Can I get fit in 2 months and a half? Please help.Guys and girls, please read the description (long)?

[Lauren2410]

Excluding the period weeks. So I am a let's say pear-shaped girl (not fully, I'm not that disproportionate) ,5 '3-5'4 and 148 lbs ( 67kg). I want to get fit for myself to feel pretty and also to look good at my neighbor's (a close friend) wedding. And to prove I can look good and not feel sad all the time. I'm tired of feeling so low of myself and having no self-esteem and being made fun of. I want to feel happy with my body. Is there a way I can lose weight and get fit with my whole body, but also on my thighs? And how to lose the belly pouch? The last time I lost weight, I looked ok at my abs, but that belly pouch won't just go away.
1.I also wanna start Insanity again, because it's so hard and really works you out, but I was wondering do you guys know any other programs? That would slim me, not make me even fatter in the thighs especially because of the muscles?
2.Also, what should I eat? And how do I control myself from eating junk food, chips, lots of sweets?
My typical day is : a yogurt in the morning (need to get to school so don't have time to eat more)
at school I eat junk food or pastry products (not good I know)
And when I come home at 1-2 pm , depends what I want, but usually : either baked potatoes, or spaghetti or smoked fish or some meal cooked by my mom.
I don't drink soda or any kind of juice, except on occasions. I love water.

[InsertWittyName]

Unfortunately, it's impossible to lose fat in only one specific area. Every girl loses weight differently - usually, thigh fat leaves first, but you'll notice yourself what are of body you lose fat in first.

Working out:

Cardio. It's all about the cardio.

- The easiest and simplest way to lose weight is running. I usually run on a treadmill - I hate people staring if I go for a run outside.

- Skipping - simple and effective.

- Aerobics is rather fun, and joining a class, being with other people, is helpful if you require motivation, as you feel pushed to keep up. Also, it helps tone as well as burning fat. You don't want to be left with saggy skin.

Dieting:

- Don't skip breakfast. That is the worst dieting sin ever. You're doing good with the yoghurt - at least you're not skipping breakfast completely. But get something else with it. Toast, or a banana. Breakfast biscuits are really good, and you can eat it on the way to school (although personally, I like to wake up earlier and get a hot breakfast). Keep eating the yoghurt (no added sugar or sweeteners) with fresh fruit, and a breakfast biscuit on the way to school.

- Cut out the junk food. You'll be amazed by the results of cutting out your school snack. Pack some nuts or dried fruit. It doesn't taste as good (no matter how hard they try to convince use it's delicious), but it's worth it, trust me. Now that I'm used to it, I don't like the taste of many sugary junk foods any more.

- Make sure your mum knows that you're trying to cut back on the fat, especially if she'll support you. Use smaller plates when eating - it tricks the mind into thinking you're getting more than you are. Skip dessert. Try drinking a glass of water before meals - it takes the edge off hunger, so you don't eat as much. Chew your food slowly and carefully - you often feel fuller more quickly. Bolting your food doesn't give your brain time to adjust to the signals from your stomach that you're full.
Good luck!

[InsertWittyName]

Also warning: swimming gives you man shoulders. It burns tons of calories - but you end up with really muscly arms.

[Willow4]

Hey :)

Firstly it's not really possible to target weight loss to specific parts of your body, you can tone those areas up though which will help a lot. Weight will come off where it wants to though I'm afraid. The belly is one of the hardest places to lose weight because the majority is just fat and we also don't use our belly for anything. Legs and arms are much easier to tone because they're muscles we use all the time.

A friend of mine did the biggest loser workout DVD (they give you a weight loss schedule inside) and lost loads of weight. I was really surprised but I'd recommend looking into it, she said it wasn't too difficult. If you want to get fitter in general just do a lot of cardio, it works your whole body and gets your heart rate up and running (no pun intended). Add in weights and strength training and that will tone up the muscles and keep you strong enough to exercise.
I actually think that DVD did workouts for both cardio and strength so that would be good! :)

The trick with food is don't make it really boring. You don't have to be so strict that you literally have to force feed yourself. You can vary it up a little bit because you want a balanced diet and because you'll be exercising enough to keep weight off. Yoghurts are great, try adding some chopped nuts (almonds are great) and some fruit just to change it up a little bit. Pitta bread with grilled chicken, falafel, tuna salad etc is good for lunches. Try to cut down on your meat intake if you can and when you do eat it, grill it. I have to be on a constant eating plan because I horse race and I find that not eating much meat is a good way to keep your weight low. Don't overdose on carbs, try to eat pasta and rice when you do (don't have too many potatoes). Beans, grains and pulses such as lentils are good meal bases with next to no calories :)

Make yourself some nice snacks to help with the junk food. Some suggestions for what I eat: pretzels, trail mix (nuts, raisins, cranberries)

[Willow4]

smoothies (really fill you up and with lots of fruit are great), hummus with veg or salad to dip in, low fat granola bars (you could get them in the weight loss section at the supermarket to make sure you're getting ones high in protein and low in sugar), crackers with cottage cheese or hummus and handfuls of dry low sugar cereal and nuts. That keeps me from grabbing unhealthy snacks when I'm hungry :) just keep some handy in the fridge so it's there if you get peckish :)

Good luck! :)

[halafax]

Well you have going to have a rough time trying to lose the weight and get toned like that. Though insanity would help with that. I've never done it but I think the ads say like six weeks?
But you have to totally overhaul your eating habits. Your junk food habit needs to be dumped totally. You also might want to consider cutting carbs. You eat a lot of starch and carbs. Potatoes are good, but not just that. You could go with the Paleo diet, I do a modified one because I like cheese and milk.
When you say belly pouch are you talking like right at the waist line? If thats what you are talking about you can do lunges and squats to work that out. But you can only tighten up your tummy so much if you dont lose the weight.
If you look on line, the insanity work out has a thing on what to eat and how to eat. Thats your biggest thing, is knowing how to eat. I like food too much for my own good, which explains how I got soft in the middle. Im working on making myself less soft in the middle. But if you want a snack get snacks that are healthy, and also watch your portions. Healthy snacks stop being healthy when you eat too much.
You can get chips that have a decent serving size and are not that bad for you. But if you are eating doritos and ruffles, those are not good for you.

Hope that helps.

[Lauren2410]

Really? Doritos aren't good? And I thought these are healthier than regular chips. And yeah, I've done Insanity for a week once and it is really intense , but it does work you out. My cousing (girl) said in 3 weeks her abs were starting to form.I usually don't follow a meal plan from workouts because they tell you to make recipes and I don't think I have time to do exactly as they say. By belly pouch, yea, I mean that area right below your belly button.Or including it, whatever. I motivated myself once to lose weight and I did lose 20lbs but I didn't do physical activity so I wasn't toned.I was lazy and didn't have time to do it.And ironically now I'm even more busy studying, but I want to keep up with sport.I just can't seem to be able to control myself when it comes to eating too much or too unhealthy. I've started today and later I'm going to do some exercises, I just don't know if I can maintain my motivated state so I won't quit when not seeing results

[Lauren2410]

part 2. lol "like when you don't lose weight for a week. I know I shouldn't weigh myself everyday, I'm obsessed with the scale and Insanity for example isn't focusing on losing weight, but losing inches from your body. Which is good, but I always forget that and only focus on the scale

[halafax]

You have to remember you are not going to see results over night. Look at the serving size for a pack of doritos. They are not good for you.
You have to just change what you eat and how much. Portion control is a big part.
You have to keep your goals in front of you. Make time to work out, and to be honest if you make time to make the recipes it will work out for you in the end.
The thing here is if you start you have to keep up with it. I have managed to lose a good 25 plus pounds by portion control and going to the gym. Willow is right, cadio is key to losing weight. But you have to burn more calories than you are taking in. So running ten miles then eating all the things will not help you.
You can't cut corners, if you do this, do it right. Sit and plan out your meals, plan our cheat day, and plan your work outs. I know school gets in the way, but my brother goes to med school and still works out. So I there is always time.

[halafax]

Focus on the overall effect. Like How much better or looser your clothes fit. Worrying about how much you lose total is going to discourage you.
Its long term goals.

[Lauren2410]

I'm also studying to enter med school haha.SO when I started preparing for it, all this stress came and I gained those 20 lbs lost back. Yeah, I always seem to get hungry after working out and don't realize I eat too much again. I just hope to keep it up. I'me excited to change myself. :D Now I have a chance to do it right.

[Sex_Panther]

You can get fit in 75 days. It requires a lot of dedication. If we were to avoid period weeks that's 61 days? It's still doable.

First and foremost your thighs won't get "bigger". That's not it works at all. If you really burn off the fat you won't look like a body builder so I highly recommend strength training.

Second you can do some things and not some things with your physiology; if you are a thigh woman no matter how thin you get you will be a thigh woman, embrace it boo!

Third controlling yourself around junk food is as easy as making the choice to just not do it. Don't give yourself the opportunity. Don't buy it. Keep track of what you buy. Keep track of what you put in your cart. Bring a list with you and buy what's ON THAT LIST. There's no magic to it but and it doesn't take a lot of willpower but still people get it wrong.

As for your dietary situation I can't answer that since different people have different needs and I would need a complete portrait of what you intake, what you burn, how active you are, etc. in order to decipher. I'm not even going to pretend.

[Lauren2410]

I don't usually track my intake or burning calories because of lack of time. I always tell myself "don't buy that" or"don't eat that much", yet I forget about it and do the exact opposite.And I know I can do it.I've lost 20 lbs before.But I don't know how to start.

[Sex_Panther]

Well, for one week make a food journal of everything you eat and the time you eat it. See how that goes. You can calculate calories if you want to but I don't recommend it.

As for the dietary compulsion just make a constant reminder of sorts. Perhaps a symbolic thing such as having a symbol like this: elbrooklyntaco.com/.../no-ice-cream-for-you.jpg on your grocery list and NEVER going without that grocery list. Or make it your phone's background if you really need the boost.

[Dionysos]

You can get MORE fit in a short time (It's amazing how fast progress comes at the beginning) but you're not likely going to get to your goal that fast by any healthy means.

Your best bet for all over fitness is swimming. It's an awesome full body workout with low resistance high rep muscle stress and insane cardio. It's also fun.

If you want to lose fat, be prepared for the fact that you'll lose it where you probably don't want to lose it first, and that the areas you want lean will probably hold onto it for the longest. Anyway, muscle burns calories just being there, so you should be exercising every day and mixing it up so you're not hitting the same muscle groups (beyond swimming level of sore) without letting them recover.

Controlling the eating issues is just about delaying gratification. Don't tell yourself you CAN'T have something. Just say you're going to have it later, and in a smaller amount. It's also about avoiding temptation, so clear the stuff you really crave out of the house so it's not there. Cook your own food, and do portion control.

Cheat: The Adkins diet works like a MF'er if you do it religiously. It will RIP fat off your body but you need to go under 10 grams of carbohydrate a day to force your body to burn fat. If you half do it you'll gain weight.

[Blondiee2014]

Omg you have plenty of time!
But you got to be serious about it and actually come up with a play and do it.
For a start remember the number one thing is diet ,, it's actually easy you just need to learn about what junk food really is. On netflix there is a documentary called food matters watch that and your well on your way,, I've been eating healthy and going to the gym for a month now and I feel and look great,, wake up before school and go gym for a hour ,, learn what foods are good and eat only that food , always eat if your hungry never starve because your body prepares and goes into starvation mode and you won't lose anything,, after school either go gym again or run,,, I wait till it's dark and I run ,, when I can't run any more I play on my phone for 10 mind the run again,, repeat this every day in 2 and a half months you will look friggin hot!! It's actaully really easy and addictive if you do this for a week because you see and feel the change fast,, but diet is key eat good.

[stubbsy]

I can help, but you need to start preparing your food a day in advance. Because not eating in the mornings is what is going to make you snack on junk foods. You can pretty much eat what you like apart from anything with saturated fats, high in carbs, and salt. and keep a count of calories consumed per day. If you can do this, I won't mind helping you look awesome for that wedding. Your decision? x

[SamuelB]

You can typically expect to lose about 1-2 lbs per week if you are following a strict diet. So you could lose up to about 20 lbs in 2 and a half months.