What would be the best way to drop major lbs in 6 weeks??

Question

Okay so I need to lose some serious lbs by dec 1st. I want to be healthy about it but i also need to be drastic at the same time.. Is this possible and if so HOW????

Answer 1

First, for all of the "quick and easy" weight loss diet pill suggestions, 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

If you have good knees & ankles(you haven't stated your age), I would simply jump rope or jump on the spot(definitely on a carpeted area or grass wearing sports shoes) maintaining 1 foot & a 1/2(18 inches/45 cms) off the ground. Do two sets of as many jumps as you can every day(3/5 mins rest inbetween), and maintain the height of your knees. Also do slow squats-same again(as many as u can for 2 sets). Keep heart rate up. Keep your slow good form on the squats(check fitness books for good technique). U will feel 100% better in 6 weeks, you will be so much fitter & will have lost lots of pounds easily. Very fast(30 and efficient exercises using entire boy. Will drop the pounds easily. 30/40mins/day max excercise. Please stretch for at least 10 mins b4 & after. You really should see a physician as with any strenous activity, but from my experience it will work. There u go. Work hard and it will Sooooooooooooooo SIMPLE.

Answer 3

You might think about trying this book called "The Movie Star Diet" by Steve Simmons. It helped me lose thirty pounds in 2 1/2 months when I didn't think anything would work. My goal to begin with was only 20 lbs! It has a really easy plan to follow and an excellent workout to use as well.

Answer 4

wow! the frame is an robust factor isnt it? homeostasis. the frame is works in wonders whilst it's confused. the frame adapts to something you do. congratumalations!!! youve skilled a plateau! your frame has tailored to the caloric intake or recreation. it may additionally occur should you lose to a lot weight in a small period of time like if you're wasting greater than one million-2lbs every week whcih you shouldnt do. those occur always and every body is certain to enjoy it as soon as in a awhile. thats why ypu gotta difference up your coaching agenda each and every three-four weeks and difference the meals you devour each and every as soon as in awhile. no longer fairly difference the quantities however preserve the nutrient ratios and energy the equal however simply difference the meals for one more one. as a substitute of oatmeal you'll have a potato. as a substitute of bird have eggs. preserve energy the equal however simply difference it up. to get out of the plateau you are going to need to recreation extra to lose extra. thats why its no longer well to recreation alot or do aerobic daily since what haooens whilst your frame adapts for your daily aerobic? then you definately need to do extra aerobic probably two an afternoon simply to preserve weight to repair it with the intention to result in overtraining. your frame is made to conform so throw curve balls at it and preserve your frame guessing the next step. do not forget your frame can't consider, it best does what you inform it to do.

Answer 5

You need to careful and still eat healthy food. Try Slimfast meals - one for breakfast and one for lunch then normal (600 calorie) meal in the evening. Exercise and don't do anything too drastic. You need to be realistic - usually if you need to lose weight it will drop off quite quickly (believe me, my Dad has lost over three stone in 10 months, my Mum two stone but it has taken my husband two years to lose two stone - hubby did Slimfast to begin with then cut out fat). Just stick with it and be realistic about your goals. Good luck.

Answer 6

Don't eat anything for the first 8 days,
just drink 3 litres of tea, milk and soda per day
take enough comp. of vitamines
you will lose 6 lbs within one single week !

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

Don't know what you mean by "major pounds" but my advice.....exercise 45 minutes 6x a week. Tons of lean meat, fruit, veggies, and only whole grain carbs in smaller amounts. Water, water, water.

Answer 10

exercise of course..
try this diet...
breakfast--black coffee/ no sugar
lunch--a piece of medium sized banana
dinner--green leafy vegetable of any kind and u can have as much as u can
don't try to tuck any other food other than coffee,banana,greens.
but if it makes u uncomfortable then stop the diet. drink only water, no soda,beer or even softdrinks, even fruit juice..coz they are sweet...but again, ol we need is discipline and determination. good luck...aim me with d results...hahaha