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Hi hun! Thanks so much for your message! :) I’ll try to give you some tips on things that helped me!

1.) Cut out ALL fast food and soda. This is a tough one, especially if you live near a lot of fast food establishments. I live on a street with every type of fast food you could imagine! When I first moved here I ate it at least twice a day.. Its no wonder I was 220lbs! I cut out all of the fast food and soda and lost 20 pounds really quickly. Fast food is SO bad for you. Its just empty, processed calories. When you cut it out you’ll feel so much better.

2.) Figure out how many calories you should eat a day to maintain your weight, and then create a deficit. There are plenty of calculators out there to help you with this. You should aim for a deficit of 500 calories per day to lose 1-2lbs a week. This may not sound like a lot, but its a healthy number. It also helps prevent a lot of sagging skin that you sometimes get from rapid weight loss. (I have a lot of sagging skin, unfortunately!) So lets say the calculator says you would eat 2000 calories to maintain your weight. You’ll want to subtract 500 calories to reach 1500. Eat 1500 calories a day and you should see a loss of 1-2lbs per week. You’ll want to couple this with eating good, healthy, clean foods and exercise, of course. Don’t try to starve yourself. Your body will go into starvation mode and will store all of your food away as fat to try and protect itself. Creating a healthy deficit truly is a HUGE factor in weight loss!

3.) Eat clean! This is huugggee as well. I decided to go vegetarian which helped a ton with eating clean, but if that isn’t for you, that’s okay too. Try to buy lean cuts of meat whenever possible and watch those portion sizes. Eat as many fruits and veggies and non-processed food as possible. Your body will feel stronger, healthier and your skin will glow! It sounds cheesy but its true. Small steps you can take.. Cut out sugar and replace it with stevia, replace all salad dressings and condiments with low cal, fat free versions. It really can impact your waistline if you love dipping veggies in dressing or using a bunch for a salad. I used Walden Farms Cajun Ranch (zero calorie!) for a long time and it helped me transition from full fat, high calorie ranch to a zero calorie version. Read labels and know what you’re putting into your body. I constantly read labels. It isn’t as taxing as it sounds, and its actually become a habit now.

4.) As I mentioned before, watching portions is huge! I try to eat 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day so I’m never starving throughout the day like I used to be when I’d only eat 2-3 meals a day. I space them out about 2 hours apart and they’re usually around 150-300 calories each. I honestly believe this helps keep my metabolism constantly revving and I prefer it this way. But figure out what works best for you! Everyone is different. Just try to keep the portions in control.

5.) Stay hydrated! Drink as much h20 as you can stand. Since I cut out soda, I replaced it with tea. I drink green tea constantly but I also drink flavored teas when I want to mix things up a bit. I hated drinking water when I first started my journey (odd isn’t it?) but I found that mixing lemon juice in the water made it taste fresher so it was much easier to drink. They also say drinking lemon water helps boost your metabolism, but I’m not sure if that’s a myth or not. Couldn’t hurt to try could it? :P

6.) Exercise. I know you said you aren’t able to at the moment, and that’s perfectly okay! Creating a deficit and eating clean should help anyway, so take it easy while your body heals. Once your doctor gives you the okay to begin working out, find an exercise you enjoy. Its much easier to workout when you enjoy what you’re doing. The elliptical is a great starter machine and its my personal favorite. Begin by committing to 20 minutes a day, 3x a week, and you can progress it as you go to 5x a week, and then increase the time and difficulty. I currently workout 5x a week for 30-40 minutes. I love video games, and I found it was easy to walk 40-60 minutes on a treadmill without even realizing it if I distracted myself by playing a video game at the same time. Is it high impact? Not necessarily, but its still a workout. Watching a show or movie can help pass time too. But nothing beats finding a machine that you really enjoy.

7.) Mix in a little strength training too. You don’t have to do this right away, but lean muscle does burn more calories than fat, even when your body is at rest. I just recently started going to the gym and using the strength training machines there. I don’t go crazy or anything, usually I try to use each machine for 20-30 reps. I love the sore feeling the next day! It makes me feel like I did something right. :P If you don’t have access to a gym, using barbells (or even cans of soup or gallon jugs of water) are perfectly helpful as well. There are tons of exercises you can find on google. Lunges are a favorite of many people on tumblr! (But I personally hate them. heh)

8.) Remember that you’re only human. Mistakes will happen! I’ve made a TON of mistakes on my journey and I’ve binged plenty of times.. Even weeks on end. Don’t beat yourself up over it, though. This is huge. I constantly would beat myself up over my mistakes and even cried myself to sleep a few times. But its important to forgive yourself and realize tomorrow is another day. One bad day (week, or even month) won’t ruin your entire journey, I promise. Just pick yourself up and try again tomorrow.

I hope this helps. Its all I could really think of at the moment! Hope you have a quick recovery. Big hugs!

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