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Raevynne

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Good afternoon folks. New to the forum, of course. Desperate for help.

26 year old female, around 240 lbs., end goal is 120 but i'll settle for a max of 140. I have a very active job at walmart as a sales associate, so active that by the time i get home i am just too TIRED to do anything.

But I hate being fat. It's not me, it's never been me, and I'm FED UP with the way I look. I'm done with pacifying statements like, I look good the way I am. No, hell, I don't, and it's time for a change.

Caveat, I don't know where to begin. I've reduced the intake of my sodas, I've reduced my fast food and junk food intake, but nothing I do seems to make a difference. I'm just frustrated and determined that I'm gonna find my way out of this jiggly mess!!!! Is there anybody out there who can help me??
 
Hi, welcome, cut completly the sodas, start to drink a lot of water, fast food and junk food should be almost completly eradicated if you wanna lose weight, the calories intake is just too high.
 
Hi Rae,

See I have a slightly different take on it to Benny. If you're looking to lose a lot of weight, don't cut everything out at all. Start by working out the actual number of calories you're taking in, vs what you're losing.

There's no reason you can't lose weight while still sometimes eating fast food, or drinking soda. It's just in moderation. End of the day you'll stick to something you can enjoy more than something that you hate.

I'd start by logging your daily food habits over a week, and seeing what you're really eating. It may just be something as stupid as you don't realise you're snacking while at work a lot.

Steve
 
Well, I had best result drinking only water/milk, stopping to drink sodas really made a great difference for me, so my opinion was obviously my own experience, can be drank with moderation I guess, but junk food & fast food are really a lot of calories in my opinion.
 
I agree with Steve. There is no need to cut anything out entirely. It will just make you crave things that you're not 'allowed' to have more and more. You can also try to find substitutes - for example, if I crave something fizzy and flavoured, I'll have some Pepsi Max instead of full sugar Pepsi. It's enough to satsify the cravings, with no calories. Also, limiting yourself to just one or two things gets incredibly boring after a while.

The food log is really the best thing to start with. Record anything that passes your lips for a week, no matter what, even the smallest snack or drink. Figure out the amount of calories you really consume - sometimes it is very easy to underestimate how many calories are in certain things. It will give you a good idea as to what might be the problem. :)
 
Hi,

My suggestion would be, pick one meal of one day a week, like Friday dinner for example where you buy a fast food meal and don't eat it the rest of the week.
The idea is to train yourself to eat healthy but have treats in moderation.
Takes a lot of will power in the beginning.
After I did this for a while and my dietitian then gave me the ok to eat a meal of my choice any time I wanted. I was nervous at first but realized, if I had mc Donald's on a Tuesday instead of my Friday I still ate healthy for the next week knowing I had had my treat meal.
Some weeks I may have had two treat meals but I had lost the weight by then and maintained it and never went over two treat meals a week because of the habit I grew into. Plus after eating well for so long, I started craving salads rather than fast food.

Edit:: yes, I agree, the food log idea is always great.
 
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For me - you are all right...

I actually find it easier to give up things like high calorie treats totally rather than try to ration them to very small occasional portions... For me - it would be really difficult to keep things at a low level and easier to leave them out completely...

Especially since you obviously need to cut calories further to get anywhere...

You have established by saying that you are very active at work and too tired to do any more exercise - and by saying that you have tried to cut down but are not losing weight - that you really need to cut your calories from where you are now...

Logging food and counting calories is definitely a good idea... We tend to eat better if we log it down - as if you do not log things it is easier to pretend it didnt happen and kid yourself that you have eaten better than you have...

Counting calories really helps you focus on how you are spending the calories in your calorie allowance... You will almost certainly feel less tired and better fuelled if you spend a lot of your calories on healthy food rather than junk... Our bodies tend to appreciate us having a decent amount of things like fruit and vegetables and lean protein. I know that I often say that I feel like a human jumping bean compared to the old big me... You may find that you are less tired after a hectic day at work... I know that when I was big I used to eat so much fattening food that contained little by way of nutrients that - although it was really high in calories I was probably malnourished if you examined the actual nutritional breakdown of the food...
 
Firstly, congrats on wanting to make a change towards better health :) I agree, don't cut out ALL evils at once, you may get frustrated and end up bingeing which is very common. I'd recommend things like, if you have 4 sodas a day, replace 2 with a bottle of water and slowly reduce to no soda. I'd pick one or two days where you allow yourself a lunch/dinner of your choice. In terms of work being physical, it may be that way but if you're doing the same thing every day that's not challenging for your body and is it enough to get your heart rate up enough? Maybe pick one or two days (maybe the weekend) where you do something different that will get your heart rate up and make you sweat. Many of us work and are tired by the end of the day, but our bodies wont go where our minds dont push us. Staying motivated is super hard but keep your eye on the prize and try to stay focused. Pushing ourselves at the end of a tired working day(not every day) will end up giving you more energy in the long run. Good luck :)
 
We all know what foods are good for us and which are bad - start treating the bad ones such as biscuits, chocolate, fried foods, dairy and empty carbs as luxuries and rewards as opposed to daily essentials.

I had a small chocolate yesterday but only after a 3 mile run and as a reward for having lost 2 Lbs this week.
 
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