Thanks so much for that whole post. I will definitely be listening to some of the thigns you've been saying. I generally don't have a problem keeping weight off......but only recently have I noticed a little more pudge on my body. I need to get wayyy more sleep and start working out a little bit more. Anyway.....this thread is helpful and good luck on your book writing Thorned Rose. Thanks for the info.

basicly what i can say is, don't follow diets, just eat healthy, and don' t eat after 8pm,than after that try exercising, 30 min a day, or 1 hour each 2 days, this will keep u fit and on weight,i personal execise 3 time a week for 1,5 hours so 5 hours a week, ,so its very important not to less than u need, cause ur body will store fat, so make sure u eat good, but exercise,thats it and u will stay on weight i promise

the easiest way for me to loos weight is not eat

I've started on a program called First Place (it's a religion-based plan), and so far it's pretty good. All about eating a balanced diet and getting proper amounts of exercise.

I also lost 30 pounds by moving to England for 4 months, living on the 5th floor of a castle, and eating English food lol

I think people should be allowed to eat what they want and not be told what they can and can't eat. "Fatty" foods should be ok to eat aslong as they arent eaten exessively, im no expert but I think its more to do with how we exercise rather than what we eat. Obviously everything we eat should be fatty because we know that wont help but we shouldnt have to banish them completely like people are told to do on diets.

If people exercised more often and exercised to some sort of a program then I believe it is a better way to keep in shape, I walk atleast an hour a day just out and about and dont eat that healthily but manage to keep my body in decent shape just from the exercise.

Chris.

It's summer, so before I do other things I have 2 or 3 weeks at a vacation house, where I can swim all I want. Since I love swimming, I've been planning to swim practically all day (laps). Swimming helps us to reduce weight
or u can use detox diets to loose weight .The detox diet focuses on getting rid of the harmful aspects of our everyday diet.detox diets will help u to a great extent to reduce weight and be slim.Instead of eating 2 - 3
meals per day, try eating 4 - 5 small meals per day, or 3 meals and 2 healthy snack meals.
Food substitutions can help tremendously when trying to reduce calories and speed up the metabolism.

else all you need is a lil bit of control
over the fastfood's food
do maybe 35 sit ups in the morning to build up on your abs..
drink more water and not other drinks...
this may work


This is practical and u can try this one too....


find daily calorie intake calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), light weight training (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)

Atlast EAT HEALTHY FOOD NOT FATTY FOODS

Really, as long as you work out daily, do a good workout that is. Eat good foods, bananas are particularly good when its hot out and you wanna run. (keeps you a little cooler, but you still sweat). Remember to EAT! Eating is important, the longer you don't eat, the more fat you will gain.

Here in Belgium, I heard of a new diet: I dunno the exact name but it should be something like a Braiding diet (translated from babelfish, it's 'vlechtdieet' in Dutch).

You can only eat apples, a certain amount per meal and if you are still hungry, you start braiding. It might seem pretty weird, but it's really effective. Some overweight guy from my school did this for 2 months and he lowered his weight with like 50 or 60kg...

The result is kind of creepy, when u know someone for a long time as a 'fatso' (don't mean to insult anyone) and then after 2 months he is like 1 of the skinniest guys in school.

Try searching more on google, but i don't know the exact name in English.

what helps for me is that i try to go on a 3 mile run everyday to sweat all that fat off. i too am not overweight and running and exercising has helped me keep the weight off. Also, lifting weights will help you look stronger and might hide the fat. I also eat a lot of protein and carbs, but not too much fatty food