Best Way To Lose 70 Pounds?

Question

I'm 5'6 &215Lbs. Sad I Know But Please Her!

Answer 1

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 400-600cal 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 (have lots of veggies to eat in between meals if you are still hungry)
8 glasses of water -carry bottle of water with you and when you feel hungry drink it - we often confuse hunger with thirst (our bodies confuse it)
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio is the only fat burning exercise and burns fat all over your body (running, jogging, swimming, spinning, elliptical etc) 4-6 times a week for average of 45min, light weight training a few times a week (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, ice cream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
of course you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)
use fitday.com for tracking your intake.

Answer 2

I lost about 60 pounds in about two and a half months doing this:

1. Buy HydroxyCut and take as directed (not missing one). Occasionally taking the doses skipping lunch (this should only be done once per every four days).

2. Limit your beverage choice to V8 Juice, Orange Juice, Milk, and lots of water.

3. For breakfast, eat two pieces of fruit and a cup of milk.

4. For lunch, eat a salad (no croûtons, light on dressing), piece of fruit, and a serving of vegitables.

5. For dinner, eat vegitables, a piece of fruit, and choose between either a serving of meat other than red meat, such as turkey, chicken, or fish (nothing fried though).

6. Don't look for close parking spots and walk as much 'extra' walking as possible. (You don't have to work out or walk just to walk, simply walk further than you really have to.)

7. Develop a love for this plan and stick to it without cheating.

8. Don't forget to reward yourself with one serving of something outside this diet one day per week, and enjoy it knowing that you worked hard to deserve it.

With the plan above, I actually lost lots of weight. Don't fall out of it to fast though. Once you've reached your goal weight, cut the dose of HydroxyCut in half and continue taking for one week, then stop taking the HydroxyCut. Stick to your plan and you'll not only have lost weight, but you'll also be very healthy and your Doctor will be proud. :)

Answer 3

Aerobic exercise is the best way. Running, biking, swimming, etc.

There's a guy on youtube who makes great workout videos, here's his link.

www.youtube.com/coreyritter

I hope this was helpful.

Answer 4

whatever you do don't stop eating altogether!
just eat less [smaller portions] and healthier[salads, fruit]
try to replace things too
ex: instead of eating ice cream, try a sorbet or frozen yogurt
slowly but surely you'll begin to lose weight

Answer 5

hi! i'm a 20-something american woman who lives in italy... during high school and university i was hopeless, but due to some weird circumstances in my life i ended up becoming a track runner and moving to italy. i've learned a lot about this stuff.

you can really easily be screwed by a number of factors in the states... NO, i'm not going to tell you to workout or go run (though remember that to lose weight, you’d need aerobic exercise). as far as diet goes, there are a few things you should know...

the only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you eat. (couting calories isn’t fun, but I think most people have no idea how many they need, and how many they intake. do it for a month, then you’ll be better able to ‘eyeball’ it later.) you'll need to find how many calories you need to eat every day- (this depends on your gender, height, age, etc) there are a lot of calculators online, but i like the ones that ask a lot of questions and are sponsored by universities (this one is sponsored by the university of iowa. (teen girls/boys are growing, so make sure you’re well informed about your needs, this calculator should be adequate for the moment):

this is a “3-in-1-calculator” to find your BMI, daily calorie intake, and if you’d like, forecast weight loss--

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/nutrition/sport/energy.asp

the "average" calorie intake listed on the back of every package in an american grocery store is 2,500 calories daily. IF YOU ARE A TEEN, this is probably very wrong. your calorie needs are probably much less. (the 2,500 cal 'average american' takes in a lot of old, fat, tall men.) MY average is 2,200- but i work out 5 times per week.

there's also a good site that will tell you the amount of calories in home made and restaurant meals:

http://www.thedailyplate.com

PLEASE find a good online calculator, but a 5'7'' girl at 130 lbs who does NO physical activity would need about 1,500 to MAINTAIN her weight.

to put this in perspective: a 'super size' big mac meal at mc donald's has 1,600 calories. great, if you only want to eat one meal per day.

after you figure out how many calories you need to eat every day; here are some simple rules:

1. cut out any beverage that's not water. if you think you can't do it; make iced tea or lemonade at home. (20 oz of coke = 250 calories, a venti mocha frappuccino at starbucks = 500. that's a lot of calories, when you consider a big mac has 600, and a plate of pasta with tomato sauce about 400... though that's an ENORMOUS plate of pasta- versus one very SMALL hamburger.)

2. don't eat any sauce you can't see through. (mayo has about 100 calories per tablespoon, 1 packet of ranch dressing at mc donald's = 230, barbecue, etc)

3. don't eat while watching television, and don't eat 'straight out of the bag'... put a portion on a plate- you'll be more aware of how much you're eating.

4. don't buy 'snack sizes' you'll eat 20% more snack size oreos than the big ones... they've planned it that way. (though oreo does now make '100 calorie per bag' oreos. they don't have cream filling.)

5. prepare your own food. american food labeling is crap. 'reduced fat' can mean that it's reduced from the ORIGINAL product, which doesn't get you anywhere, if the original product was a coronary in a bag. when you prepare it yourself, you know what you're eating.

6. if you do decide to do something active, make it something you like, join a group, go at least twice a week, and you have to go even if you don't feel like it. if you don't follow these rules, you won't stick to it, i promise.

7. don't look at your weight, look at your BMI. (your body mass index) an average girl should have a bmi of about 20%-- meaning that 20% of her body weight is composed of fat. (a HEALTHY 5'2'' girl that's 100 lbs, will carry about 20 lbs of fat. it's dangerous to get below 13%. if the same 5'2'' girl weighs 160, it's unhealthy- but not because of the pounds, because the PERCENTAGE of fat is WAY too high.) anyway, if you're bmi is healthy, you're healthy. 8. eat every 3 hours, if you can, small portions. set the alarm on your cell if you need to. take a power bar (or similar) in you purse ALWAYS. (i like LUNA bars, they're $1 per, but taste good, and will actually save you money, as they've got all the vitamins and minerals of a full meal.) if you HAVE to eat fast food, order kid's portions.

regarding body image:

i know a lot of professional female athletes, and although they don't have tummies, many have a diffcult time getting a 6-pack (abs), and most of them have cellulite on their thighs. cellulite can be made worse by eating saturated fat (butter), and those deposits can be nearly permanent. the quickest way to reduce the appearance of cellulite, i think would be tanning cream.

if you have any amount of fat, it will show up first on your stomach. there are a lot of people that have strong stomach muscles, but the smallest bit of fat will cover over it right away. so a 300lb woman might have stomach muscles of britney spears (i'm not talking about a 'ripped' tummy, but a cute flat beachy one... :p ), but seeing as the stomach is the first place fat goes, you'd need to get rid of the fat before you'd be able to see what's underneath. a '6 pack', therefore is really a sign of someone in very, very good health.

i won't tell you to exercise, but remember- the more you move your body, the more you can eat without worry!

all diet programs that you PAY for offer do everything i've just said for you, esp. weight watchers, whose 'point system' is exactly what i've done above.

this may seem like too much counting, but soon it’ll come naturally! If you screw up one day, don’t sweat it, just pick up the next and really do your best!

hope i didn't sound preachy, and i hope it helped.

p.s. when you look for info online, especially calculators, make sure the source is reliable (like www.webmd.com), and make sure to type in 'teenager'. you have special, different dietary needs.

Answer 6

everything bread goes out.
drink water.
alot.

Answer 7

diet and exercise