Please help me! I'm a 42 year old male. 5'11". I weighed 180 when I married, 16 years ago, now I weigh 240. I want to lose weight. I realize that I didn't gain the weight overnight, and I won't lose it overnight either. My goal is to lose one pound a week. That should get me down to 190 by this time next year.
My plan is to cut down on calories, and run on my treadmill for 30 minutes every day after work. Is my goal reasonable?
Can you help me with any advice?
Thank you in advance for your time.
2007-06-13 06:54:34 · 23 answers · asked by Krusty 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
With most diets you lose weight and the gain it back plus 5lbs. You will not stay on a diet forever and your old eating habits will return. You must train yourself slowly to eat better and still eat the foods you like.
Eat what you want, but eat a smaller portion and exercise daily.
Also you can eat smaller meals but easy five times a day. The stomach gets smaller and you require less intake. You still have to exercise.
2007-06-13 07:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by Panama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find daily calorie intake 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 - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), light weight training (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta 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:)
2007-06-13 07:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by Natalie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely try either Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig...they are the healthiest weight loss programs out there in my opinion and your average loss is about 1-2 lbs per week.
2007-06-13 07:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by Katerina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stay busy you dont want to eat just because you re bored
2017-04-06 14:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
swap out brown rice or quinoa yes even the new super food which both add up to about 220 calories per cup for cauliflower or roasted peppers that are only about 30 calories per cup
2016-03-15 03:06:26 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get casual for 4 days a study shows that people take 491 more steps and burn 25 more calories on days they wear jeans to work
2016-02-04 19:31:54 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soups can be both filling and comforting try making a garden or bean soup with low salt broth and store in portion sized cups for later
2016-08-12 19:51:33 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat evry three to four hours to avoid temptations
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3 hours of shopping
2016-01-20 13:15:06 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
polka for real for 23 minutes
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