Hey everyone, I am new here. I am 24
years old and weigh about 165 pounds and I
am only 5'4. I want to lose about 30
pounds to be back to my normal self again,
the way I was before I got engaged.
Unfortunately I have a problem with my
energy levels because they are very low,
which prohibits me from exercising and
doing any other physical activity. I
also lack the motivation. I want to lose
weight but I have no one pushing me to do
it, or encouraging me to do it. I try to
exercise and eat healthy but it doesn't
give me the quick results that I want. I
read somewhere that if I cut down my
calorie intake by 500 a day then I could
lose a pound a week. But at that rate it
will take me forever to lose 30 pounds.
Does anyone have any suggestions to mainly
help with my energy levels and to help me
lose weight? :?:
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lostoyou
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jan 2004 Posts: 170 Location: Ireland
Posted: 05-18-05 18:10pm
Ok well i'm not too sure about the engry
levels although I think if you eat the
right foods and have a fairly healthy
lifestyle your engry should not be a
problem.
Now onto the losing weight. Its fine to
lose weight but I can tell you from past
experince that by cutting down on calories
your body will store even more fat and you
will not lose weight at all in fact there
is a great possibabitly that you would
gain weight.
Think of this ok, just for a minute, you
know the magazines that tell you about all
of these great diets that help you lose
weight and look great well they are not
true at all, no one really loses the
weight and if they do they put it back in
withing a few months. If magazines where
to promote diets that actually worked then
they would be out of business because
everyone would have lost weight and there
would be no need for anyone to read those
mags anymore. So never read things like
that which tell you to cut down on your
calorie intake because it won't work.
I know this might be hard to believe but
if you eat healthy amounts of food in
small portions 6 times a day and you do a
little exercise then you will begin to
lose weight. This works because if you
start to cut down on calories and your
food intake your body thinks that there is
a famine and so it stores all the fat it
needs to stay alive because it does not
know when it will be feed again but if you
eat regularly and in small amounts your
metabolism speeds up, burns the calories
quicker and helps you lose weight faster
but healthier as well.
I don't know if you knew this but the
people who are most overweight tend to eat
less then those who are at a normal weight
because of the reason I just explained.
There bodies hold onto more of the fat
because they eat less and so the calories
aren't burnt and the fat stays where it
is.
I hope you reach your goal but also
remember that weight cannot control your
happiness, you control your own happiness.
Good luck and I hope I helped a little.
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JennFank
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 2
Posted: 05-23-05 10:05am
Thank you, you did help. I actually did
not know that I should eat 6 meals a day
and that is better than only eating 3
meals a day. What exactly should I be
eating? I always thought by eating less
it will help me lose weight, but I guess I
was wrong and maybe that is why I am not
losing weight. I do exercise a bit and I
tried and am still trying to eat healthy,
but I guess I just need to increase my
meals per day. What kind of exercise
should I be doing? Is lifting better
than cardio or is it the other way around,
or should I just do both?
