Best way to lose as much weight in 3 months?

[Anonymous]

Im a girl, 218 pounds, and like to be out of the 200's by tge end of summer. What are tge best ways to loss this? Exercise wise.

[athenadelta]

Okay what I can say is that do not restrict your calories too low. I did that a few years back and I lost so much muscle mass it wasn't very pretty a sight. I know you want to lose weight, but focus on exercise and healthy eating instead. A 500-600 calorie deficit a day works best. Exercise wise, I recommend doing an hour of cardio a day, e.g. cardio kickboxing, circuit training, swimming, and mix it up every day because you don't want to get bored. Other than that, try and be as active as you can during the day. E.g. one rule I follow is never sit down on a train. You might not like the idea but this simple action will burn more calories and you won't even realise. Try and walk more during the day, if you have an office job, take breaks.

Combine strength training into your daily routine, because the more muscle you have, the more fat you burn. BTW, 1 kg of muscle weighs the same as 1kg of fat, but it is much denser so you appear more toned, fit and lean! :) wooooo hooooo I suggest high reps and low weights- squats, lunges, chest, back, shoulders... basically whole body workout with dumbbells/weights. Don't train the same muscle group for 2 consecutive days. e.g. I usually strength train on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

You must stretch after each workout to avoid muscle strain and risk missing your workout the next day because of pain. I recommend doing 15 minutes of yoga/pilates and stretching after each workout, and in the mornings if you want to.

Thanks for reading and hope I helped :)

By the way I know you didn't ask for this, but drink more tea during the day, as it boosts metabolism (green tea). When you wake up, drink a glass of cold water with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Try a high fat high protein low carb diet- this usually works although you might have to gradually work towards it depending on the way you eat right now.

:)

[beckamazara]

Weight loss is not a quick thing, especially for females sadly! Cardio is the key to losing extra fat. I would recommend a 15 minute jog three times a week and biking or walking for 20 minutes 2 times a week, but that is entirely up to you! Just make sure you get in 5 days of cardio and aim for spending 30 minutes on it.
You may also want to tone your body. To do this you may want to use a local gym and their equipment or you can do easy exercises at home (situps, pushups, crunches, squats, etc)
If you combine these two things and stick to it I can guarantee you will see results. Just remember it takes time. Weight doesn't come off quickly or all at once.

[BCRanger10]

Do a cardio workout in the morning and weights/resistance in the afternoon or evening. Do a brief cardio before and after your resistance workout as well, like a five-minute run before and after. That'll get you warmed up and help you with endurance.

Do resistance/weights three times a week, say on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So cardio/runs on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Take Sunday off for R&R.

[ManThatKnewTooMuch]

Cross fit would be a good thing to keep in mind. Don't wait until you're in "better" shape. Just do it now with little weights. Cross fit incorporates Weights & Cardio at the same time. YouTube it and you'll see.

[MildlyOriginal]

Crossfit is fucking terrible. Unless you like going to get a workout with some person who got their certifications in like a weekend and like the idea of form being sacrificed for speed, something that is honestly just stupid and increases your chance of injury. Crossfit is stupid.

[yaddayaddayadda02]

Start counting calories using an app. Try to exercise at least 30 minutes, 4 times a week.

[Kris85]

Exersice and eat heathy. I am talking no junk, fast food, pop, fruit juice, only water. Take out most dairy too, jus have a little maybe once or twice a week. I just put myself on a 21 day challenge diet and I have lost 6 pounds in one week. It's just eating healthy and in portions. I can still has carbs and I don't starve myself. I also workout 3 to 5 times a week. Three of the workouts are intense. Honestly though take out the dairy for the most part and you will see a HUGE difference! It's all mostly fat anyways (but so yummy)

[Kris85]

*still eat carbs*. My god. Autocorrect at it's fines here.

[rubylove]

Go vegetarian and start juicing. Walk at least 10 minutes a day. Hopefully more. Do 30 minutes or 3 miles, whichever comes first.

[internet_guy]

exercise like 6 to 5 days a week and cut out foods which have high carbs

[Iron_Man]

You have to pretty much starve and work your ass off, dont do it I did it but its not for everyone

[Prettygurl12]

Better start running, lifting, and drinking water.

[kheserthorpe]

Forkdowns are the key exercise.

[Anonymous]

How tall are you?

[Opinion Owner]

Daily meal example:
Breakfast- 2 cups of Cheerios- 200 calories
8 ounces of whole milk- 150 calories
1 large orange- 90 calories
Total: 440
Lunch: Shrimp 4 ounces pan fried in olive oil 1 TSP- 120 calories
4 ounces of green beans- 35 calories
8 ounces of long grain white rice- 210 calories
4 ounces strawberries- 35 calories
Water
Total: 440+400= 840
Snack: Yogurt of your choice- roughly 150 calories
Total: 990-1000 calories
Dinner: 4 ounces of chicken breast pan fried in olive oil TSP- 205
8 ounces long grain white rice- 210
4 ounces broccoli steamed- 35 calories
Water
Desert: 1 serving of Italian icee, flavor of your choosing- 100 calories
Total- 1000+450= 1450. Round up to roughly 1500 calories to be on the safe side.

We are talking a 1500 calorie healthy meal plan. Even with little to no exercise at your weight you should see roughly a pound a week give or take. Obviously you need to do some cardio exercise though.

[Opinion Owner]

You have to measure the proportions of all your food out. Diet is 80% of the battle if you are committed to losing weight. You can't cheat on your gameplan. You can include indulgences here and there but it is important they be PLANNED ahead of time and that they be incorporated into your scheduled mealplan. You do NOT want to engage in any impulsive eating. You have to set a plan in place and stick to that plan. Like I said, that doesn't mean your favorite food is off limits, but it does mean you have to eat it in the correct proportion and in a way that fits your calorie diet plan.

[Opinion Owner]

The majority of weight loss will come from diet and cardio, with any sort of strength training really just being their to maintain muscle/minimize muscle loss. Even with the perfect diet and optimal weight training, when you cut weight you will still lose some muscle mass. But with some basic muscle workouts that loss is like 20% rather than 50%. The lowest importance is strength training. You should only spend a little bit of time on that, just to help minimize muscle loss during this process. Cardio is important, since you can burn 500-1000 calories with a good workout. The key though as I've said is diet. You can work out all you want but if your diet isn't right, you'll see minimal to no results (or in some cases weight gains)

[ManThatKnewTooMuch]

I think this dude is incorrect. I feel that Weights are the most important. You burn even more calories overall as your body is resting after weight resistance training.

You know those buff body builders like Arnold Schwarzeneggar? Totally ripped, right? They hardly did ANY cardio.

If you do your weight sets fast enough it's basically like doing cardio. That's the key. Don't just stand around the weights and take a two minute break like a lot of people do. Keep moving.

[Opinion Owner]

No dude. Just no. First off, she's trying to lose weight, not gain it. If she wanted to be a buff body builder, yeah, she would need to hit the weights.

1. 1 pound of fat burns 3 calories per day. 1 pound of muscle at rest burns 10 calories per day. So if you lose 4 pounds in fat and gain 1 in muscle, you're actually burning 1 LESS calorie a day. It makes sense, since you've lost weight overall.

2. Getting ripped is about diet not cardio. Cardio does help with burning some calories, but diet is why people get absolutely shredded, weightlifting just helps with the SIZE of the muscles.

Take a look at Michael Phelps. He isn't big but he is most definitely athletic looking. He said himself in an interview "I've never lifted a single weight in my life".

3. If you lift weights correctly, it should primarily be an anaerobic exercise, the opposite of a cardiovascular workout. If you really wanted to get a mix of both, you would have to do a workout where you lift then

[Opinion Owner]

switch to an aerobic exercise leaving no time for heart rate rest. Lifting does increase your heart rate some but it can't sustain it unless you are lifting weights so fast so repeatedly that you're simply doing it wrong.
Within one minute of working out, your heart rate should drop significantly.
If you got your heart rate up to 160 bpm, after 1 minute your heart rate should drop down to 120-135 bpm. The better shape you are in, the quicker it drops after 1 minute of exercise. It's actually a pretty good indicator of overall fitness. Anyway, this is one of the main reasons weightlifting is not a good cardiovascular exercise, because it can't sustain the target heart rate. If she really wants to lift weights, she can do some weight lifting then in between sets do cardiovascular exercises.

But it's not NECESSARY. She only needs to do minimal muscular exercises to maintain muscle while losing the weight.