12-30-2008, 02:37 PM
As has been said by others, it is a matter of eating less but well and exercising. But which particular way of achieving those goals that is best for any given person is probably going to be unique. If one way doesn't work, don't get discouraged and think that you can't lose weight or can't keep the weight off - just figure that particular method wasn't the right one for you and try something else. There is absolutely nothing wrong with you if you try a particular method and it doesn't work! Keep trying, there is a method that will work, you just have to be persistent about trying to find it.
I lost 50 pounds - went from 210 to 160. I've bounced back about 8 pounds and pretty well stabilized - have been about the same for a few months now. I'm 6 feet tall so 168 is probably a pretty fair weight for me. I did and do eat less but well and exercise - those are probably essential. But all the other particular methods that people are mentioning may work for some but not for others. For example, I did weigh myself two or three times a day on a scale even though many people say that is a bad idea. It helped me monitor how what I was eating and doing was affecting my weight. I didn't expect to see a drop each time I stepped on the scale. Will that work for everyone? No. For some people it would be one of the worst things they could do. But for me, it worked. And I did primarily only extra kind of exercise - jogging on a tread mill. Would I recommend that as THE way to lose weight to anyone else? Nope. But it worked for me.
As I said, keep trying different things until you find the right one for you. It is not a failure of character if you try several different things and they don't work. It just means you haven't found the one that works for you. Keep trying, you'll find it.
I lost 50 pounds - went from 210 to 160. I've bounced back about 8 pounds and pretty well stabilized - have been about the same for a few months now. I'm 6 feet tall so 168 is probably a pretty fair weight for me. I did and do eat less but well and exercise - those are probably essential. But all the other particular methods that people are mentioning may work for some but not for others. For example, I did weigh myself two or three times a day on a scale even though many people say that is a bad idea. It helped me monitor how what I was eating and doing was affecting my weight. I didn't expect to see a drop each time I stepped on the scale. Will that work for everyone? No. For some people it would be one of the worst things they could do. But for me, it worked. And I did primarily only extra kind of exercise - jogging on a tread mill. Would I recommend that as THE way to lose weight to anyone else? Nope. But it worked for me.
As I said, keep trying different things until you find the right one for you. It is not a failure of character if you try several different things and they don't work. It just means you haven't found the one that works for you. Keep trying, you'll find it.