So I'm looking for some pointers on how to lose weight (seems I'm in the right place).
A little background:
In my 20s, used to be active, but I've had close to zero exercise in the last 2-3 years. Also have gained weight in said period. Now I'm trying to turn that around (and lose about 15kg). A few weeks ago I started swimming regularly, which has since become rather irregular, because I don't really know how to achieve anything in particular. I've never needed to lose weight before and I'm clueless.
I'm just as clueless about diet, and I tend to have a rather unhealthy relationship to sugary stuff. I have dismissed a couple of diets proposed to me in recent history, because they were utterly unrealistic. If I have to turn my whole life around and spend half a day in the kitchen eating 5 meals a day, I better be really, really convinced that it's worth it. Which I haven't been yet. In fact, I don't think that's realistic at all. So diet wise I'm open to try something, but it really needs to be fairly simple to do.
Exercise wise I would like to just swim. It's supposed to be good for weight loss, right? I've already started a bit and improved my physical shape, so I want to find a way to make this effective. Basically the answer I've been looking for is how much (and how hard) should I swim to best lose weight? The upper limit I can do is 1h/day (if for no other reason, the opening hours of the pool).
A little background:
In my 20s, used to be active, but I've had close to zero exercise in the last 2-3 years. Also have gained weight in said period. Now I'm trying to turn that around (and lose about 15kg). A few weeks ago I started swimming regularly, which has since become rather irregular, because I don't really know how to achieve anything in particular. I've never needed to lose weight before and I'm clueless.
I'm just as clueless about diet, and I tend to have a rather unhealthy relationship to sugary stuff. I have dismissed a couple of diets proposed to me in recent history, because they were utterly unrealistic. If I have to turn my whole life around and spend half a day in the kitchen eating 5 meals a day, I better be really, really convinced that it's worth it. Which I haven't been yet. In fact, I don't think that's realistic at all. So diet wise I'm open to try something, but it really needs to be fairly simple to do.
Exercise wise I would like to just swim. It's supposed to be good for weight loss, right? I've already started a bit and improved my physical shape, so I want to find a way to make this effective. Basically the answer I've been looking for is how much (and how hard) should I swim to best lose weight? The upper limit I can do is 1h/day (if for no other reason, the opening hours of the pool).
