Diet/Workout plan to achieve a healthy BMI?

Brittany C asked:


I am trying to figure out a healthy diet/workout plan in order to lose weight in order to get down to a healthy BMI. I am female, 185lbs, and 5′4”. According to my height.. i should be 145lbs in order to be in the normal range for a healthy BMI. I have tried maybe diet and workout plans, but can never seem to lose much weight, only about 5lbs, then nothing more, which is very discouraging. Any advise would be great.. thanks!

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One Response to “Diet/Workout plan to achieve a healthy BMI?”

  1. xoxo on December 14th, 2009 at 5:21 am

    Need to lose weight?

    Try eating more fruits and veggies in place of other fatty meals, like junk food, cookies, or high calorie meals. Try eating more grapes, clemintines, apples (with vanilla yogurt), blueberries, hummus (it sounds gross but it’s really not, especially with Wheat Thins or Food Should Taste Good brand whole grain chips! I personally like garden vegetable or tomato flavored), granola, low-fat yogurt, low-fat string cheese, LITE whole wheat bread, 100 – calorie popcorn / kettle corn bags, steamed broccoli with a buttery garlic sauce etc. I also snack on South Beach Diet oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, they’re good AND pretty healthy!

    Incorporate more exercise into your daily life. Take the dog for a 20 minute walk, do jumping jacks while watching TV, do laps around the block, or the house for that matter. Don’t let yourself sit down for too long. If you can, get a gym membership. I use an elliptical for 30 minutes 5-6 times a week and it works great for me.

    And don’t eat out of boredom! It’s a nasty habit to break, TRUST ME. Whenever you feel like eating, watch a movie with no commercial breaks so you don’t have time to get up, call a friend, read a book or magazine, or get out of the house, away from the food.

    I recently lost weight, about 20 lbs, and what really helped for me was planning my meals. I planned when and what I was going to eat, and made sure the calorie count was 1400. It may be different depending on your needs, but never go under 1200! Whatver you do, don’t let yourself stray from your plan. Write it all down or type it out and leave it up on your computer so you don’t forget, that’s what I do.

    And don’t “DIET”. Because the moment you go off your “diet”, you’ll regain the all the weight you lost quickly, believe me. Instead, make “healthy living choices.”

    And allow yourself a cheat day every now and then. Life is too short! If you restrict your body of all the “good foods”, you will one day EXPLODE and eat everything in sight. Trust me!

    PS; nick_name137 copied my post and is trying to post mine as her own. So if you see her, let me know (:

    Good luck! Hope that helps (:

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