How to lose almost 20lbs?

[Anonymous]

I am 5'10 and 147lbs, and I would like to go down to 130. I have a lot of muscle so it's really just going to be getting the last bit of fat off me. Anyways so I consumed 2100cal today, and burned off about 700 through exercise (bike and run). That's not to mention my every day activities (cleaning, school, etc). Is that an effective calorie deficit to lose weight? I was actually aiming for 1600cal, but I have a large appetite and a lot of energy :). Is what I did today decent, or should I have aimed for a similar workout and 1600cal? Any suggestions? Thanks!

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Btw my diet's quite good- no refined carbs, unhealthy fats, little red meat, lots of veggies, and I eat egg whites all the time!

[jimmyjkd]

the best advice I can give you if you want to loose weight, is just have high protein diet. no carbs at all. you can't eat bread, junk food, pasta, rice, sugar. but one day of the week have a high carb day. the problem if you don't consume you carbs you begin to feel very weak and have no energy.

if you going to eat carbs everyday, eat a small amount but eat after you train. do 45minutes on the treadmill at about number 6 speed, a fairly walking pace. and have the incline as high as possible. hill walking will burn fat very quickly. running you will have run past the 15minute mark to start burning fat. you will have to run at least for 30-40min to start burning fat. or interval training is other good one for burning fat or loosing weight.

good luck

[jimmyjkd]

if you do start to feel weak and have no energy, have some carbs. what I do is just have 2 snickers bars after I train for energy. that won't make you fat.

[martyfellow]

Yes, you should cut the calories a little, ,shoot for maybe 1800. That should bring down th weight maybe 5lbs a month, so in about 90 days, by summer, you will be there.

[madmisskelly]

No matter how much muscle you have, your body wants you to have some fat on your body. Quite frankly, your weight isn't that alarming at all, and more than likely, the majority of that is muscle mass. If you lost 20 pounds you would probably lose a lot of muscle, which you really don't want unless you just want to be more compact.

You could probably cut back your calories to 1500 and that would do quite a bit.

Change up your running routine to doing more distance running and pair that with some weight training.

I would worry that you would lose lots of muscle mass, and I'm not sure if that is what you are going for.

[MissYessi]

Diet, and lots of cardio! :D Lay off the soda, white rice, anything that has lots of carbs. It's also a good idea to eat every 2 hours, only tiny portions.

[gaggleii]

Cutting down on food/calories is THE best way to lose weight. It might be difficult at first but once you get into the ZONE of limiting your food/calories, you'll be on your way.

[Anonymous]

women are supposed to have some fat on them, I think you sound really slim already.