I want to lose 20lbs by July?

Question

I know there are subtle changes that I can make that will help me lose 20 lbs by July. I can't really go to the gym because I have developed debilitating allergies in that past year that make it difficult to work out, though I'm considering re-activating my membership. Otherwise, I have no health issues.

Answer 1

Losing weight is a simple equation: if you burn more calories than you eat, the weight will come off. Start off by estimating how many calories you burn each day using the calorie calculator http://straighthealth.com/pages/tools/caloriecalclb.html This will give you an idea of how many calories to eat. Healthy weight loss is 1-2 pounds per week. To lose 1 pound per week you need to create a calorie deficit (burn more than you eat) of 500 calories per day. To lose 2 pounds a week, you have to double the deficit to 1000 calories per day. You can achieve this by eating less, exercising more or a combination of both. For more information on diet, weight loss and exercise, visit http://straighthealth.com

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Answer 2

I lost 100 pounds in 6 months. I am 6'2". male 25 years old. I used to weigh-in at 300 pounds. Now I am down to 195lbs. I did not excersize at all. Try first cutting out all sugar substances. Switch to diet soda. Zero calorie diet soda to be exact. I used to drink tons of mountain dew. Now I drink the diet. Also I drink walmart dr. thunder and diet sams cola. Now I never drink regular sugar soda. Try fresh vegetables(or the frozen bagged version) from your local grocer. Add chicken or pork to them. Add oil to a pan. Eat slowly for the first few days until you know what makes you full. These can be made into meals 2 times a day. Cut out bread and bread products. If not metabolized immediately bread turns into sugar in your body. I do not eat hamburger, because I believe it to have too much fat. Remember that starvation will never help you maintain a slim HEALTHLY look and may have the opposite effects on your body. Gyms are notorious for bacteria. I would find an alternative you can do at home. If you feel up to it you can work out 3 times a week at 20 minutes of cardio a week and it will be better than nothing at all. The main thing to remember is the above post--if your body does not metabolize what you intake in a day's time, then you will have that retained as body fat. Period. No way around it. Also to clarify, I do try to excersize now that I got the weight off and I have not and will never use diet pills. Don't do what I did and wiegh your self every day. Weigh in once a week to track progress. For snacks try a granola bar or fruit nutrition bar such as anything from nutrigrain. Hope I could help. Good luck..

Answer 3

You Should try cutting out soda and juice. Also try not taking elevators escalators. Eating smaller meals and EATING BREAKFAST WORKS. Skipping breakfast on a diet is really bad. Basically those will help you lose like 3 pounds if you want to lose 20 hit the gym or get some weights and a video tape.

Answer 4

I had to lose 18 pounds in 1 month in order to go to a non-commision officer school while in the army. I did it, and I ate alot of food with little excercise. I came up with my own way to lose weight the healthy way by combining all that I have learnd through out my life. Do this and you will start to look and feel great in 1 to 2 weeks.

Here are the facts of how food and our body works:

Salt - stores water
Surgar - stores fat
Protien - burns fat and aids in lean muscle
Body - 24 hours to digest food.
Activities - heats the body to melt fat.

These are the rules I stuck with and had excellent results. Eat fish like tuna with no mayo it has tremendous amounts of protein and lean meats like brisket and baked or broiled chicken. Eat fat free deserts and food products one day and sugar free products the next day (hense the 24 hour digesting time frame). The only fats you should really have are the natural fats like avacado or fish fat which our bodies need. Drink flavored carbonated water witch is pure and it satisfies the craving for soda. Diet DrPeper, PepsI or Pepsi1 are best tasting diet sodas I found to help with the soda craving as well, but if you can do without them then thats even better. Eat lots of greens and fiber to help digest your foods. Activities like jumping alone will cause our bodies to heat causing the fat to peel off the stomach walls (SUGAR Hardens on the walls with fat!).

Shed about 10 pounds of water in just a few days by having absolutly no sugar intake or salt. Eat tuna from the can with salad and non fat dressing, chicken and steaks.

Remember, it is not how much you eat but when and what you eat. Excersising will defeneatly shed alot of pounds if you stick to the rules above (24 hr cycle). Do not eat 3 hours before bed time unless you excersise after words. If you are going to the restroom more than 4 times a day and your stomach is groaling with weird noises then its working (this is the melting fat leaving your body).

Just look in the mirror and ask yourself, WHY NOT ME?

Answer 5

Plan for a lot of small victories... and a "miracle" or 2 to have a sturdy time. exercising can help your temper, besides the incontrovertible fact that do no longer anticipate it to "burn potential" once you think approximately that it additionally makes you hungrier. Moderation is what's had to alter your homeostasis.. I as quickly as knew everybody who lost 5 pounds a week on a low carb, low fat nutrition, besides the incontrovertible fact that he could desire to no longer look after it, and that isn't any longer nicely on your wellness. basically cut back rather maximum appropriate right here and there around the sides of your nutrition. Plan/anticipate to lose 10 pounds over the two months, and plan to lose a further 10 interior the subsequent 10 weeks. provide your self honest weekly interests which you're just about specific to reach. stay conscious that fluctuations daily and each and a week and each season of the twelve months are classic. in case you lose greater advantageous than planned in a week, that's a miracle. rejoice. Do something a snigger (that would not contain a lot of potential or conserving off the undertaking). keep in mind that your physique "thinks" you'll be able to desire to weigh 154, now, and can attempt to maintain that weight in opposition on your efforts. do no longer obsess on nutrients. Make sure you have a lot of selection concerns on your existence.

Answer 6

take 30 minute walks everyday and watch what you eat.