What one food should I incorporate into my diet to raise my metabolism and burn fat?
Lorena April 11th, 2012
Is there one "magic food" that should be incorporated in every weight loss plan? If so, what and why?
i'm overweight…depressed…and feeling like a failure. help me.?
Lorena April 11th, 2010
i’m 22 years old, 5′2" and 185lbs. About a year ago i did the herbal magic program here in canada and i was able to get down to 150lbs from just over 200lbs. I’ve since gained more then half of that back and i’m so disappointed in myself. Sometimes i think of just not eating at all. I hate people who can eat whatever they want and not gain a pound. I secretly wish they would all get hit by a bus. i’m completely miserable and i hate myself. please help me. i cry every day about my failed weight loss efforts. i hate that i can’t have chips or pop etc…only once in a while…no matter what i eat i’ll gain weight. I’ve been known to gain like 5-6lbs per week. i mean that’s ridiculous!
i need help with a diet plan. i’m thinking of just having a banana for breakfast, A "healthy choice" (no preservatives) frozen dinner for lunch and then a salad for supper. it’s the bare minimum and i know i’ll be starving but is this enough food to keep me from getting sick and lose weight fast? i know it’s a stupid idea…i do. i’ll also be drinking like 2L of water/day. i already do that. just help me please.
What are some good weight loss pills, that work good?
Lorena April 7th, 2010
I am 15 and I make 16 on June 26. I am 5′10" and I weigh about 275lbs. I need to know If it was alright to use any weight loss pill to lose enough weight just to reach my target weight of 175-200lbs. I need to loose enough weight to get in shape to do alot of stuff in school next year in JROTC. After I loose the weight I would be used to exercising and eating right so I would not gain the weight back, well not all of it. Plus since I found out that I could lose up to 5lbs in one day just by walking on the tread mill for 1 hour about how much would i lose if i were using weight loss pills? I somewhat exercise now I just need a little boost loosing it faster thats all.
I’ve decided to start an extreme weight loss program…how does my plan sound?
Lorena April 5th, 2010
I’m 6′3", around 235 (I’ll know for sure tomorrow at the gym). I’m not stuck on numbers, but I’m guessing I’ll need to lose at least 75 lbs before I’m satisfied. My main goals are to lose my broad shoulders and chest. I know that some guys with they were bigger, but that means nothing to me. I really don’t care what other people find attractive, and I’m not interested in any of the women who want some big strong man to protect them.
As my pic will demonstrate, I have a very long way to go. As far as diet is concerned, my plan is to stick to low-carb, low-fat, and not to eat until one hour after my stomach starts to rumble. I find a lot of times I eat just as an excuse – because I’m bored or because it’s a certain time of day or because I feel like it – and I’m interested to see how much I would eat per day if I only ate when I was really, truly hungry.
I don’t have some strict timeline to lose this much weight…I’m presuming it will take me till summer to lose it all. As for exercise, I’m going to stick to only cardio. I’m asking for new running shoes for Christmas since the cheap ones I bought give me blisters if I run too much, so until then, it will be 20 min on the treadmill, 20 on the Stairmaster, and 20 on the elliptical, seven days a week.
Oh, postscript: do NOT post ads for Acai berry, Wu-Yi tea, or any other fad diet or magic cure. This site is rife with you people and trust me, whatever solution I end up going with is not going to include investing in some dumb miracle cure. I have worked in the corporate offices of an Herbalife-style fad diet company, so I’m well aware of how they prey on insecure and desperate people. Thanks.
Simeon – Thanks…while I did warn people against posting links, I do check out each one to make sure I don’t report anyone simply for directing me to diet info.
Mitch – Thanks…however, I don’t want to look muscular…that’s why I chose to lose so much weight.
Just in case anyone says this….I tried personal trainers. i’m in no position to hire one anyway (and I don’t need one), but they just told me I was crazy to want to lose so much weight and to "take advantage" of my size….in other words, they misunderstood me. I know I’m not obese (moderately overweight at best), but I want to appear smaller. My problem is not my stomach, but my upper body…broad shoulders and chest.
Okay, maybe "extreme weight loss" was a bad term to use. I’m not saying "I need to lose seven pounds a week" or "I need to lose 40 lbs by New Year’s" or anything like that. I meant "extreme" as in "losing a lot of weight", not "losing a lot of weight in an unrealistic time span."
PLEASE read my full question. I don’t think I’m hugely obese. As nice as it is for people to say, I don’t care if others think it’s great for a guy to have broad shoulders and a big chest….I hate it and that’s why I want to lose an inordinate amount of weight.
I’m aware of the effect of multiple meals on metabolism, and if I were simply trying to get in shape, that’s what I would be doing. However, my goal is to get as thin as I can, not to build muscle or simply get in shape.