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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 2399163" data-attributes="member: 4">I have been counting calories and exercising more over the past couple of months, and it's working.  I walk at least 30 min a day, sometimes I do that twice, I add occasional light weightlifting in between and sometimes bike riding or hiking.  The key to the food part of it was for me to become hyperconscious of what I was eating and how many calories it was.  I started by just journaling a typical day's worth of food.  I discovered it was around 2500 calories.  I then used the web to figure out my target weight (for my height) and the number of calories per day that would get me there.  I use the following websites: Find out your "ideal" weight range and how many calories you need per day (1500 was my target -- I had to cut 1000 or more calories out of my diet each day!):  <a href="http://www.calorieking.com/freeprofile/" target="_blank">http://www.calorieking.com/freeprofile/</a>Nutritional Info:  <a href="http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html</a> -- type in a food in the search field to find caloriesExercise Minutes --> Calories Burned:  <a href="http://www.calorieking.com/tools/exercise_calories.php" target="_blank">http://www.calorieking.com/tools/exercise_calories.php</a>Calories to Burn --> Minutes of Exercise: <a href="http://www.calorieking.com/tools/exercise_time.php" target="_blank">http://www.calorieking.com/tools/exercise_time.php</a>I started out as "overweight".  It took me only about a week to start "seeing" results, though the weight loss plateaued a couple of weeks into it but then it continued after that.  Dropped the 15 lbs I needed to drop.  I'm now out of the "overweight" zone and on the high side of the "ideal" zone.  How did I cut 1000 calories out of my diet?  Well, I did some low-carb type things (it was easy to cut out 200 calories per meal just by avoiding typical bread).  I reduced portion sizes on almost everything.  (An "ounce" of food is a lot smaller than you might realize). I did research before going to restaurants so I would know what to order and what to avoid.  I found sweet treats that had a high pay-off compared to calories (this differs by person; for me, a 300 calorie McDonald's hot fudge sundae gave me almost as much pleasure as a 900 calorie Culver's custard shake).  I ate more veggies when I was hungry.  I discovered that a lot of times I wanted to eat when I wasn't hungry -- noting that, and then making sure I fed only my craving (and nothing else) helped.  I stopped snacking at games, I stopped snacking in front of the TV.  And I recorded my food/calories religiously -- I've done it every day for the past two-and-a-half months.  It really keeps me honest, helps me see patterns, and I can look back over it for ideas.  Ultimately, I decided there was no point in lying to myself -- I also decided that I wanted the weight loss more than I wanted the food.  I've had days when I broke the calorie limit, but the next day I just carried on as usual and didn't beat myself up over it.  Good luck to you!</blockquote>

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