Tips to loose 15-20 lbs in 2 months?

[Anonymous]

I want to start running 5 days a week to loose 15-20 lbs in roughly 2 months. What are some foods I could eat to aid the process, roughly how much should I be running (distance wise)? And any other general tips.

[GingerGuy]

That's a lot of weight in 2 months. It's unhealthy to loose that much so fast. But if you're determined, do it the healthiest way (ie. don't stop eating), eat fruits/vegetables, healthy things. Limit carbs, breads etc. Look at nutrition labels, watch the fat content in foods and sugar. Limit them as much as possible. Some fat is necessary for your body so don't aim to eliminate it completely, you can look up how much you should be consuming each day. Watch your calories (again, can look this up) and say within your daily limit. This and exercise. Everyone is different so how much you'll lose will very but it will be the healthiest way.

[GingerGuy]

Also drink lots of water. If you're working out I'm sure you will be anyway but avoid soda pop (tons of sugar). Some people don't like drinking water so go with naturally favored water if you have to. Limiting sugar is just as important as fat, carbs and calories but very few people mention it.

[GingerGuy]

Just looked this up and thought I'd share :) ...

In one month you can reasonably anticipate losing eight to 10 pounds if you follow a pretty strict plan. Losing one pound of body fat is equivalent to 3,500 calories. To lose two pounds per week, you must drop 1,000 calories per day.

[AhGojira]

Five pounds a week is a lot to lose unless you are extremely bloated with water weight... Even if you work out six out of seven days a week doing a lot of cardio and cross training resistance and also control your caloric intake you'd be lucky to drop two and a half pounds a week.

[Xfitchick]

That is a lot of weight in 2 months. The main thing you should do (whether its running or something else) is train in your low cardio zone to burn fat (so not your high cardio zone). But it needs to be a minimum of 30 min, if possible longer, to stimulate your fat burning. For the rest your intake of calories must be lower than your actual need. But see that you get enough proteins so you don't burn muscle instead of fat.

[carinerose]

Stop eating processed foods. Instead, eat healthy fats, natural carbs, proteins, fruits, vegetables. Don't starve yourself or skip a meal. If you work out every day your body will need the nutrients, so nourish it! And most importantly, stop the late night snacks.

[cobra2]

Intermittent fasting is the best and most efficient fat burning strategy I have encountered so far. Look up kinobody

[thatkaruguy]

stop eating bread and you will lose a bunch fast