Ideas for a six month fitness plan?

[code3]

Alrighty, where to start? I'm a 20 year old overweight female in fair overall health who needs to get her ass in gear. It just so happens that I'm about to deploy to a place with nothing to do but eat, sleep, go to work, and fill up two or three hours with randomness. Perfect chance for a fitness makeover? I think yes. I need to build a good six month workout plan that will drop 20 - 30 lbs and help me achieve some overall muscle definition (not much though, I like being a little squishy). Don't mention any crazy diets please, my food options range from dripping grease to a light coating of it, so drastic dietary changes will have to come next year.

[TripleAce]

Grease lol ouch... that will need to change or this won't work

It's very simple, burn more than you eat... if you can't do that, you can work out until your blue in the face and it will do nothing

1-2 pounds per week is the more optimistic goal people can achieve, that's considering 5 times a day for an hour and eating like a champ

[code3]

Yeah, I'm crossing my fingers for a salad bar and lean meat options. But I've heard that chow halls there aren't the best health wise.

But what should I do workout wise? More cardio less weights, more weights less cardio, more cardio to start then add weights?

[TripleAce]

Start off with cardio first... work your way up to about a good solid 60 mins... might take a while

Once your there, maybe after a month or 2... do about 30 cardio and 30 mins weights... alternative between 30/30 and then some days go back to 60 mins cardio

Do all this, but eating is the 70% of losing weight... so food is more important than working out... you have to eat less than what your body needs during a day in total calories

Check out on google your resting calorie intake and drop by 300 to start with Then 500 less for more extreme results

[code3]

Thank you!

[electromagnetic]

Be realistic on the goals you want to achieve.
Meal preparations and a balanced diet are your best friends, not starvation.
come up with a workout schedule that you can actually stick to and for at least an hour.
Don't loose focus on your goals.

goodluck.