Is there a way to lose weight in a short amount of time?

[Anonymous]

I'm going on my sophomore year in college, and did an OK job of losing weight, but that was mostly cause of all the walking I did. I seemed to have slimmed down, but haven't lost weight. I'd like to think that it's cause I may have gained muscle, though that's not my main concern at the moment. I'm 5'8, and weigh about 178 lbs. I really want to get trimmed and hopefully toned by the end of the year. I wasn't always like this, mind you. I was content with my chubbiness, but as of recently, I've felt like total crap. I will admit that I am seriously jealous of Taylor Lautner, and it doesn't help that my friend, who I've had a serious crush on for as long as I've known her, talks bout how "Sexy, and yummy" he is. Then my other friend used to make fun of me for being fat, making cracks about my weight a little bit, or saying that I sounded like a fat woman when I would complain about something.

Please, if there's any way, let me know how to get slim and toned by May!

P.S: I already know about working out. Last year, I worked out 5x a week (only days I didn't were Saturday and Sunday).

[31Ross]

Well first of all the only way to look like Taylor Lautner is to tap your shiny red shoes together. Now that we got that out of the way, weight does not drop off quick, but with good time 3,4 months of good dedication you'll be good. Diet is everything! Don't let anyone tell you different, Cardio and diet will help your drop weight the fastest here is a book I've been using link I'm 6'3 212 with 2 little abs showing after 6 months and I started out at 235. I wasn't fat but I wasn't "in shape". Also I lift a lot of weight benching 265 right now, so I've gained weight in muscle, but if you want to check that get a body fat scale its about 35$ and its decently accurate and it will give estimate where your at. I'm currently at 15% want to be down to 12 or 11% for full six pack, but I'm more of an athletic guy than you. So good luck and keep working hard.

[Mesonfielde]

You could try the Cabbage Soup Diet if you were really desperate. In 7 days, you can like 15 pounds. You just need to find more information about it, and it depends on whether you have the willpower to eat almost only cabbage soup for 7 days.. Haha.

Anyways, the two things you should do is 1. eat less, and especially don't eat unhealthy food like chips and hambugers and pizza, and 2. move more, that involves the walking you mentioned and you could also do sports like martial arts or swimming. All you need to do is somehow include an hour of physical activity in your daily schedule, and then you'll be fine. (Easier said than done, but still.)

[BrieMont]

Try eating only around 1800 KCals per day and exercise to burn at least 300 Kcals do not excede the 450 KCals because then you'll start using your Amino-acids (muscle from your body) literally eating yourself. You'll burn you Triglyceride (fat) by using it to get energy for your body. Hope it helps! :D