Re: losing weight
Don’t eat only one meal a day. NO NO NO.
Eat several smaller meals a day or 3 regularly portioned size meals. (4-6 oz for women and 5-7 oz for men). As many green vegetables as you can possibly eat and complex carbs....lots of water. Eat fruit (but low on the glycemic index chart).
Exercise unfortunately is something we either hate or don’t make time for sometimes both. It is a must though. I don’t mean a stroll in the park. Start walking fast, to jogging, burpees, squats, lunges…etc.
Another helpful tip is this. 1 lb is 1 lb. whether it’s a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks, correct?
However, muscle is more dense than fat…correct? Now, here’s the point. Lift weights (I.e. Resistance training). Women WILL NOT, I repeat WILL NOT, build muscle as men do. In order for that to happen the amount of protein you would need to consume (and possibly horomones) would be insane. 3-5 days a week of resistance training is enough with 4-6 days of cardio. You will lose fat, build muscle and be smaller, even if you do gain some pounds.
Also, stick with a diet from 1200-2000 calories. I obviously don’t know your age, height, weight or muscular build so I can’t give precise intake of calories. But, use this to figure out what your frame size and go from there. The BMI chart is crap.
P.S. I do this for a living.