For those who think they eat a sensible diet - How do you lose weight when you have a sloppy 10

[Anonymous]

I do not want to be extreme. I like to eat but can be guided to better choices. What does a sensible carve down look like?

[Anonymous]

exercise

[Anonymous]

Count your calories for a few weeks to see what you are really, actually eating. It might be more than you think.

Look at your portion sizes - are they unreasonable?

Are there any places you could cut easily? Alcohol? Sweets? Random salty snacks at 3:00 in the afternoon?

Tighten up those things and add in daily or near-daily exercise and report back. I lost a pound a week after grad school - had gained 20 lbs, lost 20 lbs in 20 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Cut out snacks and no eating/drinking (besides water) after dinner.

[Anonymous]

What the heck is a "sloppy 10?"

The easiest way to start is to cut out alcohol, cut out snacks, cut out sodas, limit desserts to once every few days or eat fruit instead of a sugary dessert.

[Anonymous]

Give it a week without sugar and see how you feel and how much you have lost.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks. Those are great, tangible ideas.

[Anonymous]

Reduce or eliminate sugar and white carbs.

Easier said than done for me these days, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What the heck is a "sloppy 10?"

The easiest way to start is to cut out alcohol, cut out snacks, cut out sodas, limit desserts to once every few days or eat fruit instead of a sugary dessert.

Dp. I think having a sloppy 10 is when you look mostly fine and are within a healthy weight range, but you'd look fantastic 10 pounds lighter and at the lower end of the healthy range. Am I correct, op?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck is a "sloppy 10?"

The easiest way to start is to cut out alcohol, cut out snacks, cut out sodas, limit desserts to once every few days or eat fruit instead of a sugary dessert.

Dp. I think having a sloppy 10 is when you look mostly fine and are within a healthy weight range, but you'd look fantastic 10 pounds lighter and at the lower end of the healthy range. Am I correct, op?

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck is a "sloppy 10?"

The easiest way to start is to cut out alcohol, cut out snacks, cut out sodas, limit desserts to once every few days or eat fruit instead of a sugary dessert.

Dp. I think having a sloppy 10 is when you look mostly fine and are within a healthy weight range, but you'd look fantastic 10 pounds lighter and at the lower end of the healthy range. Am I correct, op?

Exactly!

Unless you are short like then it’s like a sloppy 5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck is a "sloppy 10?"

The easiest way to start is to cut out alcohol, cut out snacks, cut out sodas, limit desserts to once every few days or eat fruit instead of a sugary dessert.

Dp. I think having a sloppy 10 is when you look mostly fine and are within a healthy weight range, but you'd look fantastic 10 pounds lighter and at the lower end of the healthy range. Am I correct, op?

Exactly!

Thanks for confirming! I, too, have a sloppy 10 I'm working on. I've cut out sweets and I don't eat after dinner. Down 3lbs in 2.5 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reduce or eliminate sugar and white carbs.

Easier said than done for me these days, though.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck is a "sloppy 10?"

The easiest way to start is to cut out alcohol, cut out snacks, cut out sodas, limit desserts to once every few days or eat fruit instead of a sugary dessert.

Dp. I think having a sloppy 10 is when you look mostly fine and are within a healthy weight range, but you'd look fantastic 10 pounds lighter and at the lower end of the healthy range. Am I correct, op?

Exactly!

Unless you are short like then it’s like a sloppy 5

Yep.

And being short also means getting to eat much fewer calories. Like 1200 a day for me.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Unless you are short like then it’s like a sloppy 5

Oh how I feel you at 5ft tall! 5 pounds is a difference in 2-3 pant sizes for me.