Hi people, I am 23 years old and have been gaining on pounds and this makes me madder. The thing is that after several efforts of exercise and dieting I don’t seem to get any slimmer. There are many ways to get the fat reduced but almost all the ways are exhausted. I have consulted a few people but all of them have been telling me the same thing. It isn’t helping me and only making my fears worse.
Is there some way to make me feel better!!!
Eat tons of unsalted pretzels and feel full. Yuu will lose weight and burn carbs. 
Burn more calories than you consume.
First off take note of gmilam's post, which is essentially the golden equation in regards to weight, however my advice to you would be to see a doctor or nutritionist for advice.
(IMO) And In addition and for what it's worth don't fixate on weight loss or gain. Make good health your aim.
Take up an energetic sport perhaps (after consulting your doctor)
Good health
PS: What is it that people are telling you, that is filling you with so much fear?
Kind regards
(IMO) And In addition and for what it's worth don't fixate on weight loss or gain. Make good health your aim.
Take up an energetic sport perhaps (after consulting your doctor)
Good health
PS: What is it that people are telling you, that is filling you with so much fear?
Kind regards
Dexterous and well put, sir. 
QUOTE (Sinister Utopia+May 21 2008, 11:05 PM)
(IMO) And In addition and for what it's worth don't fixate on weight loss or gain. Make good health your aim.
Bingo!
I'm not a believer in "diets". Unless you change your overall eating habits, the weight will return once the "diet" is over.
Strive for a healthy well-balanced diet and exercise. The weight will take care of itself.
Bingo!
I'm not a believer in "diets". Unless you change your overall eating habits, the weight will return once the "diet" is over.
Strive for a healthy well-balanced diet and exercise. The weight will take care of itself.
The pretzel diet is safe and you will feel full once you begin normal eating patterns and reduce portions of your regular food consumed. Toss the pretzels after about a two week diet of nothing else.
You have to change your lifestyle, diets don't work if they are only temporary. Basic start, your plate should be 80% vegtables, 20% meat or less. servings should be palm sized, and eat small meals 5-6 times a day. Drink a lot of water. Excersize vigorously, not 12 oz curls. no sugar, or cut back. no sodas no sugary snacks. eat nuts, fruits for snacks instead.
Good start.
MM
Good start.
MM
My metabolism sped up due to the pretzel diet MM. A lot of nothing on the nutrition end such as pretzels was the answer to significant weight loss.
QUOTE (midwestern+May 22 2008, 07:55 PM)
The pretzel diet is safe and you will feel full once you begin normal eating patterns and reduce portions of your regular food consumed. Toss the pretzels after about a two week diet of nothing else.
I ain't no doctor, but I know that eatin nothin but pretzels for two weeks ain't good for ya.
I ain't no doctor, but I know that eatin nothin but pretzels for two weeks ain't good for ya.
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Two weeks won't kill you. Stick it out for those interested. Minor willpower must be inflicted here. 
QUOTE (elden+May 19 2008, 01:43 AM)
after several efforts of exercise and dieting I don’t seem to get any slimmer
Because you only eat when you are hungry and you are not trustworthy with your food --no one is.
If you tend to gain weight, at no point of your day should you ever allow yourself to be hungry. It is a disaster.
Eat fruit every 2 or 2 1/2 hours in between meals. Fruit only, nothing else.
Because you only eat when you are hungry and you are not trustworthy with your food --no one is.
If you tend to gain weight, at no point of your day should you ever allow yourself to be hungry. It is a disaster.
Eat fruit every 2 or 2 1/2 hours in between meals. Fruit only, nothing else.
You will bleep yourself to death if you only eat fruit. Stay with my diet. 
One problem with diets is that they force you to think more about food than normal people do. That causes fixation and obsession, and makes more of your brain cells dedicated to food and eating than normal. (I have a cube-neighbor on a diet, and his entire day is spent telling everyone who stops by what he had for dinner last night, and what he had for lunch, and what he's planning to eat tonight. He spends about 50% of the day *talking* about food, I don't know when he ever manages to do his job.)
Anyway, I've lost 40 pounds in the last six months. I only eat when I'm hungry, not for any other reason, like it's "lunchtime" or "dinnertime." I never eat french fries or pasta, and minimize sodas of all sorts, including (especially) diet sodas, which confuse your natural blood glucose level control system. (Research reported here has shown that diet sodas are as fattening as regular sugar-sweetened sodas.)
Lastly, hunger and anxiety are closely related and hard to tell apart. You may want to see your doctor and discuss the stress-level in your life. Anti-anxiety medications might be part of the answer.
Anyway, I've lost 40 pounds in the last six months. I only eat when I'm hungry, not for any other reason, like it's "lunchtime" or "dinnertime." I never eat french fries or pasta, and minimize sodas of all sorts, including (especially) diet sodas, which confuse your natural blood glucose level control system. (Research reported here has shown that diet sodas are as fattening as regular sugar-sweetened sodas.)
Lastly, hunger and anxiety are closely related and hard to tell apart. You may want to see your doctor and discuss the stress-level in your life. Anti-anxiety medications might be part of the answer.
Wcelliott, you wouldn't be thinking of food if pretzels are the only thing you eat. 
Kinda my point, I don't go around thinking about food, unlike my cubical-neighbor who never thinks about anything else because of his diet.
Pretzels don't have enough protein to sustain muscle-mass, and won't keep you from getting hungry.
I do limit myself to a few high-protein food selections, though, and if I'm not hungry enough to eat one of those three, then I figure I'm not actually hungry, so I don't eat until one of them sounds apetizing.
Pretzels don't have enough protein to sustain muscle-mass, and won't keep you from getting hungry.
I do limit myself to a few high-protein food selections, though, and if I'm not hungry enough to eat one of those three, then I figure I'm not actually hungry, so I don't eat until one of them sounds apetizing.
Filling up on pretzels is the answer. Hunger won't come. This is the diet which worked for me and is proven effective. You can increase metabolism by using this diet and not get back to what you were eating. Instead, choose a more healthy diet.
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