HELP............I need a QUICK Weight Lose SOLUTION

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jayden0405

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:howdy: I am hoping that someone can tell me the QUICKEST & SAFEST way to lose 50lbs. I am a female 5ft 9in and weight 247lb, and BELIEVE it or not I am big boned. But I do have some extra weight from my 3 kids, my youngest is 16mth. I am only 30 and want to remain active with my kids and be happy with my husband.

So any suggestions, would be greatly be appreciated.

I have tried the Atkins and Low Fat diets, to NO AVAIL

THANKS FOR ANYONE'S HELP :jameo: !!!
 
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tikipirate

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Jayden,

A bit of excess flab and stretch marks are the natural results of bearing children. Your husband should look at them as well-earned battle scars for providing him with kids. (Not like he had to give birth, huh?) But you are a bit too heavy to blame it on having kids.

If you reeeaaaly want to lose weight... Strip nekkid and stand in front of a mirror. Do it until you are very, very angry. Commit yourself to a stringent Atkins diet until Thanksgiving. Never mind the 'low-carb' this or that, eat nothing but meat, eggs, and cheese. Every time you are tempted by junk, get in front of the mirror and strip. Nasty, huh?

Hand the kids off to hubby for an hour a day and go for a fast walk. (Doesn't have to be around the block. Walk around Solomons, on base, or the paths near SMC. Find someplace nice that reinforces your goals.)

Squirrel away a few hundred dollars that you can spend on clothing once you meet your goal size.

By Thanksgiving, you should have lost at least 50 pounds. Celebrate with massive amounts of all your favorite foods at Thanksgiving dinner. Then start all over. (It's easy to stick to your diet during the Christmas season, due to the stress.)

Cheat the kids by secreting away Christmas present money for your future wardrobe.

Buy yourself a hot New Year's Eve dress for the 180 pound you. Happy New Year's!!!

Add salads to your diet. (The steak salad at Lone Star is ideal.)

Continue the loss by setting a springtime vacation as your goal. Tell hubby that you want a week in Key West/Cabo in April. Spend all of that hidden cash on hot outfits and hit the beach in your 150 pound body.

At this point, hubby will not object to any of your suggestions. Upon your return, suggest a gym membership, perhaps for the both of you. An hour a day of weight training will burn calories, tone you up, and build muscle that burns fat as you sleep.

Now is when you will want to trick your body with a change-up, and increase the carbs, but lower the fat. You will now be more active, so you can try a higher carb, whole grain, fruit, lean meat and fish diet. Things like whole grain barley salad with black pepper and lime juice. Just remember... fat and carbs should be mutually exclusive.

At this point you can mess around with what you eat, and see what works for you. Hell, eat a slice of German Chocolate cake, you only weigh 150 pounds. But if you start gaining, go straight back to meat, eggs, cheese for a week.
 
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devenny99

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Try cutting out all snacks and exercising - like walking. You will be surprised how fast you drop those pounds!
 
Mikeinsmd

Mikeinsmd

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tikipirate said:
Commit yourself to a stringent Atkins diet until Thanksgiving. Never mind the 'low-carb' this or that, eat nothing but meat, eggs, and cheese.

After Thanksgiving, add salads to your diet. (The steak salad at Lone Star is ideal.)

An hour a day of weight training will burn calories, tone you up, and build muscle that burns fat as you sleep.
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:yeahthat: Atkins works!!! If it didn't, you weren't doing it correctly or you cheated. Plain and simple. I did it and I know others who did it. Some like myself, followed it religiously and the weight fell off while others cheated a little here & there then complained when they didn't get the results those of us who followed it did. It works!
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
Start walking EVERY day...

jayden0405 said:
:howdy: I am hoping that someone can tell me the QUICKEST & SAFEST way to lose 50lbs. I am a female 5ft 9in and weight 247lb, and BELIEVE it or not I am big boned. But I do have some extra weight from my 3 kids, my youngest is 16mth. I am only 30 and want to remain active with my kids and be happy with my husband.

So any suggestions, would be greatly be appreciated.

I have tried the Atkins and Low Fat diets, to NO AVAIL

THANKS FOR ANYONE'S HELP :jameo: !!!
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...and get your heart rate up about 110-120 bpm or so for at least a 1/2 hour. Go every single day. Get a tread mill and/or join the gym. NO EXCUSES. You should be cover about 1 1/2 miles in a half hour. Find you pace and stick to it.

Eat some carbs in the morning, a bowl of raisin bran and a banana. You need the carbs to gas the machine. Substitute oatmeal if you like.

Eat some protein after the walks. Some turkey or chicken is ideal, or tuna fish.

Light dinner, some protein, some vegetables.

Have a snack between each meal of fruit's and veggies or ONE of them 100 calorie snack pack things. Sprinkle in stuff with the meals , butter, chips, whatever you like in smaller amounts, 1/2 or less, than what you're used to.

If you drink, cut it in half or keep it to the weekends. Cheat a little here and there if you've got a thing for bread and/or sweets. When you cheat too much one day DO NOT QUIT on this. The next day is a new day, not an excuse to say screw it because you were naughty one day. If you miss a day of walking, just get back on it the next day. Try not to miss more than two in a row. If you do, GET BACK ON IT.

This is a lifestyle thing, not something you do for awhile. The idea is to find what works for you. People fail because most things they try are just to severe a change. All you're doing is adding activity and giving your meals some purpose and reducing the bad stuff, not eliminating it.

Find a time of day that works; early AM, mid morning, when the old man gets home. It doesn't have to be the same time every day. Just start finding the time. Leave out anyone (kids, pets, stroller) that will turn it into a leisurely stroll.

This is not the FASTEST but, if you change your lifestyle, it is PERMANENT. Instead of losing a bunch of weight fast and then falling off the wagon in a few months, we're talking slow and steady. 50 pounds in 12 months is only 4 a month, on average. A pound a week. It took longer than that to put it on, right? You plan on living more than a year, right?

Once you get moving you'll likely see maybe 10 pounds or so the first few months as the 'easy' ones come off. Stick with it when the loss slows down. This is a new lifestyle.

GET ON IT.

NOW.

Or NO complaining.
 
bcp

bcp

In My Opinion
HollowSoul said:
try taking a really big poop:shrug:
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she wants to lose 50 pounds.
if she takes your advice she better up the water pressure and utilize many of the courtesy flushes while releasing 50 lbs of poop.

she may also wish to contact the EPA and get dump permits prior to doing this.
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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Get the Billy Blanks Elite Boot Camp DVDs ($40) and do them religiously every day, while watching your food intake. Try to keep yourself at 1500 calories a day - buy tons of Lean Cuisine and Weight Watcher frozen meals and eat nothing but until the weight is gone.

It should take you about 4 to 6 months to lose the 50 pounds.
 
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jayden0405

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THANK YOU for teh valuable information.

My husband isn't complaining, it's ALL ME.

I think another problem is I am a stay at home mom, so I was used to getting up going to work coming home taking care of the kids, so NOW I need to get back into the thought that I can't just sit around, and the FUNNY thing is I don't sit around and eat bon bons all day.

I had lost about 15-20lbs before my son was born and I did they by COMPLETELY cutting out sodas and drinking only water.

I have done Atkins and lost about 20lbs, but it's liek once you go back to eating carbs here comes the weight BACk plus about 10 more.

How do dI maintain once I go back to eating carbs??


tikipirate said:
Jayden,

A bit of excess flab and stretch marks are the natural results of bearing children. Your husband should look at them as well-earned battle scars for providing him with kids. (Not like he had to give birth, huh?) But you are a bit too heavy to blame it on having kids.

If you reeeaaaly want to lose weight... Strip nekkid and stand in front of a mirror. Do it until you are very, very angry. Commit yourself to a stringent Atkins diet until Thanksgiving. Never mind the 'low-carb' this or that, eat nothing but meat, eggs, and cheese. Every time you are tempted by junk, get in front of the mirror and strip. Nasty, huh?

Hand the kids off to hubby for an hour a day and go for a fast walk. (Doesn't have to be around the block. Walk around Solomons, on base, or the paths near SMC. Find someplace nice that reinforces your goals.)

Squirrel away a few hundred dollars that you can spend on clothing once you meet your goal size.

By Thanksgiving, you should have lost at least 50 pounds. Celebrate with massive amounts of all your favorite foods at Thanksgiving dinner. Then start all over. (It's easy to stick to your diet during the Christmas season, due to the stress.)

Cheat the kids by secreting away Christmas present money for your future wardrobe.

Buy yourself a hot New Year's Eve dress for the 180 pound you. Happy New Year's!!!

Add salads to your diet. (The steak salad at Lone Star is ideal.)

Continue the loss by setting a springtime vacation as your goal. Tell hubby that you want a week in Key West/Cabo in April. Spend all of that hidden cash on hot outfits and hit the beach in your 150 pound body.

At this point, hubby will not object to any of your suggestions. Upon your return, suggest a gym membership, perhaps for the both of you. An hour a day of weight training will burn calories, tone you up, and build muscle that burns fat as you sleep.

Now is when you will want to trick your body with a change-up, and increase the carbs, but lower the fat. You will now be more active, so you can try a higher carb, whole grain, fruit, lean meat and fish diet. Things like whole grain barley salad with black pepper and lime juice. Just remember... fat and carbs should be mutually exclusive.

At this point you can mess around with what you eat, and see what works for you. Hell, eat a slice of German Chocolate cake, you only weigh 150 pounds. But if you start gaining, go straight back to meat, eggs, cheese for a week.
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jwwb2000

pretty black roses
Going to the gym 5 days a week has helped me trim down. I am not at my goal but right now I am happier at the way I look.
 
willie

willie

Well-Known Member
jayden0405 said:
THANK YOU for teh valuable information.


I have done Atkins and lost about 20lbs, but it's liek once you go back to eating carbs here comes the weight BACk plus about 10 more.

How do dI maintain once I go back to eating carbs??
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IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, Atkins first step, with very minimal carbs, is for sedentary people that think pushing the chair away from the dinner table is enough exercise for one day. The critics of the Atkins program either lie when they say they've read the book or they have a severe comprehension problem. Atkins says that as the weight is coming down, carbs are increased to match the exercise/activity. Only GOOD carbs, never white stuff. Critics never get to the part when carbs are put on the menu and they ignore the difference in good and worthless carbs. It all depends on your activity level.
 
ylexot

ylexot

Super Genius
willie said:
IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, Atkins first step, with very minimal carbs, is for sedentary people that think pushing the chair away from the dinner table is enough exercise for one day. The critics of the Atkins program either lie when they say they've read the book or they have a severe comprehension problem. Atkins says that as the weight is coming down, carbs are increased to match the exercise/activity. Only GOOD carbs, never white stuff. Critics never get to the part when carbs are put on the menu and they ignore the difference in good and worthless carbs. It all depends on your activity level.
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:yeahthat:
I think a lot of people have an incorrect perception that Atkins is simply cut out the carbs. My understanding (I haven't read the book) is that cutting out the carbs is just the first step intended to shock your system. It is also my understanding that doing Atkins incorrectly can be dangerous. If you are going to do it, at the very least, read the book. However, it's advisable to do Atkins with a doctor's supervision.
 
virgovictoria

virgovictoria

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PREMO Member
I can honestly say that the best way I have found to lose unwanted weight is via the Atkins approach. And then - maintaining a low/no processed carb diet is a healthy way to live AND keep the weight off! Tons of water, colorful fruits and vegetables, leaner meats and cheese and minimal whole grain starches is really a good way to go!

Sorry Vrai, ixnay on the boxed, preserved frozen cardboard meals, unless ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY - and I would NEVER suggest that more than once or twice a week... Even meal replacement bars are better for you - or drinks...
 
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scottrobts

New Member
look into the South beach Diet, my parents did that, admittidly they did it religiously and have stuck to it for several years now, but they have both lossed massive amounts of weight. My Dad has lost the most, he does a lot of walking along with the diet. You should also drink as much water as you can stand, ice cold water is the best from what I understand. Stay away from fruits, they are loaded with sugar, use them sparingly.
 
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tikipirate

Guest
Jayden,

In your original post you asked opinions for the quickest manner in which to lose weight. Stringent Atkins, as I stated, is the way to go for speed. Also, the instant results will boost your morale and keep you going. BTW, I was very conservative in my weight calculations. If you really stick to it, you may be able to get down to 140 by New Year's. But no cheating, and be vigilant of every gram of carb in everything you eat.

I suffered no health problems with Atkins. Quite the contrary, my doctor complimented me on greatly reduced cholesterol and increased HDL/LDL ratio. He told me that I had just cut my risk of heart attack 2.5 times and to keep it up.

I had greatly increased energy. Some insomnia at first, but it went away. Any mood swings from fluctuating sugar levels disappeared.

All of the popular diets limit carbs, it's just a matter of how restrictive you are. Atkins is most restrictive. South Beach seems like the way to go for maintenance. Once at your goal weight, maintain awareness of carb intake, only eat carbs in it's most natural form, and you will keep the weight off. No more than 2 slices of good, healthy bread a day. Except for a rare treat, baked goods, ice cream, and soda should be a thing of the past. Rewire your brain to connect that stuff with how you feel weighing 247.

You said you are a stay-at-home mom. Fantastic. Get a home gym or treadmill if you can afford it, or as little as a pair of adjustable dumbells. No time? Hah! Do one 3 minute set of exercises every hour on the hour, such as 10 slow arm curls or 10 slow situps. They add up. (As a mom, you probably have muscles you don't even know about from heaving those kids around. Ever notice how moms usually have pretty good calf muscles?)

Now is probably a good time to re-evaluate what you are feeding your children. If you are heavy because you are eating their Twinkies and Fruit Loops, perhaps you should be integrating healthier foods with less processed sugar into their diets. You aren't happy being 247. Imagine how it would feel to be looking at a 247 pound teenage daughter.

Just remember... It's your body, and you are in control. You can do it.
 
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