Re: I am part of the epidemic,obesity! Help!

November 12, 2006

Don't laugh, but it helped me.. . . .Lost forty pounds this way: start eating lots and lots of apples. Firstly, the notion of starving yourself or denying yourself never works for people like us. So, the only hope, esxcuse this next phrase, is to "trick" your body into thinking it's just not hungry, which it won't be if you stuff it with healthy fiber and roughage. Apples are just sweet enough to be more satisfying than a stack of, say, celery or grapefruit. Eat one or two apples an hour before you normally eat, and it seems to make you want half as much as you ordinarily would. If you force yourself to eat an apply and a couple of carrots, chewing ALOT, then, tell yourself you can put anything on your plate (so you don't suddenly start craving the forbidden,) but you will find yourself eating just a small portion of those unforbidden but unhealthy foods. Hope that helps. Lots of apples, carrots, anything like that. Only when I told myself I MUST EAT apples, carrots, pots of steamed vegetable spritzed, not I CANNOT EAT etc etc, did I start to lose weight. Hope that helps! --meg

November 12, 2006

Hi , and welcome to the group. I recommend that walking be

your exercise of choice to start out with. I will be 52 very soon,

and I have lost almost 30 pounds this year by being committed to my

walking and cutting down a bit on my eating, trying to stick to

healthy food, etc. Start out with a distance you can manage and

work your way up to 4 to 5 miles per day.

As long as it's sunny out, you can walk in the cold. I used to live

in upstate New York and remember walking when there was lots of snow

on the ground. I just stuck to cleared sidewalks and roads when

possible.

Start using your lunch hour for walking. Eat a smaller lunch. Give

up the restaurant lunches and substitute walking. If it is bad

weather, find a mall to walk at. I try to walk at least 2 miles at

lunch. If it is good weather, I also walk 15 minutes on my morning

and afternoon breaks at work.

You could also get a treadmill or elliptical trainer for home use.

There are also DVDs such as Sansone Walk Away the Pounds you

can do at home.

There will always be an excuse to not exercise, but you will have to

overcome this and get committed.

Get started soon, and let us know how it is going!

Alice

>

> Hello,

> I am new to this group,I am 290#s,5'10 " ,work full time as a retail

> manager. I am determined to regain my life. At 53yo,I dont have

the

> time to go to a gym every day. I need tips on begining an exercise

> routine. I live in Southeast Massachusetts,so the weather is

starting

> to get cold. I cant afford a personal trainer,I have borderline

> diabetes Type 2. Any help anyone can give me,on begining and

> developing a progressive exercise plan would really be appreciated!

>

November 12, 2006

Hey kevin!

Last June of this year I weighed 330lbs at 6'2 " tall I now weigh 265

and still losing. You can find a could program called " Fat Flush " at

Ivillage.com. It sounds like it may work for you. I also take about

1oz. of fresh ground flax seed per day to get my omega-3 oils in

balance. My wife and I walk about 1.5 miles per day. You might look

for a church that has a indoor basketball court. I think that 20 laps

around the court is a mile. Most of the churches in our area will let

you walk there for free. I don't recomend shopping malls due to the

food courts and hard concrete floorings. For what its worth Good Luck

Wes

November 12, 2006