17 year old girl desperately wanting to lose weight

I'm seventeen and five foot ten. I weight 220 lbs and have a BMI over 30. I desperately need to lose weight (about 40-50lbs) and I don't know how to go about it. I try to eat healthily but I can't stop myself from eating granary bread. I have recently cut down alot on what I eat and still haven't lost weight. I'm not active at all but basically I want a quick and easy way out. The fact that I haven't lost weight so far makes me depressed so I need to sort this problem out pronto. I've heard that ECA stack helps you lose weight rapidly however I'm scared their may be health risks, and will it work quickly and effectively? I'm open to suggestions and willing to try diet pills and weird methods of weight loss
T.I.A

hi,

welcome to the board!  there is a huge amount of advice here, and i promise (and truly mean it) that i/we can HELP you lose weight if you follow a few simple things!

BUT, im afraid that the help isnt going to come in the form of advice on what tablet or potion to take.  Please please listen to me when i say that these wont help you lose weight rapidly, and will, in the long term likely leave you heavier and in poorer shape than you are now.  I know your probably thinking im just saying that, but i promise its true.  They do have a place, BUT only as an addition to exercise and diet, when weight loss slows.  If you look in my journal, you can see how much fat i lost in my photos, and thats with no fat burners at all. Sure im a bodybuilder, and completely different to yourself, but it is the best way, i practise what i give as advice!

But, lets get on with the things that WILL get the weight off, and more importantly keep it off, and keep you healthy!  Also, you need to forget about the fast results, the fat wasnt gained in a few weeks, and wont come off that way either! But in 6 months, you could look completely different!  thats in time for next summer, when you can reveal your new look in the sun :-)

i understand how having not lost wieght will make you feel depressed, but its possible that you have cut calories too low.  We can easily do a diet plan that still includes grnary bread, so dont worry!

can you post up a typical days diet before you changed it, please be honest.  and also tell us what effect it was having on your weight (gaining a pound a week, staying the same etc etc).

also post up what your eating now.

can you get out and do some exercise?  even just 20 minutes walking everyday would be great, you will feel better and lose weight more easily!

darran

In reality, many "rapid weight loss pills" or just plain old "diet pills" are complete bunk. They're often just full of herb extracts and vitamins. These herb extracts have small amounts of science behind them showing the benefits then can exhibit. Benefits which may in theory help weight loss, but in real terms have little to no effect on fat loss. Basically without a diet/exercise regime in place you're wasting your time.

You say you are inactive, this is the first step to change. Get exercising and you will see a positive increase very quickly. Not only will it most likely kick start your fat loss goals, but also make you feel better psychologically (exercise can release feel good hormones/chemicals) and physically (better health, fitness etc).

The only way to loose fat (stored energy) is by forcing your body to utlise stored energy (fat). You do this by not consuming enough calories from food (energy) to main energy requirements (daily life and exercise). However, your body can only use so much stored energy (fat) without going into starvation mode. Meaning metabolism declines (meaning you burn less cals) and generally you feel crap. Fat loss will come to a halt. Bascially you want to burn more cals than you consume, but consume enough to keep your body happy/healthy.

If you're not loosing weight then you're doing one of the following:

1. Eating too much and not doing enough exercise. Therefore your body will see no need to tap into fat stores.
2. You're not eating enough and thus body holds onto fat stores as it think it's being starved.

Depends on how your diet looks to the best advice given, but it's probably a combination of the above two points to why you're not seeing fat loss.

Sort diet out
Start an exercise program
Forget diet pills/ECA etc for now

ECA does not make you rapidly loose weight by the way. It largely suppresses appetite and also gives you energy to perform more exercise. Thus this equates to fat loss, but nothing you can't get without using ECA. It does raise metabolism slightly, but only very minor, first two effects have a more pronounced effect on fat loss imo, especially so after the first 3-4 weeks of use.

EDIT: Beat me to it daz, more you're better at typing than me but alas all good info as always

Great posts above. Be totally honest with yourself and ask if you're doing everything else 100% perfectly and I bet the answer is 'no'. If you really are serious about losing weight then you need to stick to a decent diet that won't deprive you and enough exercise to help burn off excess calories and stored fat. I managed to lose 3 stone in 5 months when I started off this game and have never taken ECA stack in my life. Good luck

Welcome.

It's already been said by the great posts above what is required for success. Unfortunately there isn't a quick or easy way out; if there was, the obesity epidemic would be a distant memory for the western world.

I'll lock this up now as your other thread is in a better sub-forum for solid advice relating to diet and activity requirements.

Those wishing to advise regarding theses elements can do so here:

http://www.muscletalk.c...oss-advice-m3658862.aspx