Share your experience of being overweight, becoming lean, and keeping the weight off.?

The phrase overweight means varying things to varying people. It's a good idea to start at the beginning, and determine whether you are really overweight for your size or not, by calculating your BMI (Body Mass Index). You can learn how to do it at the web resource in the box below, they have plenty of tips and tricks, I lost 10 pounds by taking their advice.

Congratulations on making the decision to loose weight. As well as the aesthetic changes you will experience, there are also boundless health benefits to enjoy.

I had the most success by sticking to a pretty simple routine:

1. Eat regular meals

Breakfast lunch and dinner. Skipping meals slows your metabolism making your body want to hold on to any energy it gets in the form of fats. Also I ate with calories in mind. Actually I found subway pretty good for lunch or dinners.

2. Exercise regularly

When I started I weighed 125Kg and running wasn't doing my joints any favors. I swam. 30-60min each day. If you check out my source website you should find some useful articles on finding your ideal weight loss and training heart rates.

3. Have one treat each week.

Everyone is human. For me, Sunday was my rest day and I had a treat (in moderation) for lunch or dinner. I found it really helpful, knowing that you were able to have something a bit sinful made me hold out for it each week.

You have already set a good goal so keep that in mind... each step brings you closer to it. Good luck.

Pretty much any diet should be followed with a good exercise routine....running, weights etc....just remember that muscles weigh more than fat but that's a good thing.

I found the first 3 days for me was good to cleanse the body of any temptations such as, sugars, carbs all that good stuff that's bad for you. For day 1, 2, 3 drink water, teas you can add lemon to either water or teas, one salad and one protein a day.

After day 3, drink 8 glasses of water (put lemon in it for taste) plus 1-8oz of water for every 25 lbs you're overweight....for the day

Breakfast: Before breakfast, drink 2-8oz of water ;Eggs, turkey bacon, tomato slices (no more than 3)

Snack: 2-8 oz of water and 1-2 pieces of Cheese

Lunch: 2-8oz of water 2-turkey with cheese rolled up in romaine lettuce leaf (2 romaine sandwiches)

Snack 1-2 8 oz of water and 1-2 pieces of cheese

Dinner 1-2 8oz of water and lean meat and salad (as much meat as you like plus salad approx 3 romaine lettuce leaves with little bit of onion, tomato and lemon for dressing

Snack: tea plain/no sugar with 2-3 pieces of cheese

Change the diet around. You get the general idea that this diet is low in carbs. You get carbs but good carbs. Romaine lettuce is the only lettuce that has any value so it's a must that you eat that as your bread for lunch and for your salad.

After a week, add 2 big slices of watermelon to your daily diet routine.

Also, a week after you can add "good" carbs to your diet but like I said, put that "one" thing in your diet for the week and if you don't gain weight....great! baked potato for an example. Put low cal sour cream it butter (not margarine) "real bacon bits" green onion 1...that's enough to start, until you are to your weight goal.

Each week you go through the above diet add something to it and eat that with your diet for the entire next week, if you gain weight, you know you need to cut that out of your diet or cut back....ex: have a half or potato. Do not add breads or any white flour until later in the diet like after you've reached your personal goal....these are bad carbs.

This diet worked for me. I pretty much experienced until I had something that worked for me...it's similar to the atkins diet.

I'm also asking you to check with your doctor to make sure this is a diet for you.

I'm not a doctor, I'm just a person who has experimented with many diets and this one worked for me, mainly because it is something I can live with.