What is the quickest way to lose 11 kilos by christmas?

Answer 1

Your goal is a little too ambitious. You could lose 20 lbs and feel good if you are motivated. Here are some aggressive but realistic ideas.


First, for all of the "quick and easy" weight loss diet pill suggestions you will receive, remember, if something sounds too good to be true... it probably is, particularly if you have to pay for it.


On Yahoo!Answers I find certain questions being asked repeatedly which is simply a reflection of new people participating. A couple of common questions amount to "How do I lose weight," or more specifically, "How do I lose abdominal fat?" I have gotten very positive responses from my answers when I paused to reply (and now beginning to get "It works!" emails that are very gratifying. I like helping people)... so have recently decided to put a good solid answer on my Yahoo!360 Blog (September 10) that I can point people to. These are my thoughts as a physician and athlete.

Don't target losing 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 work 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

NONE of my business, and I understand how the home delivery systems are a very convenient way of managing a diet, but, my GOD are they expensive.. you can buy weight watchers meals in the supermarket, everything has the calorie figures on the pack these days, and even if you buy fresh foods, a pair of food scales and a calorie counter, you can work out a 1500 cal a day diet yourself, and save yourself SO much money.. anyway, sorry, had to say it. Yes, you can lose that weight in the time, stick to the 1500 cals, and go for 2 really fast one hour walks a day, and you will do it. Another tip is kick starting it with a week of the soup diet.. get a load of veg, (except potatoes), so onions, celery, tomatoes, carrots, peppers, everything you like, boil them up till soft and then liquidise, and eat as much as you like of that, but ONLY that, for a week.. your stomach will shrink, so you won't feel hungry for the second week, and it really gets the weight off and gives you incentive.

Answer 3

Weight is part of lifestyle
You wish to lose weight then You must change your lifestyle. Permanently.
Go low Carb.
Get a protein supplement drink for one meal a day.
The protein will keep hunger away.... Gets rid of wrinkles also they say.
Drink 8 or more cups of water per day...
Also exercise.....
Intensity depends on your current fitness level. So do not over do it. Walking is a great start.
I lost over 11 Kg in 2 months
It is still off.

Answer 4

I believe that carb interceptors, (supplements,) are affective. Also, stay away from the convenience, (fast food restaurants, frozen or canned meals.) Do all of your own cooking and broil or roast; don't fry. Of course, exercise as always. Take brisk walks.

Additional thought: Foods designated as, "diet," may be low in calorie and work if that is all that is consumed. But it is funny that such things are big selling items and still our society keeps getting fatter. I think taste and enjoyment is always a necessary factor. When you do your own cooking, you can cover all of the bases.

Answer 5

The difference between your current weight and the ideal weight is the weight you wish to lose. The maximum weight that can be lost safely by a person is 1-2 kg a week. Any faster weight loss could adversely affect your health, and you could regain it quickly after you stop the weight loss program. More information on a weight loss diet and exercises available at http://tinyurl.com/jax5h

Answer 6

Go both ways, cut out the sugars (rice, potatoes, sweets, all processed foods), and also cut down on the fats, too. Go low fat. Also, exercise and walk/run like 45 minutes a day, like 6 days a week.

Answer 7

The Jenny way

Answer 8

Dont exceed 600 Calories a day, and burn 1200 calories a day.

Answer 9

GO RUNNING IN THE MORNING AND EAT LIKE 5 HEALTHY LIGHT SNACKS TROUGH OUT THE DAY INSTEAD OF MEALS. LAY OFF THE SODA AND SUGARS TOO.

Answer 10

Don't eat anything passed 5pm