Lose 25 Pounds FAQ:
I am trying to lose about 20-25 pounds. I think my nutrition is really holding me back. But trying to lose weight is hard and overwhelming because there is so much to include. I really need help, can someone please give my detailed instruction on how to lose 20-25 pounds. What foods and snacks should I eat? I really want this so please help me.
I am trying to lose about 20-25 pounds. I think my nutrition is really holding me back. But trying to lose weight is hard and overwhelming because there is so much to include. I really need help, can someone please give my detailed instruction on how to lose 20-25 pounds. What foods and snacks should I eat? I really want this so please help me.
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use hydroxycut and run 30min in the morning and 30min at night~~but monitor the blood pressure~~get eight hours sleep~~and don’t drink alcohol and soft drinks and avoid
sweets ~~veggies are great
Include Acai berries and/or pomegranate in your diet.
Take 3 miles walks every other day.
Stay away from ice cream and cakes.
Good luck!
What is considered to be healthy weightloss is 3 lbs/wk, anything more then that is unhealthy and doing numerous bad things to your body. To lose proper weight you need to burn more calories then you are intaking. Start paying attention to your calorie intake and be sure you are throughly reading the nutrition labels as far as calories per serving. You’d be surprised by servings per calorie intake. The RDA is 2,000/day, but this a quite excessive number as not everyone takes in this many calories per day.. The 1st 10lbs you lose is water weight, so it’ll be easy to lose it, but it’ll become harder after that. If you ARE going to take any diet pills, slimquick is the way to go, just avoid the hoodia one, hoodia is not a good supplement for your body to intake. Hope this helps!! Oh and variety, variety, variety in your foods. If you don’t have a variety and balance in your diet, you’ll have that much of a harder time losing weight.
You have to focus on two things: nutrition (food) and exercise.
With regard to nutrition, you have to break down each meal into two categories. These are proteins and carbohydrates. These are two of the three sources of calories (the third being fat). While some fats are good (fish oil) you say you just care about losing the 25 lbs. So I’d avoid fat as much as possible. You’ll note that while eating with a focus on carbs and protein that you’ll be getting a good amount of fat anyway from most protein sources (fish, meat, etc.). Below is my recommendations for both categories:
Carbohydrate sources:
Pasta (whole wheat is superior but regular is okay; easy on the sauce)
Rice (again, brown is best but white is fine)
Vegetables (canned veggies are easy to make and store)
Fruits
Saltines (although not great, 10 with tuna is okay)
Bread (WHOLE wheat is best but white is fine)
Whole grain rolled oats (no quick or instant oats, plain.)
Protein Sources:
Fish (Tilapia is cheap, Tuna cans are good, Whiting is cheap)
Chicken ****** (Skin and visible fat removed)
Ground Beef (no less than 85%)
Cuts of beef (you can usually see the fat while shopping, the redder the meat the less fat it has)
Yogurt (low fat plain yogurt only, no fruit on the bottom. Add your own fruit)
Skim Milk
Cottage Cheese (before bed)
Eggs (make one whole egg and two whites only and scramble, eat with oats)
Drink a gallon of water a day. No soda, unnatural juices (Kook-Aid, Fruitopia, Snapple). No coffee. You can put Sugar-Free Crystal Light in some of your water.
With regard to exercise, I’d focus more on cardio and less on weights. I recommend a workout video. I know someone who has had great success with The Biggest Loser: Bootcamp DVD. She went from a size 20 to a 16 in about 8 weeks. She also ate right. Additionally, I recommend running every morning for 30 minutes. At first you won’t get far or go fast but you’ll see improvements daily. The morning is best because you are fasting during sleep and your body will burn more fat.
Finally, for caloric goals sign up with a site like Gyminee.com. They will check your goal weight and your current weight and tell you how much carbs and protein you need daily. You can keep track of what you ate also. Remember one carb and one protein from above equals one meal. Also, supplements are good too. Eating five-six meals a day is tough so get some protein shakes and bars from Wal-Mart (dirt cheap compared to other places). These are great meal replacements in between bigger meals. Remember food is fuel not pleasure. You have to “fill up” every three hours so the bars and shakes are a great aid. Good luck!