please, please , please could anybody tell me a good way to lose a lot of weight safely (I`m talking about 4 stone or more) without using fad diets or having to exercise to the point of exhaustion every day? I am the same height as I was 35 years ago, but now weigh over 60% more. I have tried diet after diet, "sensible eating", change of lifestyle, exercise regimes, etc etc but apart from losing the odd half a stone here and there (and eventually putting it back on), I just can`t (a) lose large amounts of weight or (b) keep it off. Oh, and I forgot to say, please don`t recommend diets where one feels hungry all the time, as that`s more miserable than being overweight!
incidentally, my (first) cousin is 3 inches taller than me and weighs half my weight (in fact he`s had medical help to increase his weight) despite eating twice as much as me, so I don`t think it can be anything genetic or hereditary!
I had to steel myself to make this post, so please don`t be too harsh on me, and thank you all in advance! :yh_sweat
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Dieting and subsequent weight loss affect different people in different ways and what works for one does not necessarily work for someone else.
Having said that, my doctor advised me to lose weight about two years ago.
I asked him what was the best way to achieve this in a controlled and permanent way.
His answer was for me to (a) calculate how many calories I used each day - in my case it was around 2500 and for a female it is approx. 2000 - and then to make sure my daily calorific intake was less than that.
Your body then uses the excess calories it has stored as fat to make up the difference and you gradually and permanently lose weight.
It is also important that the food you do consume is of the 'low-fat' or better still 'fat-free' variety.
I heeded his advice and gradually reduced from 230lbs to 150lbs over a 9-month period to my target.
I have stayed at 150lbs ever since and feel much better for it.
I can't stress enough how important it is to consume only 'low-fat' or 'fat-free' food and continuing to do that when you reach your desired weight.
The following foods are high in saturated fat and therefore should be avoided:
Fat on any meat
Bacon,duck,goose
Sausages,salami,pate
Luncheon meat, all burgers
Brazil, coconuts, cashew and peanuts
Peanut butter
Butter, cream, ice-cream, thiock gravies, sauces,sugar, chocolate,honey and syrup.
The following foods are OK to eat within your calorie limit:
Poultry(no skin), veal,liver, meat extenders
Pulses, pumpkin,squash,hazelnuts, chestnuts, almonds
Clear or vegetarian soups, natural yougurt,cottage cheese
Fish - especiallycod,haddock, salmon, shellfish, shrimp and crab.
Bran, fresh fruit, friut juice, decaf coffee.
All sodas should be 'low-cal' or 'diet"
As I said, this worked well for me but might not for everyone.
Weigh yourself weekly and expect to shed 2/3lbs per week until you reach your target.
Good luck!
Having said that, my doctor advised me to lose weight about two years ago.
I asked him what was the best way to achieve this in a controlled and permanent way.
His answer was for me to (a) calculate how many calories I used each day - in my case it was around 2500 and for a female it is approx. 2000 - and then to make sure my daily calorific intake was less than that.
Your body then uses the excess calories it has stored as fat to make up the difference and you gradually and permanently lose weight.
It is also important that the food you do consume is of the 'low-fat' or better still 'fat-free' variety.
I heeded his advice and gradually reduced from 230lbs to 150lbs over a 9-month period to my target.
I have stayed at 150lbs ever since and feel much better for it.
I can't stress enough how important it is to consume only 'low-fat' or 'fat-free' food and continuing to do that when you reach your desired weight.
The following foods are high in saturated fat and therefore should be avoided:
Fat on any meat
Bacon,duck,goose
Sausages,salami,pate
Luncheon meat, all burgers
Brazil, coconuts, cashew and peanuts
Peanut butter
Butter, cream, ice-cream, thiock gravies, sauces,sugar, chocolate,honey and syrup.
The following foods are OK to eat within your calorie limit:
Poultry(no skin), veal,liver, meat extenders
Pulses, pumpkin,squash,hazelnuts, chestnuts, almonds
Clear or vegetarian soups, natural yougurt,cottage cheese
Fish - especiallycod,haddock, salmon, shellfish, shrimp and crab.
Bran, fresh fruit, friut juice, decaf coffee.
All sodas should be 'low-cal' or 'diet"
As I said, this worked well for me but might not for everyone.
Weigh yourself weekly and expect to shed 2/3lbs per week until you reach your target.
Good luck!
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PE, what are "pulses"?
I would be wary of eating too much liver, it's a blood filter that can
have way too many toxins in it!!
Losing weight and keeping it off is the hardest thing to do. I work at it
constantly, but I'm noticing a lack of willpower as I age. Used to be
able to fast 3/4 days in a row! Exercise usually about 13 hours a week,
that's alot for anyone to try and keep up with, especially with a demanding
job and/or kids or something.
I'm just always hungry! It's the pits!
:-5
I would be wary of eating too much liver, it's a blood filter that can
have way too many toxins in it!!
Losing weight and keeping it off is the hardest thing to do. I work at it
constantly, but I'm noticing a lack of willpower as I age. Used to be
able to fast 3/4 days in a row! Exercise usually about 13 hours a week,
that's alot for anyone to try and keep up with, especially with a demanding
job and/or kids or something.
I'm just always hungry! It's the pits!
:-5
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i'll be the counter voice to the low-fat/no-fat stuff:
most of it is hogwash (i'm not saying that philadelphia eagle is full of hogwash, just that the anti-fat mentality is f-l-a-w-e-d). people *need* fat in their diets. saturated fat is absolutely fine, and in fact, good for you. the more meat, the better. plenty of fresh veggies, of course. sugar, NO. in fact, sugar NONONONO! refined carbohydrates, NO! grains, sure, as long as they are truly whole grains. butter, excellent. eggs, excellent.
the whole 'a calorie is a calorie is a calorie' chant is also huge hogwash (hogwash is my word of the day). calories from different sources are metabolized vastly differently in the human body. calories - kilocalories more precisely - are measured by taking a substance and burning it inside what's known as a 'bomb', a device surrounded by water. the amount the temperature rises from that substance being burned is how calories are calculated. well, sorry, but my stomach does not have a small fire burning in it. the gastrointenstinal tract expends vastly different amounts of energy breaking down fats as opposed to sugars. it takes almost no net caloric input from your body to break down sugars - that's why they go straight to your hips! fats on the other hand take a lot of net calories to break down. this is part of the basis of low-carb dieting. take away the easily metabolized sources of calories and replace them with hard to metabolize foods. it works.
but i'm ranting!
most of it is hogwash (i'm not saying that philadelphia eagle is full of hogwash, just that the anti-fat mentality is f-l-a-w-e-d). people *need* fat in their diets. saturated fat is absolutely fine, and in fact, good for you. the more meat, the better. plenty of fresh veggies, of course. sugar, NO. in fact, sugar NONONONO! refined carbohydrates, NO! grains, sure, as long as they are truly whole grains. butter, excellent. eggs, excellent.
the whole 'a calorie is a calorie is a calorie' chant is also huge hogwash (hogwash is my word of the day). calories from different sources are metabolized vastly differently in the human body. calories - kilocalories more precisely - are measured by taking a substance and burning it inside what's known as a 'bomb', a device surrounded by water. the amount the temperature rises from that substance being burned is how calories are calculated. well, sorry, but my stomach does not have a small fire burning in it. the gastrointenstinal tract expends vastly different amounts of energy breaking down fats as opposed to sugars. it takes almost no net caloric input from your body to break down sugars - that's why they go straight to your hips! fats on the other hand take a lot of net calories to break down. this is part of the basis of low-carb dieting. take away the easily metabolized sources of calories and replace them with hard to metabolize foods. it works.
but i'm ranting!
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john8pies wrote: please, please , please could anybody tell me a good way to lose a lot of weight safely (I`m talking about 4 stone or more) without using fad diets or having to exercise to the point of exhaustion every day? I am the same height as I was 35 years ago, but now weigh over 60% more. I have tried diet after diet, "sensible eating", change of lifestyle, exercise regimes, etc etc but apart from losing the odd half a stone here and there (and eventually putting it back on), I just can`t (a) lose large amounts of weight or (b) keep it off. Oh, and I forgot to say, please don`t recommend diets where one feels hungry all the time, as that`s more miserable than being overweight!
incidentally, my (first) cousin is 3 inches taller than me and weighs half my weight (in fact he`s had medical help to increase his weight) despite eating twice as much as me, so I don`t think it can be anything genetic or hereditary!
I had to steel myself to make this post, so please don`t be too harsh on me, and thank you all in advance! :yh_sweat
There are several components to this problem, but at its heart, it has one cause. Humans gain weight(cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, dogs, too) because they are consuming a fuel mix that they have not adapted to.
We have been eating a diet based on agriculture for no more than 10,000 years. It takes about 20,000 to adapt to this.
In man's never ending quest to produce cheap food in order to feed his increasing numbers, he has made food less digestible, in order to prevent it from spoiling. The road to hell is paved with good intent.
There's a saying in my business,"Any damn fool can take weight off a person." Keeping it off, as you have attested, is another story. It has spawned an industry rife with charlatons.
What to do; Success is a lot like success in AA. The person has to hit bottom first. The biochemistry's easy. I can assess your metabolic type in 10 minutes and design a food plan of delicious foods that you could eat as much as you want that would have you losing weight and feeling like a million bucks, but if you're not motivated to succeed, it would all be for naught.
Readiness...the key to life.
peace
Rik
incidentally, my (first) cousin is 3 inches taller than me and weighs half my weight (in fact he`s had medical help to increase his weight) despite eating twice as much as me, so I don`t think it can be anything genetic or hereditary!
I had to steel myself to make this post, so please don`t be too harsh on me, and thank you all in advance! :yh_sweat
There are several components to this problem, but at its heart, it has one cause. Humans gain weight(cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, dogs, too) because they are consuming a fuel mix that they have not adapted to.
We have been eating a diet based on agriculture for no more than 10,000 years. It takes about 20,000 to adapt to this.
In man's never ending quest to produce cheap food in order to feed his increasing numbers, he has made food less digestible, in order to prevent it from spoiling. The road to hell is paved with good intent.
There's a saying in my business,"Any damn fool can take weight off a person." Keeping it off, as you have attested, is another story. It has spawned an industry rife with charlatons.
What to do; Success is a lot like success in AA. The person has to hit bottom first. The biochemistry's easy. I can assess your metabolic type in 10 minutes and design a food plan of delicious foods that you could eat as much as you want that would have you losing weight and feeling like a million bucks, but if you're not motivated to succeed, it would all be for naught.
Readiness...the key to life.
peace
Rik
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Valerie - pulses are simply lentils and the like.
If you are not keen on liver you can substitute it with lean beefsteak and you don't need to eat it very often. Once a week, my doctor says, is perfectly adequate.
Anastrophe - Wow! I've never heard anyone say that saturated fat is good for you before! I don't know that many members of the medical profession would agree with that one!
Plenty of fresh vegetables - of course - and no suger - absolutely.
Are you advocating the low-carb approach?
I thought that had been discredited now.
All I can state that the approach which I undertook on the advice of my doctor worked very well for me and I lost weight gradually and permanently but as I said in the first line of my post it may not be suitable for everyone.
If you are not keen on liver you can substitute it with lean beefsteak and you don't need to eat it very often. Once a week, my doctor says, is perfectly adequate.
Anastrophe - Wow! I've never heard anyone say that saturated fat is good for you before! I don't know that many members of the medical profession would agree with that one!
Plenty of fresh vegetables - of course - and no suger - absolutely.
Are you advocating the low-carb approach?
I thought that had been discredited now.
All I can state that the approach which I undertook on the advice of my doctor worked very well for me and I lost weight gradually and permanently but as I said in the first line of my post it may not be suitable for everyone.
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Philadelphia Eagle wrote: Anastrophe - Wow! I've never heard anyone say that saturated fat is good for you before! I don't know that many members of the medical profession would agree with that one!that's fine. most doctors will tell you to reduce dietary cholesterol, which is another bunch of poppycock. your body daily produces more than ten times the cholesterol you could possible eat in one day. here's an interesting article i found with a very quick search - the author is an ob/gyn, and explains these things well:
http://www.womentowomen.com/LIBcholesterolandfat.asp
Plenty of fresh vegetables - of course - and no suger - absolutely.
Are you advocating the low-carb approach?low carb can work quite well. if it works for someone, i guess i'd say i advocate it. it works for me, i feel fantastic when i stick to it - but doh! i've not been sticking to it...
I thought that had been discredited now.
discredited?! not in the least. it continues to gain credibility through unbiased scientific studies that are ongoing. it is good for the heart, good for cholesterol health (LDL/HDL ratios etc). yes, eating butter, eggs, red meat - you can lose weight, and lower your bad cholesterol (and raise good cholesterol and triglycerides).
All I can state that the approach which I undertook on the advice of my doctor worked very well for me and I lost weight gradually and permanently but as I said in the first line of my post it may not be suitable for everyone.
and there i'm in absolute agreement. if it works for you, then that's what matters! people from different regions of the world have historically eaten different foods. what works for a particular 'race' of people may be terrible for another race.
one of the curious things is the increases in height that have been occurring throughout the industrialized asian nations, with reduced reliance on rice as a staple, and increased consumption of 'western' foods. one surely wouldn't think of what they eat affecting their height - but the statistics show that it does. asians - japanese in particular - are getting taller and taller than their forebears. quite fascinating.
talking about all this food stuff has made me hungry. off to have some carnitas!!
http://www.womentowomen.com/LIBcholesterolandfat.asp
Plenty of fresh vegetables - of course - and no suger - absolutely.
Are you advocating the low-carb approach?low carb can work quite well. if it works for someone, i guess i'd say i advocate it. it works for me, i feel fantastic when i stick to it - but doh! i've not been sticking to it...
I thought that had been discredited now.
discredited?! not in the least. it continues to gain credibility through unbiased scientific studies that are ongoing. it is good for the heart, good for cholesterol health (LDL/HDL ratios etc). yes, eating butter, eggs, red meat - you can lose weight, and lower your bad cholesterol (and raise good cholesterol and triglycerides).
All I can state that the approach which I undertook on the advice of my doctor worked very well for me and I lost weight gradually and permanently but as I said in the first line of my post it may not be suitable for everyone.
and there i'm in absolute agreement. if it works for you, then that's what matters! people from different regions of the world have historically eaten different foods. what works for a particular 'race' of people may be terrible for another race.
one of the curious things is the increases in height that have been occurring throughout the industrialized asian nations, with reduced reliance on rice as a staple, and increased consumption of 'western' foods. one surely wouldn't think of what they eat affecting their height - but the statistics show that it does. asians - japanese in particular - are getting taller and taller than their forebears. quite fascinating.
talking about all this food stuff has made me hungry. off to have some carnitas!!
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A friend of mine who eats really healthy meals had a weight problem even though she wasn't eating junk. She tried the 'eat right for your blood type' program and has had good results. the weight loss if it happens is also accompanied by increased vitality and general good health. even if you don't lose weight doing it you still benefit. It promises 'the correct body weight' not weight loss in general. Me, for example, I would gain weight to get to my healthy size.
If you don't know your blood type you could give blood to find out and accomplish yet another good thing.
If you don't know your blood type you could give blood to find out and accomplish yet another good thing.
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Forget all diets. Just take in less calories each day than you burnup. Find a way to measure your caloric intake accurately and accurately calculate your daily physical activity, no matter what that may be. It's impossible to not loose weight by doing this
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It just goes to show that we are all very different!
Basically - if you intake fewer calories per day than you use then you will gradually lose weight. That's pretty much guaranteed.
If you also at the same time eat healthy food as part of your calorie controlled intake then that will be beneficial to you.
It's not difficult (and very worthwhile) to become a 'calorie counter'.
Most food packages have the required detailed information printed on them.
Basically - if you intake fewer calories per day than you use then you will gradually lose weight. That's pretty much guaranteed.
If you also at the same time eat healthy food as part of your calorie controlled intake then that will be beneficial to you.
It's not difficult (and very worthwhile) to become a 'calorie counter'.
Most food packages have the required detailed information printed on them.
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lillbuddy wrote:
The real key to losing weight and keeping it off, is to take in less calories than you burn. You do need fat in your diet, but saturated fat is the worst kind. Mono-unsaturated oils.....like olive or nut oils are the best. There'a a reason that Greeks live a long time, and it has to do with their diet which includes a lot of fish, vegetables, whole grains, and olive oil.
greeks are not particularly known for living any longer than any other heterogeonous native people. saturated fat is not bad for you. there's zero evidence to that effect. there's lots of silly theories like 'eating fat must make you fat'. it doesn't work that way.
Fad diets (like Adkins) are never going to be palatable for any length of time, and after you go off of them, that's when the weight starts coming back.
hmm. the Atkins diet a fad? the atkins diet has been a published method for more than 33 years. i'd hardly call that a 'fad'. that it took off in popularity a couple of years ago was a testament to the failures of other, conventional 'fat is bad' diets.
The real key to losing weight and keeping it off, is to take in less calories than you burn. You do need fat in your diet, but saturated fat is the worst kind. Mono-unsaturated oils.....like olive or nut oils are the best. There'a a reason that Greeks live a long time, and it has to do with their diet which includes a lot of fish, vegetables, whole grains, and olive oil.
greeks are not particularly known for living any longer than any other heterogeonous native people. saturated fat is not bad for you. there's zero evidence to that effect. there's lots of silly theories like 'eating fat must make you fat'. it doesn't work that way.
Fad diets (like Adkins) are never going to be palatable for any length of time, and after you go off of them, that's when the weight starts coming back.
hmm. the Atkins diet a fad? the atkins diet has been a published method for more than 33 years. i'd hardly call that a 'fad'. that it took off in popularity a couple of years ago was a testament to the failures of other, conventional 'fat is bad' diets.
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anastrophe wrote: hmm. the Atkins diet a fad? the atkins diet has been a published method for more than 33 years. i'd hardly call that a 'fad'. that it took off in popularity a couple of years ago was a testament to the failures of other, conventional 'fat is bad' diets.For years i have battled with my weight, and i've tried everything from eating just fruit, weightwatchers point system, calorie counting, the cereal diet and i never lost more than a few pounds before putting it back on and more.
I went on the Atkins low carb diet and the weight dropped off me, i lost the 30lb that had crept on over the years & came off it 14 months ago the weight stayed off me, but i had a minor accident & was'nt able to exercise, got a little lazy & fat!
Over the past 5 months i realise i have gained 10lb, so on Tuesday i'll be back on the Atkins.
I have to tell you, the last time i did it i felt fantastic, so much energy and the biggest surprise of all, my DR said it was fine short term!
He took my cholestral levels just as i started, it was a little high, not dangerously so.
The day i came off the Atkins i went in & had another check, and my cholestral had actually dropped...go figure!!
I went on the Atkins low carb diet and the weight dropped off me, i lost the 30lb that had crept on over the years & came off it 14 months ago the weight stayed off me, but i had a minor accident & was'nt able to exercise, got a little lazy & fat!
Over the past 5 months i realise i have gained 10lb, so on Tuesday i'll be back on the Atkins.
I have to tell you, the last time i did it i felt fantastic, so much energy and the biggest surprise of all, my DR said it was fine short term!
He took my cholestral levels just as i started, it was a little high, not dangerously so.
The day i came off the Atkins i went in & had another check, and my cholestral had actually dropped...go figure!!
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Thank you all so much for your advice.
I guess the main reason I eat is that I enjoy food - hence my monicker!!!
I live on the south coast of England but I don`t really feel up to going to anything like Slimmer`s World, etc, but thanks for the advice
I shall try and consume smaller portions of healthier, low-fat food and increase my exercise regime but (honestly) I have been doing this for months and months now and still am grossly overweight - I know my BMI and it is morbidly obese or some such frightening phrase!
Finally, and to show that I can still keep a sense of humour, I loved the suggestion about walking a mile a day - but wouldn`t that mean at the end of the year I would be 365 miles away from home?! :-6
I guess the main reason I eat is that I enjoy food - hence my monicker!!!
I live on the south coast of England but I don`t really feel up to going to anything like Slimmer`s World, etc, but thanks for the advice
I shall try and consume smaller portions of healthier, low-fat food and increase my exercise regime but (honestly) I have been doing this for months and months now and still am grossly overweight - I know my BMI and it is morbidly obese or some such frightening phrase!
Finally, and to show that I can still keep a sense of humour, I loved the suggestion about walking a mile a day - but wouldn`t that mean at the end of the year I would be 365 miles away from home?! :-6
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john8pies wrote:
Finally, and to show that I can still keep a sense of humour, I loved the suggestion about walking a mile a day - but wouldn`t that mean at the end of the year I would be 365 miles away from home?! :-6:wah: :wah: Very Good x.
Finally, and to show that I can still keep a sense of humour, I loved the suggestion about walking a mile a day - but wouldn`t that mean at the end of the year I would be 365 miles away from home?! :-6:wah: :wah: Very Good x.
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This is what finally worked for me - Set a goal of where you want to be and when by (be reasonable). I am a very competitive person so when I saw a flier for an indoor triathlon (20 min bike, 20 min run and 20 min swim) two months away. Something snapped in me (I think crazy) and I started training and researching the right ways to train. My only goal was not to come in last. I had never run a full mile in my life, didnt own a bike and only played in pools. I made it coming in last I think (scores never posted) but I have been hooked ever since. I have lost 20 pounds and gained quite a bit of muscle. my diet still needs work but I have slowly taken the junk out (not 100%):yh_shhhh .
Find something that will motivate you and use it. Its hard to quit bad habbits cold turkey. Take it a step at a time and follow your dr advise.
Find something that will motivate you and use it. Its hard to quit bad habbits cold turkey. Take it a step at a time and follow your dr advise.
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[quote=john8pies]please, please , please could anybody tell me a good way to lose a lot of weight safely (I`m talking about 4 stone or more) without using fad diets or having to exercise to the point of exhaustion every day? I am the same height as I was 35 years ago, but now weigh over 60% more. I have tried diet after diet, "sensible eating", change of lifestyle, exercise regimes, etc etc but apart from losing the odd half a stone here and there (and eventually putting it back on), I just can`t (a) lose large amounts of weight or (b) keep it off. Oh, and I forgot to say, please don`t recommend diets where one feels hungry all the time, as that`s more miserable than being overweight!
incidentally, my (first) cousin is 3 inches taller than me and weighs half my weight (in fact he`s had medical help to increase his weight) despite eating twice as much as me, so I don`t think it can be anything genetic or hereditary!
Losing weight is reallyl quite simple and it doesn't really matter what fad diet you use. JUST TAKE IN LESS CALORIES THAN YOU BURN UP AND WEIGHT WILL GRADUALLY COME OFF. You need to measure your caloric intake and how many calories you burn each day.
incidentally, my (first) cousin is 3 inches taller than me and weighs half my weight (in fact he`s had medical help to increase his weight) despite eating twice as much as me, so I don`t think it can be anything genetic or hereditary!
Losing weight is reallyl quite simple and it doesn't really matter what fad diet you use. JUST TAKE IN LESS CALORIES THAN YOU BURN UP AND WEIGHT WILL GRADUALLY COME OFF. You need to measure your caloric intake and how many calories you burn each day.
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the whole 'a calorie is a calorie is a calorie' chant is also huge hogwash (hogwash is my word of the day). calories from different sources are metabolized vastly differently in the human body. calories - kilocalories more precisely - are measured by taking a substance and burning it inside what's known as a 'bomb', a device surrounded by water.
This is pretty much half of the issue right here. It is all about what you train your body to metabolize that will determine which foods "stick with you". When you have too many processed sugars your body will really only want to burn processed sugars, so you get a boost of energy followed by a crash followed by weight gain from all of the other unmetabolized nutrients. Processed sugars are tricky and found in very unlikely places...McDonald's actually has about the same amount of processed sugars in their parfett (not sure about that spelling) as are in their salads...so even what you eat doesn't really matter because you are still only burning this one ineffecient fuel.
Losing weight is reallyl quite simple and it doesn't really matter what fad diet you use. JUST TAKE IN LESS CALORIES THAN YOU BURN UP AND WEIGHT WILL GRADUALLY COME OFF This is misleading. While it is true on some level, there is the issue above and metabolism in general. If you starve the body (deprive it of the necessary nutrients) you actually slow the metabolism. So you will lose weight but immediately gain it when you start to eat regularly again. A better more organic diet and regular exercise would help immensely. I suggest something like swimming or martial arts where you get to use the whole body. This will increase over all metabolism over time and you will still be able to eat regular meals. If the original poster wanted to lose weight without a permenant change in diet or exercise, I am sorry to say that they are probably out of luck, your body didn't get out of shape over night and it won't get back in shape that way either.
This is pretty much half of the issue right here. It is all about what you train your body to metabolize that will determine which foods "stick with you". When you have too many processed sugars your body will really only want to burn processed sugars, so you get a boost of energy followed by a crash followed by weight gain from all of the other unmetabolized nutrients. Processed sugars are tricky and found in very unlikely places...McDonald's actually has about the same amount of processed sugars in their parfett (not sure about that spelling) as are in their salads...so even what you eat doesn't really matter because you are still only burning this one ineffecient fuel.
Losing weight is reallyl quite simple and it doesn't really matter what fad diet you use. JUST TAKE IN LESS CALORIES THAN YOU BURN UP AND WEIGHT WILL GRADUALLY COME OFF This is misleading. While it is true on some level, there is the issue above and metabolism in general. If you starve the body (deprive it of the necessary nutrients) you actually slow the metabolism. So you will lose weight but immediately gain it when you start to eat regularly again. A better more organic diet and regular exercise would help immensely. I suggest something like swimming or martial arts where you get to use the whole body. This will increase over all metabolism over time and you will still be able to eat regular meals. If the original poster wanted to lose weight without a permenant change in diet or exercise, I am sorry to say that they are probably out of luck, your body didn't get out of shape over night and it won't get back in shape that way either.