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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, laugh.  Obese people always get slammed on this forum, so let's just get all the fat jokes out of the way, k?

Now, I'm 34, 5'7" and 250.  I carry it well, no Jabba, but I'm obese.  No getting around that, and I'm tired of it.

I've been keeping a food journal for all of December, just to watch and see what I'm doing (wrong).  I snack a LOT more than I thought I did.  I'm going to try to cut back on that, but I work from home and have easy access to food all day, so that's a tricky one.

I have a FitBit, and log 5000-6000 steps in an average day.  I think just meeting a daily goal of 10,000 steps would start some sustainable weight loss.

I have a history of anorexia that I have used as an excuse to stay fat ("If I diet at all, I'll take it too far" etc.)  While there's some concern there, because the only way I know to lose weight is to starve and smoke, I don't think it's much more than a crutch right now.

Thing is, I need some hand-holding when it comes to what, exactly, to eat and how, precisely, to workout every day. Everything I read is either "Paleo" or "Atkins" or some other faddish shit.

Can someone just give me a daily plan that isn't extreme?  I don't want to do crazy shakes or ridiculous WOD crossfit stuff.  I want a lifestyle that will help me lose weight.

Suggestions?  [/quote]

Hi OP.  I'm 5' 4.5", and used to weigh 280 lbs.  Today I weigh 127 lbs.  I can't tell you what will work for you (no one can), only what worked for me.

I was a calorie counter.  I started with 1800 per day.  It was hard the first week, but then felt manageable, and then felt pretty easy once I had the hang of it.  So I dropped my limit to a daily range of 1200-1500.  And then I added in exercise.  Just walking at first, and then I ramped up to more and different things over time.

The upside to calorie counting for me was that I lived by just one rule: my calorie limit.  No foods were off limits, no rules about when I could eat or how big my portions could be.  My diet naturally moved toward healthier foods pretty early on, as I found I needed to eat well most of the time to feel satisfied (not hungry) while staying within my calorie limit.  Over time it because healthier and healthier, and I've maintained those healthy eating habits post-weight loss - which made both losing the baby weight post-pregnancy and maintenance easier.

The downside to calorie counting for me was the calculating and tracking and recording, which I did religiously.  It's time-consuming.  But I'm also kind of a numbers person, and detail-focused in general, so it worked for me.

With regard to exercise, as I said, I began with just walking.  6 days per week.  Over time I added some strength training, which I still do reluctantly but don't enjoy.  When I began running (about 9 months into my weight loss), I surpringly fell in love with it.  I never got into videos because I like to lose myself (escape mentally) while exercising, and videos aren't conducive to that.  But they work very well for some.

Congratulations to you for taking this step, and I wish you lots of luck and good health!  Please do let us know how things go for you.[/quote]

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