Hello guys, my name is Ashney and I’m the newest member of the house. I have gained 36kg in the last 2 years (from 68kg to 104kg) and I’m practically looking for a reset button. If you have any recommendations for me, I would be more than pleased to try some out. Leave me a comment… 
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The first step in fat loss dieting is ultimately being 100% honest with yourself.
there are near endless ways to diet, but the one rule they all have in common is Calories In must be less than Calories out. You have to be in a caloric deficit to lose weight.
Do you exercise in any format currently?
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Im not sure if there is anything worth to mention extra. At this time of human history we already know all there is to know about weightloss and there are 100s of ways to do it, spammed all around the internet. There is not much to discuss anymore, you just do it.
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Welcome to T-nation.
Are you tracking your intake with MyFitnessPal?
You bought a digital food scale?
You set a daily steps goal?
You set a daily calorie goal?
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Find a way to live a fulfilling life while in a caloric deficit, then do it. Think of it like any other long term goal, whether its financial, educational, whatever. You won’t achieve anything big with stop and start bursts of all out effort, you need to get yourself in a position where you’re nudging yourself in the right direction daily and then just let time do its magic.
Also: follow whatever @throwawayfitness says. His track record speaks for itself.
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Food diary.
When ever I’ve had someone ask me about weight loss or gain the first answer is food diary. They think it is to give me an accurate picture of their current eating habits. It is not. If you want to lose weight and are not - I know you are eating too much. If you want to gain weight but can’t - you are eating too little. It is to give YOU the accurate picture.
It is quiet funny as keeping a food diary will automatically make you that much more aware of what you are eating. And as such if you trying to lose weight you will lower your intake. There is a world of difference between eating a slice of cake and writing down in your weight loss food diary: “Ate cake - 1 slice - approximately 300 calories. Mostly sugar”.
Like wise when a “hard gainer” looks back at their “big days eating” and they have consumed 4 eggs, half a chicken sandwich and burger all day they see their intake is too low. It makes you face reality.
Also - when your weight loss does slow down you can look at what you have been eating over the past few days and weeks and see what else can come out.
So yeah - food diary.
FYI - food diary can be done on fitness apps. Or make a fake profile on face book to send photos to. Anything to accurately record what was eating. Even if you do not have macro info to start.
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Eat less.
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weigh your food, count your calories, track your progress and use tools like fasting.
Lots of good advice on diet already provided. If I were to give one advice in regards of weight loss, excercise and consistency - I would recommend you start out by making a 30 min pulse elevating walk a day. That should do something long term. Make it a part of your daily schedule to become a routine.
If I were to recommend strength training I would start out lightly with a full body program twice weekly (as an add-on to the walks). Personally I prefer high intensity training (HIT) but you will find many good alternatives on here. But the point I’m trying to make is - you need to make the strength training a manageable effort over a longer period of time. Stay out of the over excessive everyday training approach, and maybe most important - don’t look at photomodels as rolemodels - only compete with yourself and be the best that YOU can be. Best of luck!
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That is top-notch advice
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