno mixes. An average of 3:20 is good. Tip: I like to listen to "ana" songs while I do these because it keeps me motivated.
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Tips # 1
0 calorie food list

Veggies:
asaragu
beets
broccoli
green cabbage
carrot
calliflower
celeriac
cellery
chicory
chille peppers
cucumber
dandilion
endive
graden cress
garlic
green beans
lettuce
onion
papaya
raddishes
spinnich
turnup
zucchini

Fruits:
apple
blueberry
cantaloupe
cranberry
grapefruit
honydew melon
lemon
mango
lime
orange
peach
pinapple
rasberry
strawberry
tangerines
watermelon

-Rachel

Wow, those are all really great tips! =]

-Jenna.

cut out all of the junk food!!! everything has to go. i mean it.

and you can eat as much sweet fruit as u want as long as its natural

Eat several small meals each day, small portions every three hours (as if you don't eat every 3 hours your body actually goes into starvation mode and starts storing fat and precious energy).

Thats a balanced diet of course as per the healthy food pyramid consisting of the tiniest amount of fats and sugars, your carbs, your meat and diary and of course fresh fruit and veggies.

On top of that try some cardio exercise, boxing or running or aerobics something high energy about twice a week and you will soon start to notice the difference in your physique, its hard work but has fast results so it'll keep you motivated.

I can honestly tell you that you don't have to deprive yourself of sugars or carbs. I lost 40lbs, and all i did was count calories, get more physically active, and watched portion size. I would say go on a 1,300 or 1,500 calories diet. Treating yourself to things you love once and a while doesn't hurt. Depriving will only lead you to binge.

Ok ŘÅÇĦ♥ that's going way too far. That's the kind of advise which encourages people to be anorexic. Turn the temprature down in your house and have cold showers? Yeah, really great idea. Burn just a few more calories but instead you catch phemonia and die =/

Brit, I wouldn't listen to that kind of rubbish and I just advise eating healthily and exercising. I eat what I want in moderation and go to the gym, and Im a perfectly healthy weight.

thanks for all your help guys...i really appreciate it :) i really want to try these things and see if i can do it or not....if anyone is sorta going through what i am or anything else ...my yahoo msgr is funky_munky062000 thanks a whole bunch again

ŘÅÇĦ♥ What you said was out of line, if you want to starve yourself to death, then ok, thats sad, and you shouldn't.. But who are you to give advice which encourages anorexia.. That disgusts me..

Brit, if you want to lose weight, eat healthily, don't cut out everything like chocolate etc, but have them as treats, get more excercise than calories..

Don't will the weight to just dissapear, losing weight properly takes time and patience..

And don't do it to look like the "thinspiration" imbeciles, do it until you feel comfortable..

It's not anorexic, if you want to lose weight you will do it.. Taking cold showers won't kill you.. My friend had to do it when she had poison ivy.. She is still quite alive.. Turning down the air doesn't hurt either.

-Rachel

Rachel what your suggesting is an unhealthy method of weight loss, its people like you who breed and spread eating disorders on young impressionable women - not good, and I will fight you with blood and teeth to prove this point. Not eating, merely slows your metabolism!!

To the initial poster if your serious about losing weight properly, in a manner you can sustain and maintain then either take my above advice or see your doctor. They will advise you better than any of us!

Rachel has some good tips in her post, so don't go blaming her for giving back tips. If your determined enough then maybe a steaming shower isnt the way to go. I hate cold showers but i wouldent mind taking a shower thats a bit below warm. Makes it easier to wake up in the morrning. Good tips Rachel im going to print them out so that I don't loose them ^^.

ok rachel did have amazing tips.. i really like htem.. they arent for ppl who go anorexic.. i agree with the post above mine... those r good tips adn they dont encourage anorexia or any kind of eating disorder.. if u dont like the tips she posted then dont read htem.. she was jus giving brit some pretty helpful tips.. i have used some of rach's tips and they have worked so far... honestly its not anorexia if u take her tips.. cuz there r tips on eating the right kinds of food.. ne ways... if u do wana lose weight i think u should exercize and eat healthy. thats really all u can do. well take care

I honestly don't think that Rach meant it as a stop-eating-at-all kind of tip. Just to cut back. Because the majority of us (meaning people in general, not people on this site) are over eaters, or under excercised. Face it, obesity is setting into the world comfortably. Going back to smaller portions and eating healther can only help you - that is assuming of course that you do over eat. I can truthfully say that I do, sometimes, over eat. Mostly when I'm stressed and bored at the same time. Her tips aren't bad. Just put them into use on a personal level. Don't assume there's no eating at all, or that you eat too much. You should only use the tips you feel necissary..... I personally wanna thank Rachel for her tips. :)

What ŘÅÇĦ♥ said sounded a bit like an eating disorder. The exercises are very good, but start off with simple absominals, two sets of 20, push-ups, if you haven't done them before, definitely the "girly" way, three sets of 12, as bursting into a heavy work-out can cause a lesion.
If the weather is warm, a very brief spray of cold water after your usual shower helps circulation.
Lemon juice is also very beneficial for the circulation, which improves your heart and is also said to burn fat. Garlic is good too... I happen to not like it, so what I do is when I simply MUST have that white-bread sandwich with the thick spread of butter, I chop as much garlic as I can fit and put it in.. that way something good comes out of something bad.

Perhaps good posture helps... and of course exercise is a must. Make sure to eat at least one salad a day, and eat good, wholesome, large meals with lots of vegetables so that you won't want to snack.

Make sure to start slowly, go cutting out fatty oils and sugars slowly, and make up for them with lots of fresh fruit.

//T.L.//

i just wanted to thank everyone so much for helping me out...i've read everyones tips and everyone gave me some good tips and ideas...i am not going to allow myself to have a eating disorder and im not trying to lose weight for anyone but myself...i just want to feel good about myself and comfortable with my body....what makes this really difficult also is that i have been on the depo shot for about 2 yrs now...i dont know if any of you have taken it before or not but it does cause weight gain and it isnt easy to get it off. everyone wish me luck as i start my jouney...this time im not giving up. keep me posted ok... thanks again to all of you who helped :)

Your Welcome.!
&&
Thank you!

-Rachel

^^
You say the things you are advising are not encouraging anorexia, but perhaps you should read through them again.
"Thinspiration" scrapbooks are and awful way to encourage people to lose weight.
They are encouraged among all the disgusting "pro-ana" sites.
Although you do not openly encourage her to starve herself, some of your advice will put her well on the road to anorexia.

^ I agree. What is wrong with you? That's so obsessive. If that's what you do in a day, you need some help. Nobody should obsess about weight that much. You should never deprive yourself of foods. Exercise is good, but excessive exercise is bad. If someone starves their body of the nutrition it needs, especially as a teen, the body will start to feed on organs. Without a certain amount of protein, and calcium, your bones will become weak, and you will lose muscle. It's a very serious matter. Whether you're trying to lose weight or not, your body needs certain food groups to work right. If you seriously think that's a safe way to lose weight, you need to see a doctor.

If you don't like the tips I gave don't do them simple as that.

Brit,

Just remember that you're beautiful the way you are. It's good that you want to become more healthy, but you're still lovely no matter what. :-)

Not only do I not like them Rachel but they promote eating disorder/ potential eating disorder like behavioiur which is not healthy to go around suggesting in forums like this with young and impressionable young women.

Now you did have some good tips like your exercises and few of your other points, but you also have some compulsive obessive like tips too - weighing yourself before and after you eat? WTF? Not good muscle weighs more than fat its best to judge your body via your clothing not your weight!

I still stand by my advice which was given to me by my own doctor/nutritionist OR my further advice to see a health professional who KNOWS what they are really talking about.

"If you don't like the tips I gave don't do them simple as that."

I don't not like your tips. I hate them, they disgust me.

I won't do them. However what about all the vulnerable people on here who will, and end up anorexic? I read every one of your tips on pro anorexia sites, yet they aren't for anorexics?

People don't need to know how to become anorexics, they need to lose weight sensibly.

I can't say any more as this issue makes me so angry.

katie!

i have decided that i am going to make a "weight journal" by the end of this week and keep everyone posted. i will start it with my current weight and height and through out the journal i will keep track of my weight, exercise, food and everything else that is going to help me. thanks again to all :) wish me luck

Brit...beauty is not only skin deep. Please do not succumb to documenting your weight and food consumption into a diary. I havent seen you but I can assure you that you are beautiful the way you are...if you want to loose weight, which you probably dont need to anyways please consult your doctor first...

And cheers Katie! Me also ):oZ

counting calories sux..i could never do it-never had the disiplin..instead i exercise for2hrs in the morning,30mins in afternoon,2hrs at night..every day..sat&sun i only do an hr&then a further hr in the healthsuite..i lost5stone in a month&half..i dont eat after7pm-3 main meals&2healthy snacks between them aday..dandilion/nettle tea-gets rid of water weight..
))reminder-its NOT right2lose more than2lbs a wk, &im not encouraging you2use my methad,just cos it worked4me-doesnt mean it will work4you((

october xx

*EAT A HEALTHY BREAKFAST!!! it jump starts ur metabolism from the 'wleep dont burn calories mode' to the 'ok my body's active mode'
*Exercise after wards. i just walk my dog/jog with him((except now hes old and lazy and wont run)
*dont munch on junk food. dont eat while your doing something else- watching TV, reading, etc, youll eat and eat with outrelizing it,.
*eat small portions,
*drink ALOT of water,it hydrates you and flushes out bad chems in your body, also it fills your tiummy a lil so you arent snacking al the time
*when you're eating a meal- eat slowly. my trick is to put my fork down after each bite while im chewing, that way im not sholveling food in to my mouth constantly. when u eat slow you register being full quicker.
*DONT EAT WITHIN 2 hours of the time you go to sleep. the food sits in your stomach all night and is digested directly into becoming body fat.

*dont drink soda!!! or any other kool aid, or such, many people dont realize how many calories and carbs are in an 8oz glass of soda. its horrible for you.

*also eat alot of friut & veggies- well not excessive amounts,., but instead of chips eat celery, the actually have a negative calorie count, (you burn more caloris eating them then they have) or an apple, or some grapes,.

**DONT not EAT!!! thats the worst thing you can do!! not eating causes your body to fall into a 'MUST CONSERVE FAT' mode, and you wont burn calories while working out, v/c your body will be afraid youll like starve(which you will)
******THIS IS WHYI I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH RACH♥'s way of losiong weight, its totally unhealthy, and actually is harder and mrioe dangerous..

and thats about all my ideas. =]

xxLauren

^^I think that's the much better approach :)

//T.L.//

^^Very smart suggestions. You don't need to deprive yourself though. Trust me, with all the jumk food, sooner or later you migh binge. Treat yourself once and a while. Heck, when i was on a diet, i ate ice cream almost everynight, and still lost 40lbs.

i went on a 1,000 calorie diet.. lol.

try a sport that fits your personality, like dance or basketball, whichever makes you feel great while exercising.

and i think RACH♥'s ideas are quite helpful, aong with everyone else's...

dont hurt urself from either binging, bulimia, or anorexia, because it does more harm than good.

also, i hope you didnt take my last post too hard, but i have to tell u... in the US, practically everything is either sugar or fats... so be careful :)

Beloved thats your own tragedy/stupidity dont encourge other young women to follow suit tut tut

Eating 1000 calories is way too low. Are you aware that your body could end up shutting down? You could end up being hospitalized. Ahh i give up. If you people want put your self st risk, you do that. The things people do just because they want to be "thin", it's absurd...

Not too mention storing as much fat and energy as it can as its basically shutting down to starvation mode...