Loosing weight is so simple in theory and yet one of the hardest things to accomplish and maintain. Especially maintain.
It’s pretty simple in that you just have to take in less calories then you burn. So you eat less than you do now and the best places to start reducing your intake is high sugar foods like soda, cake, candy, height fat foods like Fried Chicken or French Fries, and some carbohydrates. Keeping that in mind you don’t need to give up anything all together just eat less of it.
Also stick to simpler foods like baked or grilled meats, rice or baked potato with just a small amount of margarine or butter and lots of steamed or raw vegetables. Add very little as far as toppings or sauces. Your body only needs about 3 teaspoons of fat like that which is found in butter or margarine a day. The more ingredients a dish has the more likely it is to be high in calories.
And don’t forget your body needs calcium and the nutrition you get from fruit. Your calcium needs depend on your age. Most likely you won’t need more than 1-2 servings of fruit a day.
Find a height and weight chart and see what you should weigh or if you already have a goal then google to find out how many calories a day it takes to maintain the weight you are now vs the weight you want to be and keep your intake somewhere in between.
You want to cut back your calories gradually because if you loose weight to fast you will loose other important things you need like muscle, and you will gain weight fast if you fall off your plan. Going slow takes more perseverance but will give you longer lasting results. If you want to keep the weight off that you loose then you are going to have to live long term with the changes you make.
Exercise is important too. My experience has been that I didn’t have to sweat to get enough of a workout to loose weight but if I did my results were better. Jumping Jacks will help but you don’t have to do just that. Try a variety of exercises so your working your body all over and combine exercises that strengthen your muscles like push up’s, pull ups. leg lifts, arm curls, and try things that give you more endurance like jogging in place, swimming, or dancing. These are just a few of the many exercises you can do. Changing around helps reduce boredom. 20 -30 minutes a day is fine unless you already exercise that much. Whatever you normally when your not loosing weight has to be increased. You might also find that you can start out with 20-30 minutes a day of low intensity exercise but eventually your body will require more.
My advice might sound pretty general but it’s taken from experience. At one time I weighed 354 pounds and I got down to 157 pounds. At 5′11 I’m a tall woman. 157 pounds may sound like a lot to some but for me height it was a good weight.
