How can I lose weight?

[Anonymous]

I am overweight

145lbs, 5ft

I'm going to have my 18th birthday party on September and I wish to lose weight for the event. I don't want to spend money so going to the gym is not an option.

What diet do you recommend? How often...or how little should I eat? And What are the kinds of exercises can I do here at home?

thank you.

[lucky24]

diet 4-6 meals per day (small portions with plenty of protein approx 70-90g of protein)

and anywhere between 1000-1500 calories since you are trying to create a calorie deficiency (depends on the person)

i can't exactly recommend a specific number of reps since I don't know your current shape but the thing I posted below is a pretty good routine

day one workout

deadlifts (you can use things around the house to make it work)

pushups

dips

sit ups

leg raises

air bike

plank

super man streches

day 2 jogging

day 3

squats

lunges

burpee

calf raises

high knee

side split squat

day 4 rest

day 5 - repeat cycle

[Asker]

how long should I exercise?

i used to do leg lifts, push ups, and situps. I do 30 counts each. I have a problem with being consistent in doing this because I used to them everyday then I get lazy and stop doing it :| I hope I can change now.

[lucky24]

this link talks about motivation its pretty cool

link

comes down to how bad you want it

[lucky24]

sorry I can't pick how long you should exercise

i don't know your limit right now so there is no way I can give you a figure

but your goal should be to do 4 sets of either 10 -25 for each one

[MrOracle]

As the others said, walking/running and other military-type exercises (jumping jacks, squat-thrusts, etc.) are all completely free, will keep your heart-rate up and increase your motabolism. And a power-walk is virtually as good as a run, and is a good way to start until you've built up some stamina.

But don't forget to eat a decent amount of lean protien along with plenty of fruits and veggies. If you aren't getting enough protien, your body will start burning muscle and will try to retain fat, which is the opposite of what you want. IMO you need to eat at least 1500 calories a day to keep your body out of "starvation" mode where it tries to preserve fat.

[sugar_kisses21]

simple things like running burns a lot of calories...dancing is a major plus and I wouldn't for right now say concentrate on a problem area...try losing weight within your entire body by running...I am hindu so I do a lot of fasting but recently decided to go veg for a while...and I must say I didn't believe it would hav actually happen but I literally lost 5lbs within a week and a half and wasn't even trying to...meat bulks you up a lot so if you wanna lose some weight and not go to the gym and stuff for wateva reasons I'd say reduce the amount of meat you eat :)

[baddestbitch7]

I have the same problem but I'm 15 and 5'3 :( right now I'm trying the caveman diet a.k.a the paleo diet. it's the diet megan fox does and I climb stairs for 30 min in the morning and run for an hour at night I limit my carb intake to 45g a day and drink A BUNCH of water :) hope it helps ;)

[kairon156]

I heard running is a good workout or situps and leg lifts can help too.

I just want to add that the "perfect weight" for people by height (the whole BMI thing) can be a little wrong when you are under something like 5'4. I'm 5'1 and my lowest weight I've ever been sense I was 14 was 145 like you are now. I do understand girls usually should be a few lbs lighter though.

[Cephei]

Yeah you can run for free outside, sit ups / press ups inside and so on. For diet cut saturated fats out completely. No frozen premade meals, no biscuits/cake, no bacon and other fatty meat. Don't eat too many carbs like pasta, just have some before you exercise but not lots. Eat more veg, fruit and fish. A plate of brocoli is better than a plate of chips. Give yourself one cheat snack at end of week like a chocolate bar!

[martyfellow]

You can run anyplace, but start really slow until you've lost some of hat weight. Start with cutting out all desserts. I'd advice signing up with a professional organization lke Weight Watchers, it's pretty cheap and they'll hold your hand and guide you along so you won't have to wonder how any calories you're eating.