I need to lose weight fast!!!!! Help me?

Question

I've gained almost 40 lbs in a year, I can't take it any longer I feel like I am pregnant-who knows maybe I am but I really need to lose weight in my tummy, and thighs... please help

Answer 1

See a doctor. That is a whole lot of weight to gain in one year. You might have a thyroid problem.

Answer 2

I'm trying too. It's sooooo hard but I am determined. You've been given lots of good answers here. Definitely go to Fitday.com. It's a free diet journal and it helps. I started writing everything down on this site and it calculates your calories and shows you where you need to improve. It's amazing how fast those calories can add up. I'm trying for 1200 and under a day. So far I'm doing good. Good Luck!! We're gonna do it !!

Answer 3

weight lift! you wont gain any bulk unless you are a male. females do not have that capability. The only way for women to look like that is to take steroids. So dont worry about gaining bulk, you wont. This is a great way to lose weight and keep it off!

MB is also correct!

Answer 4

Three Things: 1)Drink lots of water, 2)Work out for 30-45 minutes atleast 5 days a week [both cardio and weight training], and 3)Eat Special K [any flavor] 2 meals a day

Trust me.

Answer 5

In order to lose fat you need to improve your diet (stay away from junk food).

Here is a link that can give you guidance on how to lose weight.
http://www.muscletech.com/NUTRITION/HIGH_PERFORMANCE_NUTRITION/ISSUE_3/index.shtml

You will need to learn which foods you can eat and which food will prevent you from losing weight. Generally low fat protein sources such as chicken, turkey, and fish, egg whites, etc. are good to eat. Red meat is fine once in awhile, but if you want to lose weight it is best to stay away from it for awhile because it is higher in fat. Fruit and veggies are obviously very important too. Never eat white bread or pasta. Eat whole wheat food such as Fiber One cereal. Many cereals are high in sugar and you should avoid sugar if you want to lose weight. Oatmeal is good too, but it has to be the large flake type, Not instant or pre-packaged flavour oatmeal because it has been processed and sugar has been added in the flavoured ones. Add your own flavour to oatmeal such as cinnamon, splenda (or stevia) and vanilla. For dairy, drink skim (non-fat) milk and plain yogurt with no sugar. You can add berries to sweeten the yogurt and add flavour. Cottage cheese is also a good source of protein, it is good if you mix it with fruit, I prefer slices of orange or mandarin oranges.It's a good idea to keep a food diary and track your weight,

This website does all the work (calculations) for you www.fitday.com
It will tell you how many calories you eat and lots of other stuff!

You need to do cardiovascular exercise to burn fat. Some activities burn more fat than others. Here is a link where you can enter your personal information, choose an activity, duration and it will calculate the calories you burn.
http://preventdisease.com/healthtools/articles/various_activities.html

Surf the web to find others. The important thing is work hard enough to get your heart rate up.Here is a link to a target heart rate calculator.
http://exercise.about.com/cs/fitnesstools/l/bl_THR.htm

Weightlifting will also cause you to lose weight by raising your metabolism. The faster your metabolism is, the more calories you burn. Don't worry, weightlifting will not cause you to look like a bodybuilder. It will tone your muscles and your body will look sexy, slim and curvy. Nobody wants to look like Nicole 'Skeletor' Ritchie.

As you can see there is alot of work involved in losing fat. A HECK of alot more work than just doing sit-ups. If it was that easy everybody would be thin. It's not easy, that's why there are so many obese people. It takes two important things, work and education to lose weight. This should get you started!!!

Weight loss pills do not work...don't you read the news? See this link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/...ght_loss_pills

Answer 6

i tried this diet and lost 23lbs in a month and a half.

google "fat loss 4 idiots" im not joking it REALLY works!

you lose about 9lbs every 11 days and then you have a 3 day "cheat period" where you can eat ANYTHING you want and then you start and repeat until you've lose as much weight as you wanna lose.

i recomend this to anyone wanting to lose weight FAST and keep it off

Answer 7

well weight loss pills should be a last resort but try eating 2 meals a day and a salad after every meal i lost 20lbs in 3 weeks on that

Answer 8

don t eat out of a bottomless bag

Answer 9

UGH! I have that same problem...well I didn't gain weight, but I feel fat, expecially in my stomach and hips and thighs! Why oh why God!!!!?!? haha I'm going on the grapefruit diet; let's do it together! We can motivate each other! You eat bacon and eggs for breakfast, salad and meat for lunch, and meat and veggies for dinner + grapefruit or grapefruit juice at each meal. Email me at [e-mail] if you want to chat!

Answer 10

I was going to say "you are too late, you should have started losing wieght months ago", But not even I could put-on that much weight in a year unless I tried too. I think you should see a doctor first. have em check out your thyroid.