Need to lose 11.5 pounds by November 3rd! Possible?

Breadoholic

Awesome guys, thanks for all this great advice. Green Tea... I always forget to buy it when I go to the supermarket.

A few months back I bought the 17 day diet book... but I can't seem to remember what the actual diet consisted of. Was it lean meat, fish, veggies, no bread, carbs, oil, fruit... or am I completely off?

tulip07

Yes, it's no limit on the lean meat (such as chicken breast, lean turkey, eggs) and cleansing veggies (not veggies like potatoes though), 2 low-sugar fruits before 2PM, 2 non-fat, no-sugar probiotic foods (yogurt, kefir etc), 2 healthy fats (tbsp of olive oil, flax seed), at least 17 mins a day of exercise for the first 17 days.

Oh and 8 cups of water and 3 cups of green tea.

The second 17 days, it's all of the above and you get to add 2 carb servings such as potatoes, oatmeal, brown rice, lentils - all before 2PM though.

The 3rd cycle of 17 days, you add more carbs (whole grain kind such as whole grain bread and pasta) and pretty much any kind of veggies and fruits.

Since you have the book I would totally recommend you read the book before you start though, at least the chapter for cycle 1.

Good luck to you with your weight loss!

keiraev

30 Day Shred is a great toning DVD but it is only 20 minutes long (unless you do all 3 levels at once!) and I only burn about 150 cals doing it.

I wouldn't recommend using it solely for weightloss- u would have to diet too.

It took me 4 weeks to lose around 6lb on 1200 a day, still over 1lb a week but - the less u have to lose the slower it comes off unfortunately.

Sidesteal

If you only have a little bit of weight to lose - which, based on your ticker, is the case - there is no healthy way to lose that much weight that quickly. Plus, if you are biking to and from work every day, you need more than 1200 calories.

^ I would take this advice.

Schwiggs

I think you can do it. I always eat below my 1,200cal intake- they say it’s unhealthy but it works. Exercise a least an hour a day. I eat on average 700 cal a day. I was thinking of spreading my 700cal throughout day instead of only at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So my body won’t think I am starving it. Example cut breakfast in half-eat at 9am and the other half at11am. I do eat carbs- but if you eat no carbs, lean meat, and veg it will come off faster.
I have done no carbs no sugar diet before and it works for my body fat(mid-section)-its an harder diet to keep up. But I would say counting calories and counting with fitness pal for the last 2months has been a joy and a true success!!
Running and joging an hour a day for a month and you will lose fast and look great. Running shapes the whole body. In 2009, I ran for 2 months and got down to 190ibs, but my body actually looked like I weighed 180ibs.

I am surprise your daily cal is 1,200, because you are much smaller then me. My sister is 117ibs and she gives herself 1,000cal intake a day. Beware: My sister also said, after reading blogs that My Fitness Pal gives everyone 1,200 cal because that is the healthy daily allowance.
If I eat 1,200 a week without exercise I would loss 2.0ibs a week because I am larger.
Since you are smaller you must exercise everything you eat and more.

Do the math: you can not do this table below because you are too small.
2,300 cal equal a pd
500 cal less a day for a week equal 1 pd loss- 1,000 cal less a day for a week equal 2 pds loss
193ibs (my weight) -1,930(add a '0')
1,930
-1,000 less cals a day for a week
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930cal a day to loss 2 pds a week without exercise.


Good Luck! I have 3 more ibs before my Oct. 19 trip and 30more ibs before my 2012 trip

This is your first post? What a bright future of bad advice giving you have!

Breadoholic

LOL @ above post. 1200 is fine for me... If I eat healthy I can actually eat a lot within my daily calorie intake.

Breadoholic

How is it that in the morning I weighed like 61 kgs and then I just weighed myself and I'm at 62 now KILL ME NOW.

PatientBearTiger

How is it that in the morning I weighed like 61 kgs and then I just weighed myself and I'm at 62 now KILL ME NOW.

And don't weigh yourself every day. Weight fluctuates naturally. You'll drive yourself insane.

Breadoholic

Good to know, good to know. I'll weigh myself on Sunday mornings now. I'll have to ask someone I live with to hide my scales in the meantime.

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

how tall are you by the way? and how old?

I would say your best bet is to do what you can and will do for the duration of your weight loss. you don't want rebound binging from working out too much on too few calories. You have to see the big picture, as has been stressed here.

Maybe eating "flat belly" foods to reduce bloat the week before they arrive might help you to feel better about yourself. this doesn't mean cutting calories but cutting out bloating veggies, beans, diet soda, chewing gum, and reducing sodium. You will drop water weight and look less puffy while not doing anything unhealthy.

It's important that you realize 1200 calories is the minimum for people NOT exercising, with exercise I really think you should consider eating more (maybe 1500 calories) and let the weight drop as it will. It's better to lose the pounds forever than temporarily, right?

Some tips though to facilitate fat loss...hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. lots of water. cut out diet sodas, artificial sweeteners, and processed carbs.

Eat more whole grains, healthy fat (olive oil, olives, avocado, fatty fish), lean protein, and fruits/veggies. I would honestly aim for 1500 calories and workout as much as I could without killing myself. Good luck!

mslh84

Well it may be a little amount for you guys... but my STARTING weight was only 64 kgs. I have binge eaten for like a year so I'm hoping one WHOLE month of not binge eating and being very strict with what goes into my mouth will immediately result in at least 5 pounds coming off without me trying too hard (fitness wise). I'm naturally 55 kgs... so lets hope my body realises that I'm trying to get back to normal, ey.

My first month at the gym I lost 9 lbs. So it is possible...BUT I went to the gym 5 days a week for 4 weeks, well still going 5-6 days a week. If you aren't willing to put in the effort of fitness while changing your eating habits, I highly doubt its going to work...and a 1200 calorie limit just seems ridiculous. Leaving yourself hungry can put your body into starvation mode, and you could end up binge eating 10x worse than you began. I've got a lot of great advice from these message boards.

Many times I've been exhausted, but still went to the gym anyways. If I can't get to the gym, I try to do some at home exercise. Best of luck on your video.

ImKindOfABigDeal40

I agree with PatientBearTiger. My advice to you is to follow your goals and use the food and exercise calculators on here religiously. You won't lose all the weight but some is better than none right?

Speedy89

start running.

Speedy89

a lot

Breadoholic

At the moment I am working quite often and don't have a lot of time to exercise. 1200 calories daily should be enough and i feel full. I bike ride to and from work and do yoga once a week. I am working in the middle of Australia where the conditions are completely different than what I'm used to. The gym here doesn't open all day and doesn't allow you to work out independently, which is frustrating. It only has classes, which tend to run when I'm working. I also cannot really go on runs after work because it's dangerous here at night, so basically my diet has to be the main focus until I move back to the city in November.

I'm definitely going to HYDRATE and cut out foods which bloat the stomach. I've cut out most carbohydrates to fasten the process. I'm also drinking green tea as opposed to coffee.

We'll see.

Thanks for the advice.

Christina xo