Just do what you can do. Start simple.

Drink water, and juices, and if you order a burger, don't have fries and coke with it. Skip the ketchup, sauces and stuff like that. Skip deserts, do you really need it? Minor reductions like that guarantee success. If you give up on everything you like, you will fail. Reward yourself once in a while after you accomplish your goals. Rather than focusing more on what you eat, focus more on exercise.

Set your goals reasonably. Don't say "my goal is to lose 15 pounds." This is farsighted. Make more like "I'm going to jog for 30 minutes," or "I'm going to do 3 sets of squats, 100 pounds today." You are likely to succeed this way.

In terms of exercise, strength training (ex. lifting weights) is crucial to weight loss. The more muscle mass you have, the more calories it takes to maintain and you'll reach a point when fat loses itself. Get a membership to a gym, and there's group classes that can teach you how to workout properly. Form is more important than how much weight you lift.

For the other equation, cardio. What you want to try to do is sprint in intervals. This helps builds endurance, and engage fat loss. Start reasonably, if you been out of shape for so long, start with 15 minutes. Build up when you feel use to it. Get an mp3 player. Listen to some tunes while you do it. Cardio is boring as hell, at least with music it makes things interesting and pumped up. Same with lifting weights.

Find things you enjoy doing. If you like rock climbing, or hiking, that counts! Keep active in ways you enjoy. Not everyone is meant to be indoors lifting weights. There are plenty of non-traditional weight training regiments.

The last piece of advice I can give you is to have patience. It takes time. It takes will. Find your groove and once you hit it, you won't stop. Exercise can be fun and it makes you feel good.

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