How Much weight will I lose from doing this?

Question

After seeing Janet Jackson on the BET awards last night I became a "little" envious. How could she go from 165lbs, to looking like she has never even had a twenkie, in just a matter of months??

Anyways I started working out last night using my Eppileptical machine that had been sitting in the corner collecting dust. Only burned 150 Calories and afterwards drunk lots of water.

Well this morning i'm going to work out for an hour, make sure I take in no more than 1200 Cal. And tonight I will do a 30 to 1 hour workout.

Does this sound like a good routine to shed pounds?

my weight now is 165lbs and my height is 5'3". My goal is to lose 10-15 lbs hopefully by mid July so I can get back in my bathing suit and hit the beach before summers end.

Answer 1

If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. Stop making some major mistakes wake up earlier and get active earlier your metabolism is sluggish and needs to be woken up this is half your problem.

Here are the golden rules:
Initially cut down to 1200 calories.
Exercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved.
Don't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise.
Drink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day.
Limit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day.
Never eat dinner after 6pm.
Adopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!
Make low fat dairy choices

Follow this menu plan as a suggestion:
Breakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon
20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR
fruit salad w low GI soy yogurt
Snack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)
Lunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)
Snack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt
Dinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato
Snack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)

Exercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between.

Cardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes.

To maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again.

Good luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.

Answer 2

IN MY OPINION:

Everybody's body chemisty is different - in it's needs and how it responds. Sounds to me that you've done a bit of research and are on the right path!

30 MINUTES - 1 HOUR: That's a wide range! I'd stick to the same routine every time. Do a warm up, then do heavy cardio for 30 min, then a warm down.

CALORIES: Use online calorie calculators. Age is an important factor that is missing in your equation. Whatever diet you choose, if you're going to stick with that diet for the rest of your life, great - maybe. But if you think you'll eat more, you need to eat what you think you'll eat - and then exercise accordingly - otherwise when you go off your diet and start eating more, typically this will give you in turn more body fat.

My wife is 5' flat. She did research and takes in 1200 calories a day and weighs 100 flat. I'm 6'4. Recommended calorie intake was 2400. Usually I eat less than that - it just feels better to me.

1) Do at least 30 MINUTES OF CARDIO every day - at the very least every other day. I saw a response that sounded like you had to become a vegetarian - but then again if your goal is to look like a model, you're not interested in what the average person should be doing and throw everything I suggest right out the window! :) In my opinion restructuring your entire diet... this isn't necessarily the best option. Take it a bit at a time. See if the exercise does it. Heck, I lost 10 lbs in one month just by sticking to the cardio. - but everybody is different. Hit your target heart rate and sweat a bit! :)

DIFFERENT CARDIO: I was surprised when I did research, I mostly swim and play squash and ride bicycle. Riding bicycle burns loads of calories for me. Squash also the same. However, swimming (which is more difficult for me and more tiring) burns very few calories for me. Do research on the type of exercises you like most and do more of the one that burns more!

2) Watch the fat intake! LOOK AT FOOD LABELS. It's sickening the amounts of food you shouldn't be eating! The fat should be 1/3 or LESS than the total caleries on the label. In other words, if you multiply the calories from fat by 3 and it exceeds the total calories, it's probably not a good food to eat.

3) I'm 6'4" and 175 lbs and 32 yrs of age. I eat quite healthy and my cholesterol is super low. But I found out that I was at HIGH RISK FOR HEART ATTACK!! I cut out so much fat that I didn't have enough HDL type of FAT in my system - the good - yes good kind of fat. Bad fat raises your LDL. Saturated and Trans fats are bad. (mono and poly fats may or may not be listed on the food labeling, but they're good) The rest of the fat that is or is not listed is more than likely the good fat. So don't freak if you see the product has a high fat content, look at the details - and TAKE IN SOME GOOD FAT!

Keep doing the cardio - real cardio and watch the labels on food! If you are able to watch your calorie intake, I'm sure you'll be smart enough to read the other information on the labels of foods as well.

DON'T GET DISCOURAGED! As long as you lose SOME weight every month, you're on the right path. Just try not to counteract all that hard freaking work at Thanksgiving! ;) Easier said than done eh?!

Good luck!

Answer 3

I would urge you to bump up the calories a bit more -- especially if you are exercising. 1200 calories is pretty slim, especially for an active person. The deal is that if you reduce your calories too much, your energy levels will plummet, you'll be cranky, and you'll likely ditch your diet.

My suggestions:

1) Track your calorie expenditures / food intake using a tool like http://www.fitday.com. Try to come consume 500 calories less than what you burn. (i.e. eat 2000 if you burn 2500). This results in a gradual weight loss while still keeping you from starving yourself and keeps your metabolism rolling.

2) Graze -- eat 6 small meals a day. Every time you eat, your body revs up it's engines to digest the food. This also keeps your metabolism rolling along.

3) Keep exercising. Look for ways to burn calories.

4) Eat healthy. Eliminate junk, up the protein a bit and skip the high fructose sugars / saturated fats. Althouh, allow yourself a small cheat food every day so you don't go nuts.

5) Don't be afraid to eat. Your body needs the fuel to get your through your next workout and build muscle / repair cellular damage.

6) Educate yourself on diet, exercise. That means read... go to the book store and grab a Shape, Fitness or Muscle and Fitness Hers.

7) Have realistic expectations. It takes time to drop weight. Getting hung up on the scale readings will only bring you down. Try to resist weighing yourself daily -- once a week should suffice. Your body naturally fluctuates due to water gains, etc.

Have fun.

Answer 4

Yep. And as I tell everyone else, follow a vegetarian diet deemphasize starch, wheat and sugar - change to squashes and stevia to sweeten things.

Take a B complex (especially B-12).

Plenty of fruits, vegtables, and good oils - they won't make you gain weight, but will balance your body chemistry: Organic Olive oil and ESPECIALLY Flax Oil - 3 tablespoons every day. I guarantee you that this oil will not make you gain weight, but will help you lose weight. It works _with_ your thyroid and balances the rest of your body.

Take your mind off the junk with prayer, meditation and the excersizes you mentioned. Generosity is also a good weight reduction tool. Give to others the food you shouldn't be having, and stop in to see neighbors with just your presence, volunteer your time (if you aren't keeping a household of children.)

Blessings and good health,
Cheryl

Answer 5

Cardio, cardio, cardio!!! Good start. No less then 4 times a week, eat healthy, but don't stare yourself. Free weights are good also, you just need a couple of dumbells, so you can do some luges, bicep curls, and other exercises to work those muscles so you burn more fat.

Answer 6

janet jackson probably has a flock of personal trainers.

if you can actually keep that rountine up you should be able to lose weight. You should drink water throughout the day. And not just after workout.

Good Luck!

Answer 7

Drink green tea green tea can help you lose weight

Answer 8

its a good routin but as long as you dont starve your self you will be fine. i weigh 9 stone and in 5. 3 you should worry about ur weight.

Answer 9

Walk at least 15 mins after your meals

Answer 10

swap half of the avocado in a 1 2 cup of guacamole for zucchini