i want to lose about 40 pounds. what is the best diet/ exercise routine to do to lose that kind of weight. i'm not heavy i just accumlated a beer gut in college and i want to slim back down and look skinner again. i eat healthy food all the time, i drink alot of water, and i'm starting to run every day for a half hour on the elptical machines at my gym. what else could i do to start dropping some pounds? any ideas help me please.
2007-06-01 08:47:02 · 17 answers · asked by thefinalcountdown21 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Plain and simple, you lose weight when you lose more calories than you take in. Fat and carbs are where calories come from. So basically, if you track your calories and work enough to lose MORE than that, you should drop em quick. I lost 30 pounds off of a diet plan my doctor once explained to me. 1800 calories a day, only 30% of those can be from fat. thats 540 fat calories equaling to about 50 grams of fat a day. good luck!
2007-06-01 08:53:28 · answer #1 · answered by Angiekinz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 (ideally 45min), 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:)
2007-06-01 12:16:32 · answer #2 · answered by Natalie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a mediterranean diet not only comes with heart benefits studies show it leads to more weight loss than low fat diets
2016-01-19 23:57:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give your protein extra low calorie flavor by adding a salsa or chutney instead of a gooey cream sauce
2015-12-12 23:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you re cooking food in the microwave chances are you re eating unhealthy packaged foods if you must microwave consider soy chicken patties veggie burgers or steamer vegetables and brown rice
2016-01-26 23:42:04 · answer #5 · answered by Joan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn off the lights at night because more darkness at night will make your body lighter
2016-03-18 04:33:45 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take every opportunity to move around even in small ways studies show fidgety people tend to be skinnier
2016-02-18 21:31:42 · answer #7 · answered by Danny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try fit clothes
2016-01-03 21:29:31 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
surf for real for 34 minutes
2016-03-29 06:33:16 · answer #9 · answered by Preston 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exercise in the morning than evening
2016-01-25 16:11:48 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋