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A helpful discussion about losing weight.
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I was just thinking about my routine. I ride my bike about a half an hour to school and back most weeks. That's 4 1/2 hours of biking. In the spring, summerand fall I surf and blade. And surfing for me often means getting knocked in and swimming back out. All dates require using my bike. So I just realized that I had all of this exercise in my life. In other words exercise is part of my life.
Low fat food. Hmmm. My mom made an announcement that "we are going to eat healthier in this house." My dad looked so upset! Anyways, we started eating things like skinless chicken.
The results?
MY DAD GAINED 5 POUNDS.
See, low fat food didn't fill him up so he ate more and filled up on other things. So now we're all about the portion thing. And there's things we don't have in the house. Like we walk down to an ice cream parlor...we don't have it in the house.
All that water? Studies came out recently that said you don't need all that water. It'll just make you pee. K-I'm thinking I hope they didn't spend a lot of time concluding lot's of water will make people pee a lot.
This post is just for people who'd like to be more toned or lose a bit. I think the main thing is that you are happy about yourself.
Low fat food. Hmmm. My mom made an announcement that "we are going to eat healthier in this house." My dad looked so upset! Anyways, we started eating things like skinless chicken.
The results?
MY DAD GAINED 5 POUNDS.
See, low fat food didn't fill him up so he ate more and filled up on other things. So now we're all about the portion thing. And there's things we don't have in the house. Like we walk down to an ice cream parlor...we don't have it in the house.
All that water? Studies came out recently that said you don't need all that water. It'll just make you pee. K-I'm thinking I hope they didn't spend a lot of time concluding lot's of water will make people pee a lot.
This post is just for people who'd like to be more toned or lose a bit. I think the main thing is that you are happy about yourself.
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People go on about being thin as being healthy, but in so many cases its not. There are loads of people that follow the atkins diet, such as Jennifer Aniston, Theyre really thin but nobody goes on about them being unhealthy because at the end of the day, nobody really gives a shit about other peoples health, as long as they look nice. Its one thing that really winds me up.
After some time, exercise becomes easier, you can see the change in your body as your clothes become looser, and you actually ENJOY the exercise, you feel good and GLOW afterwards. You get hooked on the way you feel after the endorphins are released in your body.
I love my food and appreciate what I eat. The changes I have made in eating is:
* only having skimmed milk
* brown bread
* making sure I always have healthy food at home like rice, frozen vegetables, quorn, fish etc, so I can make healthy meals.
* cutting out all junk food, chocolate and crisps.
If I am out in town and am hungry, I go to Marks and Spencer and get a wrap or sushi, or a jacket potato.
I am losing weight slowly and changing my lifestyle rather than "going on a diet". For a few months I did not go to the gym because I had too much on and was too tired, but did not put any weight on.
Good luck to anyone trying. It's gonna take me some time to reach my target (I'm not aiming for a weight but to be a size 10) but I know I'm gonna get there, because I feel good about myself now which I haven't for ages.
I used to go shopping for clothes and end up in tears because I looked so horrible and nothing fitted. I couldn't believe I was such a big size, and was disgusted at myself. It was my own fault and also due to my old lifestyle, where my boyfriend would always get take aways and crisps lying around the flat.
I think PussyKatty made a really good point. Can we all forget the word 'DIET'. What does it mean? Nothing in my point of view.
If you want to be slimmer and healthier, you need to live the healthy lifestyle.
I'm assuming we've all ate chocolates, been to McDonalds, Burger King, had fry ups, drank fizzy drinks etc etc ......... agreed? Been there, done that, tasted this, tasted that. You can't keep on eating chocolates, fried food etc for the rest of your life because they 'taste nice'. We've all tasted them, now lets move on and think about other things apart from our tastebuds.
Its unfortunate that all of the 'nice' things aren't unhealthy, and all of the 'not nice' things are healthy, but thats the way it is.
Remember, food has only one purpose, which is to provide your body with the appropriate nutrition, not to satisfy your tastebuds.
The next step is to try and LIKE the healthy foods. Some people like the taste of healthy food. Tuna is an example of a healthy food that a lot of people like. Find healthy foods that you like, and slowly bring in others. Soon, you'll be eating the healthy way, and you'll feel good about what your eating. E.g. you'll drink a glass of skimmed milk and think 'This is doing GOOD for me', instead of feeling guilty.
Then, once in a while, and I mean ONCE IN A WHILE, you can have a little binge of your unhealthy stuff. However, the problem arises when people consider 'once in a while' as 'once every few hours'.
Remember, I don't mean live the healthy lifestyle for a month of two (which is what diets are all about), I mean live the healthy lifestyle for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
thats what i was trying to say about weight watchers, im not dieting, im changing the way i eat for the rest of my life.
I am just wondering how long it's gonna take...
a few pounds is all the motivation you need to keep going with it!!!
So I would like to point out that one way of losing weight is to decrease your portion size! lol
like, im not following weight watchers totally properly, but im still losing weight. ive been skipping lunch and stuff but not intentionally, its like i get up at like 10am ish, eat breakfast, and then go out for the day, like i go into to town for my singing lessons, or i go a mates house or whatever. and then i go to the gym and start work at 4pm and have dinner on break at about 6.30pm at work. like i know thats really bad but im losing weight like. i didnt go to weight watchers this week cos i was out on wednesday night and was so tired i couldnt get up early on thursday morning. but i weighed myself on the scales at the gym and i had lost 2 pounds.
i havent tracked in ages so really i have no clue what points im eating in a day and im really worried cos i know this is bad for me. im not really looking for any advice i just wanted to get that out and im gonna wise up like, i need to start eating full points again and tracking properly and planning meals.
the frustration of it all!!!