Ways to Lose Weight and Fat Loss Diets Tips

I go to the gym, and i have been for like a year and i still just feel like its not helping. and I eat healthy for the most part.

Weight loss is an overall process. You need to think about many factors. There are many sensible things you can do that will make a tremendous difference over the long term if you need to lose weight. It can be done in a healthy way. This is what has worked for me.

Keeping a food journal really does help. It will give you a much better sense of how much you are eating, and when, and why.

Make a few additional small changes – walk everywhere, always use stairs instead of elevators, walk on escalators, get up and move around at least once an hour if your work or your life in general is sedentary, walk every day, use a pedometer. Walking 10,000 steps a day is a really good idea. Build up to a long brisk walk everyday, or most days. Be more active and watch less TV and spend less time on the computer. Buy one piece of exercise equipment to have at home and be strict with yourself about using it. Sometimes you can find mini-steppers or exercise bikes at second hand stores and thrift stores for just a few dollars.

Start a weight lifting routine. Join a gym. Possibly you can find one that has someone who specializes in weight lifting programs for beginners. Weight lifting will increase your metabolism as well as improve posture and appearance overall. Even if you can’t get to the gym you can work out at home using things around the house. Invest in a good weight training book. The Dummies series actually has a good one.

In terms of diet, cut out or reduce things like junk food, pop, fat, fast food. Eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meat, fish. Particularly if you choose a vegetarian lifestyle include natural peanut butter, hummus, dried fruit and nuts. Pay close attention to getting the nutrients your body needs to be healthy.

Make your portion sizes smaller. Use a smaller plate – in our society we have become accustomed to thinking that we need a large plate of food at every meal, and we don’t. About quarter of your plate of food should be protein and at least half of it should be veggies.

Learn to count calories. At your current weight and activity level, you may possibly need about 2000 calories or more to maintain your current weight. So you will lose weight at a reasonable and healthy rate if you cut back to about 1600 or 1700 calories a day.

Eat small amounts frequently, rather than three large meals. Never skip breakfast. Include some protein in your breakfast. It will help get you through the day.

Drink plenty of water, at least 8 big glasses of water a day, and more if it is very hot, if you sweat a lot, or if you are exercising intensely, and eliminate fruit juices. Fruit juices have too many calories, so get your vitamins from fresh fruit, not the juice. You will begin to see changes in your body.

An area that many people overlook is getting enough sleep. You are much more likely to overeat or to binge eat if you are tired and not well rested, so get enough sleep.

Check out websites about nutrition, exercise, weight training, etc. Here are a few helpful links.

http://www.nutrawatch.com/

http://www.caloriesperhour.com/

http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_diet.htm

http://www.wikihow.com/Lose-Weight-the-Healthy-Way

http://weightloss.about.com/cs/fitness/a/aa011503a.htm

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/no-weight-workout?page=4

I am a 14 year old femaile. I kinda have low self-esteem. I wanna lose weight. I am only 4"10 and I think I am too big for my height. I aint that fat but i would like to get skinnier. I mostly wanna lose fat in my thighs and my stomach area. Is there any easy and healthy ways to lose weight at my age?

First of all, there are no easy ways to lose weight. With that said the most effective methods of losing weight can be found in the article below. I’d highly recommend you take a look at the article if you are serious about losing weight.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Weight-Loss-That-Works

I am an overweight adult, and let me tell you one very important thing. There are NO such things as fast and easy ways to lose weight. You have to work hard at it, and it is a constant struggle. Try cutting out all sodas that are not diet, cut down or eliminate sweets, and eat reasonable portions. Increase your activity level. These things are the only healthy way to lose weight. Pills and fad diets don’t work. I do hear that Weight Watchers is very highly recommended by many physicians, although I have not tried it yet. Good luck!

I want an easy way to help me lose weight, or even just to tone my body. I ain’t fat but i have huge thighs and hips. I hate them. My bottom and stomach is fine considering the size of my thighs and hips. Just need a way to help me lose weight from those places but not from any other places. Any suggestions?

You can definitely tone areas you want on yoru body. You just need to target them and work them through there ranges of motion.

Also doing full body exercises in a circuit fashion style will help you burn fat and tone up really fast if your consistent with it.

Heres a few exercise clips that demonstrate what I’m talking about – you can also get some good ideas from them as well.

http://tiny.cc/Sv96W

http://tiny.cc/UQ5Es

http://tiny.cc/ECy8x

hope they help.

Well my best friend Kathi is 5 feet and weighs over or under 200 pounds. She always complains about her weight and how she doesnt know what to do to help take it off. What are some ways she can at least take off a little weight by sept 2nd [the beginning of the school year] so i can see my happy Kathi again?

start walking with her every day! week 1 – 1 mile (each day go faster), week 2 – 2 miles (each day faster), week 3 – 3 miles (each day go faster), week 4 – 4 miles (each day go faster), by the time school starts she should be walking 4 miles an hour, if she drinks 72+ oz of water a day and cuts out soda, chips, candy and fried food she should be doing great! And looking great!

Good luck to your friend and be very supportive and encouraging!

i go on a bike ride everyday but need sme more suggestions?

Start by forgetting quickly!

Do you see the box near the top of the page?
The one labelled ‘Search for questions: ‘?
Well type in ‘lose weight’.
You will find over 20,000 preexisting questions.
Try the misspellings ‘loose weight’ and there are another 5,500.
In all there are over 60,000 Health section questions requesting solutions to being or thinking you might be overweight.
On average these each yield 6 answers, that is over 360,000 answers.

I can usefully summarise these answers in 4 words:

EAT LESS DO MORE. Are you desperate enough to try this???

Hello! I am 20 years old and I just hit the 150lb mark. I have been wanting to lose weight for sometime now but I have been so busy. I work 40-45 hours a week and I also go to school 5 days a week so I don’t have a lot of time to workout or eat really healthy. Any ideas for easy weight loss?

The below tips are useful for you.

Try to include fibre content food in your daily eating system.
Swimming is the best way to burn calories. So, try swimming at least once in a week.
Try walking, jogging, skipping, etc. Try to do lot more physical activity. Involve in a game like Badminton, Tennis, etc.

The below links are more useful for you.

http://hubpages.com/_2lf01npuz0vgl/hub/51-Great-Weight-Loss-Tips

http://articlegalaxy.blogspot.com/2008/11/15-great-ways-to-quick-weight-loss.html

Try cardiovascular activities out of the water and ask for some nutritional help to improve your diet. I read somewhere that the healthiest way to loose weight was to burn 500 extra calories per day (50%diet, 50%exercise). Try the USASwimming home page, it has some good advice on nutrition for swimmers=)

just wondering.
marius what i am trying to say is its all about hardcore/diet.Your crappy pills wont get rid of the body fat.
i meant hardwork/diet.

Because the human being first instinct is to find an easy way out of a problem.

I feel ugly and overweight and i was wondering if there were any ways that were easy to lose weight.

Weight loss is an overall process and there are no magic answers. Pay no attention to weight loss supplements and pills and all the latest fads. You need to think about many factors but most of them are related to issues we’ve known about for a very long time. There are many sensible things you can do that will make a tremendous difference over the long term if you need to lose weight. It can be done in a healthy way. This is what has worked for me.

Keeping a food journal really does help. It will give you a much better sense of how much you are eating, and when, and why.

Make a few additional small changes – walk everywhere, always use stairs instead of elevators, walk on escalators, get up and move around at least once an hour if your work or your life in general is sedentary, walk every day, use a pedometer. Walking 10,000 steps a day is a really good idea. Build up to a long brisk walk everyday, or most days. Be more active and watch less TV and spend less time on the computer. Buy one piece of exercise equipment to have at home and be strict with yourself about using it. Sometimes you can find mini-steppers or exercise bikes at second hand stores and thrift stores for just a few dollars.

Start a weight lifting routine. Join a gym. Possibly you can find one that has someone who specializes in weight lifting programs for beginners. Weight lifting will increase your metabolism as well as improve posture and appearance overall. Even if you can’t get to the gym you can work out at home using things around the house. Invest in a good weight training book. The Dummies series actually has a good one.

In terms of diet, cut out or reduce things like junk food, pop, fat, fast food. Eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meat, fish. Particularly if you choose a vegetarian lifestyle include natural peanut butter, hummus, dried fruit and nuts. Pay close attention to getting the nutrients your body needs to be healthy.

Make your portion sizes smaller. Use a smaller plate – in our society we have become accustomed to thinking that we need a large plate of food at every meal, and we don’t. About quarter of your plate of food should be protein and at least half of it should be veggies.

Learn to count calories. At your current weight and activity level, you may possibly need about 2000 calories or more to maintain your current weight. So you will lose weight at a reasonable and healthy rate if you cut back to about 1600 or 1700 calories a day.

Eat small amounts frequently, rather than three large meals. Never skip breakfast. Include some protein in your breakfast. It will help get you through the day.

Drink plenty of water, at least 8 big glasses of water a day, and more if it is very hot, if you sweat a lot, or if you are exercising intensely, and eliminate fruit juices. Fruit juices have too many calories, so get your vitamins from fresh fruit, not the juice. You will begin to see changes in your body.

Vary your routines. Don’t eat the same number of calories every day (vary your calories from 1400 a day to 1900 or 2000 some days), eat a variety of foods, and do different kinds and amounts of exercise. You will lose weight much more efficiently if you mix things up from time to time so that your body doesn’t adjust to any one routine.

An area that many people overlook is getting enough sleep. You are much more likely to overeat or to binge eat if you are tired and not well rested, so get enough sleep.

Check out websites about nutrition, exercise, weight training, etc. Here are a few helpful links.

http://www.nutrawatch.com/

http://www.caloriesperhour.com/

http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_diet.htm

http://www.wikihow.com/Lose-Weight-the-Healthy-Way

http://weightloss.about.com/cs/fitness/a/aa011503a.htm

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/no-weight-workout?page=4