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Originally Posted by JP513
Please list the 5 more important things you did, or rules to follow, that allowed you to lose weight.
Oh . . . and how much weight did you lose?
I'm trying to lose 30 pounds (225-195). 5 down, 25 to go. Please coach me losers (of weight).
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This is coming from a guy that is grossly overweight now, but has lost considerable weight safely in the past. Its a matter of your will to really do it.
Cut down consumption on the major whites: sugar, salts, rice and flours.
Losing weight and keeping it off, is not a matter of dieting, its a matter of discipline, your respecting yourself enough to not quit, and making a change in your lifestyle a bit.
For me personally, it was a matter of not eating late at night all the time. Dinner used to be at 11pm. Slowly I pushed it back to 9pm, then 7pm. Its not a hard fast rule. Occasionally if Im out with friends, if dinner is late, then its late.
Next, I ate the same foods, but prepared a different way. As an example, instead of eating fried chicken, I switched over to baked, broiled or grilled. Instead of eating french fries, i had baked potatoes. Even with sour cream and a little butter, it was healthier.
The neat thing was, as I started to lose weight, my stomach not only got smaller, but so did my appetite. Naturally the size of my portions started getting cut back.
The last thing, which I did not personally do, but heard a doctor (who installs those bands on obese people to drastically cut their intake of foods) say:
Drink a tall glass of water about 30 minutes before a meal. Not only is water good for you, but by the time your ready to eat, your not as hungry and so your intake will be less.
Hope that helps. Good luck!
BTW. I lost 50 pounds in 5 months without "dieting". I felt so great, that I lost another 30 pounds in another 3months.