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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are not eating enough and your body has gone into preservation mode!

Eat a few hundred calories more - there are websites that can help you calculate exactly how much calories you need to ingest in order to lose weight. Keeping a journal is extremely helpful at the beginning until you can guesstimate correctly the amount you eat.

Make sure you cut out all animal fat, sugar and most salt (except after a heavy workout session). Keep the healthy fats in moderation. Lean protein. Green vegetables (less roots). Less carbs. Water. Sleep. Cardio and weight training.

You can do it!!![/quote]

This is a myth. If the OP weighs 200 lbs., it will take a long time and a lot of weight loss before she goes into the mythological starvation mode.[/quote]

Not true.  I lost more than 30 pounds in 4 months, starting out with 1500 calories per day and eventually going down to 1200 calories per day as I lost more weight. All I did was walk for exercise (though I do more now, now that the weight is off).  OP, go to a calorie-counting website (Sparkpeople or MyFitnessPal) and plug in your weight and how much you want to lose (either per week, or end goal). Make sure it is set to lose no more than 2 lbs per week (though you will likely lose more than that).  Weigh or measure everything you eat to ensure your portion sizes are correct.  Plan your meals and bring your lunch.  After the first few days (when you get used to it), you will find that you can eat good food - enough to satisfy you - and still stay within your daily limit.  If you have not exercised, then start out just walking a few miles per day, 3-4 days per week.  The more fit you get, the more you will feel like pushing yourself.  The point of all this is, you have to find something you can live with.  I can't live carb-free, so I don't diet carb-free.  I can't spend 3 hours a day in the gym, so I do things at home or in my neighborhood.  I try to have a protein with every meal and small snacks throughout the day, and I save enough calories so that I can have a treat at night.  You can do this - it works, it's easy, and it's something you can live with.[/quote]

I have had a lot of luck with myfitnesspal so far. I plugged in my info, and was told how many calories to eat each day. I have lost 10 lbs in three weeks by just to eating as many extra snacks as I used to and cutting out all beverages with calories. [/quote]

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