Qiick weight loss (The Healthiest Way)

start with eliminating carbs. besides fresh veggies and eliminate high fat protein and salty foods! stick with egg whites for breakfast chicken salad for lunch and fish and veggies for dinner and of coarse fill in with snacks that are healthy in in your calorie budget! any questions let me know!

I'm not sure that there is a fast and healthy way to lose 20 lbs.

How fast is fast? I have lost 22 lbs in 11 weeks.

Wow, why are people saying "no carbs"? IMHO that's not a healthy way to lose weight! Carbs are what your body uses as fuel. You need 50 to 60% of your calories to come from carbs every day. Maybe 45% if you are REAAALY overweight, but someone trying to lose 20 lbs? I consider that moderately overweight at worst (depending on their overall body size).

I'm fine with saying, Lower your carbs, but only after it's confirmed that their eating too many carbs in the first place.

OK, anyway. 2B, viv and lina are correct. You can increase how fast you become healthy, but there is no magic pill, there is a limit to how much anybody can lose, and it's based on your own body's chemistry, it's generally accepted that people who are a good bit overweight can lose 2 lbs a week safely, but if your only 20 lbs overweight, I doubt you will reach that level of loss. You just don't have the fat reserves to do that. Now, if you just want to lose 20 lbs but you are more over weight then 20 lbs, then maybe, but still 2 lbs a week is a very aggressive amount.
the only formula that is proven to work is to eat healthy and exercise. If you want a quick fix diet, then you've come to the wrong place, if you want to become healthy, we are right here for you!
I hope you are the latter, and welcome.

I dont know why you need to lose so fast, but doing a cleanse or fast will work , although you will definitely gain some of it if not all of it back. I did a 10 day master cleanse and lost 9lbs. and then I got pregnant a month later so I am not sure how much of it I gained back, or what was baby growing. I know wrestlers sometimes wear those sauna suits and run, and drastically cut their calories, and they lose weight quickly. The more you sweat the faster you will lose, so I guess it depends on what you want to do to lose it. If you are going to do a cleanse or fast, I would suggest a juice fast rather than a master cleanse or water fast. If it is for a wedding or something that you need to lose it that quickly the above ideas will work, but dont expect permanence. If you are wanting to keep it off, then it will have to be a somewhat slower process.

There really isn't a healthy way to lose fast. I wouldn't cut out carbs completely. Just stay away from the snack carbs like chips and unhealthy white bread. It's unhealthy to lose more than 2 lbs a week unless you're really overweight. Eat healthy and workout and you'll see a difference. You might not see a difference on the scale, but your body will be losing inches and you'll be healthy, which should be the focus Good luck and don't try to rush it. It'll happen, just give it time.

Kels

how did you lose 22 pounds in just 11 weeks??
can you give me any tips?

how did you lose 22 pounds in just 11 weeks??
can you give me any tips?

22 lbs in 11 weeks is possible, I lost 35 in about 16 weeks, it's not easy though, I worked hard for the whole time, for the first 3 months I was a maniac about sticking exactly to my nutritional requirements, I stayed right at 850 calories below my maintenance weight within 15 or 20 calories either way every day, (and yes, I included exercise calories in my numbers )

But 3.5 lbs in a week is not a reasonable number, unless you're talking water weight, which, in the first week or two, is a definit possibility, or are morbidly obese. I mean, I worked out HARDCORE, stuck to the plan, and did everything right, and I was at 2.1 lbs a week including the first week where I shed 8 lbs (take that week out because it was mostly water and your talking 1.8 lbs a week.).

I've lost 20 lbs in 2 weeks a few times. Without dieting. However it involved strict regime of exercise for a total of 5 hours a day (broken down in 24 hours such as 3k run in morning, high impact step afternoon, ab workout, weight trianing evening and like every other day alternating a specific core group so as not to over train an area) and 8-10 meals a day. Not something for someone who isn't training for a competition related to fitness or for surgery which was the case for me both times. Basically I was burning off everything I ate and only eating healthy foods catered to the weight loss I needed to achieve done by a nutritionist and supplemented with vitamins. The people on The Biggest Loser each loose about 20 lbs or more the first month and the follow a similar regime- I think the show states they excericse about 8 hours a day and eat about 6-8 meals specifically catered to their health as well and strictly monitored by their physicians. I'm not sure where you are from but where I live their are programs designed to help you lose 20 lbs in a month with meals and personal training for people moderately overweight or wanting to loose and tone fast . I think though you have to have the daytime hours to commit to it. Not everyone has 5 hours a day to workout. So some people say you cannot loose 20 lbs in a month healthily but I say talk to your doctor and a fitness trainer and see what is the max for YOUR OWN body. Since I have been doing 2 hours of cardio & weight training a day for less than 2 weeks I have dropped 3 1/2 inches from my waist and 3 lbs. I'm logging my meals and eating healthier as well. But what I see mostly is the top 2 layers of my abs showing for the first time in 2 years and my thighs and arms becoming defined. So it can be safely done to loose 20 lbs in a month but see your family practitioner and then get a trainer to map out your best course. If you can't do that I wouldn't suggest trying it alone because you really want to be monitored until you get into a safe routine for your own body. I think what some people may mean (and I don't pretend to speak for anyone but me) is that binging and purging, diet pills, laxatives, or starving yourself "ain't smart and aint' gonna work" but with excercise and proper diet you can in fact safely loose weight but that takes committment and HARD WORK.

Eat right, exercise, be positive and safe.
There is no fast way. NO FAST WAY!!!!

2BHealthy....

I would be very careful before I took advice from any of us on how to lose weight quickly, unless the person giving the advice is a medical professional in the area of nutrition and/or exercise. We all may have oppinons on what is, or isn't healthy, and may have personal experience that have/haven't worked for us. However, the basic truth is that there is, by no means, a totally safe way to drop 20 lbs. quickly. It didn't go on quickly, why do people think it can drop quickly and stay off permanently if you do. I would suggest you talk to a nuitritionist or an exercise physiologist. The simple truth of weight loss is burning more calories than what you are taking in. Keep in mind that a pound of fat is equivalent to about 1300 calories. You should never starve your body because your body will go into shock and will start storing food differently...it will try and retain the calories and store them as fat. You can get a book out of the library on nutrition and exercise physiology...this will tell you exactly how the body breaks down food, how to manage your food and exercise properly and help you to determine realistic goals for yourself. Don't buy a "trend" book or a fad diet book...just get the truth about the physiology and biology of your body.


Well said. :flowerforyou:

I wish you the best.

2BHealthy....

I would be very careful before I took advice from any of us on how to lose weight quickly, unless the person giving the advice is a medical professional in the area of nutrition and/or exercise. We all may have oppinons on what is, or isn't healthy, and may have personal experience that have/haven't worked for us. However, the basic truth is that there is, by no means, a totally safe way to drop 20 lbs. quickly. It didn't go on quickly, why do people think it can drop quickly and stay off permanently if you do. I would suggest you talk to a nuitritionist or an exercise physiologist. The simple truth of weight loss is burning more calories than what you are taking in. Keep in mind that a pound of fat is equivalent to about 1300 calories. You should never starve your body because your body will go into shock and will start storing food differently...it will try and retain the calories and store them as fat. You can get a book out of the library on nutrition and exercise physiology...this will tell you exactly how the body breaks down food, how to manage your food and exercise properly and help you to determine realistic goals for yourself. Don't buy a "trend" book or a fad diet book...just get the truth about the physiology and biology of your body.


Well said. :flowerforyou:

I wish you the best.

Yes well said :drinker:

one more bit of infor


List of Fad Diets
Atkins Although written in the 1970s, Atkins Diet Revolution became a huge phenomenon only in the last few years.
Cabbage Soup Diet This diet is not sustainable but continues to fall in and out favor.
Negative Calorie Diet Based on a concept with little science to back it up.
Low Fat diet Very popular during the 1980s and 1990s.
Low Carb diet Experienced a huge surge in popularity during 2003-2004 - but interest began to decline towards the end of 2004.
3 Day diet There are many incarnations of 3 day diet floating around. These kind of diet are popular due to the promise of instant gratification. There is never any long term success with such a diet.
Zone Diet Many consider the Zone diet to be a fad diet - however this diet continues to remain popular with many.
South Beach Diet The South Beach continues to be one of the biggest selling diet books of all time. Enthusiasm for the diet has not yet faded, and it maybe unfair to call this a fad.

Other Fad Diet Contenders
Grapefruit diet, Hollywood diet, Beverly Hills Diet, FatLoss4Idiots, Apple Cider Vinegar Diet.
Other Definitions of a Fad Diet
Some nutritionists define a fad diet by a series of questions rather than assessing popularity:

Recommendations that promise a quick fix
Dire warnings of dangers from a single product or regimen
Claims that sound too good to be true
Simplistic conclusions drawn from a complex study
Recommendations based on a single study
Dramatic statements that are refuted by reputable scientific organizations
Lists of "good" and "bad" foods
Recommendations made to help sell a product
Recommendations based on studies published without review by other researchers
Recommendations from studies that ignore differences among individuals or groups
Eliminated one or more of the five food groups