lo0seing weight?

Question

is it possible to lo0se 20 pounds in 1 m0nth?! if s0 can sum0ne tell meeh h0w..and f0r free n0t n0 diet things!

Answer 1

There is no site specific way of losing fat... the old myth about working your abs to burn belly fat isn't true. To get rid of love handles, you need to lose overall fat. That happens with exercise and watching your diet. More on that below.

The most effective way to lose fat is aerobic exercise in the "moderate" fat-burning range, ideally first thing in the morning before you eat. When you wake your body is ready to burn fat and your levels of growth hormone are highest at that time. Later in the day it can take up to 30 minutes just to put your body into a fat-burning mode.

Another overlooked way to burn fat is by lifting weights. Skeletal muscle has very high caloric needs... almost twice that of adipose (fat) tissue. Put on a little muscle and you will burn calories all day even at rest. Be aware that skeletal muscle weighs more, so with this approach you may see your weight increasing while your body fat is melting away. Not realizing this often stresses folks who think they should be losing weight as a measure of fitness. Forget the scale, look in the mirror and you will be happy.

For diet, keep a diary for a couple of weeks counting calories, grams of protein, and grams of fat intake. It is easy with online sources of nutritional information (type the name of the food and calories into the Google search engine) and packaging labels. That will let you quickly figure out where the fat is coming from in your diet.

Fat gives you 9 calories per gram. So take the number of grams of fat, multiply by 9, then calculate what percentage the fat calories are of your total daily calories. Restricting the calories from fat to about 20% of your total intake is ideal for a maintenance diet... that isn't overly restrictive. Of note, you need some fat in your diet. For instance, the body uses fat to produce hormones. Once you have a picture of how to modify your diet, you can drop the diary and just go back to it occasionally if you are wanting to tweek things further.

There is a subset of questions that goes further and asks about "How to get a six-pack?" The answer is the same. Six-packs are 20% abdominal exercise and 80% diet. There is one caveat... abdominal muscles will form in the position that you exercise them, so be certain to pull them tightly toward your spine while doing crunches, etc. Also, during most lifting, the "core is active" which means that you should be stabilizing with contracted abs then too. Fail to do this and the abs will form, but bulging outward and the result is not attractive.

If you are trying to build muscle as a way to lose fat, then you may need to increase total calories and specifically your protein intake. I target about 0.8 g of protein per pound of body weight each day when actively building. That is far more protein than most people need in their diets.

Hope this is helpful to someone.

Aloha

Answer 2

My ideas? Try to do 200 minutes of cardio a week. Remember fat does not turn into muscle, so you need to lose your fat while putting on muscle. Work hard, but don't over 60 minutes at a time. Do planks and other abs exercises on alternate days.

On training days, do 5-10 minutes of cardio to warm up, then do your weight training. Do 30 to 60 minutes more of cardio, then go home.

The best time to eat is just after your workout within an hour when your metabolism is raging. For your muscles, incorporate some isolated soy protein or whey protein. Whey is more potent but the soy tastes better!

Don't look at your scale as the be all and end all, but get a measuring tape to check your progress, and that will show more tangible results.

Read magazines like Shape, Womens Fitness, Fitness, etc to get tips and to stay motivated.

Good luck and stick at it. This plan has lost me 20 lbs in 12 weeks so far, just go for it!

Answer 3

well, i am on this diet pills that my friend brought me from Hong Kong. The first week i took I had already lost 3kg, this is the second week, i hope i can lose another 3 kg. Don't know if u want to try it or not, it costs AU$30 per bottle??? At the moment i don't suffer any side effect and i can still enjoy eating chocolate and chips. I had tried Herbalife before but it didn't work on me .
This product is easy to take, what u have to do is take 2 tablets each day, one before breakfast and one before dinner. if u want to loss weight fast, u can take another one before lunch but i don't recommend it because u will loss too fast already by taking 2 each day

Answer 4

I lost about 10 lbs just by stopping the junk food. Drink a lot of water about 8 Glasses a day. Excercise as well. Get help from you doctor if you need it. Weight watchers works well too. You can use their recipies if you don't necessarily follow the program. Good Luck!

Answer 5

Hey,

You need to get on a diet and start getting in more exercise and make it a habit. In order to lose weight you must burn more calories then you eat.

So eat low calorie healthy meals and find a way to be active if its at the gym or out playing sports or walking with friends.

Also very important is motivation without it you will surely fail! you need to be motivated and dedicated in anything you do.

Success is a habit!


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Answer 6

i wrestle in highschool we have to lose 10 lbs a night sometimes so here it is . . . .
week one eat 4 times (that whole week). after week one you eat 3meals a day breakfast is biggest dinner is smallest. drink about 3/4 to 1gallon of water a day (you will pee alot) gren tea is realy good too u can drink only one or both. multivitamins are helpful too also go running when you can for as long as you can drink about 3shots of cider vinigar a day (one with eachmeal). do sit ups before you sleep (that helps you sleep too cuz u get tired out) eat lots of veggies (you can have them whenever you want) stuff with lots of fiber is good too. no suger and no trans or saturated fats, keep you calories low as possible. thats what i do when i need to lose weight.... ALSO anorexia, and binge/purge are prety fast too but i woulndt sugget those

Answer 7

You can definately lose 20 pounds in one month on a low carbohydrate diet. I lost it and I ate all the meat I wanted!

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Answer 8

i lost 20 lbs in a month once....
i didnt realize i had lost so much weight.

i lived in the ghetto, and did not eat much (usually only supper).

I walked to and from work (labor job)---every day.
its not a good, healthy way to live...but from feburary to april, i lost 40 pounds

Answer 9

The slower you lose the weight the more permanent the weight loss is.

Answer 10

eat a lot of canteloupe and watermelon. You should lose 3 lbs.alone on your first day.