Help! I have gained 25 pounds in three years

Don’t worry! This problem can be fixed easily… first of all don’t think its all you. Your thyroid does contribute to weight gain.

In my personal experience when I really want to lose weight, i begin with food. Although you may think you don’t eat a lot, you may be eating a lot!

I would cut out all carbs (i dont mean in fruits, veg’s, etc.) I mean bread, rices, pasta, etc… get all the heavy foods out of there and you will start dropping weight asap!

you can still eat a burger with lettuce tomatoes, etc-with no bread. Who wants to feel heavy after a meal anyways?

I would buy a punching bag if you can. That will not only make you lose weight (if you use it that is lol){ but tone up your arms !

Last tip- cardio cardio cardio- makes your fat disappear!!

Good luck , you can do it!

Every time you want to eat bad or not work out- just think about that body you want to get!!

Two things made a huge difference for me.

Cutting out the carbs. I would eat a “healthy” meal of pasta and salad with low fat dressing, and then two hours later I’d be ripping the fridge door off its hinges. I realized it was carbs that was making me so hungry. So now I have a dinner of meat and salad with full fat dressing, and I’m happy for hours.

I do the Egoscue Method. It’s floor exercises and takes about half an hour for the quick version. But it’s fabulous for shaping, and you can watch TV while you‘re doing it!

I hate diets and I need a lot of food, so this is what works for me …
Eat clean unrefined carbs – always with protein. Protein slows the absorption of carbs, which ensures you are fuller, longer and will help keep your blood sugar even. Try to eat 5–6 times  per day. Work on your body an hour a day. I alternate weight training or cardio each day. Of course I don’t make it to the gym every day, but I try to.
Yes, I eat treats, but for the most part, I follow a clean diet, eating decent volumes of non-refined carbs and lean protein.
You will not be hungry, don’t need to follow any “plan” and you will feel great. This is a lifestyle not a diet.

At home video DVD is a great idea. I know a woman who is nearly 60; absolutely adorable with the cutest figure. She’s a board member at my husband’s school and I finally got up the nerve to ask her how she stays in such great shape. She’s been doing the Firm videos at home for 20 years. I’m sure genetics play a part in her cute figure but she swears by the exercise. And, I’ve been to dinners with her – she eats everything on her plate, even dessert but only a portion of each item and leaves the rest.

I have experience significant weight gain in the past two years as well, my Dr has also indicated that it is possibly thyroid and also early menopause all affecting my metabolism.  Her suggestion has been to get my body moving!! Do something physical everyday; so I have been working on getting myself moving walking, cycling, gardening aerobics etc.; I also start lunch and dinner with a Big Salad with Fat-free dressing; then I wait 10 minutes before I eat my meal and I find that I am very satisfied with smaller portions and heathy choices for the meal.  No need for snacks in between.  oh yeah lots and lots of H2O.

That is what I have been using too…1 year and I have kept off those nasty 50lbs!

Isagenix, nutritional cleansing.

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DailyBlonde,

I was introduced to Isagenix when I too was undergoing major surgery.  It helped me cleanse my body of the effects of the painkillers as well as helped me lose weight.  I had such an amazing result that I continued with the program and am continuing to lose weight.

When you health is not…‘cooperating’ it can be a real challenge to keep at a healthy weight.  This program makes it so easy.

Here’s to a quick recovery from that knee surgery!!

T.
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Many good suggestions already listed for you.  The one thing I don't see is the importance of keeping a food journal.  Write down everything you eat and how much of it.  This could be a real eye-opener to you.

One thing that has worked for me is to eat until I’m no longer hungry.  If you eat until you‘re full, you’ve eaten too much.  It takes about 20 minutes for your body to register that you‘re full, so if you stop eating when you‘re no longer hungry, you’ll actually be full.  :)

Well, looks like the women on this site have realized that once you hit 40, it feels like you body goes into total meltdown! My sister is 10 years older than I am and she tried to warn me. You never listen to the ones closest to  you!
I am going to try to tell you the short version of what happened in my family to wake us up to eating right and taking care of our bodies.  The first wake up call was my husband. He got extremely sick over spring break this year. In and out of the hospital 3 or 4 times. Never figured out what it was. I have 6 kids (yes, gave birth to) from 2 to 21. NOTHING worked, I cut out carbs, I drank a gallon of water a day, I did the protein diet, I worked out 5 days a week. Nothing worked. It was very frustrating and rather depressing. A very good friend of mine was on an all natural product and was dropping weight like it was water running off of her back. It was driving me crazy. I tried it…and guess what….I lost 5 lbs the first week and then…NOTHING. I went to my chiropractor because I was having some pretty bad constant headaches. He told me my hormones were bouncing around like a pinball machine,  and told me to take a supplement call Symplex F. After a couple of days, the headache started easing off, after a couple of weeks, I started feeling “normal” again and after a month I felt almost human! Then he told me about the same natural product my friend had had so much success with. I told him I had tried it and it had very little luck. He urged me to try it again but to add 2 other products from the same company. One was a multi-vitamin, the other a multi-mineral and the 3rd, the one my friend was taking, was a thermogenic modulator (a fat burner) Well…..that was April and I am now 2 pant sizes smaller than I was then. Now…this will sound more like a sales pitch than anything but I’m telling you, nothing else worked for me until I found these. It is manufactured by a company called Health 4 Wealth. If you’d like to investigate a little further, feel free to visit thinnerstrength.com. go to the “health” side of the page and read to your hearts content.  The wealth side will tell you about a home based business opportunity but you DO NOT have to join the company to order the products. I am a huge skeptic when it comes to “wonder pills” but I have my older kids on the vitamins and minerals, my husband and I take those and the Zylene (the fat burner) and we haven’t been sick in such a long time. There have been viruses and bugs going around all around us and we just don’t catch them. I also changed the way i cook and the way we eat. I do as much fresh produce as possible, keep the carbs and sugars low, drink lots of water, and stay as active as I can. I feel better at 41 (in a few days) than I did at 25 and I’m still consistently losing weight. No kidding! The cleanse some of the ladies have mentioned in their comments is also a terrific thing to do for yourself. If you can get the junk flushed out, you just absorb the good stuff that much better. I didn’t get into the products or the company because, I don’t like to be “sold stuff” so you can look into that on your own. I joined to save money, I take it because it feels great to know my family is healthy. Good luck with whatever you try!

Thanks for the Very Valuable reminder of the Food Journal; Edensong

You‘re welcome, Patricia!

Cindy!  Good for you!  I have had the same experience with Isagenix – cleanse out the junk and replace it with good, dense nutrition.  It is amazing what your body can do when you let it work properly.  

T.

If you scroll up a few comments, it tells my frustrating story as well as what I found that works. Also, trudyb has a product that is capable of jump starting your system to accept the changes you seem to be ready for. I was never a “natural” person until I hit the brick wall with my weight and started trying to figure out why I was stuck. Check out the information on the websites and decide for yourself. I know I am thrilled with the decision I made and doing a good cleansing just leaves you feeling rejuvenated. I think it’s time for me to do it again, just to stay on track for a healthy body. Good luck! If you have any questions, just ask. If I don’t know, I’ll tell you and then I’ll find out.

I swear by Weight Watchers too. No foods are forbidden! It’s mainly about portion control. Measure your food and look at the packages for what the serving size really is. It’s A LOT less than you think! I’ve lost nearly 15 pounds since the beginning on July. Not too slow, but not too fast either. You don’t want to lose muscle, that helps burn calories. It comes down to “eat less and exercise more” and to add to that, for some of us we just need to eat A LOT LESS. Read the backs of the boxes, cartons, jars and cans GIRLS!

Where can you get Isogenix Cellular Cleanse from?

trudys has a website you can order it from. Check her comments on this page. Pretty sure this is where I saw it.
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I gained a bit of weight myself but its been by my own self destruction. I did boxing awhile back and yes, you will burn calories. You will build killer shoulders!

I do Zumba, dance fitness, now because I find the gym so boring. I think you can buy the dvd online. (I would check on Amazon or EBay first….save some $$) Zumba is an awesome workout! Latino music & moves.  

I wear a heart rate monitor and the least amount of calories I have burnt is 550 (thats a lazy day for me) the most topped 1,000 calories! Let me know if you try it! I am hooked. Now I just need to break up with the darn ice cream and keep dropping the weight.

Ladies, I just created a Weight Watchers Group.  

I welcome you to join me, it’s so much easier to do this as a group.

I’ll be posting often and sharing with you my success, because failure is not an option.

Stop by and check out my ramblings.

Yana

I gained about 15 pounds 4 years ago and have now just decided to take some of it off. Today is my first official dieting day. I enjoyed the weight for awhile because I have always been too skinny but I swear it is all settling in my stomach now! I don’t have much of a butt so when my stomach is getting bigger than it, I know it’s time to diet! I usually hike 4 miles a day but in the summer in Phoenix it is just too darn hot so I have been majorly slacking off on the exercise. I don’t follow any particular diet, I just lessen the amount I eat in my meals, stop snacking in between meals, and somewhat watch what kind of food I am eating. I do not want to torture myself by counting every calorie or fat gram that goes into my body. I know I need to stop eating once my stomach feels full and not keep going because it tastes so good! So we will see what happens when I make these little changes. I also will be able to get out and hike every morning again soon, it is starting to cool off a bit in the mornings.

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