Weight Loss: Week 1

Keeping a weekly documentation of my diet, mainly for accountability. I might end up doing this once a day, to keep a more accurate picture of the foods I'm eating throughout the day. It would be kickass if you guys could give me tips, and just mainly pester me so I can't "forget" about it. Hope is to lose around 40 pounds. Thanks in advance for any and all support.
 
Current weight: 234 lb.

Keeping a weekly documentation of my diet, mainly for accountability. I might end up doing this once a day, to keep a more accurate picture of the foods I'm eating throughout the day. It would be kickass if you guys could give me tips, and just mainly pester me so I can't "forget" about it. Hope is to lose around 40 pounds. Thanks in advance for any and all support.
 
Current weight: 234 lb.

Stay active, and replace soda/candy with water/fruit and it'll be a breeze.
Good luck!

Lets do this! 
I am going to make sure u and I are aware of our diets. 
(BTW I don't look like my icon, i'm actually a 210 lb man looking to get to 180lbs) 
 
Just be sure to post every now and then, best of luck to both of us.

Good luck! I've heard from various sources that losing weight is hard.

For real, I lost around 10 lbs when I first went to college by cutting out soda alone. If you drink alcohol, you may have to cut out or at least severely limit your intake of that too since one drink (beer, wine, shot) is around 150 calories. Portion control is also really important. If you go out to eat, or even just around the house, put less food than you think you'll actually need on your plate, then wait 15 minutes after you've eaten. If you're stilling hungry, eat more, if not, stop eating.
Other than that just do stuff. I've begun to walk for 1-2 hours every day and it's working pretty well. It helps to have a destination in mind to keep you motivated to actually do the walk. Other things like doing push-ups or crunches for 10-15 minutes/day, get some dumbells and lift those.

As Thejohn said above if you stop drinking soda and you used to drink soda often you can easily loose like 3 kgs a week if you're on a diet. And for breakfast I would recommend a boiled egg, yogurt and some grape juice. Grape is good for the digestion , and try to have 3-4 meals a day and hold it try to keep your meals beneath 1500 kcal a day.

I consume a good deal of energy drinks, but virtually no candy or other such stuff. I think I really need to start eating breakfast and lunch, because I'm sure that's fucking me up in many ways.

AS a guy who weighed 240lbs originally, then lost 70 lbs, and have kept it off for 4 years now, i wish you all the best of luck
 
Portion control, exercise, and eating healthier are major players
Key Points to rememeber:
1) Don't get too crazy at first or else you won't stay on the diet change 
2) Allow yourself 1 bad day/meal a week as a reward for all your hard work done
 
Again, best of luck!

Good luck brother, weight loss is an ongoing process. keep at it and you will be a beast.

Combine healthy eating with exercise (walking is great) 3-5 times a week @ 45 minutes a pop. 

stop by drinking unhealthy stuff like soda, energy drinks. i hope to read more on your work. 
 
i'm 122 pounds, so yeah, i'm skinny person. i've been working out for about 6.5ish months. i've noticed muscle gain just i still weigh the same. i've been trying to eat fatty stuff also. i drink milkshakes every time i'm done with my workout.

Good luck, I know what that's like, I've been on a health kick myself, I started at 260 last february and I'm down 43 pounds so far. while I was overweight i was also muscular, my personal goal is to be 205 which is another 12 pounds of fat that I want to drop but it's a slow process. I have a gym membership and on the days that I don't go to the gym I run 2-6 miles, depending on time constraints due to work and family. it's tough and after all these months somehow I'm still doing it, I don't know you but I have faith :). good luck. just keep going with it no matter what, even if you fall off for a day or a week, or even two or three weeks always go back to it and eventually you'll be where you know you want to be.

I might get in on this, since I started dieting too. I'd be ecstatic if I weighed 230-ish lbs. Been fat my entire life, and 2 weeks ago I weighed... 423lbs.  Been drinking coke since early childhood, and drank about 2200 calories a day since my early teens.
Dropped the coke, got some sugar free "lemonade" (pure fruit extract with artificial sweetener, thinned with water). First week was a bit unstable since I drank a lot of milk. Had no idea how many calories it contained until 4 days in, but I still managed to lose 8lbs. I'm expecting a better result on Thursday when I get on the scale again.

My diet now is a small bowl of oatmeal with milk for breakfast, no lunch (I never eat lunch) and pretty much whatever I want for dinner (within reason of course). I fill a bottle with lemonade in the morning, and that lasts until I go to bed. It only contains about 100 calories and 0.2 oz of sugar (not refined), so it's a vast improvement from before.

I went from 265 to 165 over the last year, and one thing that made a big difference was water.  You're supposed to drink about an ounce for every two pounds you weigh each day.  Drinking that much is not only really good for you because of keeping you hydrated (Though it will take a week or two for your bladder to adjust to the sudden increase.  Before it adjusts you will be wanting to pee constantly) but it helps you lose weight for 3 main reasons: 
 
1.)  Water is required for your body to metabolize fat.  If you aren't properly hydrated, you are holding on to fat you would otherwise be burning. 
2.)  Very frequently when we feel hungry our bodies are actually thirsty.  Drinking water when you feel a pang of hunger can often offset it. 
3.)  Finally, when you are drinking this much water... well, there's not a whole lot of room for soda and other unhealthy drinks.  You stop drinking them naturally because you just do not get thirsty like you used to. 
 
I'm not saying go on some weird "water only" diet.  Just do this in addition to whatever eating/excercise regimen you are planning and I think you will be please wit the results.

I used and still use an iPhone App called Loseit (this is a calorie tracker) to lose the weight I wanted too. Really I just monitored the calories I ate and the calories I burned with exercise. Once I realized what I was doing wrong (too many calories on the weekend for the most part) it was easy to lose the weight.  
 
You HAVE to eat as regular as you can and put good food in your body (forget the fake stuff). You should look at this as a life change. You don't want to be eating energy drinks all your life do you?  It is very important for you to exercise in some form. The more you exercise the better off and quicker the weight will come off. If you decide to lift weights or do other muscle building exercise you will gain muscle which of course is heavy but good. A Muscle body burns more calories and of course you will look better too. The gym is a great place to burn those calories but you can also burn them in many other ways as well. Maybe take the stairs, park you car further away, do that yard work you put off , clean out that closet/garage/basement, paint those walls, go for a fast pace walk at lunch or after dinner, don't sit and play a game all day, go for a bike ride, run, go hiking, just anything active. 
 
Some foods I leaned along the way that did not help me lose weight was: simple sugars (candy), Alcohol, high fat foods (lots). You can still eat this stuff but it will slow down or put back on the weight.    
 
Good luck!

If you have access to a pool or the ocean, swim! It burns a ton of calories. Its also better for your body than running (no impact on joints) and generally more pleasant (its hard to get all hot, sweaty and nasty in the pool).  You can also buy cases/headphones for ipods that are waterproof. 
USDA also has a nice website for tracking your calorie inputs and it lets you build menus that will help you reduce your caloric intake. The key is planning. If you leave dinners and lunches up to fate, you'll eat too much or unhealthy foods. 
 
Also, try and pick something you REALLY like thats junk food, such as some type of candy or soda. Use it as a goal: On Friday, if I've met X exercise requirements and Y dietary requirements I will allow myself to have my treat. I suggest this because completely eliminating stuff from your diet is unlikely to succeed. Just minimize the extras. But you have to be firm with yourself, if you don't meet the goals, you don't get the treat. Make the goals realistic: 30 minutes of cardio 4 times a week, plus a 1500 cal/day diet. Something along those lines.
 Or start injecting crystal meth between your toes..I hear that works too.

I've recently been on a diet/workout plan of sorts. I started out in April at 175-170 and I'm 145 as of this writing. I drink nothing but water (besides milk for cereal and other things that don't go with water) and started eating fruit for snacks. Drinking water constantly seems to help me. It keeps my stomach "full", but you do have to go pee every 15-20 minutes. I think if you don't you could end up with water intoxication or something. I go through 3-3 1/2 quarts a day. I drink from a big ass Fuji brand water bottle I saved. Anyway, good luck man and keep at it. 
 
Slow and steady wins the race. I like saying that when it feels like this process is taking too long.

" I might get in on this, since I started dieting too. I'd be ecstatic if I weighed 230-ish lbs. Been fat my entire life, and 2 weeks ago I weighed... 423lbs.  Been drinking coke since early childhood, and drank about 2200 calories a day since my early teens. Dropped the coke, got some sugar free "lemonade" (pure fruit extract with artificial sweetener, thinned with water). First week was a bit unstable since I drank a lot of milk. Had no idea how many calories it contained until 4 days in, but I still managed to lose 8lbs. I'm expecting a better result on Thursday when I get on the scale again. My diet now is a small bowl of oatmeal with milk for breakfast, no lunch (I never eat lunch) and pretty much whatever I want for dinner (within reason of course). I fill a bottle with lemonade in the morning, and that lasts until I go to bed. It only contains about 100 calories and 0.2 oz of sugar (not refined), so it's a vast improvement from before. "

@ZimboDK

" ... I'd be ecstatic if I weighed 230-ish lbs..."

I guess this has more to do with where you live but, if you can walk instead of driving, do it. Good luck with it man, willpower is key.

You know if you don't workout and diet, all your weight will come back and you will even be heavier. Just thought you should know, add weight lifting to your diet or you might be like oprah gaining back all the weight.

" @RsistncE: Okay, so you can't read. Fair enough:
 

@ZimboDK

said:

" ... I'd be ecstatic if I weighed 230-ish lbs..."

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Don't starve yourself! Eat small meals throughout the day and not large meals! And keep yourself hydrated!!! 

Good luck duder, you probably don't need to post this to the forums every week though. Not exactly a lot to discuss in this topic...
 
LIES! I don't believe you are telling your accurate weight. SOURCES?!

Hey man I just started working out a lot. I'm on my 4th week right now, working out about 30-40 minutes, five days a week. Down 10 pounds but just kinda floating there. I think my problem is that I don't have any kind of diet so I think next week I'll start on that. A lot of tips in here are really good. Keep it up!

Good luck dude. Would it be too degrading for you to put up a photo diary of your weight loss?

"Good luck dude. Would it be too degrading for you to put up a photo diary of your weight loss? "

I will join you on this quest, sir!

" I cut out the soda and it was easy to do. I replaced it with filtered water (oh so good) and I don't miss the soda at all. I implemented this plan for the entire family and it was not difficult for any of us.  Cold water is just so much more refreshing.  "

" Stay active, and replace soda/candy with water/fruit and it'll be a breeze. Good luck! "

Like a lot of people probably already mentioned, stay away from soft drinks and potato chips.
 
Best of luck to you!

Good luck sir.

 
On the big side,huh? 
 
EDIT:I wish you all luck that i have!And if you dont achieve success,try again!:D

Good luck mate, might join you on this too. 
 
I had a great body until I went to university where I gained a lot of weight just from eating crap and drinking loads of booze. I'm not a huge guy (around 15.5 stone, so 217lbs) but I need to get rid of my belly and get back to what I was.  I'd be happy to get down to 13.5 stone (189lbs), so I need to start eating better, sort my cravings and use that gym membership that I pay every month for.  
 
My big downfall is alcohol. I don't drink during the week but when I go out on a weekend if I'm with a few mates we usually get pretty drunk, and mainly on calorie-laden beer. We don't really do light beers here in England (mainly because they taste like piss!)
 
I'm living proof that vegetarians aren't the skinny and healthy people you might think they are!

3 words: 
 
AB Ripper X 
 

Start some boxing training, its fun and works really well.
 
I have seen some really big improvements in my cardio since starting, more than when I first started training!

" I might get in on this, since I started dieting too. I'd be ecstatic if I weighed 230-ish lbs. Been fat my entire life, and 2 weeks ago I weighed... 423lbs.  Been drinking coke since early childhood, and drank about 2200 calories a day since my early teens. Dropped the coke, got some sugar free "lemonade" (pure fruit extract with artificial sweetener, thinned with water). First week was a bit unstable since I drank a lot of milk. Had no idea how many calories it contained until 4 days in, but I still managed to lose 8lbs. I'm expecting a better result on Thursday when I get on the scale again. My diet now is a small bowl of oatmeal with milk for breakfast, no lunch (I never eat lunch) and pretty much whatever I want for dinner (within reason of course). I fill a bottle with lemonade in the morning, and that lasts until I go to bed. It only contains about 100 calories and 0.2 oz of sugar (not refined), so it's a vast improvement from before. "

Tonight is my first night back at the gym in a few weeks, so I'm going to do as much as I can (without putting me off straight away!) 
 
I'm making two big changes from this week on and hopefully they'll help me shape up. 
 
1. Limit the amount of bread/pittas/wraps I eat because I get through too many and bread isn't good for losing weight 
2. No snacking between meals allowed unless it's fruit 

Pro tip: Buy your own food. If you get the parents to buy the food they will end up sneaking stuff in that they think will be a 'treat' for you. All these good intentions just make you slip back into your old routines. Additionaly, this would be a great time to start learning how to cook. Not only will you gain skills that will stick with you for life, but you will learn what you are putting into your body, helping the cause. Doing it with a friend is also good.