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Okay, heres my situation. I am 19 years old, 51 “and weigh 149 pounds. I would like about 25 pounds (I know I never had a small 51″, 105 . and Ive accepted that. But I think 51 “, 125 to lose at least tasty and healthy). My biggest problem is impatience and depression . I will try out a program, incredibly motivated for a week or so . when I any results I go to get incredible depression, hate on me, and quit.
I need ways to save, but quickly (2-3 pounds per week) to lose weight and be motivated to do so!
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Reply:You have to have PATIENCE! I know it's hard but if you don't you WON"T ever get there. So set a goal for yourself. Go on some websites, like google something about diets and read about all the different ones and see which one fits you best. And why are you saying you can't be 5'1 105lbs. Yes you can, ONLY IF you REALLY want to lose weight. Get a picture the body your desire and put it on your fridge. Eating healthier and exercise is a much better feeling than eating fattening foods. Try eating healthier, and exercise and you'll feel great! And PATEINCE and PERSISTENCE is the key!! Good luck!
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Reply:Okay, here's my situation. I'm 19 years old, 5'1", and weigh 149 pounds. I would like to lose about 25 pounds (I know I'll never be a tiny 5'1", 105….and I've accepted that. But I think 5'1", 125 is at least nice and healthy). My biggest problem is impatience and depression…I will try a program, be incredibly motivated for a week or so…then when I don't get results I go into incredible depression, hate on myself, and quit.
I need ways to safely, but quickly (2-3 pounds a week) lose weight and BE MOTIVATED TO DO SO!
Since you have experienced failure with "dieting" before, you may have some success by shifting your focus away from "dieting" per say, and instead, focus on strengthening your metabolism. Its really just a different approach but will ultimately result in a smaller, healthier you. Sometmes the different mindset can make all the difference.
There are several strategies to strengthen the metabolism… increase your water consumption (in fact give up other beverages if you are serious), avoid chemical additives and preservatives, avoid refined white flour products and sugar, balance your ratios of carb(50%)/fat(25%)/protein(25%), eat more often throughout the day (5 – 6 smaller meals), and increase excercise.
You don't necessarily need to tackle all of these things at once. Start with a few on the list and then when you have success, add another. You would be suprised how much food you can eat and how much better you will feel! And by not making all the changes at once, you will have some motivation to continue week after week, as you add new components to your plan.
Whatever you do, do NOT go on a fad diet, don't eliminate carbs entirely, and don't undereat. All of these things can actually create physiological conditions that cause depression, mood swings,and irritability.
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Reply:Hi there,
First of all, welcome to the boards! :bouncing: And second of all, I feel your pain. My stats are similar to yours (5'2, 135lbs, 21yrs.) and I've been trying to lose weight for about 2 years, maybe a little more. I have been trying all sorts of things, but one thing that I've heard a LOT of people say is that you really need to have a good workout program (you could so some strength training 3x's a week, and cardio should be about 4 or 5x's a week), and a big thing is to eat 5 or 6 smaller meals throughout the day instead of 3 larger ones. This speeds up the metabolism–it's quite foolproof, actually. I don't know what your diet looks like, but you could try lowering the carbs (not getting into "atkins" territory though–just not so many white breads and pastas), and eating less saturated fats. Try to drink more water. Little improvements like these can really help you achieve your goals. Everyone's body is different though, so it may take some tinkering around with what to eat and how much to exercise, but try hard to be patient because going at it the healthy way (without diet pills, or a diet program where as soon as you get off it, all the weight and then some comes back) and losing 1-2lbs a week is WAY more permanent, and easier to maintain. Please don't get discouraged after only a week. Just think about what could potentially happen if you stick with it? If you can manage to stay motivated for a month, you *may* be able to lose 8lbs! You are not alone–there are so many people out there in the same boat as you. 
I hope I this advice helps a little–if you have any more questions, ask away–there are a LOT of very knowledgable people on the boards. Good luck!
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Reply:Exercising usually motivates me to stick to a diet as well…Since you don't wanna do all that hard work and then just snack it all back on.
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Reply:Okay, here's my situation. I'm 19 years old, 5'1", and weigh 149 pounds. I would like to lose about 25 pounds (I know I'll never be a tiny 5'1", 105….and I've accepted that. But I think 5'1", 125 is at least nice and healthy). My biggest problem is impatience and depression…I will try a program, be incredibly motivated for a week or so…then when I don't get results I go into incredible depression, hate on myself, and quit.
I need ways to safely, but quickly (2-3 pounds a week) lose weight and BE MOTIVATED TO DO SO!
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Weight Watchers is a great program I joined about a month ago and have lost at least 2 lbs a week and Im eating way more then I ever did before.
I see some people lose 6 lbs a week. I would really give it a try!
