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I have a friend named Laurens Maas who has a clinic in Barbados. His philosophy towards health is to basically clean one's system of toxins and fungus/yeast, bring all nutrient and vitamin levels to where they should be, and eat the correct foods according to one's body type. People who go on his program have amazing health recoveries, but one side effect in every case is that overweight people lose weight. In some cases over 100 pounds. He wrote a great book called The Hidden Cure - The 5 Laws of Perfect Health.

IMcruiser

What you wear affects how you look. If you are overweight don't wear tight clothes just because you can fit into them. If you wear a size too small for you, it looks like you are two sizes bigger than you are.

Get some clothes that suit your size and not only will you look slimmer, you will also feel better about yourself which breeds self-confidence, which in turn people notice and compliment you on.

I know it's not a way to lose weight, but how you carry and project yourself has a big bearing on how others see you.

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I combine counting weight watcher points with a high protein/high fiber/low carb/low fat diet. Drinks lots of plain water. Works like a charm.

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davally101

hi,

i have most 5 stone since february but there is no secret for me and it was easy,

the real secret I suppose is to really want to do it. eat when hungry. do a little excersise each day. eat low or now fat foods most of the time but have a little of the sweet stuff...Keep going until you are at the weight you want.

I did the same last year so have now lost about 9 stone in total! blimey that is alot.

Dave

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acedalright

I'll tell you an honest to goodness secret of mine and you can trust me that it works, I have used it to effect for years.

Low density eating.

The premise is that you can eat a lot of what ever you want, but the majority of what you eat has to be low density foods.

I Love it, because I enjoy low density foods.

An example of these are:

Celery
Bell Peppers
Onion
Watermelon
Zucchini/Courgette
Eggplant/Aubergine
Carrots
Green Beans
Swiss Chard/Silverbeet
Endives/Chicory/Witlof
Cauliflower

That's a few but there are hundreds more.

You can have plenty of anything else, but 90% has to be low density.

You'll gorge yourself silly and not eat more than 500 calories plus you'll get more vitamins nutrients and dietary fiber than you've ever had.

Try it

I live to enjoy my food, of course if you don't like vegetables then it's a bit redundant, but if not.

Yippee!

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Freeman77

I was an overweight teen (I'm early 30s now), and my family is predisposed to weight gain. I lost weight when I was 18 and never have a problem since cause I follow the principles below.

People tell me I'm "skinny," but at 5'11" and 170 lbs, I'm (what used to be considered) "normal." Here's what I do:

-Eat whatever I want as far as type of food (though I try to eat healthful stuff)
-Eat a significant b-fast. NEVER skip breakfast unless for some reason I'm TRYING to gain weight. That's how sumo wrestlers gain weight, btw.
-Eat chocolate everyday cause I love it
-Eat a snack before lunch (and not just a few sticks of celery!)
-Eat snacks after lunch
-Eat a light dinner because I'm not that hungry (NOT a late dinner)
-Have another snack in the evening
-Go go to sleep kinda hungry, though if I get too hungry I'll have a little something
-Wake up with a big appetite and repeat

The majority of my colleagues are obese, unfortunately. They tease me for eating whatever I want, saying that I have a fast metabolism (because how could I possibly be thin and not obsess over fat and calories like they do, right?).

If I wanted to get fat, I'd do what they do:
-Eat no breakfast, or just have some kind of breakfast bar or piece of fruit
-Wait a long time until lunch, and then eat a lot at lunch (or just eat a light lunch and start binging when I get home)
-Wait until dinner and eat a lot
-Keep eating all night, including a hefty dessert
-Periodically binge at times to compensate for under-eating at other times

In other words, there are two keys for me:

1) Keep myself from getting too hungry (because I know I will binge if I don't). I believe that our capacity for will power is vastly over-rated, especially when it comes to eating. If you have a significant caloric deficit, you will find yourself binging (it's almost like your mind just lets your body take over).

2) Go to sleep moderately hungry, which isn't a big deal (you shouldn't be so hungry that you're fantasizing about food)

* Just polished off a bag of these chocolate-covered almonds from 7-11. I love these things.

aceshigh

Try thinking thin.

Order a small always
always eat half the meal and save the other half to eat "later" or the next day.
keep dumbells all around the house, so where ever you are you can just pick them up and do a few sets.
Always get diet pop. I use to drink regular all the time, wow never realized how fattening it is.
Find a sport you like. And if you can get into jogging you'll get into shape really fast.

And don't worry so much about it, tell yourself how good you look all the time! Rather than tell yourself how bad you look. Learn to like and accept yourself. It's okay to be fat. It's perfectly normal as their's all types, fat happens to be one of them. Just don't be "obese" like if you're pushing 300 pounds I don't care who you are you got a freakin problem! Under 200 is usually very safe.

AnneE

One of my husband's favorite jokes:

Want to lose 150 lbs of ugly fat fast?

Get a divorce!

Of course, then he likes to look at me and say, or maybe 160 lbs of ugly fat.

Seriously, in terms of losing weight the only thing that really works for me is getting more exercise. The funny thing though is my mother always says she NEVER lost weight by exercising, only by dieting. So... you have to find out what works for you.

tiberius

Know what you eat and learn to eat healthy food.
A lot of what people call it "food" is just "garbage", sometimes not even cheap.
Chew your food very well. It is important to eat slowly, the slower the better. "Chew your water and drink your food" it is said.
Use small plates and get them full.
Have at least 5 meals a day but don't eat after 7pm.
Drink a glass of water before you eat, this will help eat less.
Exercise daily but be cautious if exercising is not in your habit.
Start slow and add a little more every day until you get to the point you sweat when exercising. Any kind of exercise is good but some guidance would be advisable to
tailor a custom exercise program.
The hardest part is to be consistent. Keeping a daily record is helpful.
Good luck.

Gregg Cleland

Eat only fruit during the day and have a light dinner. Minimize sugar, minimize or eliminate meat. You'll save yourself from cancer too. A fantastic book on the subject: Cancerproof Your Body by Ross Horne. It completely changed my view on nutrition.

You'll never feel more pure than from eating mostly fruit and you'll certainly lose those extra pounds. Will you feel hungry? No, that's just everyone's perception.

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ConcordeWarrior

I am the other way around. I lose weight without asking for it.

I am much too thin. I need to gain weight.

acedalright

Worked for me

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Lots of helpful advice already in this thread, but to add my own 2 cents, I'd say that the first step to lasting weight loss begins with retraining the way you think about food and your body image. When you're tempted by a craving for food that isn't related to true hunger, take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and tell yourself something along the lines of this:

"Hunger isn't driving me to want this food; old, faulty habits are. I am better than this. In this moment, I realize that this food only has control over me if I allow it to. I have the power to walk away from this craving and be happy with my decision."

Keep saying positive things like this every time a craving strikes. The urges for junk food do subside. Another important thing, IMO, is to live in the moment. Meaning, don't let your past failures and future fears rule what goes in your mouth at the present moment. If you do, then you'll feel hopeless and more likely to give in to the craving.

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seojr

Menatally first you need to take into account the benefits of loosing weight

You will feel much younger
Your not gonna cause any more stress on your health

I would advise to look into a proper workout dvd like the P90X

netalab

aside from a healthy diet & exercise I found this very helpful fruit that really helped me a lot too loose weight. Have you heard of Acai berry?

jpjameson

There are no secrets under the sun for loosing weight. At the end of the day it always comes down to...

Burn more calories than you consume. If you want some help with tracking try a budybugg.

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barbling

Tell me how a berry helps you lose weight. I'd love to know.

wordofmouthmagic

Well Topgunb started this, but hasn't replied. Isn't weight loss an amazing topic?

Here's my 2 cents...

Disclaimer: I am a medical doctor (DrMartinRussell.com), so decide for yourself.

The Science:

- exercise produces minimal weight loss (ie < 5 pounds) no matter how much or how many months you do it for. This is totally counterintuitive until you realize that we are dealing with human beings, not fossil-fueled machines or physics experiments.
[Source: cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003817.html]

- the ONLY research proven method for significant weight loss long-term ie 5 years+ is some sort of stomach surgery. Gastric bypass, lap banding etc etc. Lots of issues, and doesn't work for everyone but those are the results. NOTHING ELSE has the long-term evidence. (If you disagree just post a comment with a link to the research that shows me wrong. I'm happy to be updated.)

My Opinion:

Since surgery is too radical for most (and too extreme as a population wide solution) I'll give you my recommendation, which is only a 'secret' because no one has figured out a good way to make mega-bucks from it ie justify marketing it harder than all the pills, shakes, operations, patches, diets, regimens, bootcamps etc etc.

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I try to do yoga twice a week and then eat small meals a day, instead of three big ones. This way, I don't feel hungry and end up binge eating. Seems to work for me.

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Don't get married.

Seriously, I've been trying to give up gluten, sugar and all the nasty stuff, eat less etc.. But my wife's always there with food, the food I don't want to be eating!

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Jog 1 hour every morning...Walking is the best way to loose weight.

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YES: here it is, it's free, and it works (for a lot of people anyway):
1. Accept yourself as you are now. You are doing the best you can.
2. Understand that you can change.
3. Use this: Using EFT for weight loss (it's free, there's no opt-in, I'm not an affiliate). Just pure content. I've been using it for years, and the results have been fantastic.

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It's been said before:
Drink lots of water to curb your appetite

Wait till your tummy growls before you eat

When you do eat, make it count (only put good things in your body)

Get off your butt and make it intense. I've been doing p90X for about a week and it's insane!!!

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Short-workouts for dummies

If you can go to the gym 3 or 4 times/ week, the push-muscle/ pull-muscle circuit routine is quite effective.

If you can go 5 days a week (hey, you said you'd try anything..) work out one major muscle group once per week. I do a rep range of 12-15 and as many sets and exercises I can.

day 1 chest
day 2 back
day 3 abs/legs
day 4 shoulders
day 5 arms

First, the weight routine, then finish with cardio, 25 mins (or more if you have time etc.)

Oh, and for motivation it's good to have a lifting partner or trainer and I think of weight lifting as a type of qigong or "moving meditation". It's like Arnold talks about in Pump, you have to get your mind "in the muscle". Good luck!

casestudykev

1> achieve ketosis liposydosis (sp) by eating only meat.
This will eliminate hunger, it should take 1 to 3 days

2> then add green veggies, use "no salt"(for the potassium) and magnesium(cocoa is a good source)

I personally know 4 people that have done this and they all lost significant 30+ lbs of weight and have kept it off for several years. This program was doctor supervised and the weight loss was about a pound a day.


remember one of the qualities of a path to change:
you cannot eliminate something, but you can replace it with something else.
Don't try to stop eating potato chips, make carrots and celery more available and potato chips harder to get.

IMO the greatest power you have for change is the power to change your environment.

thirdeyeoptics

Come on dude, this is quite obvious! Forget what you eat just excercise more and burn those calories, sell the car for a bike, and make a promise that everytime you write 500 words or post a new post you drop and do 20 push ups!!

If this dont work then self ban yourself from macdonalds, the museum of bionic burgers!

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the weight loss niche is pretty big in America as one can understand

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Dankova

It's not a secret but works !!!
Healthy diet + exercise !
It's hard in the begining ,but trying to loose weight only with a diet without exercise is harder .Try to combine both things ...and also Having dinner before 6 pm would help.

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studio52

There are many ways to lose weight, The obvious is eat better and work out more.....No secret there...But for all us lazy fat folks, diet is the main option, I use the dolly parton soup diet on occasion and also the heart patient diet. Both work well, of course the problem is keeping the weight off....

I just love all the chatter in this thread...provocative and sometimes informative.

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alexff

First of all what is your everyday activities, everything changes when your activity changes. First consult a doctor then follow as he say.

Jack Chua

It is not totally a secret for me. Most people do loose weight through running. That is the only way I maintain my weight and it really has a lot more benefits than just loosing weight like improving blood circulation.

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NickR06

Upgrade the quality of food that you eat. Ditch the fast food except as an occasional treat. Try fasting for 24hrs once a week. It will automatically cut down your weekly calorie intake. Also it will help you in self control. Many religous groups fast weekly.
Another tip is to keep a food journal. This makes you aware of the times that you eat out of habit and false hunger.

MissTerraK

I follow just 2 rules:
#1 if you're not hungry, don't eat
#2there is no greater cardio work out than dancing! I throw my ipod in the stereo and just do interpretavive dance! I dance til either I can't breathe or I can't move anymore! It's fun, creative, never the same and no boring routine to follow and get bored with!
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I found the easiest diet for me has been Brad Pillons Eat Stop Eat.
You eat what you want to eat and one 1-2 days a week you fast
according to the steps in his course...

I went from 230lbs to 190lb and I haven't fasted for the recommended
2 days consistently, plus you eat anything you want.

No more calorie or carb counting for me.
No more hours at the gym.

The recommended excercise is strength training
and this is done in 15 minutes a day using Pavel's
book "Power to the People"...

MissTerraK

OMGosh. I almost forgot the most fun of all regarding the cardio workout to help with losing weight!
It is having sex with your spouse! Scientific studies have proven that one session of it burns as many calories as running up 2 flights of stairs! And as we all know, we all take the elevator these days!
To your success,
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davkey

I've lost about 50lbs in the last 5 months. The way I done it was the $1.00 banquet tv dinners. How is that you ask? Well my doctor told me not to put so much in my mouth so I took that to heart. I use the 500 calorie rule. Most of the dinners are under 500 calories so it works out great. Also allot of the canned stuff like ravioli and such are under my 500 calorie limit. My doctor told me to not to worry so much about what I'm putting in my mouth just how much. Calories count and my 50lbs tells me that is the truth. As for exercise, I don't do it. I probably should for my heart health, but hey I'm lazy> Sorry.

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katiec

Nothing ever worked for me until I started exercising. Burn more calories than you take in during the day. I've used this formula and dropped about 30 lbs so far!

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I lost 20 pounds from switching from regular soda to diet soda.

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Drew_MX

Cut out sugar and junk food and focus on cardio training

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For me I drink organik drink throughout the day and keep myself busy tweeting, so busy that I will not keep thinking of food. yeah it works for me and hope you try it....

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abdoue

hi conserning weight loss I have magic method to losse weight.

I am sure that will work better than any others way so my way is.
first to stop eating and drinking any things from 6am to 6pm for only one month after 6pm you can eat simple diet even you can't eat lot after long hungry that the secret so you are lossing weight by your will

the only things you have to resist in the day if you want realy to losse weight

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