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Is it possible for me to lose 35 pounds or more by January?
I plan on working out twice a day, drinking water and eating 1200-1500 calories. Is this possible?
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Absolutely. I recently lost 10 pounds in 2 months (I stopped because I got to where I wanted to be) and my husband lost about 60 pounds in 5 months. We did this without cutting any foods out of our diets. Pizza, cookies, and french fries were all fine. The only thing we cut was calories. For me, pretty much all I had to do was cut down on my snacking. Your body needs a certain number of calories to maintain its current weight. If you cut that amount by about 500 a day, you'll lose weight. It takes about 3500 calories to gain 1 pound and the same amount to lose one pound. So, if you cut 500 calories out of your diet each day, you should lose about a pound per week. This is only effective if you are honest and slightly overestimate your calories consumed and underestimate your calories burned. You have to record every single thing that you eat, even if it's just one M&M. It will not be effective if you try cutting out too many calories right from the start. Eat normally for a week and record everything see how many calories you're consuming. Cut about 500 from that and slowly start cutting more. You don't want to fail and cutting too much at once would be setting yourself up for failure. Here's a few tips I have for you that worked for us. Weigh yourself only once per day at the same time each day. Better yet, only do it once every three days or once every week. Your weight can fluctuate 2-4 pounds throughout the day. To get an accurate reading, just do it in the morning when you get up. Do not be discouraged if you exercise really hard and the next day it looks like you gained 3 pounds. You didn't really. Try not to become too obsessed with the numbers on the scale. It's easy to. The water idea is a great one. If you want a glass of something other than water every once in awhile, you should go for it, though. The reason why most diets fail is because they're not sustainable. Say you're on a low-carb diet. Once you're done with the diet, you go back to eating carbs because you like foods with carbs and you gain the weight back. Or, you just can't maintain the diet and you end up cheating and giving up. Your goal is to make sure that you are happy. You don't really have to change your life too much to lose weight. Even though I'm here saying you can eat cookies, I'm not saying that's the best idea all of the time. You could eat nothing but chicken wings and lose weight, but you would not be very healthy. Another warning I have for you is that if you're going to drop your calories to the level that you're planning to, you're going to be hungry at points throughout the day. I cut out breakfast and had a small lunch, so by the afternoon I was really hungry. I tried to stay between 1300 and 1500 calories and I was definitely hungry at times. I kept it this way, though, because I was able to have a big, normal sized dinner, which I needed in my life. You have to figure out how to ration out your calories for you for each meal. I'm not sure if you're familiar with www.livestrong.com, but they have something on their website called MyPlate. This is what I used to track my calories. It's a great tool and it kept me honest. I really recommend this website. Another website I recommend is www.344pounds.com. This guy's story is what inspired me to try counting calories and he gives a lot of great advice and motivation if you go back to the beginning when he first started out. My last bit of information for you is that if you are female, it is dangerous to go below 1200 calories. For males, I believe that it's 1500. Unless you are very overweight, you should only be losing about 5-7 pounds per month. Even if you only lose 20 pounds by January, you're well on your way to your ultimate goal of 35. Wouldn't you rather do it safely, right, and effectively, than meet your ultimate goal too quickly? Aim for 20 pounds by January. It's more achievable. If you end up losing 35 pounds by then, good for you, but make sure you are setting goals that are challenging, but still attainable. As long as you really stick with counting every single thing that goes in your mouth, you'll do great. Good luck!
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Yes it is possible to lose 35 pounds by January, but I suggest eating AT LEAST 1500 calories. If you don't eat enough/skip meals, you actually SLOW down your metabolism because your body goes into a "survival mode", so the few calories you consume they actually store as fat deposits.
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Wake up, drink some coffee/tea, and eat: orange juice, whole grain toast, egg, and a yogurt. This is VERY balanced and will start your metabolism VERY EFFICIENTLY
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then eat 5 200-300 calories snack-meals every 3 hours.
Make sure each snack meal contains veggies, fruits, whole grains, and protein.
An example: eat some carrots, a kiwi, some triscuits, and edamame (protein)
Another example: egg white omelet with chopped up onions, tomatoes, carrots, and mushrooms, and some whole grain toast with a 100% raspberry jam spread
-Mushrooms have HUGE health benefits
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Basically, if you want to lose weight you actually will be more successful eating more calories of fruits and vegetables, instead of restricting calories.
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How I know this: I am a college student studying nutrition. I know how to lose weight the healthy way. Some people think that cutting calories is enough, and sure it WORKS, but they will not have that "TONED" body they have in the mind; for example they're legs will get skinnier, but they may still have an awkward-sized midsection.
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Finally, only drink water and juice, and may I suggest almond milk or coconut milk over dairy? They are actually delicious once you get used to it, have fewer calories than milk AND twice the calcium. They are a very very good nutritious beverage at low calories.
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Like I said this is what I study, this is my passion. If you want more meal ideas ask! I also would like to know if you've taken my advice, so give me updates if you have the time:) I LOVE learning about peoples journeys with nutritional enlightenment.
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Best of luck:) xx
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Run early in the mornings. Get up , eat half a banana, some water, and go for a run. Get a heart rate moniter and google " heart rate zones" for how to use it. Each few weeks you go up a zone, increasing intensity. Eat 5-6 SMALL meals giving your body more time to digest and metabolize each one.
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It depends on your body mass like say your big a fat than its possible but remember u might gain muscle weight. And your goal should not be to lose weight your goal should be to look and be overall healthier. As a person going into the medical field I have studied it extensively. So trying to be healthier would be a better goal. But yes it is possible eat several small meals a day to keep your metabolism going.
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