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What is the best way to help someone else lose weight?

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Hello Everyone,

I would like to know what are some ways that someone else can help you lose weight? Useful tools? Motivation?

How can someone make your weight loss journey a more pleasant one?

Thank you for your time.

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Not all weight loss programs are effective. There are a lot of things to consider before you go and try out a diet or exercise program. The following ten steps are essential if you want to lose weight fast:

1. Consult your physician first if it is safe for you to undergo a weight loss program. Some people, especially those that are morbidly obese, should have a supervised weight loss program because rapid weight loss could be dangerous.
You must be mentally prepared to lose weight fast.

2. Motivation plays a great role in reaching your weight loss goals. By keeping yourself motivated it will be easier to meet your targets.

3. Your meal plan should be nutritious. When you try to lose weight fast, you automatically think that cutting down on your food intake will be the answer. Actually, just limiting the food you eat is not enough. A healthy choice of foods and in proper amount is the best way to do it.

4. Choose your exercise routine wisely. Some exercise routines may be too much for you. You do not necessarily need to have a rigid routine to lose weight. Even a simple walking and jogging program can actually help you shed the extra pounds. If you are quite comfortable with it, gradually increase the speed, distance, resistance and the intensity of the exercise to achieve faster results.

5. Muscle building exercises. Muscles burn more calories than fat. If you want to accelerate your efforts you can consider adding muscle building exercises to your routine. This will maximize your weight loss efforts since the muscles you add to your body will also work hard to burn those extra calories for you. Continue reading What is the best way to help someone else lose weight? →

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How to do a juice fast to lose weight and how long is safe?

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I want to do an orange juice fast, cause I am a picky eater and don’t really like any other juices. The purpose of this is to lose weight, how long is safe and can I use just orange juice and water? How much weight will I lose?

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Answer 1:

It is not a safe way to lose weight. You might not lose any, and you will gain back everything you lose as soon as you start eating again. Weight loss is an overall process and there are no magic answers. Pay no attention to weight loss supplements and pills and all the latest fads. You need to think about many factors but most of them are related to issues we’ve known about for a very long time. There are many sensible things you can do that will make a tremendous difference over the long term if you need to lose weight. It can be done in a healthy way. This is what has worked for me. Continue reading How to do a juice fast to lose weight and how long is safe? →

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What keeps you motivated to lose weight?

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I have lost about 25 lbs and I am currently at 256 lbs. I’m trying my hardest to get past a plateau and I don’t want to lose motivation.

What keeps you motivated to lose weight?

And do you have any tips you could offer?

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Answer 1:

Well, I’ve never been overweight, and I have never needed to lose weight. However, my goal is to be the strongest person I can.

I don’t think I can personally motivate you on the internet in 2 paragraphs, as if I’ll give you some epiphany to lose weight, but I can give you some examples of what keeps me going.

Think of this example. Say you were running on a quarter mile track all by yourself. To run a mile, you’d have to run 4 laps. Now consider you were tired after exactly 3, and you wanted to quit. Who would stop you? No one, that’s who. Now consider if you were runnning with 10 guys, and you were tired after 3 laps. You wouldn’t stop when 10 guys keep going ahead of you…because it portrays you as weak and it’s embarrassing.

You don’t have to be embarrassed to be motivated. Look on the Interweb or read some magazines to learn about other sucess stories…but not infomercials. Because why must the secret of life be at a $29.95 value in the next 30 minutes.

By the way…kudos. Losing weight is a long process, losing up to 2.5 lbs a week max for healthy weight loss. Keep on truckin’

Answer 2:

Weight loss is an overall process and there are no magic answers. Pay no attention to weight loss supplements and pills and all the latest fads. You need to think about many factors but most of them are related to issues we’ve known about for a very long time. There are many sensible things you can do that will make a tremendous difference over the long term if you need to lose weight. It can be done in a healthy way. This is what has worked for me.

Keeping a food journal really does help. It will give you a much better sense of how much you are eating, and when, and why.

Make a few additional small changes – walk everywhere, always use stairs instead of elevators, walk on escalators, get up and move around at least once an hour if your work or your life in general is sedentary, walk every day, use a pedometer. Walking 10,000 steps a day is a really good idea. Build up to a long brisk walk everyday, or most days. Be more active and watch less TV and spend less time on the computer. Buy one piece of exercise equipment to have at home and be strict with yourself about using it. Sometimes you can find mini-steppers or exercise bikes at second hand stores and thrift stores for just a few dollars. Continue reading What keeps you motivated to lose weight? →