How much exercise is needed to lose 15 lbs?!


Question: i would like to lose 15 of fat in 2 or 3 months. i am eating 1200 calories a day but i don't know what exercise to do. could i lose that amount of weight if i ran a mile everyday? or would i have to run more? thankyou


Answers: i would like to lose 15 of fat in 2 or 3 months. i am eating 1200 calories a day but i don't know what exercise to do. could i lose that amount of weight if i ran a mile everyday? or would i have to run more? thankyou

I agree, 3500 calories = a pound. If your a young athletic person i would tell you to get on a weight lifting regimen. Don't worry about bulking up, because women don't usually have enough testosterone to look masculine. Weight training burns so much more calories in your "rest time" than any thing else. Get with a personal trainer and they can give you a resistance regimen followed by a cardio regimen. If you can't afford a trainer, do the basics: bench press, military press, rows, and squats; followed by the ellipctical machine. Send me any questions.

you need to figure out how many calories a day you burn vs calories you take in, 3500 calories = 1 pound, so 15 X 3500 = how many calories you need to burn, google calorie calculator to get started

It is impossible to say. There are to many variables left out of your question that would help someone come up with a more educated guess.

Like:

- What do you currently weigh?
- What is your lean body mass?
- How old are you?
- What composition of carbs, protein and fat make up your 1200 calorie diet?
- How intensely do you run?
- Etc...

You need to eat 5-6 small meals a day. Eat some protein with each meal! Cut out all refined sugar!!! Also add more fiber. The fiber and protein will fill you up, helping you to cut down on your unhealthy eating. Also by eating more than 3 meals spread out through the day you will kick your metabolism in high gear. Here is a general meal for a day:

Breakfast: 2 poached eggs
whole wheat toast
1/2 cup fruit

Snack: Cottage Cheese with veggie

Lunch: Turkey, lettuce, tomato, whole wheat bread sandwich
1/2 cup fruit

Snack: Protein Shake

Dinner: Turkey Burger ( no bun )
Side of brown rice
Side of Broc.




Then exercise regularly 4-5 days a week. Do both cardio and lifting. But on days that you do both. Do lifting before your cardio and you will maximize your fat burn. Cardio can be a sport: basketball, soccer, football, anything with losts of movement. Golf is a no no.

So Example :

Monday - 30 mins lifting then 1 hr cardio
Tuesday - 1 hour lifting
Wednesday - Rest
Thrusday - 30 mins lifting then 1 hr cardio
Friday - 1 hour lifting
Saturday - Rest
Sunday - 30 mins lifting then 1 hr cardio

For exercises check out:

http://www.xercisefactor.com/

Also check out the XGen to randomly generate a workout routine. And they have hundreds of exercise clips.





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