How can I lose 20 pounds by Sunday, Oct. 5? Currently weight 160 need to weight 140 age 28, 5'6 please help?

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How can I lose 20 pounds by Sunday, Oct. 5? Currently weight 160 need to weight 140 age 28, 5'6 please help?

Answer 1

That is about 6 weeks away...

A better / more realistic goal would be about 10 to 12 lbs.

Remember, calories in minus calories out is good if that number is negative, but if you take it too far you will hurt yourself!!!

You can figure out roughly what your BMR is by many different calculators online.

Once you get that, you need to figure out your normal activity and add it to your BMR.

Then finally, add your exercise calories.

If you are not eating enough calories based on your current weight and activity level, you will end up burning muscle instead of fat (your ultimate goal).  Burning muscle hurts you cause you will lower your metabolism and burn less calories in a day!  It takes work for your body to keep muscle (repairing it and building it), so it is the first to go if your body thinks its not getting enough calories!

Try going to www.myfitnesspal.com the forum on there has excellent advice and the whole program does a really good in helping you be away of how many calories your putting in and how many you should be burning off!

I have a few of my “close to overweight” Marines on it and it has worked wonders for them!  Including two that are having a tough time losing their weight after a pregnancy!!!

Answer 2

Try this

Breakfast

Egg whites, 1 slice wheat toast

10:30 Am Snack--apple or pear, 3 walnut halves

Lunch--Huge green salad, tomatoes, cucumbers, vinaigrette dressing, plus skinles chicken, turkey or fish

3:30 PM Snack--apple or pear, 3 walnut halves

Dinner--Huge plate of greens (spinach, broccoli, cabbage, kale) plus skinless chicken, turkey or fish

Drink 8 glasses of water and all the sugar free lemonade you want

Answer 3

Try this.

Quick Weight Loss

By

minootoo

It is not recommended but it may be required in some rare case. One such case is before going in for some surgery.

So here it is.

1. A doctor must approve it. Or. You had recent physical.

2. You must take vitamin supplement equal to or batter then Multi vitamin for Man or woman, over 50 years, even if you are much younger.

3. Must not be on this diet for more then 1 month without doctor’s permeation.

4. Must know that it is considered a starvation diet.

5. Drink at lest 1 gallon of water but do not drink more then 1 ½ gallon of water per day.

6. Exercise 3 hours per day. One hour of which must be body parts specific routine, you can find it on the Internet and in the library.

7. Keep total calorie at 1000 per day, all vegetable and fruits; avoid fat (2% max calorie in fat). Eat 8 meals 125 cal each at equal interval, n 10 hours. No food 4 hours before bed time and 8 hours of rest (sound sleep preferred). Keep total calorie at 1000 per day, all vegetable and fruits; avoid fat (2% max calorie in fat).

8. Make sure you eat vegetarian proteins such as lentils and pulses (American call them cereals, but not break fast type that contains mainly crabs

9. Please note. If you use non vegetarian diet you will use up calorie, and will have hunger prangs. This is the main reason for vegetarian diet. Other then that you can use any thing.

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Exercise 2 hours per day:

You do not need to join a gym.

15 minutes walk before each main meal, 15 minutes walk before bed time. Walk any where office, home apartment, side walk, road (if safe). Walk at good clip (fast as fast as you can).

1 hour of other free hand exercises, break it up in 15 minutes, if you can if you like or must.

A. Include free hand upper body exercises.

B. Do seat ups.

C. Do crunches.

D. Do standing bends (try to touch the ground with legs spread to maintain balance)? Make sure you do not tip over. Do not have to touch the ground but must try to go as far as you can.

E. Through the waist tilt your body slightly back, stay close to the wall so you do not fall back ward, be very care full, not to injure the back or back bone at the waist.

F. Do some side bend, by bending at the waist keeping your hand on the side of thighs, may want to spread the legs for balance. Go alternate, do them left, right, left right.

G. Do push ups.

H. Do chin ups (if you can and have a bar available).

Once this period is over, or once the weight loss is achieved then go back to other articles for maintaining the weight loss or for further loss as needed per Body Mass Index or at 1500 calorie level. At this level if you are non vegetarian then you can add 500 calorie of non vegetarian food without getting huger prangs or worry about putting on the weight.

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Life Style Change Program for Loosing Weight

By

minootoo

Who needs to loose weight?

Answer is simply not every one, only the over weight person.

Who is over weight?

This is simple, it is easy to find out and it is available on line, it is call Body Mass Index, and calculations are simple. According to this calculation if you find your self say only 10 pounds more, you may not be over weight. Remember every one is slightly different and you can just watch it, on your own and not let it get out of hand.

What is the reason for being over weight?

This is also simple, have doctor check you out for any physical or hormonal abnormalities. The doctor should be advising you of your ideal weight even though you have already figured out the ideal weight and you are seen a doctor because your weight is not where it should be according to BMI.

Basic understanding of loosing weight.

Every one uses calories at all time. There may be some exceptions to this rule, for most of us; the rate of use, even when we are resting, we use 65 calories per hour minimum. This comes to1560 calories per day. The actual range is between 65 and 100 calories per hour. This is consistent with heart rate of 60 to 80 bits per minute.

Simply put any person eating only say 1500 calories a day, and moderately active, will not put on any additional weight. At this level of calories consumption the person should loose some weight over long haul, depending on the individual rate of metabolism.

What is a healthy weight loss?

When one tries to loose weight, one should loose excess fat; there should be a healthy loss of weight. Loosing muscles tissue is unhealthy.

How much is one pound of body fat?

One pound of body fat weight is approximately same as one pound of butter. If you look at a one pound package of butter, you will see it contains between 3200 to 3600 calories. This means that each time a person burns 3600 more calories then what the person takes in, the person will loose one pound.

How many pounds should a person loose in a month?

Any one that is trying to trim down can figure out how long it took to put on the excess pounds. The fact is; it did not happen over night. It usually creeps up, but the person realizes one day suddenly.

This is why a person should not be in a hurry to loose weight. The person should start at once but go slowly. Do not wait for New Year.

Taking above in to consideration a person should not loose more then 2 pounds per month. If a person looses any thing more then that, chances are that the person will not be able to maintain the weight loss. It will take extra efforts to loose and it will take extra efforts to keep it off. Remember slow and steady wins the race.

When an overweight person should start loosing weight?

At once. The person should not be in a hurry to loose weight. The person should start at once but go slowly. Again do not wait for New Year.

How does body react to weight lose?

Any time there is depletion of fat beyond certain level, the body reacts by slowing down metabolism, so that it can build up fat. If the body is use to say 2000 calories per day and detects only 1500 calories per day for considerable length of time it reacts to the situation by reducing the rate of metabolism. When this happens one need to help body by increasing activity. Usually takes about four weeks for body to react.

What is the relationship between body and body fat?

Under ideal condition fat act as a reserved energy source for our body. Certain level of fat is good for healthy living and even may save our life in certain life threatening situations. Every one should have minimum required level of fat on their body.

What if there is no weight loss at 1500 calories in take level?

This is a rear occurrence. Do not panic. The body has slowed down the metabolism to such a great extent that you must help it. The only way to help is to increase activities, this means you have to exercise. You do not need to join Gym but you can go on an an half an hour walk every day or batter still engage in a power walk for same duration. Power walk burns 250 calories per mile and walk burns 100 calories per mile approximately.

What is the importance of body fat for a female?

Females require little more body fat then men. In the absence of certain required level of body fat, females are not able to function properly; in particular they may not be able to conceive. You can find lot more about this on internet.

At 1500 calories intake per day what one must drink and eat?

Drink

One gallon of liquids most of witch should be in the form of water (zero calories).

Calories should be accounted for all other liquids.

Why water?

Water is a universal solvent, means it dissolves almost every thing at least in very minute quantities. This helps purification of body.

Eat

What should be your proportionate in take of fat, Proteins and Complex Carbohydrates?

This depends on what your need are.

1. Need to reduce fat.

Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories.

Complex Carbohydrates: 30 percent of 1500 calories per day = 450 calories.

Proteins: 60 percent of 1500 calories per day = 900 calories.

2. Need more energy.

Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories.

Complex Carbohydrates: 40 percent of 1500 calories per day = 450 calories.

Proteins: 50 percent of 1500 calories per day = 750 calories.

3. Need to reduce weight only.

Fat: 25 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 375 calories.

Complex Carbohydrates: 25 percent of 1500 calories per day = 375 calories.

Proteins: 50 percent of 1500 calories per day = 750 calories.

4. Need to increase muscles bulk, but still reduce weight.

Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories.

Complex Carbohydrates: 15 percent of 1500 calories per day = 225 calories.

Proteins: 75 percent of 1500 calories per day = 1125 calories.

Exercise the muscles you want to develop, you can find right exercise on line, recommend use of light weights.

Foot note: To take fat is so important, while reducing even fat, that it is included in all cases. If the fat is completely cut out, body will think of producing the fat, and will produce the fat by reducing metabolism, without fat in take, you may actually again weight even at lower than 1500 calorie level. You will feel run down and lethargic.

How one must, drink and eat?

Drink

Every one may not be able to follow this regime.

A 16 oz glass of water first thing in the morning will be very healthy start.

If you need to stabilize your stomach before eating, you can have a glass of water just before each and every meal. This is the easiest way to meet your quota of gallon of liquids.

Eat

To day almost half the world is starving.

In western culture. Standard healthy practice for long time was three warm square meals per day. No eating in between, but children were allowed night cap.

All that has changed, present thinking is 5 to 6 times per day. Any way what practice one follows is up to them; to each his own.

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Answer 4

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