Oh yeah by looking at your pictures yeah you really know what the hell you're talking about I bet you go to the gym what maybe twice a week

Get the F out of here with that BS your talking about!

A when you were active in sports you starved yourself?

Sounds to me like lower metabolism wasn't the main key. It was eating everything in sight with no exercise to counter-balance your appetite.

Your LIFESTYLE needed a change.

This DIET you prophesied saved you is just that. A trick. A diet. Not a lifestyle.

Sounds to me like you may have also been suffering postpartum depression or depression of some sort. That too would have needed to be addressed to create a lifestyle change.

Look, I really don't have time to go back and forth with you. You do what works for you and I'll do what works for me. I have mouths to feed, people to take care of, things to bake, college applications to fill out, bills to pay, etc. Unlike you, I actually have a life and can stay active during the day when I don't sleep at night. I'm a single mother, raising my child all alone, and I obviously have ways to lose weight that work for me and have positive effects in the future. And I really don't care about losing weight because I'm not some insecure self concious person. Okay. Because I bet if someone told you, that you're fat you'd probably become anorexic or go attempt suicide. Me on the other I'd go eat some pizza, some fried chicken,anything. I'm black and hispanic, so I naturally have a big ASS. Weight loss can cause me to lose my ass, and I love it. I don't want to be a stick, I want to have MEAT ON MY BONES and a A** and curves. I'm beautiful with alll that I have. Why would I want to change that? And also losing weight too fast, can cause DEATH! My diet allows the body to lose weight at a moderate pace, why don't you try it? Also a healthy lifestyle like not drinking a lot of alcohol, and not smoking helps you live long. Good bye, I have no time to argue with you about weight loss,I'm going to continue living my long beautiful life while haveing meat on my bones. You can continue living you short life, you probably look like a skeleton with skin already.

Let me haul my not-as-fat a** into this thread.

Hi! now before you go writing me off let me start with I've lost 65lb. And am still losing. Oh! Let me tell you what my nutritionist, coach. Doctor, and personal knowledge has told me: eat.

Yes, eat. Based off your daily activity level there is a certain amount you should eat every day. Ready for the scary part? It's more than you think. Alot of us are not losing weight because we think we need to cut our caloric intake. Guess what. You're STARVING yourself.

Cut out grains, eat more leafy greens, protein shake? Sure! Eat a banana too. At my level I am still pretty strict with my intake. My coach? He gets to enjoy heavier meals, but he's also 168lb of muscle.

Exercise is gooooood. Lifting weights is goooooood. Women reduce the risk of osteoporosis by doing weight earring activities. Increase the intensity of your workout to shorten workout time and increase energy throughout the day.

Gatorade? If you're burning the calories those electrolytes are veeeeery important. It's not a substitute for water but it definitely beats a Monster!

Graze. Graze. Graze. Keep healthy finger foods around the house, paleo has lots of recipes for protein balls that you can casually munch on.

An important aspect of weightless is your mindset. Health is a lifestyle, not a diet. Don't focus on the pounds. Focus on a tangible goal: hike 3 hours. Go sky diving. Bike 30 miles. Do a strict pull-up. Find a goal and work towards it.

Keep. Moving.

It will get hard, but don't stop. You will crave, fight through. Remind yourself of why you are doing this.

Keep. Moving.

The more you focus on weight the harder it is to lose.

With that being said, I've an Olympic lifting class to get to!

Maybe you should like actually think.

There was a fad diet called the cabbage soup diet. Basically, cabbage is a filler - lots of water, some vitamins and nutrients, but mostly water. By eating the cabbage you get full on water. You would get the same effect by implementing lettuce or spinach or carrots or celery into your diet.

There have been no studies to suggest that the time of day you drink water has any extra effect on weight loss, so long as your body is hydrated. If you feel thirsty, your body is already dehydrated. It's silly to starve your body of water for sake of drowning it right before bed.

Flaxseed oil supplements are a provision of omega-3 fatty acids which can be found in fish and avocados. Instead of promoting people to continue eating unhealthy foods, why don't we encourage eating healthy foods that provide this substance rather than popping a pill and continuing to eat fried fast food.

Walking burns calories. DUH. Doing so I with your kids encourages them leading healthy active lifestyles, but this hardly adds to your title of "weight loss made easy". For someone SOOOO busy as you, how do you have time to walk with your kids. It would seem easier to toss them in the car and speed down the street to get them to school. From your pm, you simply don't have time for living and eating healthy.





I also would like to add I find it laughable that in your PM to me, you seem to think that I live some wildly differing lifestyle from you. Like I don't know what it's like to work 80-90 hours a week at four jobs. Like one of my current jobs doesn't involve a lot of sitting and driving in a car, thus making it more difficult to fit in physical activities. Living healthy and eating right is a CONSCIOUS effort. I have to plan and prepare meals a few days in advance to have healthy meals and snacks when I'm on the road or snarfing down a meal on my way to my next job.

Go vegan.
You shud pay attention to what you eat,not how much.
Vegan is a life style,not a diet.
Diets always fail,always.
As soon as you go off the diet you return to former bad habits and regain the weight.
You don't have to be a PETA type,do it for your own health.
OP ,you are young,you are getting on the yo yo bandwagon.
You probably won't realize this until 15 to 20 years from now,but please remember this advice from an old man who has been there.

A women who is nursing their infant needs more calories than a pregnant woman. I hope you are nursing that poor baby so she builds up some immunities. You don't want an ill infant drinking formula from China? Lord have mercy. The stress alone will make you gain it all back.