How can my friend lose weight for sure by mid August? She is 138 pounds, 5.8". What diet/exercise plan?

Answer 1

Are you kidding? 138 pounds is a good weight for that height. I think your friend has been looking at too many of those half-starved stupidmodels. Tell your friend to throw out the fashion magazines and get a life.

Answer 2

The best way to lose weight is doing exercise.

The best type of exercise for weight loss is something you ENJOY DOING and are likely to continue doing - not just while losing weight but also as you maintain weight in the long term.

Your initial fitness goal should be to do 30 minutes of exercise each day. Thereafter, gradually increase this (ideally) to about 60 minutes of exercise per day.

The best combination of exercise is a mixture of aerobic and weight/strength training (and stretching). Aerobic and weight/strength training exercises both assist weight loss but in different ways.

Check out http://fitness-secret.info , there are some great exercise for weight loss you can choose.

Answer 3

Why is she trying to loose weight at the size? Its not always healthy to be really skinny, but she should try pilates and dance to tone up and get a more 'celeb' like body. worked for me! lol.
>> but my suggestion includes: try to drink more water every day. if youre not a water drinker, start with 2-4. increase it a little everyday. its easiest to do this with water bottles. they say its best to get 8 cups.
>> also, start biking to the store or a friends house everyday. you need at least 30 cardio 3x a week to loose weight. get on the grind now, and youll be fLY by august!
>> if you dont have gym nearby, get some videos, and prolly some 5lb weights (depends on you). DO THE VIDEO 3x a week. with everything else, shell def have lost weight in 3 weeks.
>>1 more thing, eat healthier. cut back on fries, pepsi, and fast food. try to sub in your fav veg and fruit for snacks and parts of your meals. Little changes go a long way. Its hard to loose weigh, but if you do it now, it will stay off and youll be a sexier happier you. F*** yeA!!! EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE

Answer 4

I suggest she does excercises like running and swimming, which are full body excercise, which are best for losing weight. She should have some supervision of a professional. Do suggestion of eating more small meals a day instead of 3 big meals is good. Also avoid eating during late hours.

BTW: she isnt that bad, she is healthy. sometimes being too skinny isnt attractive in my opinion.

Answer 5

Your Friend is very close to her ideal weight for a small framed woman. She should not cut calories, but eat very healthy and exercise 5 hours a week. Hike, walk, I like my Gazelle, try anything.
Go to Mypyramid.gov for a healthy food guide.
Check out the health and fitness tips at healthchecksystems.com (look for height weight chart and BMI calculator.)

Answer 6

do cardio for 30 minutes at least 4-6 times a week or one hour of cardio for faster results

what i do is 35 minutes (including cooling down) of running in the beginning of my work out. then i do weight lifting for 35 minutes (make sure to never work out the same body part 2 days in a row) 15 minutes of abs, then do the stairmaster for 20 minutes

along with your exercise, make sure to eat right and healthy!
eating 6 small meals a day will help boost your metabolism.

www.fitday.com
-try going there to help you keep track of your calorie intake

GOOD LUCK!

Answer 7

Try these
1) Eat 5 to 6 times a day.
2) Eat lots of veggies, lean meat and complex carbs
(low carb, low fat, high fibre, high protein.)
3) Reduce sugar intake and simple carbs. They make
you hungry fast.Cut junk food .
4) Take 2 to 3 cups of low fat milk, cheese, yoghurt.
5) Choose an exercise that you like and will do for life.

I am on low carb, low fat, high fibre, high protein and an hour brisk walk every weekday morning.
And I am still at 108 lbs since I lost 31 lbs one year ago.

More details in my blog.

Xiaozhen
http://lowcarblowfathighfibrehighprotein.blogspot.com

Answer 8

How a lot weight you may desire to lose relatively relies upon on how tall you're... 30 does not sound like an exceedingly elementary selection to lose. purely consume till you're chuffed and not till you may undo your belt. stay far flung from junk foodstuff in extra, end result and vegetables could make stable snacks. (My very own famous is a sliced apple with peanut butter.) additionally, exercising consultation on the side of observing what you consume relatively helps. in case you prefer to flatten your abdomen, this exercising is declared to be the excellent element you're able to do - lay on your returned, palms laced at the back of your head. touch your suited elbow on your left knee, then your left elbow on your suited knee. save doing this (it is going to look variety of such as you're driving a bicycle), not touching your legs to the floor till you're finished with a set of a minimum of 20. From there, you may circulate as much as 30, 40, 50, and so on. I do a hundred in line with set myself. it is not stressful, and it relatively helps. yet another element you're able to do is walk if not run. around your block once or twice daily could be stable adequate. wait and notice, inspite of the indisputable fact that, as dropping weight takes time. you may not anticipate it to ensue in one day. stable success!!!!

Answer 9

Use this diet:

http://www.fitnessdiet.info/freediet.php

and this exercise plan:

Start your fitness plan with a good warm up. A warm up will increase your core body temperature and get you to break a sweat. After you are warmed up you can continue your cardio workout or you can begin your resistance fitness plan. Make sure you have a padded bench of some kind to use for the sitting and lying exercises.

First, you will focus on the large muscle groups then progress to smaller ones. This fitness plan will involve a combination of exercises using dumbbells or your own body weight. Here is an example of a good fitness plan.

SQUATS 3 sets/25 reps
Start with legs wider than hip width, toes slightly turned out. Squat down until your upper legs are parallel to the floor. Keep you back as upright as possible with abdominals engaged.

LUNGES 3sets/15 reps
Start with a long stride keeping the front knee directly over the ankle when at the bottom of the lunge position. Make sure to pull up with the front leg without any push off of from the back foot. Perform the lunges in a walking manner.

MODIFIED/FULL PUSH UPS 3sets/10-15 reps
Begin with a version of the push up that is appropriate to your strength level. You want a diagonal line from shoulders to knees or shoulders to feet (depending on which form of push up you do). Only attempt the number of reps that you can complete with perfect form.

DUMBELL PULLOVER 3 sets/10-15 reps
Lie on your back. Hold the dumbbell with your hands overlapped and facing the ceiling. Keep your arms straight and take the weight overhead and return it back over your chest.

ONE ARM ROW 3 sets/10 reps
Stabilize your knee and one hand on the bench with the working arm hanging straight down. Pull the weight up in a rowing motion toward the side of the body.

LATERAL RAISE 3 sets/10 reps
With weights in hands and arms at the sides, raise your arms out to the sides up to shoulder height and back down. Be careful not to shrug the shoulders.

BICEP CURLS 3 sets/10 reps
With arms at sides palms facing up, flex elbow joint to bring weight up toward shoulders and return to full extension to complete each rep.

TRICEP DIPS 3 sets/10 reps
Start sitting on a bench perpendicular to it with hands on the edge of the bench.
Straighten arms and bring hips just off the bench and bend the elbows to lower body down. Straighten your arms to bring body back to the start position. This can be done with bent knees to modify the movement.

ABDOMINAL CRUNCHES 5 sets/20 reps
There are many variations of the crunch and you can change up the positions frequently. A basic version is lying on your with back legs bent, feet on the floor, and your arms reaching at your sides. Flex the spine to crunch up and keep your chin tucked in toward your chest with about a golf ball size space between chin and chest. Keep your eyes focused on the top of your thighs. Crunch up keeping the lower back in contact with the floor and always keep the abdominals engaged to protect the back and neck.

This is a basic fitness plan that can be done in the gym or at home. You should start with light weights and slowly increase the resistance after you have completed the fitness plan several times without developing muscle soreness. In order to make it more challenging after several workouts you can either pick up the pace between exercises, add reps or increase the weight. Never make all three modifications in the same workout. This fitness plan can be done 3 to 4 times per week always leaving at least 48 hours for proper muscle recovery. By adding additional cardiovascular exercise you will be getting in a very well rounded workout.

http://www.fitnessdiet.info/fitnessplan.php

Answer 10

Please tell your friend to check ou this site. She does not need to lose weight. This site tells what a healthy weight is for a teen based on their heigth.

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/question/dieting/weight_height.html