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in 7 months. Nothing too phenominal i know but its worth getting inspiration from. No i didnt go on a cabbage diet. Actually my dad asked me today whats the miracle diet i went on and thats when i held my head high (:p) and told him why ive been refusing to have dinner with the family at like 11 pm.

So yeah, dont starve yourself. Just eat at the right time and add some activity. My schedule was to have an early and filling breakfast (7 am latest), lunch at noon, and a medium-light sized dinner no later than 8 pm. Add a 15-30 minute walk after lunch and dinner. If you can skip dinner more power to you! Just make sure you have your last meal of the day atleast 3 hours before you go to bed. (for ramdhan have your dinner at iftar time)

Get rid of ALL snacks like candy, pop, chips etc. Replace them with green veges like broccoli and celery etc. Have lots of em around so you can go munch on them whenever you feel like munching on something. Theres no limit to how many green veges you can have, these are negative calorie foods which means your body uses up more calories to digest these veges than the calories obtained from the food.

Keep realistic goals, dont tell yourself you want to be this much by this time. Make the above your lifestyle, not a quick fix solution.

And yes I actually did cheat a bit too. It helps to have the person you loved dump you for someone else so you can lose whatever appetite you have :stuck_out_tongue:

Next stop 180.

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Are we talkin in Lbs here cheego ! I used to be around 74 kg coupla years ago , and it was around 92 before starting this ramdan , gone back on 85 during last few weeks ! I have gone down to two meals instead of three from last coupla years and dont do lunch any more ! But as i m around 6’1’’ so it doesn’t look much !

But mate i still wana do that 75 kg thing again ! i wish !

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Yep, lbs alright. For someone 6'1, 187 lbs isnt bad either.

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hmm interesting ....

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Im fat!!!!!

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^a good healhty diet plenty of exercise and eating balanced meals will help a lot and you will see results in just weeks

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Wow. Great work.

It is amazing how simple it is -- have healthy eating habits and remain relatively active and do things in moderation -- and you'll look and feel better!!

I wasn't much of an eater before college. In college I started eating a bit more at meals (partly because the dining hall was only open at certain hours, so I had to be more conscious of mealtimes, rather than snacking randomly). So in college I went from being puny, to a little bit more normal looking. I was still probably too skinny. After the wedding, though, I became more indulgent. And because of my fast metabolism I never needed to watch what I ate. But I put on 15 pounds in two years of marriage, as my eating habits and metabolism changed. Lately though, I was reminded of the various hadith that deal with eating habits, how you should eat enough so you're no longer hungry, but not more than that, etc. And now I've tried to develop more healthy habits, more fruits and veggies as snacks throughout the day with smaller portions during meals. I'm never really hungry, and lost almost 10 pounds. I'm eating normally and healthy -- and that's all. We also eat dinner with iftar usually.

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SEE I TOLD YOU! And you're all like "what? me? lost weight? nahhh" :p

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wow Cheegum, thats quite an accomplishment. Hats off!

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:eek: 40 pounds in 7 months! That’s a fast weightloss. You must have been eating too much before you started skipping dinner. :smiley:

P.S. I love junk food. :dhimpak:

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and if you dont see results in weeks dont give up hope.. give it a few months

yep very true. point is to make it routine rather than looking for a quick fix

haha and i didnt even have to go on a jenny craig diet :stuck_out_tongue:

You’re right actually, i used to eat like a gorilla before that. everything was fair game :smiley:

Umm okay okay.. just a little bit :halo:

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thats great!!! Have you tried weight training? That helped me alot.

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what I deduced is heartbreak leads to a loss in appetite and that works wonders.

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Reminds me of my junior year biology teacher who always, at the end of class, made it a point to recite: " Just remember, You are what you Eat!"

Great effort chegum! Shows how effective motivation can be.

G'l with the new goal!

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I cant go without eating, Me loves food :wub:

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aww awesome:D

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Hmmm.. ive never taken that route. Trying to get to a normal routine first before i go in overdrive :slight_smile:

Thats so true!

Adreesa khala im sure you have the metabolism to compliment you. Apna to sala steam engine ki tarah slow haiy.

:smiley:

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It certainly does help doesnt it Minerva?

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40 in 7 months
impressive man
keep it up na :cheer:
I hv changed my eating habits in August n I dropped from 138 to 125, I hope it’s not da water weight dat I m loosin :bummer: My target is 2 b @most 115 lbs till December, dat’s another 10 lbs 2 go :rotato: so let’s see wat happenz

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losing that much weight is not water weight. well done! :)