how little food must I eat to lose weight??

If I eat healthy food, fruit, veg, wholemeal bread, chicken, fish, I put weight on. If I eat diet food, rice cakes, diet crisps, weightwatchers microwave meals, I lose weight. Surely the healthy food is better but I want to weigh less. I'm 9st 10lbs, 5 foot 4 inches.

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1. sew your mouth shut
2. eat 1200 calories aday equal amount of protein and fat and not to many carbs
3. The key is to eat less than you burn and you will lose weigh. Also, you gotta exercise!
4. all you need to do is have green tea and add a drop or two of lemon juice in it first and last thing and that cuts out fat for you
5. Count calories. I think you will lose weight at 1500 calories a day.
6. It is better to eat healthily so try doing some exercise, even just walking for half an hour a day and you should see a difference. By the way, your weight sounds fine and really dont think you have a problem at all.
7. Just eat the normal foods and just eat less that way you can lose weight..
8. if your eating fruit and veg but in large quantities you will still gain weight. Just try to eat a balanced diet but in smaller quantities. Instead of having 2-3 large meals a day try having 6 smaller ones.
9. I'm not sure what you said but the ideal body weight for that height is 100-120lb. Besides muscle weighs more than fat. Don't look at the scale. Get a tape measure and try and cut inches from your waistline.
10. Excercise your ass off! Seriously. And eat the healthy food. It's better for you anyways. Just cut down on carbs and fats. Load up on protien, too. It'll help alot. Just excercise and you'll be fine.
11. They say "juicing" is the real way to lose weight
12. You need to eat so little food that your body is using more calories in its activities than you get back from the food. Take a look on the label of for example Weight watchers and see how many calories (energy) it has. It is probably about 400-700.Then look at the calories in a glass of fruit juice in is probably about 150. Pick a typical day and add up the numbers for what you ate. Compare that with the 2000 calories that they recommend for a day. If your total is more then you will gain weight no matter how healthy the food is. if it is less then you will lose weight. Every time the total you take in is less than what your body uses by 3500 calories you will lose a pound. Eating the healthy foods means that you are getting the nutrients you need but it is still the arithmetic on calories that tells the "lose weight" story.
13. Eat small portions, and don't restrict yourself to three meals a day. Have a light breakfast, if you are hungry by 11, have a light snack. If you are hungry around lunch time, have a small, healthy meal. You may be hungry again before dinner comes around, have an apple, or a carrot, or even just a cup of tea. When you make dinner, don't pile it high, just a handful of three different vegetables and a little meat and gravy. If you get hungry before bedtime, cereal is the best thing to see you through the night. Also, sometimes when you think you are hungry, a glass of water, or squash will quench that. It might even be stress related, like "butterflies in your stomach." Play some music if you can to ease the stress or close your eyes and daydream for a few minutes. Not about eating.
14. eat as much as u want but dieting foods
15. get some healthy stuff and u can eat all u want of it
16. It depends on your age. When you are in your twenties, 1,200 calories is a good rule of thumb. By the time you are in your fifties, you have to halve that (i.e. 600 calories) to lose weight. I think the best method is to eat healthy food and walk as much as possible
17. Hi, First of all you are not overweight so you don't need to worry about it too much! There is a really good calorie calculator on the website below. You must take into accordance how much you exercise weigh etc to know how many calories it will take to lose weight. Please remember not to cut out too much or your body will start burning off muscle. I really think you'll find this web site helpful Also watch out for those micro meals, they are really not that good for you! Take the receipe ideas from them and try and make them yourself.
18. diet alone is no good you must do some light exercise as well to start with or your weight will yo yo. dave.
19. Your height/weight ratio is fine, see link below.
20. Do NOT go on starvation diets! You will lose weight, but the smart body that you have will try and survive by burning muscle tissue. Smaller portions, 6 times a day, minimal amounts of refined products, minimal amounts of fired food ( I would say none instead of minimal but no one would listen to that, including me). And exercise! At the start just walk 30 minutes every day. One thing more, beg, borrow or buy "You, the Owner's Manual" by Mehmet OZ, Md.
21. Whatever you do dont Starve yourself! I stopped eating last year for 4 - 6 months and i dont know why i couldnt look at food without bawking and if i tried 2 eat it i couldnt 'cos i would bawk that much, but after about 5 months i started eating gradually dont know why i went down to a size 6 and i was a 10 - 12 i weighed 8 and half stone and lost 2 and half stone within the months and i am 4ft 10 it is so horrible not being able to eat i looked all skinny and weak i am now a size 8 and happier than i was when i was a size 6, now i cant stop eating i just dont seem to put weight on but i have gained a bit and everyone says i look better lol i am now 7 stone or 7 and half. So dont starve your self its not worth it, just diet and exercise eat 3 healthy meals a day and if you feel like a snack have some fruit or a youghurt go the gym 2 - 3 times a week. Good luck.
22. Right now I`m on a diet which they bring the food to my house, it`s healthy food and really small portions!! If you eat chicken, eat only half of a small chicken breast, and a small portion of salad, no carbs. The only carbs you can eat are wholewheat bread only one toast in your breakfast and one toast in the afternoon around 5 pm. For dinner also only salads really small portions.And most important you have to exercise everyday for at least 45 min. If you get hungry between meals eat diet jello all you want and drink at least 2 lts of water all day long. ohh also no sugar ( u can use equal or sweet n low),candies, sodas not even diet ones.
23. Chew each mouthful at least 50 times, it is strange but sends messages to your brain you are eating more that you are and also aids digestion (which can cause weight gain) It also takes longer to eat your meal also giving time for your brain to receive messages you are full preventing over eating. Try it it works!!!
24. sometimes you gain weight because you eliminate fat but gain muscles...
25. Sweetie, you have to realize that: what works for one person may not work for someone else! Try and experiment and stick with something that works for you. With me, cutting out the Carbohydrates made me lose a lot of weight really quickly, not for my boyfriend though. It`s not the weight that is important but how it is distributed throughout your body. Also, use a measuringtape to measure yourself instead of the scale where you can`t tell if you lost any weight on your stomach or your arms... Good luck