How much weight will I lose?

Question

I am 18 years old 5'4 and 200lbs. How much weight would I lose if I ate healthy and jogged/walked for 40-60min. a day until May 12th?

Answer 1

You should average about 2-3 pounds per week bring you to about 20 pounds. There are ways to lose weight faster, but they are much worse for your body in the long run.

Also, if you have the ability, using weights also aids in fat loss. When you lift weights, you actually rip your muscle fiber and your body has to work to mend those torn fibers and that causes your metabolism to rise as your body is working. The best thing you could do is rotate, upper body, cardio, lower body, cardio, upper body, cardio, etc... However, if you don't have those options to weight lift then anything is better than nothing.

Lastly, when you do your cardio remember that the act of doing it isn't the most important thing; pushing yourself is the most important. If you take a casual stroll for an hour, your obviously not doing much, but if you push yourself and do one of those weird looking power walks for an hour, that is obviously much better.

Lastly, lastly, water is essential to this process. Chances are, if you drink stuff other than water regularly, soda, etc... and you change what you drink to 8 cups of water a day, within a month you will lose about 10 pounds right there. At your wieght, which is a lot(sorry, I'm big too), your body will work harder and you should be able to lose the initial weight quickly and then the rest slowly. If you do things correctly, you could lose up to 30(maybe more, but not likely if you do it right) pounds by the time you need to. One more thing, you're body needs energy and if you don't give it to it, then it will burn your muscle reserves instead of your fat reserves. At your size, a 2,000 - 2,500 daily calorie intake is minimun of what your body needs.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

A lot!

Best thing? Stay off sweets & carbonated drinks.
Drink lots of water, eat breads, cheeses, meats.
Eat 3 times daily, but smaller amounts than usual.

Don't snack in between like a hog. Lay off excess pizzas. Drink milk at times. Excercise moderately, NOT hard, or too light. 10 to 15 min a day, 3 times a week is good.

Give yourself time to rest inbetween. Say, Monday, Wednesday, Friday excersise. Rest the other days. Sleep on schedule, say 8 to 5 or 6 or whatever.

Good sleep, eat, & excercise schedule are key. All 3 are necessary. Body cannot repair itself properly without good sleep.

Answer 3

It varies dependent upon your bone structure, body fat percentage, current activity level, and eating habits. It's not really possible to predict unless you go to a nutritionist.

Now I have a question for you; what happens May 12th? More importantly, what happens AFTER May 12th? Do you have plans to keep the weight off or go back to your previous/current habits? Just something to think about...

Best of luck!

Answer 4

ditch the mayo cheese and top bun if you want to scrape off 250 calories from a restaurant sandwich

Answer 5

Keep a food journal and weight yourself regularly to track your progress

Answer 6

Exercise in the morning to speed up weight loss

Answer 7

Use 3 bite rule have three small bites and put fork down each time

Answer 8

if you find yourself at a weight loss plateau up the duration of your exercise routine by five minutes

Answer 9

eating liquid based foods such as natural smoothies and low sodium soup can help you cut back on calories yet feel full

Answer 10

yoga may be relaxing but you can also get a good workout an hour of yoga can burn up to 350 calories