post was edited due to me being a ditz.. hence the name.. i gained almost 40 lbs in the last 6 months.. and now my wedding is 10 months away(today) and I can't seem to loose ANYTHING! i walk every day at lunch for about a half hour... and have limited my food intake drastically... and sometimes not eatting at all cause i'm not hungry.. any ideas?
LisaW
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I'm certainly not an expert, but I DO know that NOT eating is NOT good. It slows your metabloism way down. If you're not very hungry just have something light.
karen32
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limiting your food intake is a big NO, NO! your body is doing the opposite of what you are trying to achieve - when you don't eat your body goes into starvation mode and retains everything you eat - the worse thing possible if you're trying to lose weight.
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I agree with Lisa - your body needs a certain amount of nutrition everyday. The fact that you arent eating might be the reason why you arent losing any weight. You need a balance between your food intake and the exercise that you do.
Snowboardgirl
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If you want to loose weight you need to do a lot more that just walking!! Get to a gym and start a schedule and stick to it!
butterfly20
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definately need your breakfast to start up your metabolism for the day..
6 cups of water a day( 48 oz)
jenny2penny
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You hit a plateau, so you need to do more to further challenge your body to burn more calories, different activity, different intensity, etc.
Also look at your diet
MarciaD
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Hi spazybride04, the main thing now is NOT to get discouraged. 10 months is a lot of time to lose the weight you have gained. I lost 30 + lbs in less than 5 months by limited my carb intake and boosting my exercise.
Find a eating plan that suits your lifestyle and pick up the fitness magazine to get some good ideas of workout plans. If you like weight training 2 books that have great photos of training techniques are 'Body of Life' and 'Buff Brides'-- 'Buff Brides' is geared more towards an at home workout and 'Body for Life' shows examples using the machines in a gym!
I'm constitently looking at the fitness magazines for inspiration my favorites are 'Fitness' and 'Oxygen'...
spazybride04
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Thanks ladies... i knew I could count on you girls for the right advice.. and let me just say that I had no idea that not eating was THAT bad... I knew it wasn't a good thing, but to think that i'm doing the opposite of what i thought i was doing.. holy cow! well since 10 months is a lot of time, I better get cracking now... before the dress shopping. Thanks again to all of you and I'll keep you posted. Diet starts tomorrow.
