How quickly can I reduce my dress size from 18 to 12?

Answer 1

Depends on whether you are doing it by hand or with a sewing machine

With a machine about 30-40 minutes.

By hand, could take you all night, better to borrow or hire a machine.

Answer 2

In a recent paper from University of California. They did a meta-analysis of all the work on weight loss over the past few years. ( summary) It showed that 2/3 of people who diet yo-yo to a higher weight, none of the faddy diets of diet pills work and that rapid weight loss doubles heart attack risk!

They seemed to suggest the only hope was modest calorie reduction + EXERCISE.

This is a news report of the article:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/...

I have to admit I have a 'stock' answer for this question, since if you look it appears 20-30 times every day!!!

Type 'guaranteed weight loss' into google, you will find 1 1/2 million sites!

Look around you if ANY of these things worked would we be getting so overweight?

We are what we eat, but we are at least as much what we don't do. Calorie intakes in 1900 and 1950 were higher than they are now, we just don't use them up!

Eat a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg.

Take a healthy amount of exercise 30-40 minutes of vigorous exercise per day 4-5 days a week. I hate to think what percentage of the UK population does that 2%? 5%?

I have seen hundreds of questions with this same pattern :- I am fat, tell me where on line I can get this super diet or herbal/dangerous/illegal drug that I hear will fix it for me in 10 minutes without the need for me to get off the couch!

No fixes pal , less in more out, its the only way.

Answer 3

You should follow the "New Beverly Hills Diet", the book can be purchased from Amazon. It worked for me years ago within 3 months I went from a size 16 to a size 12, however I fell off the wagon and am back to a size 16.

Answer 4

You'd need to lose approximately 6 inches to go from a UK size 18 to a UK size 12. This is the equivilent of about 30lb-40lb of fat loss. You should lose no more than 2lb per week, so this would take around 15-20 weeks.

HTH : )

Answer 5

By a combination of diet and exercises.
Always have a low sugar high fibre breakfast

Lunch have a salad sandwich or wrap
2 pieces of fresh fruit and a yogurt

Tea
Have grilled chicken or fish with masses of fresh salad or veg.

Avoid frying stuff and do not add oil to foods.
Drink 2 litres of water per day
Join a gym
Could take anything from 6 -18 months

Answer 6

If your referring to actually loosing weight I managed to do it in approx 9 months by following the slimming word diet plan and loosing 4 and a half stone. I was actually an 18 - 20 and am now 10 - 12.

See http://www.slimming-world.co.uk/ to find out how.

Good luck x

Answer 7

Don't go for quick, go for steady, as it is a long term life style change. Figure what you want/should weigh, multiply by 10 to give you a calorie count for every day, and stay with it. People who have a fast loss, do not keep it off, as the basic habits haven't changed, and they have a rebound of eating.
Been there done that, still working on it. Best wishes

Answer 8

find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried - no junk food.

Answer 9

i got from an 18 to 14 in three months however i was very parnoid about having loose skin so slowed the weightloss down to make sure i didnt have carrier bag belly

i did it by eating healthy (1400 calories a day)
and excersing an hour every other day

Answer 10

cut a third of your dress off!!