fastest quickest safest healthiest way to lose weight? - Weight Loss Message Board

Smurfinaus · 11-05-2005, 06:49 AM

Hey all,
My weight has always fluctuated once i was little. Wouldnt exactly call me fat more just overweight at times. I gained 10kgs after 6 months in Canada - back in Australia - that was 10 years ago and never lost it.Im 75kgs plus 5'7" medium frame.Ive always wanted a healthy diet regime but so hard to get into and self control.Same with exercise..gyms arent an option for me...
I am trying to jog every 2nd day and do lots of exercises and light weights every other day. Anyone got suggestions as to safest healthiest quickest ways to lose weight?.Any particular execises or diets?.Been meaning to lose the extra 10kgs..has affect on my mood etc.Oh im 36- and yeah hard to lose it older one gets from what i read....

thanks
Nigel

Lenin · 11-05-2005, 06:58 AM

Fastest Saftest and Healthiest are not compatible. The fastest diets are the most dangerous.
The best way to lose is slowly and steadily over a long period of time...at a rate similar to the rate the weight was gained so aim to lose the 10 kg. (22 pounds) over the next 6 months by resticting the number of calories you're eating.

Ballpark: 22 pounds of fat is 77,000 calories divided by 183 days is 421 calories less per day, say 500.
A chore, but not horribly difficult.

Any exercise you can add will lower that 500 calorie number somewhat.

Moxie75 · 11-05-2005, 07:03 AM

I am in total agreement with Lenin on this. The fastest quickest safest healthiest way to lose is an oxymoron. Do not think diet think way of life. It was when I changed my thinking is when I saw results..Lisa

gingerfish · 11-07-2005, 04:57 PM

I aggree, its a total life style change. I've been dieting for years now (saying that i'm only 18) In my past attempts ive been so unhappy, but now by eating a balenced sensible diet combined with vigorous housework i'm less hungry, happier, and the weight lost will stay off and not come back with a vengence like usual.

macro · 11-07-2005, 11:43 PM

keep track of your calories. Most people have no idea and always estimate incorrectly.

two things to avoid like the plague
hydrogenated oils
high fructose corn syrup