I Want To Lose Weight… - Help.com

You’re fine. Just short.

Go with the GI diet. Healthy, easy, tasty, no starving. Recipes and background available online. Good luck!

That’s true. You don’t need to lose weight.

However. If you really want to do it.

1) No pills, no Atkins, no fad diets.
2) Figure out how many calories you eat by step 3 & 4.
3) Keep track every calorie you eat… every cookie, every apple, everything.
4) Everything you eat should have a label that tells you how many calories are
contained per serving. If you eat out, look at the restaurant’s website - most
will have caloric information for their food.
5) Figure out how many calories you burn.
6) Look into something like “Body Bug” It’s a gizmo you attach to your arm that
monitors your body to calculate how many calories you burn. Christmas is coming
up soon - it might be something you can put on your X-mas list.
7) Weight loss happens when you burn more calories than you eat.
8) Do not achieve weight loss by reducing calorie intake alone. Increase physical
activity to help burn more calories than you eat.
9) Understand how many calories you body needs per day (family doc can help) Do
not overdo it. Family doc can also get your family to help support you.
10) Do not expect weight loss to happen overnight. Take little steps. Set small
goals.
11) Stop asking your family for advice. Instead, ask them for support. Ask them
support you when you order a salad instead of a steak. Tell them this is
important to you. Tell them you know you don’t need to lose weight - you want
to lose weight.
12) And finally, give yourself a break from time to time. Give yourself one day
a week for your calories burned = calories you eat.

Hope this helps. Remember, no pills, no fad diets. You can do this yourself.
Figure out what physical activities you like. You don’t need a gym membership or
fancy exercise equipment (though they can help with motivation).