Female, 25 yrs old, 5ft 3, 145 lbs, Is it possible to lose 40 lbs in just 3 months?

Question

What's the daily calorie limit? Please fill me in with an effective diet plan.

Answer 1

Step 1DON'T ‘GO ON A DIET' : CHANGE YOUR DIET
This may seem like surprising advice in a video about dieting, but it's well known that when you cut down your normal food intake, your body goes into famine mode, and your metabolism slows down.
That means that, when you start eating normally again, you store fat more rapidly than before, and put on the weight you worked so hard to lose.

Many diets insist on a restrictive regime or an unusual combination of foods. There is no way that you can keep this up for long – so when you get fed up you start eating all the wrong foods and the weight goes back on again.
Step 2THINK POSITIVE – THINK HEALTHY
Visualise yourself as you want to be, slimmer and healthier. Dieting doesn't have to mean deprivation when you focus on what you really want.

Change how you think about food, remembering that image of you as you want to be, and focus on all the foods you CAN eat while losing weight and CAN keep on eating for the rest of your life.
Don't focus on what you CAN'T eat.
At least three times a day, concentrate on how you see yourself in future, as permanently healthier and slimmer; then think about what you will be eating today.
Step 3QUICK FIX DIETS ONLY WORK SHORT-TERM
Immediate results are guaranteed with quick fix diets.But most of us can't keep them up for long, and it could be that the first few pounds you lose are not fat, just excess water.
Beware the diets that cut out a major food group, or invite you to eat one type of food in isolation. You will lose weight, but to keep it off you need to find a sustainable diet.
Step 4KEEP A FOOD DIARY
Eat as you normally do for one week, and keep a note of EVERYTHING that you eat, WHEN you eat it and WHY you eat it.This will help you understand what triggers your desire for food. Your diary will help you become aware of these triggers so you can choose to avoid them
Step 5LEARN WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Throw away the faddist diet books - but do read books that advocate healthy eating combined with reasonable exercise.There's plenty of information on the web, including the UK's Food Standards Agency website.Did you know that there's a healthy weight for YOU? It's different for everyone and the eat well website shows you how to work out yours.The BBC website's Healthy Living section is also useful, with pages on weight and nutrition, giving information on sensible slimming, how to stay motivated, and how to stay at your ideal weight.
Step 6CHANGE THE WAY YOU SHOP
Don't go shopping when you're hungry or tired – that's when you buy the wrong foods for losing weight, the so-called comfort foods .When you are shopping, notice how you do it.. Do you do it on automatic, buying all the usual things? Now's the time to do it differently.Only buy the foods that will support your desire to lose weight. Give yourself a bit more time to explore healthy alternatives to your usual diet.Fresh, home-made food beats prepared meals hands down when it comes to dieting– no hidden fats and sugars to put weight on you. Also, keep some things to hand in the cupboard or in the freezer, so that if you don't have time to get to the shops, you can still eat healthily.
Step 7GET MOVING - EXERCISE IS ESSENTIAL
It's quite simple, if you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight.
The most important thing is to find exercise that you like and that you find reasonably easy to do, like walking for ten minutes a day, to start with.
You can build up what you do each week, taking it steadily. This way, you're much more likely to keep at it.
Yoga and water aerobics are two of the gentler forms of exercise. Most sports centres offer drop-in classes and you don't have to commit yourself till you've tried it.
Even if you find exercise tough at first, this will be one of the parts of your diet that will bring you a great sense of well-being.
Remember that ANY exercise you do is better than none. It will make you feel happier and more energetic because it releases endorphins, the body's natural highs.
Step 8NEVER SKIP A MEAL – ESPECIALLY BREAKFAST
Set yourself up for the day by eating something that takes a long time to digest, like muesli, or eggs and wholemeal toast.
If you're one of those people who just doesn't fancy eating breakfast, make sure the first thing you do eat is along these lines, rather than a sugar-rich snack mid-morning.
This will keep your energy levels more constant, and won't leave you prey to sugar cravings later.
Step 9TAKE TIME TO EAT.
You already know that one of the secrets of dieting lies in changing your relationship with food.
Sit down to eat and take the time to enjoy it. Remember, if you rush your food, you hardly notice that you've eaten, and you end up feeling hungry again long before it's really time to eat.
That's when you tend to want a fatty, sugary snack, just what you don't need.
Step 10DRINK PLENTY OF WATER
Why does drinking water help you to lose weight?
We often confuse thirst with hunger. Sometimes you may reach for food when what you really need is a long drink of water. Try it.
When we don't drink enough water, we retain fluid. Paradoxically, the more water we drink, the less fluid we retain; when we don't drink enough water, the body holds on to fluid, causing bloating.
So aim for six to eight large glasses of water a day.
Step 11EAT FIVE PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES PER DAY
Fruit and vegetables are what you need to eat to get all your vitamins and minerals. They also contain lots of water, and fill you without fattening you.
They are the stars of the slimmer's diet. Five portions a day is the minimum suggested.
Step 12EXERCISE PORTION CONTROL
Slimmer people tend to eat smaller portions.
A sensible sized portion would be about the size of the palm of your hand, not including your fingers.
Experts recommend a good balance of protein and carbo-hydrate, with a little fat.
Step 13YOU CAN EAT SNACKS ON A DIET
The key to losing weight is to keep your energy levels constant and you can only do that if you eat regularly.
Mid-morning and mid-afternoon are the times we experience a drop in energy levels. That's when we need a healthy snack.
Good examples of healthy snacks are:
Some fruit and a few nuts
Raw vegetables and a tasty dip
Rice cakes or oat cakes with low fat cheese or humus
The key here is to keep it a snack-sized snack.
Step 14SOME FATS ARE GOOD
Fats are essential to a balanced diet – use those that are found naturally in unprocessed food, such as olive oil, sunflower oil, oily fish, nuts and seeds.
Go easy on the fats found in red meat, cream, butter and cheese.
Avoid hydrogenated oil – it contains trans fatty acids, which have no known nutritional benefit.
Some major food retailers have already started to keep this off their shelves.
And be careful when you're buying ‘low fat' foods, they may be high in sugar or salt instead. Read the labels
Remember, it's all about having a balanced diet.
Step 15AVOID REFINED SUGAR
It's not just the sugar you might put in tea and coffee, it's all the sugars hidden in processed foods and readymade meals.
Two reasons for cutting down on sugar – one is, it sharply affects blood sugar levels, so you get a feel-good surge followed by a slump in energy that makes your body crave more sugar.
The other is that the body converts sugar to glucose, and, if you're not doing physical work to use that glucose, the body stores it as fat.
Step 16CUT DOWN ON ALCOHOL
Don't worry – you don't have to cut out alcohol altogether BUT remember this:
Alcohol is high in calories, which convert quickly to glucose and can be stored as fat.
To slow down this process, have something to eat when you have a drink, and try and restrict your drinking to a couple of glasses, two or three times per week.
Step 17TRY SOMETHING NEW EACH WEEK
Don't get bored.
Eating needs to be interesting when you're developing new, healthier habits, so experiment with new foods. Look out for things you haven't cooked before, and try them.
If you can't find what you need in a cookery book, there are recipes for everything on the internet and how about trying some of the recipes on the VideoJug website.
Step 18BREAKING YOUR DIET IS NORMAL!
Don't try to be perfect. Everybody needs a break from a restrictive diet sometimes.
Whether you're going out for a special meal, or just in need of a break, enjoy it and don't feel guilty because you've already made the commitment to healthier living.
Step 19SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL.
Losing weight is about eating fewer calories than you burn off in your everyday life and to lose a pound a week, you need to create a calorie deficit of 500 calories a day.
So make small changes – for example, eat some fruit instead of a chocolate bar, or choose the low-fat alternative to your normal food, and take two brisk 15 minute walks a day.
The rate at which you lose weight will vary.
Most medical experts agree that it's healthy and sustainable to lose one or two pounds a week and as long as the overall trend is downwards . . . . you're doing well.
Step 20REWARD YOURSELF
Keep yourself motivated by rewarding yourself each time you lose, say, five pounds.
Choose something that has nothing to do with food –– something that makes you feel good, to remind you how proud you are at what you have achieved.
Good luck!

Answer 2

I may not be a diet expert but, recently i did lose 40 pounds and i did it the healthy way. Losing 40 lbs in 3 months is not only extemely hard but, also very unhealthy. I would change your goal to just getting healthy. at 5 ft 3 105 lbs is unhealthy. stick with a better goal like losing 20 lbs. But i must stress that your health is more important than the number on the scale

Answer 3

If you weigh 145 lbs you should be taking in 1450 calories a day. Knock that number down to a smaller goal, say 1200, drink tons of water and excersise. I lost 50 lbs in 3 months doing this.

Answer 4

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I've lost 17 pounds in 12 days, I'm just concerned that I'm losing too much weight, too quickly. I will admit I haven't followed the guide exactly. I'm not sticking perfectly to the listed foods and meal plans (but mostly) and doing very little exercise, but the weight keeps flying off.

It clearly works and if I'd followed it exactly I think it would scare the living daylights out of me because of the amount that I'd lose. So thanks again for the information. I've never purchased anything like this before because they are usually full of trash, but 3WD has been a pleasant surprise.

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Answer 5

105 might be too thin for your height. Remember 105 pounds doesn't always mean you look hot, you could just end up looking unhealthy. I suggest you focus on BMI and how you look in the mirror.

Since you are presently not that overweight I would also consider hiring a good personal trainer who can really help you work on your problem areas.

Here are a few other things you can try as well:

- Remove all processed food (AND DRINKS) from your diet.
- Food is fuel; eat the right amount based on what your body needs to fuel itself.
- Improve your body's digestion process by eating the right foods together and chewing your food well; also maintain a health intestinal flora.
- Drink lots of water
- Keep moving (aka exercise) it will help improve your digestion rate, your mood and your muscle tone.

Answer 6

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Good Luck!!!

Answer 7

I used to weigh 357lbs, now I weigh 193. How did I do it?


There is a dietary supplement which addresses your specific concern, it worked for me! It's called "RELACORE", besides being a great weight loss supplement it kicks belly fat butt, if you catch my drift! Also, besides a every other day weight training schedule, ride a recumbent bike for at least an hour. You will be pleased with your results I PROMISE! Now, 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/ca... 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.
Guide to Dieting - http://straighthealth.com/pages/guides/d...
Health, Exercise and Diets - http://straighthealth.com

As for exercise, start off on a recumbent bike and go at a low Resistance for 15 minutes a day, increase by 5 minutes a week and by the time you're up to half an hour, if you also follow the above advice you'll have lost 35 plus pounds and you'll suddenly have the motivation you need to lose the rest!

Answer 8

Why in the world would you want to lose that much weight in such a short amount of time? That is not healthy at all!

Answer 9

safely..no
most educated experts recommend losing
1 pound a week or less..slow and sure.

why, if you lose a ton, your starving your body and it will fight back by regaining the weight PLUS more...to protect against
possible later starvation.

your fighting inborn survival mech. here.
so shoot for mild steady weight loss to prevent the survival mech from kicking in.

Answer 10

yes it is..IF u put ur mind to it..put some movies in the DVD player and get on that treadmill and walk and watch movies..u will forget ur walking..but i do agree 105 lbs is a bit thin for ur height so be careful

Answer 11

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