20 lbs in 70 days?

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2 lbs/week is towards the upper end of what's realistic, but starting at 188-190 it should be possible to begin with.

How old / tall are you, what exercise do you do, do you eat enough protein, how many calories per day are you eating etc

You don't need equipment to exercise at home! Check out YouTube or BodyRock.tv for some videos. They're really helpful. best of luck!

Let's assume you have about 100lb of lean body weight as you're 5'-2" and 190. For that you should eat ~100g per day of protein which will be more than MFP's recommendations - so tweak the settings at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_custom for 33% calories from protein at 1200 total intake. 0.2g of fat per lb is about 40g of fat or 360 calories (30% of total) and carbs to make 100 at 37% of calories (110g of carbs).

Walking is good, but diet is going to do at least 80% of your weight loss.

Try that for a month and see how it progresses.

I think of things in pretty simple terms.

At the end of the day to lose weight you have to burn more than you eat .... so if you get stuck you need to eat less or work out more....... I find it better to make small changes and just keep upping the excersise or lowering the cals in small steps until I see it making a difference.

A moderate pace 30 minute walk MFP says uses around 160 cals which if you do it daily is 4,800 cals a month which at your current intake is kinda the same as not eating for 4 days a month...... which is going to make a difference yes !

Heya, I'm in your age range and height.

I'm 25, 26 in September, and I'm 5'3. I've lost 32 lbs since I started here a few months ago. My diet has been alot of it. I follow the Harcombe diet where I basically eat healthy, cut out the processed junk, and keep my fat meals separate from my carb meals. Recently I started exercising more, my routine is generally something like this:

Morning: AB workout- Crunches/Situps/Bicycle Crunches/situps
Afternoon: Running/Swimming
Mid Afternoon: Upper AB workout
After dinner: Jog/walk
Before Bed: Dance- Belly, hip hop, modern... any one or more of the mentioned.

My snacks throughout the day are generally grapes or fruits or a cup of greek nonfat yogurt plain. Every once in awhile I'll treat myself to a smoothie or frozen yogurt with dark chocolate shaved on it.

I don't really calorie count. Sometimes I fall within my calorie range, sometime I don't. You're really young as well so I'd definitely suggest some strength training. It's suppose to help with making sure there's not to much excess skin and help tighten the core. I'm going to start adding some into mine.

This!
I wish I would have spent time with my grandmother in the kitchen - I would probably be a much better cook today!

Go cook with your grandmother. I learned so much from cooking with mine and I miss them dearly. You may also discover some oils and sugar you didn't know about. You don't have to tell your grandmother to cook differently, but you can adjust your portions accordingly. But really, go in the kitchen and tell her you want to do it together. You'll learn a lot and also get to spend some time with your grandmother. I think most grandmothers would absolutely love to have that time with their grandkids. So get cooking--one day you'll wish you could do it again!

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