Even though I lost a lot of weight a year ago, I just have this bad feeling that I won't this time for some strange reason. Do you think this will work, assuming I keep up with it?

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"Under the hardness of her facade a woman's heart is still beating."

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dont thats stupid. your metabolism will slow down and acclimate to the low calorie intake. its called yo-yo dieting. the only good way to lose weight, is additional exercise. just dont eat like burgers and fries and shit with a ton of calories and you'll be fine. just exercise alot. but also dont be so concerned with your weight as much as your figure and if ur in shape.

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Well, I suppose it's my figure that bothers me rather than my weight.

How is what I'm doing "stupid" though? Keep in mind that, firstly, I'm not starving myself so it's not like I'm anorexic and secondly, even if I'm doing something wrong, I'm still trying to get healthy so I think calling what I'm doing "stupid" is pretty stupid in and of itself.

And, anyways, I see thin girls surviving off of nothing more than salads and soup which is something I'm not interested in doing. I'm just trying to avoid stuff I know is bad. I had something with a little more calories in it this morning but have my limits. I won't eat fast food or junk food. It's just kind of hard eating here, there aren't many options and 3/4 of them are really really bad. We're talking french fries, onion rings, pizza, pasta, potato skins, etc.

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"Under the hardness of her facade a woman's heart is still beating."

Since we dont have any pictures of you or stats we dont have any real way to go off for a daily caloric intake. So lets assume your body needs 1500calories a day just to maintain itself. Lets say you are eating 1500... Throw in the extra exercise and you are burning say 250. Now you are down to 1250calories/day and your body needs 1500 that is starving yourself. Your body needs fuel, it needs healthy nutritional food.

Your body will begin to adapt to the low food intake and your metabolism will begin to slowdown and you will then just have to work harder to burn fat... The best thing you can do is keep eating the same amount of total food, but make it healthy food. Make it good fats, good carbs, no empty calories. Then add in some cardio few times a week and you will be losing fat and getting in shape in no time.

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