How to lose 30 lbs?

You might try eating less, if your lung trouble is keeping you from a good workout.

leave it on a street corner in a busy neighborhood – easiest way to lose 30 of ANYTHING! ;-)

but seriously now, focus more on eating often and less, that way the body will learn it can have food as often as it needs to (optimum is 5 times a day, small meals), it will relax, and as a result stop hoarding “supplies”.

Eating healthy foods is great, but you can still be taking in to many calories. A good rule of thumb is to eat 10 calories per pound of your goal weight per day (if you’re a woman 11 if you’re a man.)
Concentrate on high volume low calorie foods. Avoid nuts, baked goods (including bread) and limit your protien portions to 3 oz and make sure they are low fat protiens.
Make rhe majority of your diet vegetables and fruits, always making sure you eat more vegetables than fruits.
By bulking up on low calorie high volume foods, you will not be as tempted to eat those higher calorie foods that get you in trouble. It really is all about calories in and calories out.

I recently lost about 70 pounds, and it only took a few months, however it has become much harder to lose the rest. You can burn 30 pounds in 30 days if you are fat enough to start with, but as you get slimmer it gets much harder.

Seeing as you are going to the gym 5 days a week I’m going to assume you are already quite slim. In this case you probably need to start playing with your diet a bit more. I suggest the following: baked chicken breast on day 1, grilled fish on day 2, boiled beef on day 3, baked chicken breast day 4, grilled fish day 5, vegetable soup and salads for day 6, pig out on rice, bread and anything else you want on day 7, and repeat.

@kitty1446 I lost a lot of weight when I focused on what I was doing to make me hungry. If I ate a lot of carbs early, I would eat a lot of carbs all day.

When I shifted to focusing on what trends were making me hungry, it got a lot easier to control what I was eating and hit my diet goals. I lost 40 lbs in a year.

If aerobic exercise is difficult with your lung condition, you might want to consider adding some weight training to your workout regimen. Women are often afraid they’ll look like those body-builder women if they lift weights, but you have to take steroids to get like that. Weight training doesn’t burn as many calories as aerobic while you’re doing the activity, but afterwards, you continue to burn calories at a much higher rate all day/night after lifting weights (your body is repairing/strengthening your muscles which takes a lot of energy). It’s also good for your bones and joints. Just be sure to check with your MD to confirm it’s safe with your respiratory condition. Start slowly and listen to your body (but don’t be afraid to push yourself a bit either).

I also agree with everything @Judi has said. Calories in – calories out.

I used to think I ate healthfully, but I could do better, and now I do. Care to tell us what your diet looks like? I used to think that you couldn’t have too much fruit and juice, for example, but sugar is sugar whether it’s natural or not (for example). I also used to poo-poo the whole low carb thing, but since I reduced carbs I’ve gotten way healthier. Eat protein for breakfast so you don’t get hungry again for a while.

As for the mental aspect, make a chart with stickers! It sounds childish, but I use charts to monitor eating and health, and even stuff like keeping my room clean and reading. You may wave off eating a cupcake at lunch, but if it means denying yourself a sticker for that day, you may think twice.