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No secrets, just following a very simple ketogenic diet and eating 1,000 calories per day. I use /r/loseit+keto and loseit.com. That's it!

I also prefer LoseIt to MFP. I don't track macros though. It looks like they also stripped down the basic account and made extra features premium ($39.99/yr). http://www.loseit.com/premium/#feature_comparison

I use the basic account and track calories, love the barcode scanner, and have it linked to MyFitnessPal so it adds my walks/runs that I've logged automatically.

I also love the quantity function of LoseIt versus MFP. With MFP I found myself having to calculate what decimal point to use for a fraction of a serving. If the serving size is 8 oz, and I know that I had 2 tablespoons, I was confused on what to enter. But on LoseIt you can convert pretty much any serving size to whatever you actually used.

The first entry for me under "Spinach - Raw" has all the measurements available.

You do have to spend some time browsing to find the item but after a while it becomes second nature.

I do know there is also LoseIt.

First of all, understand that your position is NOT hopeless. You need to be aware of everything that goes into your mouth.

Read the FAQ linked in the right hand column here. Put your information into one of the weight loss spreadsheets (also linked on the right). Get serious!

I use a site called Loseit! - it is a great site that will give you a daily calorie budget based on your current weight, goal weight, and out fast you want to lose it. It lets you log food, and has a very supportive and active forum community. I like the way the site focuses on your day-to-day successes, rather than focus on your ultimate goal, which seems so so far away. They also have an iPhone/iPod app that lets you look at your graphs and enter food from wherever.

Even if you can't work out a lot now, you'll get there. A walk around the block every day can do wonders when combined with eating less calories than your body burns every day.

I've successfully lost weight using the "LoseIt" app. Super easy to track calories, and hardly ever had to deal with hunger. You soon realize what foods still leave you hungry despite having lots of calories (example: Dunkin' Donuts sausage-egg-cheese sandwich!) because it counts against your daily calorie budget. You also discover that some foods can be DELISH and have almost no calories (example: grilled broccoli!)

Note: I did have to "get mad" before I was able to commit to it. I was suffering from a disorder (sleep apnea) that was exacerbated by weight and I was angry at never getting a good sleep.

Note that there are A LOT of health problems which come from being overweight and they will all slowly go away as you lose. You should watch for that.

You will also eventually notice people treating you differently (especially as a woman, I would imagine...)

Anyway, BABY STEPS. Best of luck! It feels amazing when you achieve any fitness goal!

also there is an app called lose it! which is feel when starting out, as a first time dieter, was alot easier to use than my fitness pal. but honestly if it wasn't for this app, i wouldn't have been able to loose the first 30 lbs.

Hey everyone. Nice to meet you! My name is Beatrice and I'm an American expat living in Buenos Aires. My stats: 38 / F / 5'10" / 239#

I have been slowly changing my eating and exercise habits in the past couple of years and have come down from a high of 282. My ultimate goal is to get to 170 and see how I feel there. My interim goal, these 90 days, I want to get down to 212. Last time round I had a goal of 30 pounds and I lost 20 in two months and then gained 5 back the last month for a total loss of 15 which isn't shabby, but is far from my goal. My biggest hurdle is complacency when nearing my goals. I want to have a strong finish this go round and lose those 30 pounds.

So far I am doing well, having lost 4 pounds in the last week since cutting out refined carbs. I am cutting out wheat and sugar from my diet and for the most part it's easy, but every once in a while I get a massive craving and I just have to push through. I am also trying to not eat food that comes in prepackaged in plastic bags - that seems to cut out junk food. I am not perfect and don't claim to be, but I have made more progress with this group in the past 4 months then I have in the past year, so this is good.

Thank you all for your support and encouragement and sharing your stories, struggles and victories. I both appreciate and need you. You all are an inspirational group of women.

*Edit to add my Fitocracy and Loseit.com profiles. I'm always up for friending on there too.

This always gets me because it really is that stupidly simple! Using Lose It to track my calories and keeping about a 700 calorie/day deficit I myself am down ˜30 lbs this year. I made my plan after reading the FAQ on /r/Fitness one day and man does it work! The reason so many folks struggle is because of all the misinformation \ lack of information that's out there. The good actionable information is surrounded by a sea of shitty information and psuedo-science.
For something that seems so difficult for so many people how could something as simple as 'watching what you eat' be the answer? The real answer must be something more esoteric like only eating meat on Sundays, maintaining an all asparagus and egg diet, or doing P90-X. All of those people who are able to maintain a healthy weight must have something I don't! As it stands, most people have no idea how many calories they consume most of the time, the app was very eye opening in that regard.
If anyone wanting to change their weight is reading this follow the link to the fitness FAQ. Losing weight can be as easy or as challenging as you want it to be, you don't have to hit the gym for 2 hours a day or do 'insanity' workouts to lose weight, it's your own journey set up the way you want. Make yourself a plan and stick with it and you will get the results you seek.

I'll just give you my list of get fitter/healthier subreddits n stuff, you can just ignore the ones you don't need.

Check out these sites for dieting & fitness:

• http://www.loseit.com/
  
• http://www.myfitnesspal.com/
  
• http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Subreddits that might be helpful for diets/ food:

• /r/caloriecount - not very active but has a few links to subs.
• /r/fitmeals
  
• /r/nutrition
  
• /r/paleo
  

Subreddits that might be helpful for exercise:

• /r/fitness
  
• /r/c25k
  
• /r/bodybuilding
  
• /r/bicycling
  
• /r/P90X

They are just a few of the weight loss & fitness subs...

Subreddits that might be helpful for the important bit, motivation:

• /r/90daysgoal
  
• /r/getmotivated
  
• /r/getdisciplined
  
• /r/maintenance - not very active but /top might be good.
  
• /r/progresspics
  

Check out these sites for dieting & fitness:

• http://www.loseit.com/
  
• http://www.myfitnesspal.com/
  
• http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Subreddits that might be helpful for diets/ food:

• /r/caloriecount - not very active but has a few links to subs & an FAQ.
• /r/fitmeals
  
• /r/nutrition
  
• /r/paleo
  

Subreddits that might be helpful for exercise:

• /r/fitness
  
• /r/c25k
  
• /r/bodybuilding - if you want to take it a step further
  
• /r/bicycling
  
• /r/P90X
  They are just a few of the weight loss & fitness subs...

Subreddits that might be helpful for the important bit, motivation:

• /r/90daysgoal
  
• /r/getmotivated
  
• /r/getdisciplined
  
• /r/maintenance - not very active but /top might be good.
  
• /r/progresspics
  
• /r/loseit

I have been using LoseIt on my iPhone. Been about a month and I've lost 10 lbs. You enter your starting weight, what you want to achieve and when and record all your food/exercise and it tells you how many calories you are under/over based on your goals. It's free too.. worth checking out

EDIT: Yeah I re-read this and it kinda sounds like spam. Sorry if it came across that way. http://www.loseit.com/

> Not counting yesterday I have been eating less each day. Not really dieting yet. Gonna make a list for that. I think Ill try to run more during the week too.

Try using lose it. I've lost 21 lb with that app.

This might be a bit of help, but then again it might be completely useless.

Check out these sites for dieting & fitness:

• http://www.loseit.com/
  
• http://www.myfitnesspal.com/
  
• http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Subreddits that might be helpful for diets/ food:

• /r/caloriecount - not very active but has a few links to subs.
• /r/fitmeals
  
• /r/nutrition
  
• /r/paleo
  

Subreddits that might be helpful for exercise:

• /r/fitness
  
• /r/c25k
  
• /r/bodybuilding
  
• /r/bicycling
  
• /r/P90X

They are just a few of the weight loss & fitness subs...

Subreddits that might be helpful for the important bit, motivation:

• /r/90daysgoal
  
• /r/getmotivated
  
• /r/getdisciplined
  
• /r/maintenance - not very active but /top might be good.
  
• /r/progresspics
  

Hi -- there are a number of things you can do.

First: read the FAQ. It has a lot of information in it.

Second: If you're interested in losing weight, this actually takes a lot of effort, and it's not going to be something you can do without thinking about it all the time. Given that you're 14, there are two things that you can probably do to lose weight, and get in better shape.

1) Change your diet. Some people call this "dieting". Instead, eat less of good food. First thing you should do is, for a 2 week period, track absolutely everything you eat on this website: Lose It!. After 2 weeks, you take a look at your average daily calories, and think of that as the number of calories you need to maintain your weight. Then, subtract 1000 calories. That should amount to losing about 2lbs per week -- which is about as fast as you should expect to be able to lose weight healthfully. Also, when you're eating these calories, you should shoot for 100gm of protein each day (LoseIt! will tell you how much you're eating), and then a mixture of carbs and fat (more fat than carbs, percentage wise).

2), you should exercise more. A lot more. To lose weight, an approach known as High Intensity Interval Training is an efficient approach. A description of a beginner's program can be found at this website.

I know this is a lot of effort. But being fit and healthy takes a lot of effort.

Good luck.

Hi there :)

Minus the child you have the same stats as me :) I am 27/F/5'7" and had a starting weight of about 188lbs. I'm down to 183.5 now after a year long struggle to lose all of 5 pounds. But that was the old me, the me before I found this subreddit and before the flood of inspiration and motivation came pouring into my life. So welcome aboard - we'll get through it!! So far the biggest helps I've found other than this group is Loseit.com to track calories, the Hacker's Diet as a good understanding of weight loss/gain, and this article in terms of building a better relationship to food. Welcome aboard!

I'm Katsefan, 29F from Georgia

HW: 269

CW: 224

GW: 170

Challenge GW: 218

Food log: http://www.loseit.com/#Community:Profile!id=19208057 (I'd love more friends! If you can't find me, PM me here and I'll send you my email for adding)

I have PCOS and I'm trying to have a baby. Losing weight (and LOTS of meds) is supposed to help with that! I'm down 45lb as of today (YAY!!), and my goal is to reach a healthy BMI over the summer, unless I get all preggers, of course. I've been eating generally low carb for PCOS (which is similar to diabetes). I tried keto for a bit but I just can't handle that much meat!! Now I'm back to just no grains, no sugar, and no starches. I eat lots of avocados and lots of Halo Top. I'm really hoping to go sub-220 during this challenge. Fingers crossed!!

Meh, there's nothing wrong with weighting yourself on a daily basis, as long as you're keeping track of the overall trend (using loseit.com?) and using that to gauge progress.

They are a good place to start when you have no detailed information about your diet. There are major uncertainties in that calculation, however. For example: how precise is the "activity indicator"? Let's say that you're off in your estimation by 10% (it's 1.62 instead of 1.72). That would mean your calorie needs are overestimated by 10%, and you would end up eating almost 300 more calories per day than you need. That would give you a new pound of fat every two weeks.

Other uncertainties: estimating caloric intake is notoriously difficult, without historical data. Unless food is meticulously weighed and quantified, it's easy to be over/under by 10%. Again, 1 lb every 2 weeks. And the tendency is to underestimate the calories if you're not being careful, because a new person will generally eat until sated.

You really can't beat just doing your best at estimating your food intake (I use LoseIt! which will estimate calories and all macros based on the quantity and types of food you journal) seeing how much you gain/lose over a 2-4 week period, and then adjusting your calorie intake based on that.

I'll be that guy.

It's the weight.

I know it's not PC to say that, and I'm really sorry, but when you're looking at surgery to fix a problem when the "natural" solution is to lose some weight (diet counts way more than exercise, so "my boobs are too big to work out" is no excuse), it has to be on the table as an option. And it has a shit-ton of side benefits. Did I mention surgery always carries risk?

Fix what you can first, then get surgery. Here is a ridiculously easy-to-use calorie counter app that helped me lose 20 lbs. Eat what you want, just stay under the daily budget, watch the pounds (slowly) fall off (if they don't come off slow aka 2 lbs/week, your body goes into starvation mode and you don't want that, that's where "bounceback" comes from after crash diets). When you lose a few lbs, try walking on a treadmill or biking- I don't think your boobs would interfere with that, that much.

And you're 24. You think the weight is hard to keep off now, wait till 35. jesus, i'm 39 and I have to work out every damn day just to maintain non-fatness, because I'm in a sedentary career (programmer) :/

I have a friend whose wife got pretty hefty after kids and had major back problems. They replaced the couch, the bed, whatever they could to relieve her back problems other than mentioning the weight thing. Finally their doctor said "look, it's the weight" and she was furious but it's the darn truth. And now they're much happier :)

I know that hearing this or having to realize these things is emotional because society attaches a lot of crap to body weight and image, especially with women... Think of it as a "medical problem you can correct" if that helps.

[EDIT: Also, there's an army of people right here ready to assist!]

I know this is probably not the advice you were after - but juice diets are considered extremely terrible around here. There is even a section in the FAQ solely devoted to how terrible they are.

"Dieting" is more about a manageable lifestyle change than a quick-fix. My advice to you would be to count calories. Set up an account at loseit or MyFitnessPal, and record all the food you consume. There is so much more information in the FAQ than I could possibly give you here - trust me and read it.

Amen, me too. I started @ 250 10 days ago and i'm already down to 239. I HIGHLY I mean HIGHLY suggest using the LOSEIT app or website http://www.loseit.com It has helped me so much! I've been eating -4 Bean Salad -Chicken baked or grilled -Fish -Eggs -Sushi -Veggies -Fruits

I've never had an easier time dieting than this time. Find some motivation, use lose it, and you'll drop the weight like nothing.

LOSEIT.COM

Hi Everybody, excited 90DaysGoal first-timer here!

I'm a 25 year old, 6'3" male from the U.S. Midwest. My brief story goes something like this: I was a very in-shape high school athlete at 185 lbs, and I know I NEVER dreamed that I would ever be the "type of person" to have a weight problem. How can a person not see weight gain coming and just easily do something about it, right? ಠ_ಠ

The slip up started in college where I began drinking, and eating poorly in the cafeteria. I stopped working out with any regularity. A back injury further set me back and the fear of making the pain/injury worse kept me from thinking I could seriously get back into shape. Eating habits got worse after graduation, as my new job was very stressful and I gave myself the "there's no time" excuse when it came to working out. I ballooned to 245 lbs. Emotional eating and secret binge eating (fast food) were part of my reality up until not more than a month ago.

My back now feels mostly "normal". Thanks in large part to the folks at r/keto, I am in control when it comes to food, cravings free, and dropping weight daily, losing just over 7 lbs in the last two weeks. For the first time since gaining all of this weight, I know I can do this, I will accomplish my 90DaysGoal, and I will go on to achieve my final weight goal. I'm joining Round 4 here to enhance the personal tracking that I've been doing, which is what I think will make the difference between success and just losing some weight to gain it back again.

Male, 25yo, 6'3"
234.8 = Current Weight
210.0 = 90DaysGoal
190.0 = Final Goal Weight

How I'm going to get "there": Ketogenic Diet with calorie tracking (Lose It!), C25K (starting today), weightlifting, outdoor biking.

Best of luck everyone, let's do this!
edit: formatting

What didn't you like about Livestrong? 99% of the features are free, the only useful thing that requires a subscription is custom nutrient tracking.

As far as alternatives go, I used MyFitnessPal for a while and it worked pretty well. Big database of food and exercise, and it has apps for all major mobile operating systems.

A lot of people also like Lose It!. I'm personally not the biggest fan, as their food database is pretty slim pickings, forcing you to enter a lot of things manually.

Hi Team Crocus!

I've struggled with my weight since I was a teenager. I've never really felt slim, even though I look back on my 135 lb teenage self with deep envy now. I weighed around 150 back in 2013 but started gaining weight in 2014, ultimately around twenty pounds. In 2015 I switched from the Pill to the Nexplanon implant in my arm and gained twenty pounds within about two months (without changing my habits). This year I decided to get the implant removed and switched back to the Pill. I'm hoping the weight will come off with at least a little of the ease with which it came on (my breasts have already gotten a tad smaller and I think I've lost a little in my midsection).

My best friend is getting married in September and one of my main goals is to look better as a bridesmaid in her wedding than I did in a friend's wedding last summer.

I'm excited to do this challenge with you all! I joined the fitbit group and while I don't do MFP, if anyone uses the LoseIt app, feel free to follow me over there! (http://www.loseit.com/#Community:Profile!id=26435)

Agreed. I have data going back to 2012 in Loseit. I can track my ups and downs prior to going full keto and it's remarkable how helpful it can be. For the folks here that use Loseit to track their macro intake, I JUST started a community there called Hard Core Keto. Here is the link: http://www.loseit.com/#Community:GroupProfile!id=0e314f08e00b4bc8a6d53e979b777eb6%5EHard%20Core%20Keto

Today and tomorrow are the only days you can change.

I heartily recommend Lose It for food tracking, but if just you want a dead simple rule to follow: eat a lot more vegetables.

And good luck! May this be the start of a new habit.

I don't hide my lack of love for MFP... It was just a pain in the ass on Android for how slow it did everything.

Check out LoseIt. No affiliation beyond use and happiness with its functionality.

You're going to need to give more information than than. A six inch veggie sub is going to provide a lot fewer calories than a foot long double cheesesteak sub. Also, how many almonds?

By a quick calculation though, even if you're eating the most terrible sub I could come up with, it sounds like you're low on calories there. Also, a diet that limited could leave your micronutrients unballanced. Get a calorie counting app (I'm in the minority here and use Lose It!). It will estimate your normal calories out and you can calculate your calories in.

As to your teeth, I doubt scurvy would hit this quicky, but you sound like you don't get much vitamin C.

tl;dr: You probably need to eat more, both quantity and variety. Eat an orange a day.

Running is the best general exercise you can do if you're out of shape and looking to get into shape.

Also, I use this website to help monitor my calorie intake vs. outtake. Remember, a lot of getting into shape depends on what you are putting into your body.

25% of daily calories is about 500 calories, and this was the amount mentioned in another article posted about preventing Alzheimers, etc.

I've found that amount, but usually gotten through fresh veggie juices, protein powder, and fish oil pills, has been very satisfactory. The protein powder and fish oil, along with all the micro-vitamins and minerals of the juice, help keep me feeling good that day, and more important to me, my workout the next day doesn't suffer (I run and don't want to lose anything I've gained by being too weak to run).

I'm also doing a 500 calorie/day reduced diet about 1ce-2ce a week. I'm not doing an ADF now.

I have done water only fasts, but usually reserve that for when I can stay home and engage in no outside commitments, and when I let go of running for a while (breaks from it are good, but not frequent).

edit: added below--

I use LoseIt.com to track my calories and nutrition (I recommend not getting "friends" on that account as they will bug you about what to do and not to do--I know, I had an account with "friends" and regretted it, so began another acct.).

Here's what I eat for about 500 calories, spread in 3 meals:

3 Tbsp Rice Protein Powder = 27 g protein

9 fish oil pills like Barleans with orange or lemon(keeps fish burps away) = 9.1 g very healthy fats

4 cups carrot/spinanch/kale/celery juice = 8 g protein

And, for my black tea over the day: 1/2 cup 2% milk and 2 tsp honey. (please no criticism on this) = 5 g protein.

So, over the day that is about 500 calories, 22% fat, 45% carbs, and 33% protein. This is a good balance for me (50 yo active female).

May you receive all blessings. Congrats. This is an important experience to notice.

Also, 1800 calories is probably not way over your limit. That may be a distorted view. Here's a basic calorie counter. We burn a lot just sleeping and breathing. Most burn at least 1500 calories doing that alone.

If you are female, about 20, 5 feet tall and 100 lbs, your daily caloric needs are around 1885 calories per day.

Counting calories on LoseIt is great. You can really see what you need per day. And, when one averages in any binge days, you'll see that the ED mind was wrong.

Again, congrats!

Man, I teared up for that. I lost my dad at age 15 (he was 60) and mom at 21 (also 60) due to preventible diseases. I know how hard it is as a kid losing a parent. I'm still kind of fucked up from it, but my frat bro/best friend is a psychologist, so I get free help. Do whatever it takes man. Shit is tough, but so incredibly worthwhile.

Start off walking or swimming if its warm there. Use the BMR Calculator to find out about how many calories per day you should eat. Eat that many and try not to go over very much (but mistakes happen). If you eat healthy, clean meals, its hard as hell eat more than that amount. Natural food is so filling. Check out my Beachbody Coach Wayne's site for some help on diet ideas and great meals. Add in creatine and whey protein (if not allergic to dairy, if so go soy protein) to help boost weight loss and add muscle. Muscle helps burn fat. Most Walmarts let you use food stamps for supplements since they are drink mixes. Sneaky, but I do it. :)

I think there is a calorie tracker on Lose-It's site. Use that and keep track of things. Expect huge results and quickly. And please at least go to a free clinic asap and get a checkup. Google free clinic and your city you live in or near. Some doctors also will do checkups for weight loss people off insurance at a reduced or even free rate depending on the circumstance. Wouldn't hurt to call and ask (explaining what you want to do).

Best of luck man. I can't wait to see some progress photos. Time to kick some fat's ass!

Sure! For me it was mostly diet. I used a calorie-counting app (Lose It!) and stuck to it.

I was really big into Fitocracy for a month or two, but the novelty wore off. I still log my walks and other light exercise that I do when I feel like it.

One obstacle: I have seasonal depression and crave carbs like crazy this time of year. I don't deny myself any type of food - if I want pizza or Cheetos or pasta, I'll eat it in moderation! - but I seem to be able to keep the cravings and other symptoms mostly in check with a lightbox, a half-hour(ish) walk at lunchtime, and a low dose of an antidepressant.

Yeah, I lost about 20 pounds when I was going through my divorce. It's really tough.

I basically ate when I got dizzy, and then when it was all over I gained it all back and then some. Get yourself a calorie-counter app such as Lose It!. If you're having trouble eating enough, there are some apps out there that give you a minimum calorie goal as well.

There are plenty of free tracking websites online or if you have an iphone/blackberry/android you can just buy or find a free app! You enter the amount and kind of food you eat and it shows you the carb, protein, fat and calorie counts. The one I use is MyNetDiary and here are a few others: Daily Plate and Lose It! Also has free iphone app.

EDIT: The costco I have has lots of fresh meat, just grab some ziploc baggies and split them into portions and freeze.

Many thoughts here, as I know the feeling.

1. I've learned to allow the side of me that wants to cry to have it's say. Part of my ego wants to eat whatever whenever, and that part feels terrified that it is going to die. So, I let it have it's pity-fit for as long as it needs to be heard. John Bradshaw said "Feel it and heal it." Let the crying, hissy, childish ego part have it's say. Do some therapeutic writing, just write whatever comes to mind about this, then throw it away later.

2. I've also learned to say to myself, "I have a choice. I can choose to eat more than I need, or not." I've had to recognize the times of day I'm most likely to break my diet, and be creative in doing something else then. I'm trying to do some art, or watching TED talks when I want to eat to check out. If I played an instrument, I'd try to do that.

3. The calorie and nutrition tracker, with an excellent forum interface, LoseIt.com, was very instrumental to me for motivation. Yes, it's work, but so is diabetes, which being overweight can lead to.

I like to call my "diet" the Triad Diet. There are three parts to it, and three words to remember for each part.

The first part is: Eat. Less. Food.

Don't worry about what you're eating at first, that can come later. Eat anything you want. Just eat less of it. Track calories if you need the hard numbers. LoseIt is great for this.

Next step: Get. More. Exercise.

Just do it. Go walking. Do some pushups. Play tennis. Take up running. Don't try to stick to a plan. Just go get exercise. 30 minutes a day.

Finally: Keep. Yourself. Accountable.

Start a blog. Post to Twitter. Post to Facebook. Post to /r/loseit. Just do something so that every time you weight in, you have to tell the world. Do not skip any report, just keep putting them out there. Dieting is now your job, and the Internet is your boss. Keep them happy and you'll be happy.

You should try creating an account on www.loseit.com You can put in your weight and height and how many pounds you want to lose per week and it will tell you how many calories to eat a day.

2500-2800 seems a little high.

Also, I wouldn't use ephedrine. You don't want to rely on it from the start, its more of a tool to use once you get in the groove of losing weight.

Added!

I only use the app for tracking my weight, not food/exercise, but it'll be neat to see some other people on there to motivate me.

If anyone wants to add me: I have no idea if this link will work

That's not a bad weight for your height. I'm 5'8" and 150, female, 49 yo. I did Loseit for a while and that was good. I really am having trouble getting down to 140.

Three things, one, it gets harder as you get older (ask any woman 45 years old and up). Do it now.

Two, I eat no sugar, and few refined carbs. If you don't want to gain more weight, you may want to reduce or eliminate those things if you haven't already.

Three: stay active, and find a variety of ways to stay active or, as a female, you will blob out (no offense). Yoga is great, a gym is, too. Get comfortable there now.

Best of luck.

Stay with it! Do it while you are young! It gets much harder as the decades go by. Ask any woman over 45. Also, diabetes is no fun, and being overweight is the number 1 reason for type II diabetes.

Or, it's a rare few (triathletes, maybe) that can eat like teenagers their entire life and be healthy.

If you need a calorie counter, this helped me: Loseit.com. Great support and forums there.

Sign up for a site like Loseit.com, put in your height, weight, etc and it'll let you know how much you can eat and still lose weight. You'll be shocked how many calories are in pasta, I think.

LoseIt is an excellent app. I couldn't lose weight without it.

Also, I've found that simple carbs lead me to feeling tired, which can make me feel depressed. Avoid them. Learn about the Glycemic Index of foods and eat only low glycemic foods. I really mean this as I used to be prone to depression before I removed the crap from my diet.

Exercise is also a natural antidepresant. I've friends who say they self-medicate with exercise.

I've had success with the app Loseit.com. I went in thinking I understood what I eat and everything and just 2 weeks there I saw so much about how I needed to control portions, etc. It will keep track of nutrients like fat, carbs and protein. It's pretty easy to use. You get to eat whatever you want, but learn quickly the cost of things like fast food and sweets.

Best!

Start tracking your calories on websites like Loseit! or The Daily Plate. Track everything you eat and drink (even if you go over your limit). It should help you start to learn how many calories you are consuming a day, and get a feel for what your body actually needs. Loseit has been my good buddy the past few weeks or so, and I have to say I'm mighty addicted to it now. I've lost about 10 pounds since the first of the year! (237 to 226).

LoseIt! is a great and easy way to track what you eat. I've lost 9 lbs and have 8 more to go.

Get her moving in water, or on an elliptical. Slow and easy does it, nothing too fast or too long to start.

Good luck.

Don't worry homie, you lose a lot of water weight in the first couple weeks of dieting, it's completely normal. The slowdown will definitely happen about a month into your weight loss journey but depending on the caloric deficit you should expect to see about 1 to 2 lbs per week.

Most people recommend a 500 to 1000 calorie a day deficit. Some people even go higher than 1000 calories but the general consensus is that safe weight loss happens between 500-1000.

If you're thinking about getting serious with your dieting I recommend using a Total Daily Energy Expenditure calculator. Just plug all the in the necessary numbers and boom you have an idea as to how many calories your body uses a day. Then using weight loss trackers such as Lose It or the ever popular My Fitness Pal you can really get a good idea as to how much you should be eating every day. Because, if you're anything like me, you essentially have to retrain yourself to eat like a normal person.

But, all in all, congratulations on taking that first step. It's a hard road and it's a struggle but your health and well-being are worth it. Also if you want/need any advice drop by /r/loseit everybody there is super supportive and willing to offer encouragement and /r/progresspics if you want some motivation in picture form.

If you are exercising you need protein to rebuild the muscle fibers you are breaking down as well. So, I use Lose It, and it's easy and great. I'd just say check it out and see if you find it useful. Lots of great charts you can keep track of regarding carbs, sugars, protein, exercise, vitamins even, etc. if you are so inclined. You might LOVE it.

I hit up FFC in the mornings before work. Usually Union Station but occasionally West Loop when I don't have my shit together. I'm mostly doing some cardio and focusing more on what I eat to shed the pounds. You should look into LoseIt and /r/loseit to help track what you eat and your exercise.

I followed the advice proposed in this Skeptoid article and lost about 80 lbs over the course of a year (i used the Lose It app for Android FWIW). In the article he talks about a reasonable, science-based approach and suggested method of implementation.

Note that it was only successful for me because I was very strict about it during the year; since I let off, I haven't been able to keep so strict a regimen anymore and have backslid a bit - but i'm still much better off than previously.

I'm going to clear things up for our audience.

>i feared you only joined that group so you can mock others. But you did. You mocked people for trying to lose weight (skut will gain 100lbs),

I put +100 lbs as a joke and it was changed to +10 after the first day.

>you mocked people's diets (here is skut's bag of fat and a red bull lunch)

I posted Red Bull and a bag of Country Archer which is a decent snack. You and your captain(s) that were complaining about me were posting cigarettes, sugary drinks and Red Bull too. Your girlfriend also posted a bunch of Serb candy (looks good btw) that your mother sent. Another example of your friends moderating only me while you run rampant.

>you mocked people's calorie intakes (but skut can only eat 1000 calories a day).

I didn't do this. I've been consuming 2K since this week's challenge. I'm sorry my goal is to gain weight while many others in our chat have the exact opposite. I don't fat shame people.

>How about some actual fitness (skut logs going to a house party and his walk to cinema).

I do interesting shit for work and maybe people might like to see that. Dancing is a work out and burns calories anyways. As nice and sweet as she is you can't forget your girlfriend who took photos of her and a captain smoking with their legs propped up on a bar sign and called it "yoga"

I'll admit there is a bias in our fitness group but I am not at fault.

Now we are clearly done.

Okay, one more thing: We use Lose It! for carb counting and it works great. We had actually used it in the past to count calories and though our dietician recommended several apps, none of them are as easy to use IMHO. Aside from being able to scan barcodes and share recipes, it's particularly handy because you can click the little "i" icon and see the total nutrients for the whole meal, including carbs.

Check out these sites for dieting & fitness:

• http://www.loseit.com/
  
• http://www.myfitnesspal.com/
  
• http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Subreddits that might be helpful for diets/ food:

• /r/caloriecount - not very active but has a few links to subs.
• /r/fitmeals
  
• /r/nutrition
  
• /r/paleo
  

Subreddits that might be helpful for exercise:

• /r/fitness
  
• /r/c25k
  
• /r/bodybuilding
  
• /r/bicycling
  
• /r/P90X

They are just a few of the weight loss & fitness subs...

Subreddits that might be helpful for the important bit, motivation:

• /r/90daysgoal
  
• /r/getmotivated
  
• /r/getdisciplined
  
• /r/maintenance - not very active but /top might be good.
  
• /r/progresspics
  

What worked for me was to write down everything I ate. I was surprised to find I was eating twice as much as I thought I was. There's a website called Lose It! that makes it easy to keep track although it handles only imperial units.

This describes basically exactly what I did (for referecne I joined/started using the app for LoseIt!, following the principles described in the article). A year later and down 75, aiming for 100 overall.

Just eat healthy and get on a calorie counting website like lose it. http://www.loseit.com/ In all honesty talk of you have to eat complex carbs, fibers, slow energy release foods, proteins, blah, blah, blah... you might as well be talking double dutch! Talk like that confuses people. I'm in the process of sliming down and my method is that I eat the same meals mon-fri that are below my daily target calorie intake. The most dangerous food is processed foods, fast foods and as a rule of thumb anything deepfried or battered. Find healthy meals you would like to eat, find the calorie values for each meal and if they are below your intake, stick to them for 5 days every week. Eat something different but healthy on sat and have a day off on sun. Oh, and exercise is never a bad thing!

Wow! Sticking to 1200 calories a day for a year is amazingly! I find calorie counting & maintaining a calorie deficit to be a real struggle. But today was the first day in 10 weeks that I've been cleared to return to cardio & spin class (since my back surgery in March) and I'm restarting calorie counting with LoseIt. It should be much easier to stick to my daily calorie goal now that I'm cleared to do cardio again! Thanks for the inspiration! :D

LoseIt is definitely one of the best apps for this. Its free, also has the bar code scanner and will remember all your favorite foods/meals so if you eat a lot of the same things regularly its easy to enter everything in.

Even with little or no exercise, you would have to be eating nearly 2500 calories (based on 15/M/5'8"/245) to not lose any weight. If you average 1500 calories a day, you should be losing about 1kg (2lb) a week.

Barring any undiagnosed medical condition, I would say it is more likely that you are simply under estimating the amount of calories that you consume. Are you counting liquid calories like soft drink (pop/soda), milk, etc? If you're 15, I assume you have most of your meals prepared for you? Could you be underestimating portion sizes or maybe not aware of all the ingredients in the food your parents make?

I find keeping a 'food diary' to be lots of help in tracking what you've eaten, you should have a look at loseit.

Also, if you haven't already, you should have a look at the FAQ in the sidebar, it has lots of great information. ->

F / 22 yo / 5'9 / 180 lbs

I have been putting this off forever, denial and binge eating has always been my coping mechanism. I'm tired of feeling like shit about myself and just eating through it, and none of my friends understand. I'll complain about how I feel and I get the automatic response of "no you're not fat" or 'oh, shut up", etc.

I think my goal weight is somewhere around 140, but I want to start small and lose 10 pounds, and then another, and then another. I'd rather be more toned and healthy than skinny right away.

I guess I'm kind of looking for a diet/exercise buddy[ies] because that has always somewhat worked for me. One of my biggest fears has always been what people think of me so if I'm open and honest about it I'm going to want to produce results and be able to admit that I am eating healthy and exercising and feel proud. Anyways, I'm rambling. I'm starting this up again because it helps to see everything in front of me. Feel free to add me.

http://www.loseit.com/index.jsp#Friends:Profile!id=1777898%7Cname=kmbrown1008

I use Livestrong. You can create an account for free and track everything: weight goals, current weight, daily caloric intake, water consumption, and exercise! When you enter your weight and a weight loss goal (for me, I set it so I lose 1.5lbs a week), it calculates your maximum daily calorie limit to meet your goal. And when you update it, the calorie limit changes. I love it :) LoseIt does the same thing, but I've never used that website.

I lost about 60 lbs using a program called lose it.

They have a Iphone/Ipod app and the website that tracks how much you eat vs how much you exercise and you have to stay below your budget. It was hard at first but it was totally worth it in the long run and everyone I know mentioned how I looked much younger.

The online/smartphone app LoseIt! has a huge database of foods. You input quantity, and it tracks calories and macros. If there's an easier way to do this, I've yet to see it.

I dropped 30 pounds when I went vegetarian and another 30 when I went vegan. Use moderation and eat vegetables (especially dark, leafy greans and legumes and colorfull things) and you'll be just fine. There are also vegetable based "meat" products that are high in protein and relatively low in carbs - they're not great in the long run, especially because they tend to be highish in salt, but they're a nice crutch while you transition. My favorites are Tofurkey's Deli Slices. Get Some Buttler Soy Curls if you're into the chickenish thing. They're great and very healthy. The only people who seem to have trouble with over-carbing when they go vegetarian are the ones who don't actually like fruits and vegetables and wind up eating pasta with cheese or grilled cheese and french fries for every meal.

Edit: You might try food journaling if you're worried about being aware of your calorie and nutrient intake. I'd recommend using a website or a fancyPhone app...because who wants to add things up when it can be done automatically?

Doing alright - mostly - which is good. I had one very 'off' day, but I logged my binge (mmm cookies) and got back on track the next day and all in all, I was actually below my calorie limit for the week and lost weight over all. I did beat myself up a bit, but because of the support here and on loseit.com I was honest with myself, got back on plan and moved on. I think this was a bigger victory than losing weight.

Dealing with the shame, etc and getting the fuck-its (as I call em) really can derail me. Seeing it all in numbers breaks it down for me and makes me realize it's not as bad as I imagine and it's just numbers. I tell myself and others that this is a marathon, not a sprint, but still, it's very hard to get out of the mind-set of bagging on myself when I do binge.

I am at the lowest weight I have been in about 8 years and I am so very close to the 230s! I weighed in at 240.3 this morning. I took my 60-day progress pics. GD - these are embarrassing, but also good motivators! I couldn't find my sports bra this morning so my boobs aren't as squished.

The thing is that as a young person, you can eat like you do. It's a rare person (probably a triathlete type) who can eat like a teenager their entire life. If you don't change, you'll put on pounds over the years, like 10 years = + 10 lbs; 20 years = + 20 lbs; etc. Hard to imagine, I know.

You only need to do two things.

1. Track your calories and nutritional intake (fats, carbs, proteins) on a online tracker like LoseIt.com or Livestrong.com. These sites, or others like them, will automatically count calories and nutritional intake. From there decide how to go forward.

2. Learn about nutrition, particularly fats, carbs, proteins. Do this on Livestrong.com, or sites like it, or by going to Wikipedia, or other rather neutral sources of information.

Also, I'm a 49 yo active female. Lots will tell you to do a low carb diet. I, and other female friends of mine, don't do well with these. We females do avoid products made of flour (very simple carbs) and sugary stuff because that goes right to our waists. However, we don't do high protein, low carbs. We just do healthy eating, and, we stay a healthy weight, too.

Enjoy your journey.

If cutting carbs makes you angry, don't do it. You might be eating too many calories overall. A 5'7" female weighing 175 (and assuming you are 30 years old) you need 1590 calories a day for your body to function according to the BMR Calculator. LoseIt is another helpful tool that will help you determine how many calories to consume. To lose weight you need to net less than that on a daily basis.

Lifting weights has been life changing. I'm the only girl in there and I feel like I look like an idiot. I just try to remind myself that it's not about any one else but me.

I've used Loseit with success. There's a group or two there for people who have 100+ lbs to lose (look in the forums).

Several thoughts. I'm 49 yo female and find it very difficult to lose weight. I see many posts by people in their 20s and they seem to drop the weight without much trouble. They have lots of hormones working in their favor. As we age, especially females, our bodies shut down and we get by on lots less food. So, it will never be easier than now.

Another thought is that here's a website of one of my LoseIt! friends who had hundreds of pounds to lose. Sean Willson has lots of inspiring info.

You're not alone. It is difficult, but not as difficult it will be 10 or 20 or 30 years from now. Imagine yourself every decade and how you want to be. The first step will never be easier.

Ouch. Couple of things I'd do.

1. Don't have junk food and beer around. Don't buy them in the first place. Get carrots, fruit (frozen berries are difficult to eat fast) and let yourself eat as much of the healthy stuff as you like. Stay away from sugar. It's addicting to some. I can't have it around.

2. Stand as much as possible at work (not "work as much as you can stand"), even if you have to pile books under your computer, or whatever. Standing just burns more calories than sitting.

3. Get a fitness partner and get together as often as you can, hopefully several times a week, and work out together. Even if it is walking together, going to yoga class together, or whatever. Just do show up. Also, for yoga you may force yourself to do yoga here: YogaGlo.

4. Woody Allen said, "80% of success is just showing up." Make your plan and show up.

Exercise does get you high, but you have to do it enough for those brain chemicals to be secreted. Also, LoseIt! is an excellent app. It has a very strong community. I use it all the time.

Good luck. You can do this!

Counting calories will help you, it's what helps me the most (I have just about the same problem as you do). There's plenty of websites out there that will help you keep track, and the realization of what exactly you're eating compared to what you should be should give you a huge motivation boost.

Seriously. Do it right now, make an account and then track everything you eat tomorrow.

Also, I really hope this helps, good luck! :)

Weed isn't good for you in many ways. Kills motivation, for one.

That aside, you can find lots of constant support through making friends on LoseIt.

If you like fasting there is an r/fasting. Almost everyone there understands it's not a way to lose weight, but a way to cleanse the system.

Weight loss is due to calorie restriction, no matter how you do it, however, our bodies are not machines. Our metabolisms have all sorts of coping mechanisms.

Loseit.com has been very helpful for me. I started at 157 in November and I'm now 145.5, and have been losing at a rate of about 1 lb a week (5'8", female, 49yo). Some weeks I lost no weight but lost inches off my waist, hips, thighs, etc. I didn't err from my caloric intake at that time, and exercise rather intensely six days a week.

Another problem with approaching weight loss by "burning calories" is that science isn't that exact yet regarding calories burned through exercise. There are so many factors: age, gender, weight, muscle mass, etc.

I'm veggie too. One fascinating learning experience for me was doing Loseit.com over time and seeing how much protein I actually was ingesting. It tracks carbs, fat, sodium, fiber and other stuff, too.

I don't do egg whites, so, sorry, can't answer that.

I do eat carbs, just not too many refined carbs (no refined sugars, very little flour products, no pasta). But as far as cutting them out I can't really help. I learned a lot about carbs by learning about glycemic indexes.

I do enjoy protein powder supplements (rice protein, hemp protein, whey). I also like low fat mozzarella cheese sticks, as well as low-fat yogurt.

Best!

I go for a bulk item before each meal. A plate full of lettuce is about 40 calories and rather filling and keeps me from feeling empty. Shredded carrots go far.

I couldn't lose weight without the app LoseIt.com.

Go for it!

Background info: I am 5'8" and 49 years old (female). Last fall I was 157 lbs and I want to get down to 140 where I've been much of the last 12 years (I had a minor health issue and gained weight, now I'm losing it). I've lost 10 lbs since November 2010.

I eat about 72 grams of protein a day, and 1500 calories a day. Right now and am losing about 1 lb every week-10 days.

I don't bulk up, do GOMAD, or bulk-loss cycle.

I do weights about 15-20 minutes a day, on average. In January I didn't lose any weight but I lost inches off my waist, hips and calves, meaning I was losing fat and gaining muscle (I lost 3 inches off my waist, which was amazing).

I have been mostly vegetarian my adult life, and still am. I eat fish and/or poultry 1-3 times a week. I do eggs, low-fat cheese, beans, and low glycemic carbs.

So, my point is that even though I eat about .5 g protein/lb on average, I have put on muscle and lost fat.

I know how much protein I'm getting because I'm using the app Loseit.com for calorie counting. It also tracks nutritional intake (fat, carbs, protein, etc).

Best!

I think 25 lbs since November is excellent!

My goal weight is 140, and I'm 149 right now (5'8" female, 49 yrs old). The most important help to me has been the Loseit app. I've lost 9 lbs since November (you win!).

Aside from the scale, I have found a tape measure very helpful. For the months of January and February I only lost 1 lb, but I lost 3 inches off my waist and 2 off my hips and 1/2 inch off my calves. I measure monthly.

Lyle McDonald's Body Recomposition site is full of excellent tips for people like us (already at a healthy weight, just looking for better). Here's an article on 9 Ways to Deal with Hunger on a Diet

I've a 2 page personal list of what definitely has worked for me. If you're interested, pm me and I'll send it.

Hang in there. We can do it!

Try LoseIt.com

I am and it's amazing to see. Also, get books out of the library, any books, on weight loss. It's interesting what's out there.

Hang in there! We can do it!

The most popular logging apps in this community (not that there's a requirement!) are MyFitnessPal (perhaps the most complete nutritional database) and LoseIt! (I use this one for the graphs). There's no magic to these apps, they just help you choose a goal weight then tell you how many calories to eat. These calorie goals are based on your Today Daily Energy Expenditure, aka how many calories you burn just by going about your day. How ever many calories below that number you eat determines how much weight you lose. You can calculate your TDEE yourself here using a site made by redditors. Best of all, all these tools are free.

As others have said (and the quick start guide says), exercise is awesome for your cardiovascular health, and strength training can help you build muscle for...well, strength.

But neither one is either necessary or even all that helpful for losing fat. 90%+ of your success is going to come from eating less than your body uses (which exercise only adds a VERY small bit to). Rather than link you to exercise subreddits, here are links to what will be your best friends in the world--calorie tracking smartphone apps.

http://www.loseit.com This is my favorite, because it has a very simple progress bar-style user interface and has everything I need. Huge database of foods (I find fewer inaccurate user-created ones in LoseIt than in MFP).

http://www.myfitnesspal.com This is, by far, the more popular of the two. I have used it in the past, and definitely see why most people prefer it. It is VERY full-featured, connects to many smart-watch type devices, has a colossal database of foods (although I found a LOT of inaccurate user-created entries), and an active forum community.

Only after you've built the habit of tracking everything for at least a couple weeks should you even consider looking into a particular exercise program. Until then, just do something you enjoy to get you moving--pickup basketball, disc golf, going for a walk, whatever you enjoy and can handle. Ultimately, exercise almost borders on irrelevant for fat loss. It really is almost entirely dependent on your diet.

Hi I'm a 26 year old female. I'm down about 20 lbs. http://www.loseit.com/#Community:Profile!id=1137872

Feel free to add me. I've been on loseit for years. I eat keto so yes my top food is heavy whipping cream :)

You're even with me at my ~~fattest~~ least sexiest. Currently at 31ish.

I know this is unsolicited advice in the unlikeliest of places, but I highly recommend Lose It if you want a fairly straightforward way to change things. Just try to maintain the same volume of food but replace it with more nutrient-dense stuff. (i.e. less bread, more veg)

You have an account with LoseIt (or you should) that should sync everything.

Login to http://www.loseit.com/ with the username and password you set up on your phone and verify that your data is there. It'll come over when you set up your new phone.

A couple of things based on what you said.

I hate MFP with a passion for numerous reasons, I can share them if you want, but I heartily endorse LoseIt, mainly because it works offline and their numbers tend to be more accurate.

I think Weight Watchers is great for the community aspect but the points system is just another way to track calories; you could get similar results with a scale. Pay attention to what you eat while you're losing the weight so you can continue the habits once it's gone.

And the most important thing of all, it's a right pain to see someone at your goal weight easily survive on a number of calories you feel completely unsatisfied with but that's because they're maintaining while you're cutting. They are consuming enough to stay at that weight while you're consuming less than your current weight requires. Good news though, this also means it gets easier as time goes on.

As for post-workout hunger, I have a little bag of almonds and raisins nearby. It's either that or about half a pound of carrots and/or celery.

If you are a real newbie here are a couple resources:

• MyFitnessPal for calorie counting (LoseIt is another)

• IIFYM to calculate your TDEE, subtract 20% to start your journey and then tweak as you get more comfortable

I'm a big fan of intermittent fasting. I followed the LeanGains program for a while (/r/leangains is hella useful), but now I just shoot for about a 4-6 hour feeding window that starts with dinner, I track everything I eat using the LoseIt app, I try to shoot for a 500kcal daily deficit, and I try to get 1g per lb of bodyweight in protein every day, though I sometimes come up short. Also, if you want to make sure that more of your weight loss is fat and less is muscle, weight training 2-3 times a week is key.

Fasting isn't for everyone, but I find it's easier for me to be very hungry for 8-9 hours than it is for me to be mildly hungry all the time.

Yes, you can track macros. With the basic version (what I use) you can only set a caloric limit (you can't set max carbs or anything), but it does break down your daily/meal macros if you want. The premium version does allow you to track much more in detail, but I understand you're not looking to pay.

The basic version is all I've needed.

http://www.loseit.com/how-it-works/

Everyone around here seems to enjoy MFP, but I personally enjoy Lose-it better. Same concept, I just think it's a little more polished and more pleasant to use.

When I was starting off, the www.genaw.com site really helped me out getting ideas for foods/meals. I still use it to this day for inspiration. Thinking about making my own similar blog.

Also, if you're on Instagram, search for the following tags: #lchf, #keto, #ketogenic, #lowcarb. There are some really solid posters who post only high quality content all related to keto and keto foods.

I highly recommend http://www.loseit.com/. I started using it to track my calories a few months back and it has helped me be more aware of the amount of food I was actually eating and even encouraged me to start doing cardio. I am about 10 pounds away from my ideal weight and I cannot wait to reach my goal! If you have an Android I know that you can get an app through the Play store but I am not sure about getting it on Apple products.

the Reddit logging challenge!

the group!

The Lose It! app is also popular and will allow you to enter calories burned. You can play around on their website before downloading the app. Instead of individual exercises, you would need to add it as calisthenics, weighlifting, elliptical, etc. but it will deduct calories from your day.

Just wanted to throw in my two cents with regards to being out of shape. My girlfriend and I were both pretty out of shape before (still sort of are), and our sex life suffered for it. All we've done is started eating a little less at dinner and going for 15-30 minutes walks every day. I've lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks without giving much up.
We've also both noticed an increase in our sex drive. And if nothing else, an hour of sex is 200 calories burnt. ;)

If you want help, I recommend LoseIt! for calorie tracking. Lots of people have also had success with MyFitnessPal, but I found it too workout-oriented for my current weight loss goals.

LoseIt! does all your primary features except vitamins/minerals/fat types. I've been using it for a little over a year.

Of your secondary features, the only one it will do is send you push notifications reminding you to enter your recent meal (if you ask for this -- you can also shut it off).

I've been using something similar to MyFitnessPal, it's LoseIt, and so far I feel like it's helping! I check my calories on with the barcode as well. So far I really love it! I've been using it for a few weeks now, but I just noticed myself forgetting to mark items, and have gotten lazy with it. I have so much healthy food all around me, I just keep catching myself grabbing the unhealthy food! Thank you so much for the advice:) Keep up your good work as well:)

I use LoseIt too and find it very helpful. While it's not a precise calorie counter, given how easy it is to use I can put up with a pretty big margin of error. [And yeah, the bathroom scale has been a good indicator of whether it's accurate enough.]

You can probably get a more precise count of your calories burned by taking heart rate into account, and the more recent Garmins will do this on the fly, but the time-distance-weight based calculation from LoseIt has worked just fine for me.

I'm currently using this site in order to help get my weight down while I try to do excessive cardio at least once a week.

What you have to do is go for time rather than intensity. If you run at for at least 50 minutes, your body starts taking nutrients from your muscles in order to maintain proper function.

Hang in there. Try one day at a time.

Also, try doing a calorie counter like LoseIt.com. It can give you numbers to what you are eating regarding calories, carbs, fats and proteins.

Information is power, and power against overeating.

Also, for many, staying balanced helps a lot, and, again, the information from tracking things really helps.

I'd be careful getting "friends" on these calorie counting places. I find I'm more private and don't want to share my eating info. with others.

Best.

Diets don't have to be diets. You can lose weight by literally eating nothing but twinkies. The key to any successful loss of weight is moderation, consistency and a little self control. I think this is worth saying here:

Getting fit is not a bootcamp. It's a lifestyle.

Instead of going crazy on a juice fast, add juicing into your morning routine a few times a week. Set goals for yourself, i.e go and walk for an hour three times a week. Scale up from there. Small changes lead to big changes.

Get up and do it.

Track your calorie intake with an app like Lose it!. Eat an apple with lunch. Cut sodas and junk food out of your diet. Put reminders up all over your house (bathroom mirror, computer monitor) to encourage you to get up and out.

TL;DR: There are no shortcuts to getting healthy. If you want to do it, then do it. It's that simple.

As said above, use a calorie counter. I use Lose It!. As far as motivation, just check out all of the posts on here about the progress people have made, and I also find that r/progresspics keeps me motivated.

Someone else posted something similar not long ago. Here's what I said:

I lost about 20 pounds when I was going through my divorce. It's really tough.

I basically ate when I got dizzy, and then when it was all over I gained it all back and then some. Get yourself a calorie-counter app such as Lose It!. If you're having trouble eating enough, there are some apps out there that give you a minimum calorie goal as well.

Track everything you eat. Everything. I love myplate and have been using it religiously for almost 5 years. I recently switched to lose it! because they have an awesome app where all you have to do is scan the barcode and it will track it for you! It's proven that a food journal is a powerful tool in health and weight loss, and after some time, you'll be able to see the direct correlation between what you're consuming and your weight and you'll want to choose better.