I need to lose weight! Help needed? AVC? - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

foxgirl07 · 07-17-2002, 05:27 PM

I need to lose about 25 pounds. In the past 8 months, I have gained alot of weight and I would like to get back to my normal weight as soon as possible. I'm 5'1.5" and weigh 132. I'd like to get down to 107 to 110. My goal is to be around 114 for school. I just bought some ACV tablets, and green tea tablets. Has anyone used them and did they help at all? Any more tips for dieting would be greatly appreciated!

justink80 · 07-17-2002, 05:55 PM

Bottom line: you wasted the money you spent on those pills. There is no quick fix to weight loss.

During those 8 months during which you gained weight, what changed in your lifestyle? I'm betting that either you became less active, or began eating less healthy, or a combination of both. Those two behaviors are the usual cause for weight gain, and to lose weight, you need to do the opposite: get active and eat healthy. A lot of people don't want to hear it, but it's the truth.

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""Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies…that which to us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself." -- T. Casey Brennan

C.J.W. Fit · 07-19-2002, 06:00 AM

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Originally posted by justink80:
Bottom line: you wasted the money you spent on those pills. There is no quick fix to weight loss.

During those 8 months during which you gained weight, what changed in your lifestyle? I'm betting that either you became less active, or began eating less healthy, or a combination of both. Those two behaviors are the usual cause for weight gain, and to lose weight, you need to do the opposite: get active and eat healthy. A lot of people don't want to hear it, but it's the truth.

In addition to this, add in the fact that most people are looking for a quick weight loss solution and all these gimmicks prey upon this concept and use it to lure people in. If one knows what they are doing and understands some basic facts and myths, then these type of places will be out of business. Alot of these places take a simple concept about nutrition or exercise and stretch it and use it as their marketing ploy. Don't fall for it!!!

justink80 · 07-19-2002, 05:52 PM

A pill can't undo the effects of months or years of bad eating and inactivity. Are there others out there like me, who would never consider buying diet pills??

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""Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies…that which to us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself." -- T. Casey Brennan

drs · 07-24-2002, 12:05 PM

Foxgirl, The diets concerning ACV that I've read, do include eating certain foods for brkfst lunch and dinner. So if you want something easier to do, that will over time get you back to where you should be, can be done. But it still depends on you, to do a couple things. What do you think about that. Diana