i would like some help with a diet plan to lose 25 pounds by christmas?

Question

maybe even 30 pounds; if this is possible. I walk 30 minutes 5 days a week and do upper body weights 2 days a week. I just had a baby 8 months ago.

Answer 1

Its best to talk to a Dr. first. And they will usually tell you that all those fad diets are only short term. You want something to lose the weight and then maintain a good healthy lifestyle. I had a baby a year ago and I have been working on losing weight.

Your best bet is to count your calories and continue to work out the way you have been. You might find you can walk a little brisker too sometimes. And slowly start toning 3-4 times a week. That way if you do it nice and slow you will work up a routine and find that it becomes a way of life for you. You should definitely be able to take off 25 pounds by Christmas

Answer 2

My advice, no dieting. I have struggled with my weight my whole life and I can tell you diets work well - in the short term. Although, I did lose 45 pounds on TrimSpa last year.

Basically, reduce your portions. Be sure to eat a good, high fiber breakfast every single day. Have a small snack (like grapes or an apple) mid-morning. Have a healthy small lunch. Each an afternoon snack and have a SMALL dinner. Do not eat within 3 hours of going to bed. Make sure you are not starving yourself. If you do not get enough calories, your body will go into "starvation mode" and store fat. Then, everything you eat will be stored as fat and you will gain weight.

Drink LOTS of water. Eat a variety of soluable and insoluable fiber. This will "help keep things moving" and give you a feeling of being full.

Your exercise plan sounds good. If you keep that up alone, you should see some results. It is not healthy to lose more than 1-2 pounds a week.

It's all about lifestyle changes. Don't listen to these people telling you to try some crash diet. Yes, you want to limit your sugars and fats, and choose wheat bread and pasta over white. But you need carbs for energy and you need calories to survive.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Continue your current workout..maybe even increase your physical workout such as work in a little run time or bike time. walk with weights and increase your speed.

Also, you could go on a no carb or no sugar diet, like the South Beach diet. You should loose 8-15 pounds in the first 2 weeks. If you stay true to it and continue it until Christmas, you should drop some pounds as long as you stay active.

Answer 4

I just lost 20 pounds in one month by eating all fruits, vegetables and a little egg whites,cottage cheese and meats. Broiled or baked chicken without skin, fish and a small amount of meat.
The trick is to eat 6 mini meals, every three hours. Examples
1st breakfast, 1 cup oatmeal and a cup of skim milk. Second breakfast a banana and a 1/2cup fat free cottage cheese. Lunch
cup of vegetable soup ,a vegetable and a fruit, or a salad with fat free dressing and a sweet potato with nothing on it and another glass of skim milk. Snack 5wheatable crackers with fat free Laughing cow cheese with baby carrots and a piece of fruit. Dinner small piece of chicken or fish with 1/2cup brown rice a nd a vegetable. Snack, fat free/sugar free pudding or a sugar free Popsicle or a fat free yogurt and another glass of skim milk. The extra milk keeps you full and healthy. The exercise is great but you need to increase a little a couple of times a week. Don't worry once the pounds start melting you will get more and more motivated. If you purchase any exercise machine the elliptical trainer is awesome but expensive. A more reasonably priced machine is called the power rider (look it up on the Internet) I spent $200 on mine but my sister found one on E-bay for $100.
Its shaped like a bicycle but its a pushing motion that works out everything; stomach, legs and arms. Drop me an e on this site if you want or need more info.

Answer 5

Cut out "bad" carbs...that means all the refined white stuff like white flour, sugar and potatos. Did you know that a white potatoe is higher on the glycemic index than a candy bar? Of course we may be tired of hearing the same old thing about eating your veggies but it is true. If you have a juicer that will help you get your 5-7 serving. Walk every day in the fresh air. Baby will love it too! Good luck!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I lost 95 lbs in 8 months using a plan called Shapeworks, it was a simple plan to follow. I have kept the weight off for over 4 years now, which is the hardest part of weight loss. Here is where I got it from: www.loseweightnow.com/tfward

Answer 8

The biggest thing is to drink more water.
If you'd like to know only about diet ask your doctor to refer you to a nutritionist, that way you can discuss your lifestyle & work with it instead of trying a whole new difficult approach.
In general, though, try to eat 3-4 vegetable servings a day, and 4-5 fruit servings a day.
Everyone has their own opinion about proteins and carbs so I won't advise you on that, but try to cut your meal portions down to a little over a half of what you eat now.

Answer 9

1)Reduce bread products - one slice sandwich instead of 2 slices - and eat only fat free or low fat.
2) No tomato products - pizza, spaghetti sauce, juice
3) No sodas
4)No chips - substitute fat free pretzels
5)Reduce milk products - add a calcium supplement - eat fat free yogurt a few times each week.
6)No fruit juices - eat fresh fruit and dried fruit daily
7)Reduce meat portions to 3oz-50z per day. Add in an egg every few days for protein.
8)No fatty meats - no deli meats, no hotdogs, no pork products
9)No fried foods
10) Reduce caffeine but no decaffeneited products
11)No creamed soups
12)Drink water, but not too much.
Read the fat grams on the label, try to eat only fat free or low fat everything, including sauces & dressings.

30 minutes per day isn't enough. Try to add in a 15 minute workout somewhere - a brisk walk, aerobics, swimming.

You can do this, good luck....

Answer 10

I suggest you select on of the thousand diets existing on the net but be selective and take one from a reputable place like mayo clinic. If those 25 pounds are a substantial percentage of your weight now consult a doc.