How do you lose weight?

Eat less. Move more.

yeah that’s basically the trick. But not only eat less, but eat better too. Eat good and usually less, and just exercise. Its kinda like math. The real trick is making it a habit so that you maintain what ever you lose

Are you saying I look fat!

Just kidding. Like they said above. Eat less, chew slower, put down your fork between bites, and move more.

I stay away from carbs except veggies.

Eat less. Move the same. Stop drinking. (That last one is the most important. It hurts, because I love wine, beer, and mixed drinks, but I do it and I lose weight.)

I don’t move more. I should, but I don’t.

@EmpressPixie You’re right on target. Alcohol is ‘empty calories’. And yes, it’s really tough to do. (But it’s good to know you can do it when you need to).

Eat more fruits and vegetables(5 + cups a day,) exercise and limit processed foods. Calories in calories out. 3500 calories makes a pound. Average woman gets 11 calories per pound to maintain. If I exercise more I get to eat more. If I eat less high calorie foods and fill myself up with low calorie high volume foods, and exercise more I can loose weight with mathematical certainty.

Eating:

1.) Check the packaging. High calories / sugar / fat = bad. Don’t eat anything with ingredients that you can’t pronounce.

2.) Avoid simple carbs – white bread, refined sugar, etc. Carbs are good fuel, but go for complex carbs that will stick with you and offer good value for the calories you take in.

3.) For protein, focus on lean meats like chicken.

4.) Snack between meals, combining complex carbs (or fruits and veggies) with protein.

5.) Avoid simple mistakes that can sabotage your progress – too much cream and sugar in coffee, late night snacking, junk food, etc.

For exercise:

1.) Exercise regularly, ideally 5 x per week for 30 mins each time.

2.) Do both strength training and cardio.

3.) Find activities you enjoy, but will make you sweat.

4.) I highly recommend the Bosu ball for quick, effective exercise.

Diets don’t work – whatever changes you make, be prepared to make them for the rest of your life. On the plus side, once you start making smart choices, it gets much easier. Also highly recommend the TV shows “Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp” and “X-Weighted” for advice on eating / exercise – may be hard to find, though, as they’re Canadian.

Just don’t do what this guy is doing, and you should be in decent shape.

This doesn’t help either

removed by myself.

Actually, loosing weight was the easy part. It’s the “maintaining” the weight loss that I struggle with. Vigilance!

Always eating low fat and completely avoiding processed foods does the trick for me.

Reduce your caloric intake, drink plenty of water, and exercise.

Ignore fad diets, asian tea that gives you diarrhea, and “guaranteed” weight-loss pills.

Also- don’t let the GNC guy talk you into buying energy bars…yet. Wait till you raise your metabolism and lower your body fat ratio significantly.

Get a rambunctious pet and chase him around all day long in order to rectify his misdeeds.

Walking the dog is so much
more satisfying than walking alone.

I hear tapeworms are good.

True but remember the garlic butter and parsley.

I step up the exercise first. I’ll do more cardio than what I normally do. I make sure I’m lifting enough with the strength/resistance workout. And I add a once a week fun/endurance/other exercise to the routine. (So, add something non-routine to the routine, like a long bike ride one week or renting a kayak or canoe for paddling all day the next week.) Stepping up the exercise first seems to help with the food control, too. I don’t know all about why, but it just makes the food part of things easier if the exercise is ramped up.

With food, I’ll keep track of calories and write down what I’m eating. It’s amazing how this will curb your eating. I already have whole grains and veggies and fruits. I just need to watch the amounts of other foods I have.

I usually will add some kind of small rule to help things along. One example: “If I want pizza I have to walk for it.” So, no delivery, no driving to pizza, no counting the regular walk as the walk for the pizza, etc. Another example would be: “Have tea instead of coffee.” I never put anything in my tea, and I always want to put cream or soy creamer in my coffee. So, changing this one habit can make a major change in my calorie intake. I only add one of these at a time so it’s a small change and it’s not 12 new things to keep track of -just the one.

@gail. Ew!

amputate a leg

What’s been said above, minus the tapeworm and amputation, plus accountability, social and technological support. Also I’m working on gaining weight, but same tools mostly.

Weight loss can be summed up by the following very simple advice that people make so complicated:

Eat Healthy and Exercise Regularly (30–45 minutes a day 5 days a week)