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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Carbs are not evil.
Sugar is not evil.

To lose weight, you need to cut down your calories, period.   It doesn't matter if it's from meat, dairy, veggies, sugar, etc.

MEASURE what you are eating.   EVERYTHING.   If you put jelly on your toast, take out measuring spoons and measure how much jelly you are using.   If you are going to eat a chicken breast, get out a kitchen scale  and know how much it weighs.

RECORD what you are eating.    Now  that you know you ate 2 tablespoons of jelly or 5 oz. of chicken breast, write it down.  Or find an online system you can enter it in.
At the end of the day you will know how many calories you ate total.

EXERCISE.   Cardio is great, but don't forget about strength training.  Don't try to go "all out" at once.   Do what you can and have goals to increase it over time.

You don't need weight watchers or surgery (yes, I know OP didn't mention that, I'm just speaking generally) or a personal trainer.[/quote]

FALSE!!!!!!!!!! A calorie is not just a calorie.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/opinion/sunday/always-hungry-heres-why.html?src=rechp&_r=0

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Carbs and Sugar are evil for me.  I've been on reduced calorie diet (with tracking) for nearly a year and only lost a couple of pounds.  As soon as I reduced carbs and nearly eliminated sugar, the pounds started dropping off.  I am maintaining my lean mass.  1500 calories of a "everything in moderation diet" didn't do it, but 1500 calories of a moderate protein, low sugar, low carb diet is working.   Once I'm at my goal size, I plan on continuing a higher protein, lower carb diet.  Potatoes, breads and sugars will have to be an occasional treat, rather than a daily part of my diet.

And to answer the question - I am fat because I sit at a desk all day, working out only made me hungrier and I ate too many carbs & sugars.[/quote]

If you do low carbs and low sugar - what do you eat? Can you post a sample menu? Do you allow x number of carbs per week? Or just dont eat them in your regular meals but allow an occasional treat?[/quote]

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