3 WEEKS to lose 20 pounds. How to look better?

[Anonymous]

OK, so this guy I've known for like 8 years is flying in for new years and were meeting up. He's 5'11 and I'm 5'6 and I weigh about 140 pounds (lot of muscle, though I want to lose the fat). I have love handles kind of and chubby arms. And like an octo chin because of the medicine I'm on. What can I do to lose 20 pounds. I'm in college and don't have money or access to a gym, I have a yoga ball, but that's it. I want to lose weight in my tummy (not that much, but just to tone up), my face, my arms, and especially my HIPS, LOVE HANDLES, and I've noticed my butt has gotten bigger since I had brain surgery because of the meds. and I was in a hospital bed for 2 weeks. Anyway, other that I am attractive and stuff, just wanna tone my stomach. and get ride of the nasty LOVE HANDLES. HELP. Thanks!



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[jacquesvol]

Love handles are lovely :)

But let's look at BMI: link yours is 22.6

BMI Categories:

* Underweight = <18.5

* Normal weight = 18.5-24.9

* Overweight = 25-29.9

* Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

NORMAL thus. You're a woman and normal girls are more rounded than guys.

Warning:

Do NOT use so called 'slimming pills', they're dangerous for your health and don't work. (They contain lots of caffeine, used as a diuretic, which makes your body lose water (you'll wee a lot ) Of course, your body will replace that water, forcing you to take more and more of those pills to lose weight or keep the lbs from coming back. This often results in kidney damage.

There is no fast way out: only a well balanced diet and burning more calories than you take helps.

Anyhow, no diet will or can make you lose fat at on specified part of your body, except building muscle there. But since fat is lighter than flesh you may gain muscles and weight then.

[King_ding_a_ling]

Surf through this site:

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find a new workout every day here:

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or on the original site home.

A lot of the exercises require equipment, but there an equal number that require NO equipment.

Also, eat a Neanderthal diet, with the exception of a couple of pieces of toast in the morning (trust me on this one, Your brain has trained itself to burn bread carbs all of your life and you will drop about 20 IQ points for a while if you hop on this diet and don't eat the bread.)

You can find the diet here:

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and here:

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It's hard at first (both the excercise and the diet) But if you have the drive you will do it.

Also, remember to stretch for 15 minutes prior to doing the workouts and 30 minutes post-workout. I also recommend stretching before you go to sleep to keep from waking up unbearably stiff.

[erica_ellis]

AWESOME ADVICE HERE!

technically the advice I'm about to give you, is FULL JILLIAN MICHAELS stuff... seriously. this is actually what she does. seriously.

anyways...

eat breakfast at say 9. then go do your workout about an hour-1.5 hours after. there's a period of time like 45-60ish minutes AFTER your workout, where you WANNA eat a nutritious lunch consisting of good carbs and protein.

so that's basically what jillian michaels said. it's on her blog. go google it and I'm sure you'll find it. :D

best of luck to you

[paigems]

Losing 20lbs in three weeks is extremely unhealthy. A health rate to lose weight is 2lbs/week. You lose weight by eating healthier, going for walks/runs, buying some kind of exercise tape so you can work out at home, or you could search the internet for exercises you can do without access to gym equipment :)

[Asker]

Ok but my weight fluctuates a lot. I mean like 2 pounds a day. ill wake up at 136, then after lunch it will be at 138, and then it will go back down. so I don't know how to calculate that 2 pounds. like I am healthy and I eat healthy and exercise when I can, but I want to lose 10lbs at least. crash diet? after I get the 10lbs off ill be good to go. just don't know how to lose that 10.

[paigems]

Your weight at the very beginning of the day before you eat anything is your most accurate weight. Base your 2lb weight loss off of that weight. Don't go on a crash diet, they are extremely unhealthy.

[Killfest400]

Quite possibly, your weight is probably fluctuating that much because of water weight. Gaining 2 pounds of water weight is definitely not a bad thing.

[Prometheus]

You can't spot reduce (reduce fat in a certain area) it comes off slowly everywhere and unfortunately the stomach is usually the last place.

If you're in the states check out body for life, its a 3 months program, I've never done it but I use the principles from it. The dietary advice is spot on as is the cardio/weights workouts and frequency. It helps you lose fat and build muscle (more muscle = a naturally higher metabolism) you won't get bulky because as a girl you don't have high enough testosterone levels, so you'll just tone up. If you starve yourself you tend to lose more muscle than fat which means you end up in worse shape. Just google 'body for life' and check out the info.

[erica_ellis]

Nothing rude or disrespectful, but according to jillian michaels, the inner thighs is usually the last place that fat comes off. just sayin.

[Prometheus]

Unfortunately everyone has an opinion these days, doesn't make it fact. Just because someone says something and they happen to have qualifications or look good doesn't make them right since everyone is unique and will respond differently to various things. That's why I used the word 'usually'.

[Anonymous]

You should look up the lemonade diet. It's a detox, and it's tough because all you can drink is this lemonade mixture and tea, but it will only take you 10 days to lose that twenty pounds, it's cheap, and it's actually really healthy. Honestly, I gave up after the second day when I tried it, but if you have the motivation, this could work for you. :)

[Killfest400]

Any "diet" that makes you lose 20 pounds in 10 days is not healthy.

Also, water is much healthier than tea or lemonade ever was. The only way drinking tea and lemonade could make you lose weight is if all you used to drink is sodas or beer.

[Opinion Owner]

It's not actually a diet, but a master cleanse. Losing weight is just a benefit, and she's in a hurry so I was throwing the suggestion out there. Obviously, the weight won't stay off if you stuff your face with junk afterwards, but people who go on the cleanse tend to change their diet to healthier foods. Plus, the lemonade is just water with just a little bit of organic lemon juice & Cyan pepper. You drink the tea once a day to help rid your body of the toxic foods taken in over the years.

[here4you]

well its impossibly to lose 20 lbs in 3 weeks because on a healthy diet you supposed to lose 3-4 lbs ur first week and then 1-2 lbs every week after that

[poulette12]

Losing 20 pounds in 3 weeks is just unhealthy. End of the story.