Need suggestions for healthiest way to lose weight quickly!

I get it. I'd do it too to save $150!

I'd eat 1400 a day of clean, healthy, unprocessed foods, and exercise 30 minutes a day. And drink a lot of water.

I have a few ideas. I just lost 29 lbs in 42 days

Simple way...
1. Stay away from processed carbs as they cause you water weight gain and make you feel lousy - then you don't feel like doing any of the below and/or may cause you to eat wrong.
2. Drink green tea.
3. Use portion control (ie, eat off a small plate then wait. If you are still hungry, get a little more - don't deprive yourself as you need to eat to lost weight).
4. And if you are like me and don't like exercising - then walk! Walking has soooo many benefits.
5. Most important of all, don't wrap your life around food. Eat only to sustain yourself - if you are hungry, eat. If not, don't. Enjoy life!

and the day before weigh in, the Red Cross will be happy to take a pound off...

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One more thing. I just put in your weight and height in the BMI chart that I use and it said 132 would be 24.9 and 131 would be 24.7. Anything 24.9 and under is considered healthy weight. 128 is 24.2, which is lower than it needs to be from what you are saying. 6 pounds in 30 days is very doable if you want to lose it the healthy way. I just hate seeing people do crash diets because it's really not safe.

Should I delete it then? I really don't want to get in trouble!

You won't .... The OP is wanting ideas that MFP is against...... The moderators will make the determination to lock and/or remove the post.

Should I delete it then? I really don't want to get in trouble!

You won't .... The OP is wanting ideas that MFP is against...... The moderators will make the determination to lock and/or remove the post.

Why in the world would MFP be against it? Can you provide one medical study or recommendation that a one time loss of 10 lbs in 30 days in unhealthy for someone with a high BMI??

You knew about this last year as you stated they do this every sept, so why wait til now to lose the weight? if you started last sept imagine where you would be now.

I feel like my weight loss has been a constant struggle over the past 2 years. I eat well generally speaking but definitely needed to do better with the amount of vegetables and fruit. I also needed to do more exercise.

So, 2 years ago, I hired a trainer with whom I worked out 3x/week for 1 month doing interval training with cardio, weights and plyometrics. Plus I did two 45-60-minutes sessions on my own time. In that month, without lowering my calories significantly (maybe 150-200/day), I lost 5 pounds...of fat, which came out to about 2%. Five lbs. in a month is great, don't get me wrong, but given I went from like 2 days of moderate exercise to 5 days of medium-high intensity workouts, I was disappointed. There was no way I could keep up that level to achieve my 20 lb. Goal.

I tried the exercise route again to little avail. Sure, I felt better and my muscles were getting toned. But I still wasn't "shedding" pounds. I also tried green coffee bean extract, GLA, CLA, and a whole bunch of other supplements over the 2 year period. Still, very little change and it was temporary...2 lbs. here, 3 lbs. there.

So this time, I am trying something new. I am trying an actual diet...but a nutritionally balanced one. I purchased Dr. Joel Fuhrman's book: Eat to Live" and have been reading through it. Although I disagree with some stuff, like cutting out most animal foods (I think he is a vegetarian, perhaps even Vegan), including fish, meats, dairy and eggs, I agree with the principal of eating nutrient-rich foods and eliminating the intake of non-whole grains and reducing consumption of animal products (for me cheese and beef/pork). It's really a combo of Paleo and the Fuhrman plans.

I started this new plan on June 1st and have decided to practically eliminate grains- even whole grains except for Flax seed just for June - as well as dairy (except for milk in my coffee). On July 1st, I will incorporate grains back into my diet in the form of quinoa, Farro and dark rices, etc., followed by some dairies - Greek yogurt and cottage cheese.

Why, you ask? Well, I want to see if my body reacts differently to each grains as well as dairy. I can only determine this if they are out of my system, and I figure 30 days is a good period for really getting used to the feeling of not eating them.

So, it has been 10 days on this plan (MFP set me at 1400 cal/day for 1.5/week weight loss), and I have lost 3-to-4 pounds, which is amazing to me. The downside? I have been super cranky! The first 5 days was a struggle to eat enough; I didn't have my usual grains and dairy to fill up the 1400 calories. So, I bought more veggies to snack on, and that seemed to do the trick, calorie-wise. I was still feeling sluggish though, so I talked to some people and did some research, and it seems that the consensus was to increase my protein above what MFP recommended given my carb ratios were lower (about 120g-150g vs. the 197 recommendation). So, I added in more lean meats to increase the protein. I also noticed I was not getting nearly enough Potassium, so had to eat even more dark greens and added in some no/low-sodium beans.

I feel as though I have figured out how to put my daily diet together with all of these things. I am feeling better, less cranky and less hungry, and still meeting the calorie and other nutrient goals. On days where I am low on vitamins, I will take a food-based multi-vitamin (half serving usually), and this helps a lot.

So, my overall point here is that it isn't easy to find what works for you. I know people who 'exercise it off' and others who have to 'diet it off'. I used to be able to eat whatever I wanted and exercise it off. Not anymore! Also, it is so important to keep the right amount of nutrients to keep your body functioning at its utmost potential given a reduced-calorie diet. And trying to get those nutrients from food is better than getting them from a vitamin, but either way is better than not getting enough vitamins and minerals.

Good luck to all of you! I really hope I stay on this trajectory throughout the month of June and don't gain it back. I'll keep you posted!