I weigh 168 pounds and I want to lose 30 pounds before August. Is that possible?? how?? please help?

Answer 1

That is a lot of weight to lose in 3 months, what about 10lbs a month? Safe weight loss is 1-2 lbs per week, so you may come close. What you should do is aim for healthy diet and constant exercise, you may not lose as much weight as your are hoping, but you may reduce your size - remember once you start working out you will also gain muscle, and muscle weighs much more than fat, but it also takes up a lot less space, so you will look leaner, but not necessarily have lost as many pounds on the scale!

Answer 2

You should always speak with your Dr. before starting any diet. I lost weight and have maintained my weight. I drink only water and nothing else. I often will drink a flavored water considering I do not always like just plain water so that's an option too. I watch my sugar intake. I have chosen to eat lots of vegetables and some fruits while limiting my carbs and meat intake. I also have an exercise regimen. Your Dr. can probably tell you what is best for you and how much weight you can expect to lose. Weight loss is different for everyone and also depends on how overweight a person is. I averaged about 5 to 7 pounds of loss a week at first and then it would go down to 2 to 3 pounds. Weighing only 168 pounds your weight loss will not be drastic in numbers in a short period of time but could be a great deal before August. I wish you the best on reaching your goal as I know this is very hard and takes tremendous will power but you can do it :o) Good Luck!

Answer 3

30lbs seems a little unrealistic in 3 months. If you are overweight, then it will be possible to drop a large amount of weight within the first 2-3 months, as most is water weight. That is IF YOU go on a disciplined routine of exercise and sensible eating. You'll need to change your eating patterns in the long run in order to sustain the weight loss. Forget the crash diet - you'll just bloat up fatter thatn before. If you're serious about weight loss, then youneed to commit to a lifestlye change.

EXERCISE:
You'd need to work out 4-5 times a week for an 1.5 hours or so each time - cardio is crucial for burning calories and dropping fat, so is weight training,which is essential for toning, otherwise you'll just have loose skin where the fat used to be. Go to a gym and get propr advise, otherwise you'll likely risk injury, especially if you'e not in shape.

EATING - i have no idea what your habits are like but most important to losing/controlling weight is calories consumption. Find out how much a person of your weight/height/gender should be consuming. The Mayo Clinic website is very useful. You should start educating yourself on foods and eating healthy, portion size etc.

In general LAY OFF these things:
- processed foods - anything tinned, frozen, packaged
- NO fastfood
- NO fried or sugary foods
- Eat lots of fresh produce like veggies, fruits, wholegrains,
-Eat 5-6 small meals a day instead of 3 large ones.
- No eating after 8pm
-Grill, boil, roast, stew foods, instead of frying.
- Use natural good oils like sunflower, olive, canola

The more you know about nutrition and food, the better equipped you'll be to eat sensibly. The one thing that'llmake sure you stay on track is MODERATION. Starving yourself doesn't equate with weight loss, and causesserious health problems. It's not rocket science, just be focused on what you want to look like in 3 months time. Good luck!

Answer 4

Your only supposed to be losing at most 2 pounds per week.

From here till august is about 11 weeks away, 11 x 2 = 22 lbs, if you really really want it badly then its possible. Try cutting out all the junk food, fast food, fried food, soda etc, and start doing about 30 minutes of high intensity cardio everyday.

Answer 5

To lose 30 lbs by August means that you would have to use diet supplements. That is the only thing that is proven to be safe and effective within your time frame. Or I should say certain diet pills are proven to be safe and effective in your time frame. If you want, try working out as much as you can however if you want to lose that much weight check out Proactol:

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If you don't shed the pounds, you can get your money back and they will give you a settlement. So at least if by august you don't lose weight, you'll get paid!

Answer 6

You can loose a pound a day.Try cutting foods with High fructose corn syrup in them. Cut fast foods. Cut Dairy Milk. Cut beef, chicken and pork. try to cut carbs, Rice bread, spaghetti........

Write down what and when you eat. I start out making my meals 4 hours apart and then 4 1/2 and the 5.

In the mourning Drink green tea with your breakfast, don't use egg yolks, toast your bread as dark as you can handle it. Use soy milk, try the SILK brand, very vanilla flavor. Every other day I drink a fruit smoothie for breakfast instead of cooked food. 1 banana, half cup frozen mixed fruit ( I buy it at walmart), a little cinnamon, a little nutmeg, and add soy milk to the right thickness, I also through a hand full of different types of cereal in, Blend it all up and drink it down. For lunch fruits or salad. For dinner, I try to eat lots of veggies and fish.

Lastly, exercise, walk, run, skip, ride or play a sport, just do something to burn energy, but try to do it about and hour before its time to eat, that way when you're done you're not breaking you schedule snacking.
Last thing I forgot, increase sugar for energy so you don't crave carbs.

Answer 7

This program is excellent. It will give you the results you want. I lost 21 lbs so far in 3 weeks. 176 pounds to 159 pounds. Went from size 16 to 12. www.bellaviadiet.com

Best Wishes

Answer 8

No. Not unless you want to try and *starve* yourself to death?

Losing 30 pounds by August isn't going to happen. It'll happen--GIVEN TIME--but it won't happen in the time-frame you want.

You can start by reducing what you eat in small amounts--cutting out things here and there which you think is causing the weight gain problem.

But remember: Weight loss is a tricky thing. Your body functions like a well-oiled machine. You cut out what makes it tick, you're not going to accomplish your goals.

Sugars are mostly the culprit in your weight gain. Cut out the junkfood binge if you can. Dark chocolate is a great thing to eat--no matter what. But off the majority of the doughnuts, the pasteries, and the chocolate bars you ingest.

Cut out soda entirely--as that adds 15 pounds to your weight per year. You can DRINK it still, but drink it sparingly.

Also cut out eating out at fast-food joints. When you have to go, eat LIGHT if you can. Skip out on the most salt-laden, fat-choking items on the menu.

Diet supplements are crap. You'd be wasting your money trying to go for that "quick fix" at any rate. Don't do it.

Anyone who says that the problems are in the meat, bread, and milk we eat and drink--isn't that well-educated. Those things are what keeps us going. Man wasn't made to eat tofu and drink organic soy milk for the rest of their life. :0(

Answer 9

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, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)

Answer 10

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