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By player43 on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply

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By ameriphyll on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply

Eat lots of salad! Drink lots of water! Take vitamins. You will need it with all the salads you will be eating. Eat often too or your body will shut down thinking it is not going to get fed anymore. Be careful and consult a doctor before starting any diet.
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By mamabear on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply

6 mini-meals:

1. Cheerios, 1% milk, fruit
2. Carrot & celery sticks, a couple of crackers, juice
3. Tuna on lettuce & tomatoes, with only lemon, iced green tea
4. Non-fat yogurt, juice
5. Broiled chicken breast, 2 veggies, tea or juice
6. Whole-grain toast, 1% milk (or Chamomile tea)

Be sure to walk outdoors for minimum 15 minutes every morning and evening–lunchtime if you can, too.
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By Brooke H on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply

there is a new drug on the market recently approved by the FDA. It is called Alli. You can probably pick it up at your local wal-mart. Read into it. You can lose up to 50% more weight. But, otherwise a good diet would be obviosly lots of fruits and vegetables, less amounts of fats and sugars. My number one peice of advise, drink lots of water. And that doesnt mean water with crystal light or additives like flavors and loads of chemically enhanced sugars (aspratame, commonly found in diet sodas and flavored water beverages). Excersise if possible. That is a key way to losing weight. Many people try to take ways out of it, but no matter what, you are not going to lose the pounds if you don’t work for it. You don’t have to run 10 miles, just do a couple of leg lifts, crunches, lunges and work your way up. Really focus on your healthy diet!! Check into the Alli. It is a excellent product, ecspecially if you are having a lot of difficulty losing weight. Good Luck and you will look great!
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By Daniel L on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply

I wouldnt rush weight loss
the chance for weight gain is higher when you stop the diets

diet pills arent very reliable either(they can be harmfull)

rather than a quick diet you may want to continue researching it find whats best for you or what is tryed and true

71 Weight Loss Tips That Really Work

Get Moving

The tough part with exercise, of course, is getting out there and doing
it. Here’s how the successful get going:

1. Prioritize. The beds might not get made, but Amy Reed, 36, still makes
time for exercise. That’s how she’s kept off more than 80 pounds for 13 years.
"I have to schedule it in and let go of other things — like a perfectly clean
house," she says.

2. Find a passion. "I have a dance background and when I found jazzercise, I said,
‘Thank God.’ If somebody told me I had to go out and run five days a
week, I’d still weigh 185 pounds," says Anne Geren, 41, who lost 55 pounds and has
kept it off for 13 years.

3. Keep an exercise log. It makes you more accountable.
Norma from Dallas, TX, who hangs hers on the refrigerator,
checks off six workouts a week dutifully. "If I miss one
day, I make that my day off for the week."

4. Set a goal. Sign up for some fun runs and try to
improve your times. "I went from a 5-K to a 4-miler,
then a 5-miler, then a 10-K. As I was building miles
and speed, I was getting fitter and losing more
weight," says Therese Revitt, 42, who lost 80 pounds
and recently ran a marathon.

5. Get pumped. "It wasn’t until I put on more
muscle through resistance training that I was able to
keep the weight off — almost effortlessly," says
Verona Mucci-Hurlburt, 37, who went from a size 18
to an 8. The reason? Muscle burns more calories
around the clock.

Eat Smart

6. Make changes for the
long haul. "I learned how to
eat and live with it for the
rest of my life," says
Barbara Miltenberger, 42,
who lost more than 40
pounds and hasn’t seen any
come back in three years.

7. Stop dieting. "The best thing I did was quit
dieting," says Reed. "I’d always find ways to cheat.
So instead, I stopped forbidding myself certain foods
and just started eating less of them."

8. Get a grip on reality. "When I started keeping a
food diary, I discovered that I was eating somewhere
between 3,000 and 4,000 calories a day," says
Rebecca, 46, who found the number shocking.

9. Eat minimeals. Having
smaller, more frequent meals
can prevent you from getting
ravenously hungry and
overeating. On average,
weight loss winners eat five
times a day.

10. Follow the 90% to 10% rule. "If you watch
what you eat 90% of the time, the other 10% is not a
problem," says Mucci-Hurlburt, who learned this tip
from a fitness professional.

11. Dine at the dinner table only. If you eat in
front of the TV, then every time you nestle in with
the remote control, it’s a cue to eat. Instead,
designate an eating spot for all meals and snacks.
"Even when I want potato chips, I set the table just
like I was going to sit down for a full course meal,"
says Kathy Wilson, 47, who took off more than 100
pounds. "I put a handful of chips on the plate, put the
bag away, and then sit down to eat. I never just stand
at the counter and eat now."

12. Think before you bite. Creating rituals — like
Wilson did or the old standby of waiting 10 minutes
before giving into a craving — can stop you from
eating when you really aren’t hungry. "Nine chances
out of 10 the chips go back in the cupboard, and I just
walk away," says Wilson.

13. Drink up. "Drinking lots of water keeps me from
snacking when I’m not hungry, and it gives me more
energy," says Revitt. "It also stopped what I thought
were hunger headaches, which were probably due to
dehydration. "

Set Yourself Up for Success

14. Do it for yourself. "My
doctor told me for years that I had
to take the weight off. But you’ve
got to want it yourself," says
Wilson. "As long as somebody else
is pushing you, no matter what you
do or what you try, it’ll never
work," adds Victoria Bennett, 39,
who shed 60 pounds and has kept
them off for five years.

15. Take it slow. We all want to lose it yesterday,
but slow is the way to go if you don’t want to see
those pounds again. "It took me a year to lose 100
pounds this time," says Rebecca, who’s kept it off for
eight years. "I had lost 100 pounds twice before, in
less than six months each time, but I didn’t maintain
it."

16. Customize your approach. What worked for
your best friend may not work for you. And what
works for you today may not work six months from
now. You need to decide what you need.
Mucci-Hurlburt joined a structured program for
accountability. "I needed to know that I was going to
get weighed each week," she says. But for others
that’s exactly what they don’t need.

17. Learn from the past.
Everyone we talked to had
tried to lose weight before.
Part of their success this time
was that they learned from
past failures. "Before, the
more I focused on weighing,
measuring, and preparing food,
the more I ate," says Wilson, who finally succeeded
with a program that offered prepackaged foods.

18. Set small goals. "My first goal was to lose only
10 pounds," says Rebecca. "I had very high blood
pressure, and my doctor said if I would just lose 10
pounds, he believed that I could get off the pills.
Every other doctor before said I had to lose 100
pounds, and I thought ‘I can’t do that.’ But 10 pounds,
I thought ‘maybe I can do that.’ Doing it one bite at a
time made it more achievable for me."

19. Make changes you can live with. "Before I’d
go to bed I’d ask myself, ‘Is what I did today
something I could do for the rest of my life?’ If I felt
deprived, I’d do it differently tomorrow. If I thought,
‘Yeah, I could do this tomorrow,’ then I was on the
right track," says Revitt.

Control Portions

20. Go back to school. Joining a weight loss class
or working with a dietitian can help you learn proper
portions, even without weighing and measuring. "If
you get a half cup of cottage cheese, it should look
like a tennis ball, a quarter cup should look like a
Ping-Pong ball," says Wilson. "Now, I know what
appropriate portions look like."

21. Don’t toss those
measuring cups, though. "I
usually misjudge portions of
salad dressing, mayonnaise,
and ice cream," says Revitt.
"They’re really high in fat and
calories and cause the most
damage if overdone. So I still
measure them."

22. Cook for your family, not an army. Even for
low-fat foods like grilled chicken, Bennett stopped
overfeeding her family of four. "I stopped making six
or seven breasts, thinking that everybody had to have
two or three," she says. "Now I make just one for
each person."

Take Some Cooking Lessons

23. Plan ahead. An empty
fridge after a stressful day
begs for pizza. The
now-slender crew doesn’t
leave meals to chance.
Many of them plan their
menus a week or more in
advance. Others even cook
ahead, freezing meals for
the week in individual containers.

24. A little dab will do it. If you just can’t pass on
some high-fat favorites, stick to the most flavorful
ones. "A single slice of bacon is enough to flavor
eggs or a potato," says Helen Fitzgerald, 61, who lost
about 51 pounds. Her husband’s lost more than 150
pounds.

25. Fake fry. Try"frying" with
calorie-free cooking sprays
instead of oil. Spray sliced
potatoes and roast them in the
oven for french fries that taste
fried without the fat, suggests
Miltenberger.

26. Stock frozen veggies. With pasta or stir-fry
sauces, they are diet saviors. "I’ve been known to eat
a whole bag of vegetables — and with only a quarter
cup of sauce, it’s only about 3 grams of fat," says
Mucci-Hurlburt. "It’s saved my butt many times when
I was really hungry and had to eat now."

27. Flavor up. Rice, beans, and other cooked grains
are the staples of many successful dieters. For
variety, Fitzgerald cooks them in different liquids –
tomato juice, apple juice, beef or chicken stock. "Rice
done in pineapple juice is especially good for rice
puddings and Chinese dishes," she says.

Don’t Go It Alone

28. Find the right support
person. A nag won’t do.
Neither will a partner in
crime. Look for someone
who can empathize and
support you in a positive way.
When Reed finally succeeded
in losing weight, her fiance
was a big help. "We didn’t
focus all our socializing
around food. We went bike
riding a lot and played tennis
instead of going for pizza."

29. Join a support group.
"Hearing someone say she lost
50 pounds would be real
motivating," says Revitt. "I’d
think, ‘She’s just a normal
person like me. If she can lose
50 then I can do it too.’"

30. Create your own group. "I started my first
women’s group when I first started exercising. It was
just a bunch of women that got together once a week,
and we would compare notes," says Debra Mazda,
44, who’s 135 pounds slimmer than she was 13 years
ago.

Don’t Boycott Dining Out

31. Be picky. "I’m not afraid to ask for dishes to be
prepared differently," says Bennett. "My philosophy is
that every restaurant has a grill and an oven. They
don’t have to fry everything."

32. It’s not the Last Supper. This is not your last
chance in life to have a particular food. "Those
french fries will be there in a half hour if I really have
to have them," says Mucci-Hurlburt. Or they’ll be
there next week.

33. Don’t wait to doggy
bag. "As soon as the waitress
puts the food down in front of
me I cut the whole portion in
half, put it on my butter plate,
and ask her to wrap it," says
Revitt. If you wait until the
end of your meal, oftentimes
you pick at it until the waitress returns.

34. Tackle buffets. "I get only one tablespoon of
everything," says Rebecca. "Usually I don’t even fill
my plate, but I at least taste everything so I don’t feel
deprived."

Deliver Yourself from Temptation

35. Stay busy. Do something that’s not conducive to
eating. The folks we talked to aren’t sitting around
thinking of hot fudge sundaes. They’re singing in
choirs, taking classes, running marathons, leading
weight loss groups, and more.

36. Keep ‘em out of sight. Overwhelmingly, weight
loss vets control foods like chocolate, ice cream, and
potato chips by not having them around. "It’s easier to
fill the house with treats for my kids that I don’t like
such as Oreo cookies," says 30 year old Tammy
Hansen, who trimmed off 60 pounds.

37. Moderation is key. But they’re not depriving
themselves, either. "If I want a piece of cake, I’ll
have one," says Mazda. "Then I just won’t have
another one for a week or so. Knowing that I can eat
something and no one’s going to say ‘you can’t’ works
for me."

38. Indulge and enjoy! Go for the best brand of ice
cream or the best cut of steak. "If I’m going to blow
500 or 600 calories, I want to make sure that I’m
enjoying it to the max," says Mucci-Hurlburt. "Often
desserts look much better than they taste. If it tastes
like cardboard, forget it. It’s not worth it."

39. Limit portions. "When I
have to snack, I put my hand
in the bag or box and
whatever I can grab, that’s
what I eat — only a handful,"
says Fitzgerald.

40. Buy individually
packaged snacks. Cookies, chips, even ice cream
come in single serving sizes. "If I want some cookies
or chips, I grab one little bag instead of a whole box,"
says Reed.

41. Keep reminders around. A note on the
refrigerator reading "Stop" kept Reed from raiding it.
Underneath she listed other things to do, like "take a
drink of water" and questions such as"Are you really
hungry?"

42. Find alternatives. Chocolate is still a favorite
even for successful dieters. But they’ve found ways
to enjoy it and still keep their waistlines. Bennett
makes fat-free chocolate pudding with skim milk. For
Sarah, who lost 40 pounds and has kept it off for two
years, a cup of sugar-free hot cocoa (about 20
calories), topped with a little fat-free whipped cream
does the trick.

43. Don’t give in to peer pressure. If the cookies,
chips, or ice cream you buy for the rest of the family
is sabotaging your efforts, stop buying it. "My
daughters carried on for about a month, but after that
they got used to the change," says Bennett.

Escape Emotional Eating

44. Know your triggers. You
have to know which moods send
you to the cookie jar before you
can do anything about it. Once
you know your triggers, have a list
of alternate things to do when the
mood strikes. "When I get tired or
discouraged, I get an ‘I don’t care
attitude,’" says Rebecca. For
those times, taking a walk or
reading affirmations can help.

45. Quiz yourself. Determine if you’re really hungry
or eating for other reasons. "I’ll ask myself ‘Do you
really want this, or is it something else, like boredom
or depression?’ About 80% of the time it’s not
hunger," says Geren.

46. Call a friend. Talking
about what’s eating you can
keep you from eating. "I had
to be willing to call my support
people at 9 o’clock on a Friday
night," says Barbara, 46, who’s
kept off 46 pounds for more
than 15 years.

47. Stop worrying. Remind yourself that you only
have control over you — not your spouse, boss,
parents, or friends. If you can’t do anything about it,
just let it go, several people suggested.

48. Take an emotional inventory. Ask yourself:
"What do you feel guilty about? resent? fear? regret?
What are you angry about?" Then deal with it, says
Barbara. Confront the person involved, talk to others,
or write a letter — even if you don’t send it.

49. Get spiritual. If religion isn’t for you, try yoga,
meditation, or relaxation exercises. These are
especially helpful if you tend to eat when you’re
stressed, says Barbara.

50. Challenge the power of food. Ice cream is a
poor companion if you’re lonely. "If I eat the whole
bag of chocolate chip cookies, am I going to be any
happier? Probably not," says Wilson.

Blast Off a Plateau

51. Up the ante "I started out
walking, and eventually tried
running, which was the key to my
success," says Revitt. "I couldn’t
even make it around one lap (1/26
of a mile) in the beginning, but it
was just enough to make the
weight loss continue."

52. Go back to basics. "I’d go back to more strict
measuring because you can sneak away from
reasonable portions and start fooling yourself," says
Mucci-Hurlburt.

53. Stop starving yourself.
"As soon as I saw the weight
coming off, I thought, ‘If it’s
working at this rate, I’ll try
eating less so I’ll lose more,’"
admits Miltenberger. "Then I’d
stall or even put weight on
because I was undereating
and my metabolism slowed. I’d start losing again
when I’d eat a little bit more."

54. Look how far you’ve come. "By keeping a
graph of my weight, I could see that the line would go
up and down and up and down, but overall it was
going down, so there was no reason to throw my
progress away," says Rebecca.

Stay Motivated

55. Don’t give up.
"There are plenty of times
when I’ve wanted to give
up, but I didn’t," says
Mazda. "I realized a long
time ago that
entrepreneurs fall and rise
up every time they lose a venture, but they just keep
getting up." The same is true for weight loss.

56. "You can do it." Repeat this to yourself. Many
people post affirmations around their homes or
offices as constant reminders. One dieter even
programmed her computer screen to keep her on the
right track.

57. Get inspired. "I read a
lot about other people who
have come back from
obstacles and really made it,"
says Mazda. Their
determination can make you
feel like you can succeed too.

58. Envision your svelte self. "If you can actually
visualize yourself as the person you want to be, you’ll
become it," says Wilson. "When I felt like I couldn’t
do this one more minute, I slipped in a motivational
tape. Step by step, it would walk me through a
visualization exercise so I could see myself as I
wanted to be."

59. Find new measures of success. When she lost
some weight, trying on her old, too-big clothes further
motivated Miltenberger. "I also bought myself a size
below what I was wearing," she says. "I’d see if I
could get the pants on, then if I could zip them, and
finally when I could wear them comfortably."

Feel Good About Yourself

60. Learn to like your trouble
spots. Peggy Malecha, who’s
lost about 75 pounds, dresses in a
black leotard and, standing in
front of a mirror, she points out
everything about herself that she
doesn’t like. Then she counters
that. For instance, "I hate my
legs, but they work," she says. "I
can walk and dance. I have no
control over the way they look, so it’s silly to obsess
over them. Don’t dwell on it."

61. Pamper yourself. Take baths and get massages,
facials, manicures, and pedicures. "They make me
look good and feel good," says Mazda.

62. Stop negative talk. "If
you make positive speech a
long-term goal and stop using
‘I was bad (or good) today,’
you’ll begin to feel better about
yourself," says Mazda.

63. Don’t compare yourself
to others. Instead, think "I’m better or just as good
as anyone else is. Once you start thinking that about
yourself, believe me, you get real cocky," says
Mazda.

64. Look in the mirror and say, "I look good."
You may not believe it now, but you will. "When I
first started this, I avoided mirrors," says Bennett. "I
never wanted to go into a dressing room, so I’d get
various sizes, take them home, and then try them on.
If they didn’t fit, then I took them back. But now I’ll
look in every mirror."

Be Realistic

65. Stay flexible. Many people who
have kept the weight off never
reached their initial goal weights.
Instead, they’ve gotten to a realistic
weight that they can maintain. "In 13
years, I’ve never gotten down to my
initial goal weight, but I’m very happy
and feel very good even though I
didn’t reach it," says Reed.

66. Quit the numbers
game. Mucci-Hurlburt is 5′ 5
1/2" tall and weighs 152
pounds — by society’s
standards she’s heavy.
However, she can slip into a
size 8 thanks to the fact that
most of her weight is muscle.
"It doesn’t matter what the scale says, it matters how
I look," she says.

67. Reject others standards. "Thin is whatever
you think thin is. Next to Roseanne Barr, I’m thin.
Next to Twiggy, I’m fat," says Mazda.

Get Back on Track

68. Stop being a perfectionist.
"Look at it like walking a tightrope,"
suggests Revitt. "The goal is not
just to stay on without falling off.
The goal is to get to the other side,
and if you know that you can fall
off as many times as you want as
long as you get back up again,
you’re gonna be successful."

69. Start fresh, ASAP. If you have a slip, don’t wait
until Monday or even tomorrow to get back in line.
Revitt uses water as a cleansing ritual to end a binge.
When she realizes what’s happening, she drinks a
water to signal that the eating is over, and she’s back
on track immediately. "It’s made my lapses shorter
and shorter," she says.

70. Practice early
detection. "I weigh myself
about once a month," says
Reed. "If I start inching up, I
increase my exercise a little
bit."

71. Enlist professional
help. Many of the people we talked to used dietitians,
personal trainers, and even psychologists to help them
deal with problems that were hindering their efforts.
If you feel like you can’t do it on your own, seek help.
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By dalibabit on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply

Unfortunately there really is no quick fix diet but I have found that the best way to lose weight is to cut calories. It doesn’t have to be hard, cut out soda, fried and processed food, and doing that alone will signifigantly reduce your daily calorie intake. And if you can manage to get your heart rate up for 30 mins a day that will help you burn more. sparkpeople.com is a free website and offers a ton of information and help.
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