how long does it take to lose weight?

Question

how long does it take to lose weight by drinking water everyday and not eating after 9:00 p.m. and execriseing i'm trying to lose weight by may 19th 2007 and before the summer time come i already lost 5 pounds but it doesn't look like it but i weighed myself.

Answer 1

healthy and recommended is 1 or 2 lbs a week. and drinking water and not eating after 9:00 will not do anything but make you have to wake up and pee at night.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Losing weight is a basic matter of how many calories you consume vs. how many calories you burn. One pound is equal to 3,500 calories so to lose a pound, you have to burn 3,500 more calories than you take in. This doesn't happen overnight. The healthiest rate of weight loss is 1 - 2lbs. per week.

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Answer 4

The most weight that you can lose is about 1-2 pounds per week. Beyond that and you are messing up your metabolism.

Diet (eating too little calories) is a guarantee weight loss failure. Your body needs calories to survive. If your body does not get enough calories to sustain life, your metabolism drops to protect itself. Will you lose weight with dieting? Yes…. However, it is not a permanent weight loss. You will eventually gain the weight back plus more.

When you diet, you will lose weight, which consist of water weight, muscle weight, and maybe a little fat.

I am sorry but there is no short cut to weight loss. It requires time, persistence and hard work. If you want to lose weight safely and effectively, I outline the some general tips.

1. Exercise (resistance training): Lifting weights can add muscle to your body. Your metabolism is highly correlated with how much muscles that you have. Your muscle is where fat is being burned.

Basically, the more muscles that you have, the higher your metabolism, the more calories that you can burn even when you are sleeping. That is why 255-pound bodybuilder can eat more than 5,000 calories a day because of the amount of muscles that they have. They need to eat a lot just to maintain their muscle.

Here are some exercises that will give you the best bang for your time.

Squat, Dead lift, lunges, Military press, Push-up, Bench Press, Lat Pull Down, Pull-up, Row, etc. Focus in multi-joint movement to involve more muscles.

2. Aerobic training: One way to boost your metabolism so that you are burning more calories is through interval training. Interval training consists of alternating between high intensity and low intensity training. For example, jog for 2 minutes to 30-second sprint. Repeat for 20 minutes.

Interval training is much more effective that steady state cardio e.i. 30 minutes running with the same speed. Interval training allows you to burn more calories while reducing your time.

3. Supportive Eating: Eating smaller meals through out the day can help boost your metabolism. Eating smaller meals every 3 hours helps fuel your body. Think about it for a second. I am sure that you know someone who eats all the time and yet are lean and you probably know someone who eats very little and yet the person is fat.

What should you eat? In every meal, you should attempt to eat lean protein, starchy carbs, and fibrous carbs.

Lean protein such as chicken, white eggs, turkey, soy, lean meat, fish, tuna, salmon, etc.
Starchy carbs such as oatmeal, brown rice, red potatoes, yams, etc.
Fibrous carbs such as fruits and vegetables.

These tips alone can help you a lot of you follow my guidelines. Remember, losing weight too fast will not be a permanent weight loss. Take your time and commit to eating better and exercising and you will eventually lose that weight.

Quick tips: Limit your sugar, saturated fat, and hydrogenated fat. Drink plenty of water.

Good luck

In your health,

Arnel Ricafranca
New Jersey Fitness Boot Camp Coach, Fitness Expert, Personal Trainer

Answer 5

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Answer 6

With your moderate plan you'll probably lose about a pound a week, depending on how much you have and lose. If you add more healthy fruits and veggies into your diet, don't eat after 7pm and exercise everyday, you'll lose it faster. Stay away from the junk food or treat yourself maybe once a week.

Answer 7

If you really stick to it, it won't take very long. May is a very long way from now so you have plenty of time. Just remember that your body always tells you what you need. When you feel full it means that you have eaten enough food for your body to be happy. If you feel too full to the point where it hurts, your body shows you pain because it's unhappy. Make your body happy! :)

Answer 8

You usually don't see it on yourself until you get to a 20 lb. weight loss. I would think that you can easily take off 50 lbs. by May. Maybe 60 if your dedicated. Keep up the good work. Good luck.

Answer 9

If you're exercising you might not be losing a lot of weight because muscle weighs more than fat. Even so, its much better to lose the fat because you'll get rid of inches you don't want, you'll look great, and you'll be much healthier. Good luck!

Answer 10

well it can take weeks, months, or days.....i lost 20 pounds in 3 weeks but i only ate once a day or nothing at all ..thats not the way 2 do it..ur doing good by drinking water && not eating after a certain time..just make sure wat ur are eating is healthy && if your working out alot you could just be gaining muscle so that could be why you dont look like u've lossed....if u want faster way 2 do it theres always diet pillls.....