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diet to loose 20 pounds
i recently gained a ton of weight due to freshman 20 and being on vacation etc. etc.
i am normally and usually very skinny and now im 20 pounds plus and do not look or feel good.
i am dying for a diet food plan to loose these horriable 20 pounds
ANYTHING i am desperate and extremley ready and motivated!
id prefer the fastest way but i open to anything and everything.
please im a girl, an added 20 pounds is so much for my small frame to handle. i really am anxious to loose the weight!
thank you so much,
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Go high carb, low fat, whole foods, plant-based VEGAN! It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change. I went vegan this year and have lost 40 pounds, with minimal exercise, and eating AS MUCH as I desire bringing down my BMI from 30 to 24. I weigh less now than I did throughout high school, as an overweight teenager, even when I exercised for hours while on Junior Varsity and Varsity sports teams. I went to my annual physical earlier this month, and even my doctor was in shock.
My goal for next year is to lose 30-40 more pounds, I just need to start exercising on a regular basis. Nothing crazy, just 30-60 minutes of jogging, Ballet Beautiful, bike riding.. things like that.
I think it's amazing what I've accomplished so far, just by changing my diet, though. It's a lot easier to go vegan than it seems. I was never vegetarian, I went from being able to eat an entire box of pizza or entire tub of ice cream in one sitting to a full-fledged vegan. I now spend a lot less money on groceries, have more energy (never need caffeine, and never feel lethargic like I used to on a regular basis), have more concentration, am learning to cook, and etc. Try it for a week, that's how I started, and I felt so good that I just kept going, and it's now been 5 months! You can get every nutrient from plant foods, including protein!
Where do you get your protein?! 10 comebacks from a Vegan.
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The only vitamin you need to supplement is B12, and one I personally recommend is Garden of Life's B12 spray (cause I personally hate swallowing pills, and methylcobalamin is better than cyanocobalamin). You can buy it at any health foods store (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, etc.), or online.
More on vitamin B12
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These two movies turned me into a vegan overnight.
Forks Over Knives
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Processed People
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Cowspiracy
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Here are some good YouTube channels that have helped me, too.
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Good luck!
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I'm not sure if you know this, but don't stop eating or do any of those diets where all you eat specific foods and drink water only. Your body needs all those other vitamins and nutrients.
Now that that's clarified, the best thing to do is get the recommended amount of food from each group (here's a good website to explain: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)). When deciding what food in each group to eat, some are better than others. For example, wheat bread (or even white-wheat if you don't like straight up wheat) is better than regular white bread. Most foods have the nutrition facts section. I believe most of them have serving sizes and the healthy % for each day. Look at those too. Try to stay away from foods with high fructose corn syrup. I could go on and on about what and what not to eat...But basically don't eat too much or too little of things. Another thing that really helped me was to cut down on the amount of junk food I eat throughout the day. Giving up nice foods like chips, desserts, and condiments helps a lot (and it makes them taste tons better when eaten in moderation). And lastly, you should develop an exercise plan. You sound motivated enough to take 30-60 mins a day to do some simple exercises. The website below can help you create a personal exercise plan:
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I hope this helped and good luck with losing that weight! :)
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