I am not interested in marketing gimicks, machines, eat all you want, and pills. I am asking about the best legitimate approach to losing weight, best way to eat, low carb? lower cal intake? How much exercise? walking? cycling? pilates? what works best?

I am trying to eat healthy and now im losing weight very fast I don’t want to lose any weight at all,I am 6-1 and I need to weight at least 200lbs and im losing it very fast Im thinking about going back to eating the way I was but I don’t want to die [...]

I’ve read alot of the older posts about losing weight, and they all make sense, but since they are over a yr old I thought I’d make a new post to see if I can get any more ideas.
First, I am nursing and wont take and pills, how ever natural they claim because I dont [...]

I’m 16, 5′2 and weigh 110lbs. I really want to lose weight, but I’m a very lazy person. I know that I should eat healthy and exercise daily, so I’m going to start off slow, please tell me if this is a good way to start off by losing weight within a few weeks/month.
I know [...]

Since around May 12th, I’ve been on a serious diet and have been raising the amount of cardio I do each week. I started at about 211lbs. I’m 5′9". A month later, I’m down to 193 lbs. My ultimate goal is somewhere in the neighborhood of 165-175, so I still have some time to go.
My [...]

Hey! Okay so i*m 18 years old and i*m trying to lose a little bit of weight and completely tone up my entire body!! I eat a balanced diet of everything that the food pyramid says to eat except for pasta breads, cream, the white stuff.! I dont usually go above 1500 calories a day [...]

Does the special K diet work? the one where you like eat their cereal with skim milk for two meals of your day and then eat a healthy meal for your third? my worry is that i’m not like obese, i’m 5′6, 130 lbs, so i’m worried that this diet is for "heavier" people (not [...]

I suffer from an eating disorder, which I am in the process of trying to recover from. However, I do want to lose weight, at a fairly decent rate. I am not super stick thin, so losing weight in a healthier weight would not be bad. What are some ways to lose weight quickly, that [...]

This winter break, I am planning on making a strong effort to lose weight. For all who are wondering, the break will be 6 weeks long.
Here is what I am planning to do:
-Eat a very reasonable diet.
-Take protein supplements.
-Drink lots of water.
-Ride my bike for an hour or two a day.
-Go to [...]

Im on phase 1 of the south beach diet, and its been around 4 days and i’ve only lost about 1 or 2 lbs! My mom told me she lost around 12 lbs on the first 2 weeks of the south beach diet. I dont get it
My meals usually consist of
eggs and turkey sausage or [...]

He did this once before when we left him unattended for a period of time with a care giver coming in once a day and feeding and walking him. He lost all his weight and STOPPED eating of course that time we knew it was from depression. We got him to start eating right and [...]

Hello,
Im runnung out of ideas for dinners and stuff, if anyone has some really good short cuts on how to make bad foods healthier (like the diet coke cake), or meal ideas they eat regularly while losing weight I’d love to hear.
Thanks!

All through high school I was a very skinny individual at 6′1 and 130 pounds. I was extremely athletic, placing at state in two different sports and racking up probably 30 hours of strenuous physical exercise a week. No matter how much I ate and lifted, I always just stayed thin and toned but never [...]

I’m trying to eat healthier.Need to lose about 30lbs and am trying to change eating habits before trying to obsess about weight. I had asked questions earlier about flaxseed. This is my typical daily breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal made with 1 cup skim milk, 1/4 cup raisins and a couple of dashes of cinnamon [...]

Hello,
I got a little shock as I went on the scale and now im about to take this very seriously… I was 95 Kilos two months ago and currently I’m 108 Kilos at the age of 19 and approximately 178 cm tall… Thought I’d get it under control (since quite some time) but all that’s [...]

Everyone says they don’t work and we lose weight cos we’re on a "diet." Yes I know this my all my experiences.
But what I’d like to know is that they are being distributed for the cause of losing weight so, how do they work?

since Feb I have been working out hard with maybe two rest days and I am not losing weight at all my body is looking more and more like my mom no matter how hard I work. I was always real thin and managed a nice solid thickness( being black) When I turned 25 It [...]

i’m 18..
and I weigh about 205.
most of its baby weight from when I had my lil boy almost two years ago.
I was wondering what foods should i eat? exercises? and what not to eat?
just some advice on losing weight!
Thanks!

How do these people end up losing weight by using laxatives? I don’t mean to be gross, but isn’t the poo just food that has already been digested? Therefore, the fat and calories are already absorbed into the body? I don’t understand why people would want to do this to themselves. I could not imagine [...]

I want to lose about ten pounds. Besides the obvious eating right and exercise, what are some other ways of losing weight ? Some drinks or food trhat help weight loss ? Easy exercise stuff ? I especially want to work my abs and legs.
Thanks in advance (:

can you tell me what to eat during breakfast, lunch and dinner? thats healthy because i don’t want to go on an extreme diet but i just want to eat healthy.. and im planning on losing weight also.. so can you please help me?

First of all, I love to eat. I eat what I want and when I want it, but too many people are telling me recently that I am too thin. So my sister and I decided to count the number of calories I would have in a day and it only turned out to be [...]