What is the best way to lose weight?

[JonnyBoy12]

Sorry if this question has been asked before, but would really like to know the best way to lose weight if any other ABers can tell me this? According to diet pills and patches they are all the best, but this can not be, can it?

Thanks for any sensible replies.

[LazyGun]

I would only offer you the following, really boring advice ;

Burn more calories than you consume. Its a really simple concept, but it is the only proven way to lose weight.
To do this, you need to do the following;
1. Be honest with yourself - Count all calories, and that includes all the snacks throughout the day - I have known people discount a couple of bags of crisps, because they were just a "snackette".
2.Keep a diary, note all food eaten, then make a rough estimate of your calorific intake.
3. Eat a balanced diet, but eat less quantity of each, and in total. You can of course compensate by eating much more fruit and vegetables, for instance.
4. Trick the brain - using smaller plates, for example, means the plate will seem full with smaller quantities of food - this in turn fools the brain into thinking you have eaten more than you have.
5. Exercise - Brisk walk for at least 30 mins a day, a fast 1hr bike ride, or cycle to your local pool and swim for an hour - or run /jog for 45 mins or so a day.

[sara3]

decide what you're eating/drinking too much of, and stop it! and up your exercise. seriously, eat healthier and eat a bit less. pills and patches are for dreamers.

do it the common sense way. it's the only way to lose it and keep it off.

[R1Geezer]

Eat less, move more. End of!

[Drisgirl]

I lost 3stone in 12weeks a couple of years bak and have maintained it intil I had a we acident whickh meant I was less active howver its coming off again

Right

Special K and skimmed milk - breakfast -crucial.

Tthroughout the day as much fruit/veg and chicken as i ould eat or afford.

Snacks -beetroot and onions. Can even chop onions up with swey chiili sauce to give some flavour.

Some days -a slo cooker full of frozen veg -dirt cheap and then blended maybe add a buternut squash or some chillis -almost calorie free.

i also took Green Tea as well as other supplements.

I also completely gave up booze-and it pays off.I know just mainly eat veg or chcken for my tea so i can splash out at the weekends-i still have a stone to shift but by this time next month I will have shifted it -altho i dont weigh myself nut you know what i mean -by clothes and things.I just will eat the proper stuff and cut eh the booze out -ot hard for a few weeks.

[lil123]

Slimming world without a doubt!!!
I have lost over 7 stone and have been at target for ages.
Once you are at target you don't have to pay unless you put loads weight back on.
If you are looking long term you need something you can do for rest of your life not a quick fix ....

[jake-the-peg]

The old addage "It's simple you have to burn more calories than eat" is fundamentally true but it's way too simplistic.

I don't know how much weight you have to lose whether it's a lot or a little in certain places - but lets assume you have a lot because you're male and men tend only to want to lose weight when it's really starting to be a problem.

Why do you eat?

Some people have appetite problems. No matter how much they eat they are ravenously hungry all the time. (I actually know someone with the opposite problem too).

Do you snack outside of meals due to boredom?

Perhaps you eat too much at meals?

Are you a big drinker, there's a fierce load of calories in alcohol.

Lazy gun's diary is a good idea. Try it for a week, no dieting, that's cheating. Don't count the calories at the time, just what you eat and drink. Weigh the food wherever possible. Don't forget to count the booze!

Then at the end of week add it up

You should be taking in something like this:
http://www.csgnetwork.com/caloriesmalecalc.html
Prob about 3,000 calories

You should be able to see where most of the excess is going.

Now the difficult bit. You have to change for good. Crash dieting will just come back on again quickly you have to change your lifestyle and let it come off.

Try to be really strict about not snacking, keep fruit about for emergencies. Foods that make you feel full are really good - There are some good fruit muselis that I like, they are actually quite a lot of calories but you don't feel like eating again for hours.

Don't join a gym unless you really can keep it up. Group sports are best it's less easy to drop out when people ae expecting yo

[4getmenot]

sorry but I could follow alot of these rules and not lose weight. I have never eaten over the 2000 cals a day needed for a woman my age. Sometimes eaten 1000 and dont lose the weight I want to. I take green tea supplements, cider vinegar still no change. I exrecise no change. I;m guessing it depends on how much you weigh and what things you ate in first place. If you eat lots of chocs, crisps etc and change to a healthy diet it is going to change. But I have never eaten much chocolate. The only difference I found was lots of water and more fibre but I still yo yo

[Doolallygirl]

Get a personal trainer - they will beat the fat out of you! I'm assuming if you have the money for diet pills/patches you have the money for a PT. Get to your yellow pages and book a session with one - they don't bite (unless you disobey them!)

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