New and dont know where to start!

purplek

purplek

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Hi!

I thought I'd come and introduce myself. I'm a 20 yr old female from Canada hoping to finally lose weight!
My favorite colour's purple, I'm a Nursing student, and I love to play volleyball and tennis.
I'm 5ft (short!) and 190lbs. I just recently hit 196 which was my highest weight and as the 200lb mark looms closer, I've decided I need to make a change.
Looking for ideas and how to get started! I know I should eat less, exercise more.... but what exercises to do?! How much food is too much food!? Help!

Looking forward to meeting new people!
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Hey there! Welcome to the boards. I'd read around and find the sticky threads in the various sub-forums, they've been really helpful for me.

As for what to eat and how much, that really depends on your specific body type/weight/height/activity level/etc. You could check out a site like caloriecount.about.com to get an idea about how many calories you should be consuming.

When I first started trying to lose weight, I ate as I normally did for a few days and kept track of all the calories I was consuming. Of course, it ended up being waaaay more than I actually needed! I'd recommend doing that and then cutting back 100-200 calories, and also adding 100-200 calories worth of exercise. I also cut back on soda pop, which made me feel a loooot better. It's totally a personal thing, though, so just try cutting back on things, adding things, etc. until you find something that works for you!

Anyway, welcome once again, I hope to see you around!
 
Hi and welcome.

It's really not the big issue people expect to lose some pounds.
I did only a few thing to drop almost 60lbs.

1) Cut out the junk food. (by junk, I include processed foods - not just BK or McD's)
2) Cut out soda's (maybe 1-2 per month)
3) Workout a little. Join a gym and go 3 times a week. Even if you only walk 20-30 minutes on a treadmill, it's a start.
4) Cook for yourself. I don't mean heat, I mean cook.

In the 50's and 60's few people were overwight and homecooked meals were common. Soda's were a rare treat and people took a sack lunch to work and wouldn't stop at McDonalds for a breakfast burrito. I think a 50's diet would do a lot of people a lot of good.
 
Hey,

I pretty much been doing what the guys have already said, the best bit of advice I can give you is to gradually introduce any changes you want to make, I think its more manageable, well that's what I found. First i stopped eating processed food, then a few days/week later soda etc.
 
Thanks for all your advice guys!
Not much has happened yet, but to be honest, I haven't been trying hard enough. I'm eating better, but not great, but I guess that's a start?

It's just so hard to push myself! I make myself mad even. I can get all psychological and I know that I'm scared that this battle will be sooo hard and I'm not strong enough, but this is definitely something I need to do.

so what do you guys do when you really need someone to kick your butt!!!

hope you're all doing well,
keara
 
purplek said:
Thanks for all your advice guys!
Not much has happened yet, but to be honest, I haven't been trying hard enough. I'm eating better, but not great, but I guess that's a start?

It's just so hard to push myself! I make myself mad even. I can get all psychological and I know that I'm scared that this battle will be sooo hard and I'm not strong enough, but this is definitely something I need to do.

so what do you guys do when you really need someone to kick your butt!!!

hope you're all doing well,
keara
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Every little thing counts. If you just continue to eat better and better, adjusting your food intake gradually (cutting calories if needed, adding in more fruits/veggies/whole grains, taking out various "junk" foods and such), over time it will really make a difference. If you push yourself too hard, it'll be overwhelming.

Like I said before about the food/exercise journal, that's how I really hold myself accountable, even if it's just to myself. Monitoring that really helps to kick things into gear, when I can look back and see exactly how I've been doing on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.

It is hard, but you can do it! Just push yourself a little bit more as time goes by. :)
 
might be good to set concrete rules for yourself, e.g.

-don't eat after 19:00
-try to only drink water, coffee and tea
-cook for yourself, only make as much as you can eat in one sitting
-walk 1 hour a day as many days a week as possible
 
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