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Oh, and stay away from exercise right away. Exercise is good, and you SHOULD exercise. But not while you're in the process of a low calorie diet.
1. You'll be on a low calorie diet. You don't want to over strain your body while it's getting so little energy.
2. You don't want to overwork your mind and body with too much of a lifestyle change. Switching to a new diet is hard, so is switching to a more active lifestyle. DON'T try both at the same time. You'll be putting to much on yourself at one time.
3. Once you've lost the weight you want to, and you begin to bring more calories into your diet. Then begin to work out. Once you've learned more about nutrition and met your goals. Begin to eat more again and begin to work out and be more active.
I lost 32lbs (from 182 to 150) in ten weeks. After that, I began to slowly introduce more food into my diet as well as take on more activities. About two weeks before I was done with the diet, i'd grab one of my snacks and a water and go on a 3-4 mile walk (WALK) a few times a week. Just to get a feel for being more active and taking a step in the right direction. Then, after the two weeks and when I was at my goal weight and introducing more food into my diet. I'd go on a 1-mile jog. I'd jog half a mile and walk half a mile. After a week or two of that, jogging a full mile. Then two. etc etc etc.
Take everything slow, one step at a time. Be easy on yourself, and stick to your goals. And remember, everyone has their upsets. I got drunk two weekends - it totally negated any weight loss I had for the entire week. Don't let things like that get to you. Learn from the mistakes and KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
Oh, another thing on the diet. Drinks. Any other drinks besides water never count towards your water intake. And no drinking soda, no drinking fruit juice, or anything.
If you want some pop, drink a diet pop - but make sure it's clear. Dark colored soda interferes with your liver trying to digest your fat stores. So maybe a couple times a week treat yourself to a diet sprite or something. But take it easy, don't go overboard with them. If you want some flavoring, try crystal light or the like. The no calorie, zero everything type drinks. But those drinks do not count towards your water.
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