I need to lose 9 pounds by January 11th, I don't care if I gain it back later...what can I do??

Answer 1

start with little things. 9 pounds in a month is totally do-able. drink more water, eat five small (200-400), healthy meals a day instead of three large ones (aim short of 2000 calories, 1600-1750, i think); introduce more fruits and veggies into your diet, and try walking 60 minutes a day. breath,relax, and try not to stress out. having a healthy, happy mind influences a healthy body.

Answer 2

A person needs to take in 10 calories per pound of their body weight daily, so if you way 200 lbs you should take in 2000 calories to maintain it, but if they take in 1800 they will begin to loss. Try that, plus do this cardio routine on a tred mill. Go twenty Min's. Start out with a fast paced walk for five minuets to warm up. When the clock hits 5:45 go into a sprint until it hits the next Minut. when it hits 6, go back to a fast walk. repeat this until the 15th minut. then use the remaning five to cool down. good luck

Answer 3

Try the CSIRO diet

The basis of CSIRO is higher protein and lower but not completely devoid of carbs.
Here's a link to a site which gives you some of the recipes and the actual first 6 weeks of the diet for free:
http://www.themainmeal.com.au/index.cfm?...

Basically a balanced diet,including high protein foods (protein foods make you feel fuller for longer) such as lean red meat, chicken and fish you can excahnge for vegetarian options too). Cut down on processed carbs and exchange them for less processed foods (ie exchange white bread for multigrain) Eat 3 main meals a day but add some healthier snacks...if you crave sugar and fatty snacks like I do, replace them with more natural substitutes. eg change over a candy bar/chocolate for dried or normal piece of fruit, instead of chips have some mixed nuits.

Make sure you are also having high fibre foods (that's where the fruit and nuts are really handy)...pick lower sugar cereals that have higher fibre such as Sultana Bran or Fibre Plus.

Don't foget to drink at least 2 litres of water ...I still allow myself a diet drink too every day

Don't forget to add at least half an hour exercisea day...morning for weightloss, evening for weight maintenence. I go to gym 5-6 mornings a week...that's alot but to lose the weight I have had to make time for me. I have also added two boxing classes

Alternately I do walk for 40 minutes on a Saturday. I did start my exercising at the beginning by just walking.

Also if you find yourself starting to plateau then you need to vary your routine...change your exercising pattern around

Most importantly of all ...be kind to yourself and don't crucify yourself if you slip a bit...it happens, just don't write the whole day/week off if you do...I found allowing myself some chocolate every week has curbed the urge to binge.

Cheers and good luck

Answer 4

Cut out sweets altogether and start running (or walking). Snack on fruits & vegetables. Drink plenty of water (ditch the soda altogether). Eat only when hungry and stop once you're full.
Increase your physical activity. Run atleast 4 times a week.
You'll notice the difference immediately. Follow those guidelines and you'll lose those pounds before your deadline.

Answer 5

I say

protein..less carb..less fat unless it's good fat like flax seed oil

eg

breakfast

Fruit (fresh fruit)..

lunch tuna and salad

dinner chicken n salad.

no mayo.

go for a 30 min brisk walk 5 times a week

I lost about 6 kg in a month doing so.

plus snack on fruits.

my skin cleared up too...and i also took L-carnitine (h=can get it from healthsops)..an amino acids that takes the fast out of the fat cells into the blood steam to be burned off as energy!!..
take it before doing exercise..(30 mins prior)

as when u do physical activity u use up your stored sugars first...dont really get to the fat untill sugar stores have been used.

Plus take spirulina for nutrients.

Answer 6

Do jogging 2 kms daily.
Take 3/4th of your regular dinner at night. Take regular food morning and noon.
Dont forget to take more water.
If needed additionally walk 4-5 kms daily.See that you take sufficient protein, minerals and vitamins.
By January 10th your weight will be 9lb lesser. Congratulations.

Answer 7

don't eat anything with sugar or white flour. You can have sugar that comes from fruit, and anything with 100% whole what flour. You can eat meat, nuts, brown rice, 100% whole wheat pasta, etc. Just be careful and read your ingredients, lots of foods have sugar in them. I lost 10 lbs in a month this way. And of course, exercise.

Answer 8

Stop eating FAST FOOD...
Denny's, Marie Callender's, Co-Co's...etc.
Any meal that is NOT made at home fresh everyday ( NOT microwaved or comes from a can ) is FAST FOOD...

Cardio ( walk around the block a couple of times )and Lots of water.

Answer 9

Coz i'm an indian
i wud advise you to do Yoga
its the most effective..
And you need to be least bothered abt your diet

If you get indian channels on your tv, search for channel
named "Aastha" or "Sanskar"

You may also find videos on the net, specially, search for a saint named "Ramdev maharaj" he is the most effective trainer.

Best of lucks

Answer 10

Drink TONS of water and shop until you drop! Seriously! Get out there and walk until you feel that your legs will fall off and since this is the prime shopping season, take advantage of it!

Good luck!