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Sweetvirgo said: "Welcome to the forum. You seem to be getting sufficient exercise but you may need to look at your eating habits. Diets don't work - most of them end up starving us and then we overeat because your body is low on fuel and energy. Our bodies have a natural "self-defence" mechanism that they will rely on because of eating inconsistencies. If you're not consuming enough food to maintain your athletic lifestyle, your body will store up on food for later use as energy. Try to balance nutritional meals throughout your day and start by measuring the amounts you actually eat - you might be taking more in than you think or need. (I'm not sure what foods are available in your compound for you to eat or how much of a variety you have available to you). Good luck!"

Heather said: "Hello and welcome to Featherish.. It's great to have you here! Are you doing any sort of exercise?"

Heather said: "Weight loss isn't really that complicated. You have to burn or deficit 3,500 calories to get rid of one pound of ugly fat. That's why I like to consider it a lifestyle change. Chances are you aren't going to have overnight success, but with daily exercise and a moderate diet you can do it! ..and water helps a lot, too."

Heather said: "keep up the good work! You're doing great.:respect:"

UniqueMystique said: "Welcome to Featherish! :)"

LEBZTA said: "Welcome! Nice to have you here. There are so many wonderful, encouraging, and knowledgeable people on this site. Some tips I can give are: drink water, eat fruits and veggies, lean proteins, and get regular exercise. I know the advice is a little generic, but it works! Are you trying to follow a particular plan? Are you incorporating exercise into your daily routine? Nice to meet you! :wave:"

klynnfosh said: "Just wanted to say Hello and Welcome to Featherish! I am sure you will find a world of great information available here for you. If you have any questions just ask and I am sure you will get some quick answers!"

angel_rising said: "[COLOR="DarkOrchid"][SIZE="6"]Congratulations[/SIZE][/COLOR]:th_dblthumb2: Even little success count. Oh yeah also [COLOR="darkorchid"][SIZE="5"]Welcome[/SIZE][/COLOR]"

mahesh67 said: "Exercise is one way. Lots of sweat. :th_dblthumb2:"

help6363 said: "Hello Sorry I took so long to see your post........ WELCOME:th_dblthumb2: Are you counting calories? If so, how many are you having a day? I once had a weight loss plateau for 2 months........ it's so hard! Hang in there you will see the fruits of your labour pay off!"

help6363 said: "YAH.... you are doing great! :) Keep up the great work!:)"

help6363 said: "Great you found something that works for you, we are all individual so different things work for different people. How is the weight loss going? :)"

lakelady said: "I can't improve on the advice here. You've come to the right place. Just tell us about your specific stumbling blocks as they come up and we'll help you find ten ways around them! [COLOR="Magenta"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][B]WELCOME[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]"

lakelady said: "That's over 5 pounds to us US'ers! you're doing [I][B][COLOR="Lime"]GREAT! [/COLOR][/B][/I]keep it up. [FONT="Comic Sans MS"][B][SIZE="5"][COLOR="Magenta"]CONGRATULATIONS![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]:party: :jump: :th_dblthumb2: :grin:"

lakelady said: "You ARE doing great! That's how you do it too, a slow, steady loss. I know from experience that it's MUCH, MUCH harder to keep off weight that you've lost rapidly than it is to keep off the weight you lost slowly, but steadily. Have you read all the dieting tips that unique has posted in the last few days? They are really great. i printed them off and put them in a little notebook to reference. just re-reading them helps keep me on track."

TheDon said: "[QUOTE=mlbhuiyan]I am new to this forum and I am wanting some advice on losing weight. I have been on diets all my life. Please help me. I would like to lose around 8 kilo's. My current weight is 76 kilo's. :wave:[/QUOTE] As other have said, diets don't work. You'll need to change your eating habits for the rest of your life. Eat smaller portions, choose less fatty foods, drink more water, more exercise (you seem to be getting enough), etc. For many of us, ending up overweight didn't happen overnight. We shouldn't expect to lose it overnight either. Don"

**Shorti** said: "Don't give up!! I've been having down moments too. One month of exercising my buns off, counting calories and for what? 1 pound? But I know its making me feel better, and I know the pounds will come off, it just takes time. But the longer and harder you work for that pound the longer it will stay off! Don't give up it, member this isnt a 'diet' its a lifestyle change :wave: :th_dblthumb2:"

JasonMinus100Pounds said: "Hang in there! There are a couple things that come to mind that might explain you loosing 4 pounds quickly and not loosing anything in the last week or so. Most obvious would be the dreaded plataeu that we all face atleast once during our loss. I find it usually lasts 1-2 weeks and then i drop a noticeable amount of weight seemingly overnight. Some say you can jumpstart your loss past the plateau with one day of eating whatever you want (bad, fatty and/or sugary foods). Apparently it only works if you have been on a strict healthy diet for awhile, though. It is said to shock your system back into its old ways temporarily and it restarts the systems phase. The other thing that you need to watch for is not eating often enouogh or not enough calories. I don't know how many you have been consuming but its a valid possibility. If you dont eat often enough, or too little, your body will enter what we call 'starvation mode' in which it senses famine. It will automatically hang onto and store more things you eat as FAT. You will even convert non-sugars too fat storage in this mode, so its important to avoid. I hope some of this will give you some enlightenment on why you have stopped loosing weight. If you already knew alll of this just ignore me and know that I was trying to help :D Jason"

mlbhuiyan said: "I am new to this forum and I am wanting some advice on losing weight. I have been on diets all my life. Please help me. I would like to lose around 8 kilo's. My current weight is 76 kilo's. :wave:"

mlbhuiyan said: "Yes I am doing a lot of exercising. I play tennis 3 day's a week and the other day's go walking for 45 minutes in the evening's with my husband. I also play tennis with my husband. Thank you for welcoming me to the forum. We live in a compound in Saudi Arabia and we do our exercising in the compound. The tennis court is in the compound and we play for 1 hr."

mlbhuiyan said: "I try and watch what I eat over here, but here is very difficult to lose weight. We go buy fruits and vege's every thursday. I have lost weight before but it just came back on. I will start watching what I eat and I will buy a kitchen scale to measure my food. Thank you for the advice."

mlbhuiyan said: "Hello klynnfosh, Thank you for welcoming me to Featherish. I am so very happy that I found it and joined and most of all I can discuss about trying to lose weight."

mlbhuiyan said: "[COLOR="Magenta"][/COLOR] Thank you."

mlbhuiyan said: "Thank you LEBZTA, I will start doing what you suggested. I have to start drinking plenty of water, having fruit and veges and protein. I need to learn to do this to help me to lose weight. Height 5:2 Current Weight in kilo's 78 Goal Weight 68 kilo's"

mlbhuiyan said: "My stumbling block's is losing the extra weight. No matter how hard I try it is difficult. I want to lose the extra weight because my husband and I want go on a nice holiday somewhere. Hope you can help me."

mlbhuiyan said: "Well I weighed myself this morning and I now weigh 76 kilo's. 9 more kilo's to go. Hooray. I feel so happy."

mlbhuiyan said: ":roll: Thank you for the Congratulations Fallenangel. It makes me even more and more determined to lose the weight. I can't believe that I have lost 4lbs already. Now I know that I can do it."

mlbhuiyan said: "I have been drinking a lot of water and burning off the calories. I have started cooking food with Tofu. I exercise every day in the evening."

mlbhuiyan said: "[B][/B] I am getting so frustrated I can't seem to lose any more weight. I am thinking of going on a meal replacement diet. I am so very desperate to try anything to lose this stubborn weight."

mlbhuiyan said: "I am doing plenty of exercise but it is not working. I just like to give up. Playing Tennis and walking."

mlbhuiyan said: "Thank you Shorti for this reply. I won't give up at no matter what. I did my evening walk with my husband. And foer lunch today I had a small tub of low fat yoghurt with 1/2 teaspoon honey. For early morning I had a glass of low fat milk and at 9:30am I had 1 flat bread which was brown with nothing."

mlbhuiyan said: "There is no change in my weight, but I am not going to defeat me. I am going to lose this weight and keep it off good. I am so fed up being overweight and wearing size 18 in clothes. Also I want to lose this 10-15 pounds so that my husband I can go somewhere very nice for our vacation and so that we can enjoy ourselves."

mlbhuiyan said: "Thank you for your advice and it does make a lot of sense. Yesterday my calorie intake was 1,404 cals. I have also started walking early in the morning. I started it yesterday. What ever advice you can help me with would be a big help. Thanks. For the 1st time today I had fruit 2 times. I had 1 banana early morning and I had 1 apple about 1 1/2 hours ago. Please keep the help coming."

mlbhuiyan said: "[B][/B] Yes, I have started counting calories and I have started eating 2 fruits today. I will most surely hang in there and not give up at all cost's. I am now 76.5 kilo's now. I know that I can do it and stick with it."

mlbhuiyan said: "Well finally I have dropped down to 75.5 kilos. I originally was 78 kilo's. I go for early morning walk's for 35-40 minutes. 4 day's a week in the evening I go with my husband for 45 minute walk's. And 3 day's a week we play tennis for 1 hr. I have also started drinking lot's of water now. I do hope you succeed in what ever you do to lose weight. Good Luck."

mlbhuiyan said: "I am so very happy now. I now weigh 75 kilo's. I am slowly getting to my goal weight."

mlbhuiyan said: "I am so very happy that I have lost over 5 pound's and slowly. I think it is because I have started going for early morning walk's for 35 mins, walking in the evening's with my husband for 45 mins 4 day's a week and playing tennis 3 day's a week for 1 hour. Plus I am watching what I am eating. I have also been drinking 8 glasses of water everyday, and the biggest thing is I am eating fruit and vegetables. Which I never did before. I am very proud of myself. My goal weight is 64 kilo's. Now I know that I am going to get to that weight. I will be going for my early morning walking 7 day's a week. I look forward to getting up and going."

mlbhuiyan said: "Well I have finally got down to 74.5 kilo's and I noticed this morning my jeans are getting loose. I am aiming to get down to 60 kilo's by Dec 2007."

mlbhuiyan said: "IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE WRITTEN. MY WEIGHT IS GOING REALLY GOOD NOW. FINALLY I NOW WEIGH 161.7 LBS. I AM REALLY HAPPY WITH THE WEIGHT COMING OFF NOW. I HAVE JOINED A FREE SITE CALLED SPARKPEOPLE. :th_coolio:"

mlbhuiyan said: "I Am Using A Very Good Site Called Sparkpeople. It Has Meal Plan's And Lot's Of Other Great Thing's To Help You Lose Weight. I Joined Sparkpeople Just Over 2 Month's Ago And I Have Lost 9.9lbs. Sparkpeople Is Great For Me."

mlbhuiyan said: "Hi help6363, yes Sparkpeople is good to help anyone who want's to lose weight. My weight is going really great, I now weigh as of yesterday, 158.4 lbs. The site is SparkPeople.com. Check it out,"

SOriTHICKulous said: "Welcome!!! I don't think you could have stumbled across a better support group than this! Well I will tell you what I have been doing thus far that has been working for me. I COUNT CALORIES!!! Because at the end of the day it's all about the calories right??? I am on a 1200 calorie diet (it works for me). I try to get as much protein in as I can as it will aid in muscle growth and in return fat burning. I try to stay away from processed foods as much as possible...there is hidden everything in processed foods especially sodium. I am an addict to label reading it helps me understand and keep track of what I'm putting in my body and if I really need it. I keep a food journal. I write down everything I put into my face...lol...it all counts. I make sure I'm eating things I actually LIKE...because in the end if you don't like it you won't stick to it...and WATCH OUT because here those pounds you worked so hard to lose come right back! HTH..."

mariposa said: "Welcome.....I am new here also. I think it is a great place with super people...."

mariposa said: ":wave: Welcome.....hope you find it helpful here. I have....it is a good group of folks!"