Fruit is brilliant. You can eat loads and lose weight! Also, cut down chips. I don't know if they sell them where you are but vegetable chips are always good. They've pretty much done the process they do with potatos, only with other vegetables and fruit.

I get beetroot chips like that. Nice.
Always better baked than fried.

just drink water ... you dont need to drink anything else - ever.

I'm a skinny fucker!

I agree, get 7 hours of sleep.

I eat Organic whenever possible. You get more nutrient out of the food and there aren't any chemicals in it.

Stay away from partially hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup.

Start reading ingredients labels.

Cut down on your sodium, saturated fat, and sugar.

Also, stay away from fake sugar. Because it tastes sweet your body is prepared to process sugar, but when that doesn't happen, you body craves more sugar. They did a study and people who drink diet soda vs. regular soda gain more weight.

Stay away from soda and drink mostly water. Some juice is okay, but you get more fiber and other nutrients out of the fruit if you eat it instead of drinking it.

Vitamins are good, especially flax seed oil or fish oil for Omega 3's.

Eat fresh produce.

Protein bars (Cliff bars are the best) are good in a pinch.

Plan out your meals for the week before going to the grocery store.

Exercise. Exercise every day if you can. That doesn't mean run 5 miles, even light exercise like stretching for 10 min in the morning makes a different.

For exercise I do Ashtanga Yoga 6 days a week and occasionally rock climbing at an indoor gym.

Making a lifestyle change is hard and takes time. I quit smoking after seven years and gained 20 pounds. It made me depressed, but i started exercising and eating right and I lost the weight and then some. I also feel better now than I ever have.

Good Luck! :)

I would check the label on your vitamin drink, they slip in alot of salt and sugars depending on the manufacurer.

I only gained 12 pounds with my last pregnancy but had a hell of a time getting the last 10 pounds off...I went vegan for a long time but it didn't help at all even though it was excellent for my beast milk.

What I finally did was stop ALL breads and carbs,and ate protein at every mean (lean non-red meats, fish and beans )
I dropped those last few pounds in a coupla weeks and didn't feel deprived:)

I say....hit the gym and start on your 12 ounce curls.

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My mother lost about 40 lbs eating all of the same foods, just in smaller portions. And she goes for a half hour walk a few times a week. It took about six months to happen, but it didn't require drastic lifestyle changes so she was able to stick with it and maintain her weight.

It's really different for everybody, find something you like and stick to it. If you hate the routine chances are it won't work.

skip the vitamin water, it's loaded with sugar and sodium

increase the fruits and veggies, decrease/eliminate the processed sugars and skip anything that's fried

raw food is good food, eat raw carrots, broccoli, apples, nuts - salds are great, but most dressings are murder on a diet

drink water with your meals to fill up faster and stop eating before you feel "full." A full stomach is a stretched-out stomach that requires more food to make it feel full.