Does anyone know a weight loss strategy???

[Tansen]

Hi, I am 23 years old and have been gaining on pounds and this is getting to me. The thing is that after several efforts of exercise and dieting, I don’t seem to get any slimmer! There are many ways to lose weight, but I have exhausted all the ways I know. I have consulted a few people but all of them have been telling me the same thing. It isn’t helping me and only making my fears worse.

Is there some way to make me feel better!!!

[SeekWellness Editor]

Losing weight is not easy for anyone and gets harder as you get older. I know that won't make you feel better but here are some things to try.

1. Make an appointment with your doctor to see if there is some hidden reason you are gaining weight.

2. Buy a calorie counter book and a diary. Record daily what you eat and how many calories you consume per day. This is only for your own eyes so be brutally honest. You should weigh your portions and calculate calories based on units. Your daily calorie intake should be somewhere below 2000.

3. Use an exercise calculator to learn how many calories you burn per period of exercise. For example, if you walk for 30 minutes daily, you can calculate the number of calories this activity burns per day.

4. Once you have all of this information, you should be able to come up with a number of calories to eliminate per day based on the number of calories you burn each day. If you can cut your intake by this amount, you should lose weight.

5. You might want to join a group like weight watchers -- the support would help you feel better right away.

Good luck.

[Wellnessmaster101]

ok something that you can do to help your self loose weight is get up well when ever you get up eat some fresh fruit and go for a 10min jog.

once u get into shape where u feel u can run longer then add 10min to your normal time, then after every jog u go for eat a nice healthy salid.

and do thing mabe 4-5 times a week because running so much can really damange your nees.

some other things i do is mabe lift some weights will your not running or curl-ups you whatever to keep your body moveing then it normaly does and soon enoph you'll start to loose weight.

ps. never eat junky food.
good luch to you all weight loss troopers.

[njwoods]

hello all,
Wow, 5 litres of water per day----you'd be living in the bathroom. Here I thought 3 litres per day was more than enough unless it is a very hot summer day.

I agree with the idea of going for a walk or jog each day, but make sure you do not hurt your knees or back in the process.