Does Anyone know how to lose weight really quickly?

Question

Well I'm skinny but want to lose more weight in like a week?
Any suggestions for me????

Answer 1

Don't target more than about 2 lbs per week. If you try to lose faster, your body will go into "starvation mode" and get very stingy about burning calories while at the same time very efficient about storing any calories that you do provide. And it will make you feel awful.

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.

To lose a pound of fat, you need to eliminate about 3500 calories. You can do this by burning more with exercise or by modifying your diet to reduce intake. If you do a Google search on say, "swimming calories" you will quickly find a website with tables of calories burned for a given exercise. You can use such lists to estimate how many calories you are burning up with your routine.

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.


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Answer 2

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The most important thing about weight lose is making sure that you eat a well balanced diet 3 x a day; fill with protein, minerals, vitamins, fiber, etc. Don't deprive yourself from any food; because you will only want it more, just have a small amount of it.
Have light snacks between your meals (fruits, vegetables, crackers, protein bars, and etc). And more importantly, 64 oz of water a day/ 2 32oz of water a day. Just sip your water throughout the day, that way it doesn't seem a lot.

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Answer 3

If you chopped off a limb, that would probably be the quickest way to lose weight.

But... I'm guessign you don't want to do that. The Atkins thing where you cut out carbs lets you lose quickly... but you can become sick, and when you gain it back, it will return tenfold because your body thought it was starving.

Use common sense on what you eat, and do some excercise like walking. Stick to the reccomended serving sizes on food. You won't starve & you'll get a well rounded diet.

Answer 4

Healthy tips for losing weight fast


1. Lessen calorie intake by 250-500 per day by substituting most high calorie foods for low fat varieties

2. Keep this cut going for at least one week or until you reach a weight loss level that lasts more than 4 days, then reduce calories by a further 200 per day.

3. Take high quality protein with mainly meals or if possible combine the low fat plant foods together at each meal.

4. Begin a standard weight-training program to keep muscle and boost metabolism.

5. Do aerobic activities on the days in-between the weights sessions to help burn fat directly.

6. Drink plenty of water all day to keep energy levels.

7. Lessen sodium eating by preparing meals using fresh, natural and healthy ingredients.

8. Gently raise the intensity level of the weights program forcing the body to hold onto muscle as calorie intake is lowered gradually over time.

9. Never go below 1500 calories per day, simply exercise more often when if this target is reached.

Answer 5

I always tell people to ride bikes when they want to lose weight, because it really does help! I always recommend riding bikes and running if you want to lose weight fast. Just go jogging any time you can.. in the morning for a 15 minute jog and perhaphs a mile one or two times a week. You'll be amazed at the difference!

Answer 6

I'd say you have more problems than losing a few pounds. If you're skinny you don't need to lose weight; and you might want to look into whether you have an eating or body dismorphic disorder. Best of luck.

Answer 7

Here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Here what that will do for you, your metabolism will increase (i.e. Loose weight) and you will have more engry. If you go on a diet and eat less, your metabolism will slow down and store to fat. That is why diets dont work. Only the size of your fist, carbs (examples:baked potato, pasta, oatmeal, beans, corn, melon, apples, fat free yogurt, whole wheat breads)in one and protien (examples:chicken breast, swordfish, shrimp, turkey breast) in the other. You can also eat vegetables and salads with any meal, they dont have none or little fat). 30min cardo exercise every day. Any of these(examples: walking, jogging, swimming,running, biking, ect), Monday cardo, tues upper body (arms: curls, tricep extensions,pull ups, front press)(abdominals: leg pull crunch, leg raises), (chest: bench press, butterfly, pullover)(shoulders: front press, arm pullover, cross county skier machine)(back:seated row, lat pull downs, back extension)(YOU DONT HAVE TO DO IN ONE DAY, mix it up) wed cardo, thurs lower body (legs: leg pull,leg press, squats, lounges) fri cardo, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising, you do this on sunday so your body doesnt go into starvation mode. YOU NEED TO TAKE SUNDAY OFF. If you stilck with this you will have a great body. also drink aleast 8oz of water daily! Stay away from Mcdonals, Wendys, ect because there is nothing good for you on the menu's even the salads are bad (beaon bits, cheeze, dressing, ect) Good Luck :)

Answer 8

Its not safe to lose weight so quickly but if your going to an event or an occasion where you are concerned about how you look if you go to your local retail store they do sell underwear and girdles which can flatten your tummy thighs and hips. Much safer IMO. Good luck.

Answer 9

No...skinny isn't attractive or healthy anyway...why do you want to lose more? Are you trying to see how completely unappealing and unhealthy you can be? STOP!

Take care of you...obession with weight is such a waste of time...there are so many other kewl things in the world to obsess over.

Answer 10

The Best Exercises To Lose Weight
http://weightloss-tips-guide.blogspot.com/2006/09/best-exercises-to-lose-weight.html


Helpful Tips to lose weight
http://weightloss-tips-guide.blogspot.com/2006/09/helpful-tips-to-lose-weight.html

Answer 11

Take a good look in the mirror. You Probably look great. Eat for health not for looks. Try getting a picture book of "normal looking people" from around the world. If you really want to loose more, exercise more, but eat a good balanced diet and stay well.