Funny enough, I just brought a book of GI Diet recipes to my grandad's, not to lose weight but to be healthy and such, and it's designed for diabetics so it's good for him... Perhaps you can look into that stuff as a start. The better you feel generally, the more inclined you'll be to exercise!
A couple of suggestions (because I like activities):
Running/Jogging-easiest way to lose weight. And it's fun (I think). I usually run for half an hour to an hour at a nearby park or the field at my old uni, watching trees makes me forget that I'm even working out. I don't even count the miles, just enjoy the run.
Pilates-it seems easy to do but it really works. Great for your flexibility too :D
Dance classes (except tap, tap does not help in any way)-I just don't think of it as an exercise because I love dancing and I've always had lessons when I was a kid and was cheerdancing in college, so yeah, it's an exercise but with dancing, it doesn't feel that way.
The whole S Factor/strip thingy/whatever you call it-actually I just really, really want to try this out and install a pole somewhere in my house. It sound intriguing (alright, it sounds fun in a dirty way) so I'm just throwing this in here at random as I've never actually tried it.
Hope that helps! (And I apologise about the repeated use of the word "fun")
Swing and Contra dances have a good energy to time ratio. And a lot of my friends have bought dance dance revolution, which is a nice addictive video game that's also an aerobic workout.
For me it's biking. I bike 30-40 mins every day. Most types of exercising I get bored with, but with biking you get to see different scenaries and you can always bring a book-on-tape/mp3 with you :-D
Funnily enough, one of my birthday gifts from a deparment colleague was a biking helmet and gloves. I plan to purchase a bike @ a used store soon as I get my financial aid disbursment. I know I probably should do more, but that'll at least be a great start!
This are things that helped me a few years ago (nevermind I need to get back on that):
1. I started to write everything up I eat, drink and what I did over the day in compare.
2. I drunk a lot of tea or water at least 2 or 3 litre. Helps whenever you feel you should eat a snack better drink just some water.
3. Chewing bubblegum and be in general busy.
4. And lastly some sport. But something you like to do. If you hate jogging it is most likely not what you should do. For example I like swimming so I did that at least once a week. Maybe some sit-ups everyday as well.
I like your idea of "water instead of food". Something that Oprah mentioned a couple months back, I've noticed that I do... she says that unhappy/stressed out women eat before bedtime as a means of "comfort". This was never something I used to do, but ever since I've moved to Ann Arbor, I've noticed that more often than not, I do eat late at night. Can't be good... but sometimes, the hunger keeps me awake... and just drinking water doesn't fill the empty feeling. Something with milk does, so what I've been doing is eating a bowl of cereal. But I am sure my weight gain is correlated.
What I think I might do is to try SlimFast or something like that if my stomach feels gnawing at bedtime. What do you think?
Usually it isn't that healty to eat after 6 pm. But there are things one is allowed to eat without to worry after 6pm like some vegtables or salat. A little clear soup helps there as well. Just one should avoid carbohydrates after 6pm.
What I think I might do is to try SlimFast or something like that if my stomach feels gnawing at bedtime. What do you think?
SlimFast replace complete meals that why I doubt it will help if you drink it at the evening. Best you can do is eat a vegetable soup or something that usually helps very much for a little hunger and isn't that heavy.
Regular meals are better as well. Like 5 little meals (including snacks) rather than 3 heavy one over the day.
I'll second the salad idea. Lettuce, cherry tomatoes, etc. Carrot sticks, crunchy stuff. You can nibble while winding down, but not be putting heavy food in for sleeping.
Mind you, I'm not a great example. I weigh 240#. I'm also disabled.
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Running/Jogging-easiest way to lose weight. And it's fun (I think). I usually run for half an hour to an hour at a nearby park or the field at my old uni, watching trees makes me forget that I'm even working out. I don't even count the miles, just enjoy the run.
Pilates-it seems easy to do but it really works. Great for your flexibility too :D
Dance classes (except tap, tap does not help in any way)-I just don't think of it as an exercise because I love dancing and I've always had lessons when I was a kid and was cheerdancing in college, so yeah, it's an exercise but with dancing, it doesn't feel that way.
The whole S Factor/strip thingy/whatever you call it-actually I just really, really want to try this out and install a pole somewhere in my house. It sound intriguing (alright, it sounds fun in a dirty way) so I'm just throwing this in here at random as I've never actually tried it.
Hope that helps! (And I apologise about the repeated use of the word "fun")
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And no, I need stuff that's fun! Otherwise, I know me... and I know it *won't* get done...
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1. I started to write everything up I eat, drink and what I did over the day in compare.
2. I drunk a lot of tea or water at least 2 or 3 litre. Helps whenever you feel you should eat a snack better drink just some water.
3. Chewing bubblegum and be in general busy.
4. And lastly some sport. But something you like to do. If you hate jogging it is most likely not what you should do. For example I like swimming so I did that at least once a week. Maybe some sit-ups everyday as well.
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What I think I might do is to try SlimFast or something like that if my stomach feels gnawing at bedtime. What do you think?
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What I think I might do is to try SlimFast or something like that if my stomach feels gnawing at bedtime. What do you think?
SlimFast replace complete meals that why I doubt it will help if you drink it at the evening. Best you can do is eat a vegetable soup or something that usually helps very much for a little hunger and isn't that heavy.
Regular meals are better as well. Like 5 little meals (including snacks) rather than 3 heavy one over the day.
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Mind you, I'm not a great example. I weigh 240#. I'm also disabled.
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