Try splitting you walk up into three or four times aday at 10 t0 15 minutes to keep your metabolism going. Make sure to eat 5 to 6 small meals aday. Above all else be persistent and stay focused. Don't give up. hugs

I have sucessfully lost 22 pounds (don't know what that is in kilos) by counting carbs. I just found out I am diabetic, and I need to lose about 75 more pound. It's coming off slowly, but it seems to be staying off and that's the important parts. Best of luck!

I understand how you feel as I am going through the same thing. What I really believe you should do (and what I am trying my hardest to do aswell) is to embrace the size you are right now and to change your mentality as this may be one of the reasons keeping the weight on. I recently got a great hair cut and new clothes and although they are size 18 (australian sizing), it made me feel a lot better while I'm losing weight. I have tried the 'celebraity slim' shake diet, they are really yummy but I ran out of money and couldn't get another box. I cooked up some of the soup from the 'sacred heart diet' and eat that once a day in conjunction with exercise and healthy foods. If your boyfriend loves you, he will love you whatever size you are as long as you don't dwell on it too much I don't expect he will. I'm using 'rosehip' oil for my stretch marks, I'll let you know if it works. Chin up!!!!

Hi, you are so young and should have no problem losing weight, I agree with Sweetmama eat 6 small meals a day and exercise, there is no way around it, break it up like she says and eventually you won't have to. You must burn more than you put in. But you must eat in order to have something to burn or you will burn your muscle tissue nad end up flabby, and at your age you should go right back into shape. I am a nurse and also a diet professional ha ha, my husband is a personal trainer and a body builder so I do know a little about the suject. I have currently took off 40 lbs after having my 4th child, I am working on the last 40. If you have any ques just ask.

Diets don't work permanently.
Permanent changes to your lifestyle and eating habits do.

For your diet, I would suggest that you keep a diary of EVERY SINGLE ITEM YOU EAT OR DRINK. I guarantee it will be an eye opener.
You could take that diary to a dietitian to get a recommendation how to proceed, but I suspect that just seeing the diary will tell you where you need to make changes.

You should be eating every 2.5 or 3 hours. What you are doing is always keeping a little something in you, and eliminating any spikes as happens with sugars. When you eat 3 healthy meals, you have dips in your sugars and and as mentioned, in your metabolism.

Increase your water intake, Believe it or not, drinking more water as water helps with weight loss.

You must do resistance training; work in some weights because you want to drop the fat and gain the muscle.
Why? Because muscle uses more calories than fat.

You said that you had tried the gym and you have tried EVERYTHING, but I suspect that the gym will work for you if you get some directions.

At the gym, try some spinning classes. I guarantee that you will sweat buckets and it will be a major contribution to your cardio.
Sign up for one session, an accessment, with a trainer. Find out where you are weak and strong, and get some direction in what exercises are best for you to reach your goals.

There are NO quick fixes that are healthy. You may do this diet or that and seem to lose weight, but at what cost? What you may have lost is just water and muscle mass, and when you lose the muscle, you cripple your ability to lose weight or even maintain your current weight.

So pick up those dumb bells and start jogging.
And eat your veggies.

Thanks for all your advice so far.
I acknowledge what you are all saying. I am slowly changing my lifestyle habits. Buying filling chicken and salad sandwiches for lunch rather than kebabs. Replacing water with soft drink.
Im doing all of that as well. What i want though, is to do some sort of meal replacement diet just to reach my goal weight whilst incoporating healthy eating snack and meal wise. 2 of my main meals are to be replace by shakes whilst the rest of the day needs to be fruits and vegies. That way when i come off the "diet" i can carefully slip fruits and vegies in as snacks rather than the shakes. Do you think this will work. I just really want to get to my ideal size and then continue to live and eat healthily. Has this worked before?

Also still looking for answers from those of you who may have tried sandra cabots meal replacement diet, just want some ideas on how it works also still looking for stretch mark relief?

Anyone?

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try the beverly hills diet/counting calories. no more than 1200 calories. eat anything you want when you hit 1200 you stop, except for unlimited vegetables and water etc. i lost 6 pounds in two weeks and it wasn't hard at all. its listed under discussion topics.