Tracy Weight Loss

April 30, 2010

Tall and Short People: Weight Loss?

Filed under: weight loss — Tags: , , , — Tracy @ 7:02 am

I just love answering these weight loss questions. Here’s another:

Question: So my aunt and I go to the gym together, my aunts goes to the gym 7 days out of the week and I only go 4 days out of the week my aunt is doing whatever it take to lose weight she is 5′6 and am 5′8 am really tall and I notice that I do lose weight faster then she does, my mom said that the reason why I lose weight is that taller people tend to lose the weight faster then shorter people, my brother is 6′2 and he lose a lot of weight faster then my aunt did. So is it true that taller people lose weight faster then shorter people?

Thank-you

Answer: No it isn’t true. If anything, taller people look skinnier because of their lengthy frame which makes you perceive them being skinnier.

The ability to lose weight has many factors…mostly it comes down to diet, amount and quality of exercise and also genetics. Hope that helps.

April 28, 2010

Do You Have Any Successful Weight Loss Stories?

Filed under: weight loss — Tags: — Tracy @ 7:02 am

I just love answering these weight loss questions. Here’s another:

Question: To get me more motivated to keep going. :)
Answer: im 17 yrs old and ive gone through alottt of weight issues, when i turned 8 i gained a randomn 100 lbs in a year by the time i was 14 i had totally lost track of my weight (i weighed a total of 230 lbs.) i just didnt care because i had been that way since i was 8… i never ate alot or unhealthy, i found out later i had thyroid problems which let to pre diabetes and bad eating habbits… i got that fixed by taking a small thyroid pill but nfortunetly i didnt change my bad eating habbits… during middle school i dreamed of wearing bikinis in the summer and cute dresses with heels… sooooo after trying a gazillion things i finally decided to eat healthy, i stoppped sneaking away candy from my parents or secretly buying chips, i started eating vegtables and drinking lots of water. i had a small yet efficient excersise routine of walking aerobics and so on, when i turned 15 i really got serious about it and lost a total of 40 lbs, by the time i was 16 in a half i was weighing a normal weight of 155, im still trying to lose those last 20, but i really dream of helping people some day who have really struggled with this, i had no friends in school, i was always made fun of but i guess it all doesnt matter anymore, jejejeje i write to much :)

soooo good luck and i hope you reach your weight loss goals as soon as you hope!!!!!

April 27, 2010

Your Weight Loss Successes?

We’ve had a reader question come in on the subject of weight loss. Let’s take a look:

Question: What was your most successful weight loss diet plan? Or just anything realistic that helped you loose weight. I am trying to loose 6 pounds. I weight 116 Im 5′2 and am 17 years old. So help me loose my last pounds please :)
Answer: Hey! i’m 18 and 5′6

Let’s see….at the beginning of this school year i weighed a whopping 131 lol, but now i’ve dropped to my weight goal of 110…as of last month :D the last pounds are the hardest but just be sure to give yourself breaks, not like the eating whatever you want breaks but the kind that you just fill your stomach with healthy foods and don’t exercise…that certainly helped for me…take a lazy break like i did one week out of the month and it’ll be much easier…i didnt work out much, just danced 30 minutes in my downstairs living room 3X a week. Also, you’ve got to tell yourself you need to loose those 6 pounds no matter what because you’re going to hawaii in late may….just whatever to keep yourself motivated….and just b/c you lost them doesn’t mean you can eat whatever you want now…it takes 6 months to keep your body at the weight your at now…since you’ve just lost..trust me! after i lost 10 pounds i was so happy and ate almost whatever i wanted again and gained 4 pounds in 5 days so be careful! your weight is really delicate right now..
Congrats! and p.s i just realized you and i had the same weight goal :D
awesome.

April 26, 2010

Yes, This is a Weight Loss Question. Please Help?

Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away:

Question: I had a baby almost 2 years ago. before i got pregnant i was a healthy toned 150 pounds, and when i got pregnant i got up to 230. once i had my daughter i had gall stones so i was put on a really rough diet and could only eat 20 grams of fat per day so i basically survived off of saltine crackers and small amounts of veggies. i ended up losing 50 pounds, and then after i had my surgery to remove the gall bladder i blew up to 230 AGAIN in a year.
i had been really pissed off with myself and embarrassed with how i look that i was too embarrassed to even leave the house to exercise! (how pathetic is that?) so i have just recently decided to go on a diet and stick with it! im living overseas with my husband and daughter and we go home in 8 months and i want to lose 70 pounds by then.

is 8 months a reasonable amount of time to lose that much weight?

i work out every other morning and i target different areas on those days in rotation.

an example of what i eat everyday is

breakfast:
2 hard boiled eggs
1 orange
1 piece of toast

Lunch:
a salad with black beans, turkey(or chicken or tuna) cucumbers, carrots, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, grapes and no dressing.

Snack:
is usually some baby carrots or an apple.

Dinner
sometimes i skip dinner, but if i dont i eat fish, grilled chicken or a bowl of soup.

i work out every other morning for 45 minutes.

Does all of this sound like its a good enough plan?

im 20, 5′7 and 230 pounds. how quickly should i start seeing results?

sorry this is so long, but i appreciate the answers.
thank you!
Also, me and my friend are dieting together and we are keeping tabs on each other threw skype. haha. and we have both been thinking about taking diet pills but are going to give it a month to see if we lose weight…would diet pills even work without hurting us?
uh how is that unhealthy? its less than 10 pounds a month……

Answer: Hey :)
Don’t skip meals - it’s not good for you.
Your food sounds healthy though and that’s real good.
You could try smaller more frequent meals a day rather than just three, try six.
8 Months is good - I started weight loss in September 2009 and now I’ve lost 45lbs and I’ve got a few more months to go.
Aim to loose about 1-3 pounds a week, that’s healthy. Some weeks I loose none, some weeks I gain, some weeks I loose 3 but it’s fine. Your body changes according to weather, water and monthly period cycles!
It’s good your friend is helping. I wouldn’t do the pills until at least 3 months later. I don’t even think they work… :( I’ve not touched them, too controversial for me.

Also with your toast have wholemeal toast instead of white ;)
And I was too embarrassed to exercise so I brought a treadmill and it’s AWESOME It really helps.

GOOD LUCK and all the best.
You can do it - I’m a real lazy-butt and I did it too!
:D

April 25, 2010

Weight Loss And Calories?

Filed under: weight loss — Tags: , , — Tracy @ 7:01 am

Keep the weight loss questions coming! I liked this one:

Question: I am 16 years old and weigh around 185 pounds i have alot of body fat and a decent amount of muscle my question is… how many calories should i be eating per day if i want to lose weight?
Answer: eat 1200 but of HEALTHY food. and with half an hour or excercise like running,

April 24, 2010

14 Year Old Boy, Weight Loss?

Filed under: weight loss — Tags: , — Tracy @ 7:01 am

Another weight loss question has come in this week. Let’s tackle it straight away:

Question: Hey, im 14 and a guy, about 5′7"1/2 and about 143 lbs. I go to school 5 times a week until 3 and was wondering about any suggestions of ways that I could lose like 10 lbs…..

Thx!!!!

Answer: stop eating as much one time i ate jello for a week because i had the flu and lost 10 pounds and i am 14

April 23, 2010

Can I Take These Weight Loss Pills when I'm on the Pill?

What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in…

Question: It’s a herbal formula called MetaSlim Weight Reduction Formula http://www.zooscape.com/cgi-bin/maitred/GreenCanyon/questp407476

I plan to use this to boost my weight loss that I’ve begun through eating a balanced diet and moderate exercise. Is it going to affect my pill?

Answer: I think the only way it would affect the pill is if it gives you the runs.
most diet pills give you diarrhea and that wouldn’t be good for the pill because then it would go straight through your body and out the other end before it has a chance to absorb into your body and do what it needs to do. so find out if that’s one of the side effects.

if you’re concerned for other reasons, ask your doctor.

April 22, 2010

Question About Weight Loss Plz Help????!!!!!10 Pts to First Answer?

Filed under: weight loss — Tags: , , — Tracy @ 7:01 am

This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look:

Question: I’m doing this dvd called Leslie Sansone Walk 5 miles and basically we do 1 mile in 12 minutes and the last two minutes of each mile we jog two minutes, which would be helpful for me to lose the most amount of weight by May 15th also i exercise twice a day for an hour, but would would be the best workout as far as machines and stuff??????? Any other suggestions??????
Answer: If you want to burn fat, cardio is the best way to do so. Keep doing what you’re doing, but if you want to step up your work outs, jog more, rather than walking.

Any weight training could cause you to add bulk, so don’t do machine training, other than treadmills, if you do not wish to bulk up.

April 21, 2010

I Could Use Some Weight Loss Advice/tips?

Filed under: weight loss — Tags: , , , , , — Tracy @ 7:03 am

Keep the weight loss questions coming! I liked this one:

Question: I am an 18 year old girl. I was a skinny little kid, but I started gaining some weight around 5th grade, and got pretty big. I have lost about 20lbs from my highest weight, but that took about two years and I don’t want it to take another two years to lose 20 more lbs.
I have like 0 willpower and I am hungry ALL THE TIME so I find it hard to control my eating. Even when I eat all healthy I am always hungry. So any tips on exercise or willpower would be AMAZING!
Answer: Def! Heres a tip. IF your hungry all the time, eat slower and sit up straight because your food will reach your stomach quicker, making you fuller faster. And try not to snack so much in the day. Who knows waht that could lead to. :) haha and just walking every other day, not nessicerely long or anything but just around your neighborhood or something, and drink lots of water. THen you wont eat as much. :) hope i helped!

April 19, 2010

Women Only Weight Loss Question!?

I just love answering these weight loss questions. Here’s another:

Question: I’ve just started working out again recently, after stopping for about three months (I had stuff going on.) During those three months, I gained some weight, and it settled right around my lower tummy, so now it looks like I have love handles.
I’ve started doing the elliptical for half an hour seven days a week on a high level, and walking for an hour at night. I burn about 800 calories on the lliptical, and combined with the walking, I think I’m doing well. But, it has been pretty much pointless because I haven’t seen any results.

I was wondering if there were any exercises that you all have had success with that get rid of love handles, or squishiness over the obliques. I tried 70 situps a day for a week, but then my stomach seemed to stick out more. Any help?

Thanks in advance. :)

Answer: doing that ammount of cardio every day of the week should be giving you results!!!

…that is if you are also cutting down on yoour food intake!!

…so cut down on the ammount of food you eat…drink a ton of water…and keep doing what you;re doing with the elliptical!!!

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