Can someone please help: 4'10 female wanting to lose 10 lbs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cabbage, clearly eat a ton of cabbage. Why cabbage? Low in calories and great nutrient-dense food with a lot of volume. Ok, that is just my preference, but of course, don't just cabbage.
Another way, and an easy way at that, is to start walking some 15K steps every single day. Even if you don't change your eating habits you will lose weight and pretty fast. You are clearly not overeating that much if you only put on 10lbs in a year and more.
Unless you are eating upward of 3000 calories, walking will take care of it if you keep your diet the same.

NP.

Hi, Cabbage Lady! It makes me happy to see you pop up on this thread.

I will add my two cents CL's advice. Every morning I put out one of my party dishes with a pretty variety of cut vegetables-- Carrots, celery, baby cucumbers, snap beans, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, whatever is available. The kids and I munch on it all day. Whenever we reach for some little bite of something (often mindlessly), healthy low-cal vegetables are right there for the taking. We all eat a lot more vegetables now while eating fewer unhealthy snacks, and we are also fuller and less likely to overeat at mealtime. (I'm going to add cabbage to the rotation!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cabbage, clearly eat a ton of cabbage. Why cabbage? Low in calories and great nutrient-dense food with a lot of volume. Ok, that is just my preference, but of course, don't just cabbage.
Another way, and an easy way at that, is to start walking some 15K steps every single day. Even if you don't change your eating habits you will lose weight and pretty fast. You are clearly not overeating that much if you only put on 10lbs in a year and more.
Unless you are eating upward of 3000 calories, walking will take care of it if you keep your diet the same.

NP.

Hi, Cabbage Lady! It makes me happy to see you pop up on this thread.

I will add my two cents CL's advice. Every morning I put out one of my party dishes with a pretty variety of cut vegetables-- Carrots, celery, baby cucumbers, snap beans, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, whatever is available. The kids and I munch on it all day. Whenever we reach for some little bite of something (often mindlessly), healthy low-cal vegetables are right there for the taking. We all eat a lot more vegetables now while eating fewer unhealthy snacks, and we are also fuller and less likely to overeat at mealtime. (I'm going to add cabbage to the rotation!)

Thanks! I agree, having veggies on hand is a great way to avoid temptation. I, too, succumb to temptation sometimes! Your list sounds great. Costco sells large bags of broccoli and cauliflower if you don't feel like cutting the heads up yourself.
It doesn't have to be cabbage; use the veggie you like the best. I also like cauliflower. Today, I tried to have fewer calories for my breakfast, but I like dipping bread into the runny egg yolks. That's so tasty to me. So, I cut up a few slices of cabbage, and it worked just as well. Though, I was, tbh, disappointed in myself that I didn't think of this sooner!

[Anonymous]

Keep eating clean and start doing weight training. Cut back on cardio. I’m 49 and this has helped tremendously! I’m slowly becoming anti-cardio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep eating clean and start doing weight training. Cut back on cardio. I’m 49 and this has helped tremendously! <b>.I’m slowly becoming anti-cardio</b>.

Once people learn this, it opens up a whole new world. It's like a light bulb goes off over their head.

I cap my cardio at 20 minutes and that would be considered a LONG session. But the intensity has to be turned up to 11.

The rest of the time is strength training.

Unless you're training for a specific event (like a marathon, etc) then those long cardio sessions are getting you diminishing returns

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep eating clean and start doing weight training. Cut back on cardio. I’m 49 and this has helped tremendously! <b>.I’m slowly becoming anti-cardio</b>.

Once people learn this, it opens up a whole new world. It's like a light bulb goes off over their head.

I cap my cardio at 20 minutes and that would be considered a LONG session. But the intensity has to be turned up to 11.

The rest of the time is strength training.

Unless you're training for a specific event (like a marathon, etc) then those long cardio sessions are getting you diminishing returns

+1

My train me you can either train for a feeling or for the body you want. Most women want to be more "tone" yet the stick to the cardio equipment because they think it burns more calories and will help them lose weight faster. When in reality diet is how you lose weight and lifting weights is what will really get you there.