I'm Fat and really need to lose weight

Hello everybody,

I currently weigh in at 10 Stone 7 Lbs, and have a height of 5 ft 9 inches. However it is clear that I am too heavy. When I sit down, I can feel ripples of fat converge like spare tyres around my stomach. Also, when I do my belt up, unless I wear my trouser high I can feel an overhang from my stomach over my trousers. I've tried so hard to lose weight, I attend Weight Watchers, walk/run at least 5 miles most days and consume no more than 2300 calories per day.

I'm an 18 year old male and really don't want to be fat for starting university. How much weight do I need to lose in order to be slim and how should I do it? Should I do more excercise, eat less or take diet tablets or a combination of all three?

Thanks for any responses.

Eat less, move more

Cut out the following foods; white carbs eg bread, pasta, rice. Processed sugar (replace with stevia or coconut sugar, honey or agave, maple syrup) incorporate more lean meats into your diet; chicken, turkey and more fruit and veg.

How many calories should I eat in a day? I've completely cut fat out of my diet as well as sugar or any carbonated drinks or in fact any drinks besides water. I've been living off of pasta, rice and tuna over the last month for my dinner but I'm worried that this may be too much Carbohydrates.

How many calories should I eat in a day? I've completely cut fat out of my diet as well as sugar or any carbonated drinks or in fact any drinks besides water. I've been living off of pasta, rice and tuna over the last month for my dinner but I'm worried that this may be too much Carbohydrates.

I've been eating Bachelors 'Super Pasta and Sauce' for the last few weeks. Is this white or brown pasta? If it's white, should I stop eating it? In addition to my last post, I also eat a lot of cous cous.

How many calories should I eat in a day? I've completely cut fat out of my diet as well as sugar or any carbonated drinks or in fact any drinks besides water. I've been living off of pasta, rice and tuna over the last month for my dinner but I'm worried that this may be too much Carbohydrates.

Carbohydrate, carbohydrates and carbohydrates. Not good.
You're not fat by the way, far from it.

What I'm doing to lose weight isn't to cut foods out of my diet, but to cut down on how much I eat in a day. I now eat <1000 calories every day due to cutting down my portion sizes and eating a lot more fruit and veg. Maybe you should try that OP.

Living like that sounds worse that death...

But seriously, weighing ten and a half stone at your height s not even a little fat

I didn't think it was that bad. Do you mean that it's unhealthy or is it boring?

Try to limit yourself to 2000 calories. Eat LOTS of fruits, bananas, apples, pears, grapes, any type of berries. Pasta and rice are good, but don't eat too much as it'll be a lot of carbs adding up. Maybe 1 portion a day?

One thing I think you should eat LOTS of is chicken breast and fresh fish. This will give you loads of protein and it isn't bad in anyway. I'd also recommend rice crackers, they are really nice and you can get them in loads of flavours. My personal favourite is Thai sweet chili from Aldi, they are VERY cheap.

Two imperative aspects to weight loss though, don't starve yourself, that won't help at all. If you can, exercise, don't over do yourself. But exercise will enable you to see a much more rapid loss in weight, especially at first. Try and focus on cardio, I know a friend who's a big guy who only does weights... he's still fat.

Good luck, I hope this helps! It should do as I used to weigh about 20 stone, I'm 6'5 and I managed to get down to about 12 stone at my lightest But I'm back up to like 15 and a half now. Could do with loosing a bit again aha

I'll eat a more fruit and veg, hopefully that will fill me up in a healthy way. Why is it not good having lots of pasta, rice and cous cous? I thought they were healthy foods as the were low in fat.

boring, so boring!

Wow, that's so much weight to lose, well done you!! I'll try doing a bit more running to raise my heart rate and burn off more carbs I've ate. I got a bit ill though after running 10km when I forgot my water bottle once, so I'll try not to over do it! I like having lots of peas, sweet corn and carrots for veg and fruit wise I like bananas and occasionally oranges. At the moment i eat a tin of John West tuna per day, does that count as fresh and healthy fish?

Hello everybody,

I currently weigh in at 10 Stone 7 Lbs, and have a height of 5 ft 9 inches. However it is clear that I am too heavy. When I sit down, I can feel ripples of fat converge like spare tyres around my stomach. Also, when I do my belt up, unless I wear my trouser high I can feel an overhang from my stomach over my trousers. I've tried so hard to lose weight, I attend Weight Watchers, walk/run at least 5 miles most days and consume no more than 2300 calories per day.

I'm an 18 year old male and really don't want to be fat for starting university. How much weight do I need to lose in order to be slim and how should I do it? Should I do more excercise, eat less or take diet tablets or a combination of all three?

Thanks for any responses.