*Will THIS make me lose 8lbs in 2 weeks..even if I'm HEALTHY?*?!
Question: I'm healthy, but I need to lose some extra fat. Will doing THIS for 2 weeks make me lose 8lbs? (if it matters im 14)
Food: -no drinks besides low fat milk or water with lemon
-no junk food AT ALL, only like REALLY REALLY REALLY HEALTHY. (so about 1400 or under.)
exercise: -30 minutes of jogging at 5mph twice a week
-60 minutes of weight lifting (this thing makes me SWEAT and it's HARD) once a week
-45 minutes of cardio 4 times a week with 29 minutes of ab exercises
Answers: I'm healthy, but I need to lose some extra fat. Will doing THIS for 2 weeks make me lose 8lbs? (if it matters im 14)
Food: -no drinks besides low fat milk or water with lemon
-no junk food AT ALL, only like REALLY REALLY REALLY HEALTHY. (so about 1400 or under.)
exercise: -30 minutes of jogging at 5mph twice a week
-60 minutes of weight lifting (this thing makes me SWEAT and it's HARD) once a week
-45 minutes of cardio 4 times a week with 29 minutes of ab exercises
Eh, could possibly work. However, the slower you lose weight the better chance you have of keeping it off. It really isn't healthy to lose more than 3 lbs a week, so you're not TOTALLY off there. It's a good goal, but your caloric intake is kind of low. Go to www.mypyramid.gov and sign up. They'll tell you how many calories you need in order to live. Or, you can go to www.TheLifestyleCompany.com and they'll tell you how many calories you should eat in order to lose 3 lbs a week.
Then, what you can do to track that is to take a sheet of paper and put your calorie goal at the top (say 1800) and as you eat, deduct the calories from that. That way if you want to splurge on junk food, you can save calories for it!
Im going on the Special K challenge and I am going to lose 6 pounds in 2 weeks!!!
but here are some tips!
1. Take three bites less of everything. Three bites less of a typical fast-food burger will save you 100 calories, while leaving a couple of bites on your plate at each meal will spare you significant calories. Since our portions are almost always more than we need, you won't even notice.
2. Streamline your pizza. By cutting out the cheese and meat toppings, and subbing extra sauce and veggies, you'll save about 100 calories per slice.
3. Cut down on TV. Studies show that people who watch more than two hours a day tend to be more overweight than their less-plugged-in counterparts. The more you sit (and sit and snack), the more weight you'll gain.
4. Use nonstick sprays and pans. You'll save 100 calories for every tablespoon of oil or butter you don't use.
5. At parties, turn your back on the buffet table. If you're not tempted by what you see, you could save yourself hundreds of calories.
6. Cut the sugar and fat. Decrease the sweets by one-third in all recipes, and you won't even notice the difference. Replace 100 percent of the fat with applesauce in brownies or a moist cake and they'll still come out great.
7. Grab fruit, not candy. Make that swap once a day and you'll save more than 100 calories. Plus, the fiber in the produce will help keep you fuller longer.
8. Drink from tall, thin glasses. Researchers find we tend to drink, on average, 77 percent more from short, squat glasses than from tall, thin ones. It's a matter of perception: It looks like there is less liquid in a short, wide glass.
9. Stand, don't sit. Don't despair when you can't get a seat on the C train or you're stuck in line at motor vehicles. Standing for 50 minutes daily burns 100 calories.
10. Use smaller plates and bowls. Seriously. If you eat from large plates, you're going to eat more calories - probably much more than 100 calories.
11. Eat breakfast. People who eat breakfast - no matter what it is - consume fewer calories during the day. Ideally, you should have three meals and two snacks daily. That helps maintain your energy level and keeps you from becoming ravenous.
12. Sleep longer. There's a reason it's called "beauty" sleep. Research shows that extra sleep can help people stick with healthier eating and helps control hormones that trigger food cravings.
13. Move during commercials. If you walk around, march in place or do simple calisthenics, you'll burn at least 100 calories in two hours.
14. Stretch that soda. Instead of drinking an entire 20-ounce bottle of soda, fruit juice or other sweetened beverage at one time, make it last for 21/2 servings (as the label states). Dilute it with water or seltzer if you need to drink more.
15. Build brawn. Adding two pounds of muscle means that your body, at rest, will burn an extra 100 calories a day, since muscle is many times more metabolically active than fat. That's why muscular people can eat more than the rest of us, with less weight gain.
16. Don't hibernate when it snows. Just 10 minutes of cross-country skiing or snowshoeing in Central Park burns more than 100 calories.
17. Clean up. Thirty minutes of tidying up equals 100 calories. Soon you'll be tossing out the clothes that are too big for you.
18. Eat some good bugs. Yogurt is one of the healthiest foods you can eat, but flavored yogurt can be loaded with sugar calories. Choose plain, nonfat yogurt or artificially sweetened containers over fruit-flavored and you can save up to 100 calories per 8-ounce serving.
19. Eat your fruit fresh, not dried. Snack on 10 grapes instead of a mini box of raisins and you'll save yourself 100 calories.
20. Try the sundae diet. Have a sundae every day and lose weight by substituting fruit for ice cream. You'll save at least 140 calories by going for the berries - even more if you're subbing them for premium ice cream.
21. Walk a dog - even your neighbor's. You'll burn about 6.5 calories per minute - or 130 calories during a 20-minute walk.
22. Have a salad before lunch. New research shows that someone who eats a large salad before a meal consumes 125 fewer calories during that meal. Add a salad to every lunch and lose 12 pounds in a year!
23. Eat first, shop later. Think of today's supermarkets and specialty markets as goodie factories with samples galore. Eat before shopping so you can avoid the temptation of tasting the samples. It will also help you from bringing home no-no items.
24. Don't drown your salad. Swap your regular bottled dressing for fat-free and save over 100 calories per two-tablespoon serving.
25. Nosh lightly. Munch on 2 ounces of baked potato or tortilla chips instead of their fried full-fat counterparts. Each 2-ounce nosh will save you 100 calories.
26. Go skinny dipping. Instead of having guacamole with your favorite chips, try salsa. You'll save more than 100 calories per quarter-cup.
27. Order a virgin (mixed drink, that is). A virgin cocktail will save you about 100 calories since the distilled spirits pack 100 calories per 11/2-ounce shot of distilled spirits.
28. Substitute two cans of low-carb or light beer for regular. You'll save 100 calories.
29. Skip the cheese on your sandwich or next burger. An ounce of cheese packs 100 calories.
30. Say bye to bagels. Have a whole-wheat English muffin or two slices of whole-wheat toast for breakfast instead. You'll save over 150 calories.
31. Simplify cocktails. Fancy, mixed drinks like margaritas, Brandy Alexander or Sea Breezes can pack in 300 calories or more per drink. You'll save about 100 calories by having wine, champagne or beer.
32. Eat three a day. Nonfat or low-fat diary foods, that is. Research shows that individuals who eat more dairy foods are leaner than their dairy-eschewing counterparts. Scientists believe that components in dairy products help speed fat metabolism while helping the body build muscle mass.
33. Choose the best licks. Skip super-premium ice cream and have a frozen fruit juice bar to save 100 calories.
34. Get off the subway one or two stops earlier. The 15- to 20-block walk will equal about 100 calories and you'll get a chance to enjoy the scenery and do some window shopping, too.
35. Wear a pedometer. The recommendation for overall health is to log 10,000 steps a day. Wearing a pedometer will show you just how much (or how little) walking you do.
36. Get a move on at work. Let your legs to the walking - get up and visit your co-workers instead of e-mailing them. And walk to get your lunch instead of having it delivered.
37. Replenish your glass of regular soda with diet soda, water or seltzer. You'll save 100 calories for eight ounces.
38. Nibble fewer nuts. Yes, they're nutritious, but they're also high in calories. Eat about 15 fewer mixed nuts than normal to shave off 100 calories.
39. Eat bread, not butter. Just three pats of butter with the bread basket equals100 calories.
40. Go for oats. For a hearty breakfast, eat a cup of steel-cut oats instead of flavored oats to save 100 calories. An added bonus: Researchers found that people who eat high-fiber oats for breakfast consume fewer calories during the day.
41. Nix post-dinner noshes. Physiologically, the body doesn't need additional energy after the evening meal.
42. Order half a deli sandwich instead of a whole one. Most deli sandwiches pack in over 500 calories, which is too much for lunch. Eat half the sandwich and have a piece of fruit - and save yourself 200 calories.
43. Enjoy a lettuce-pocket sandwich. Have a sandwich wrapped in large red leaf lettuce instead of pita bread to save over 150 calories.
44. Cut back on protein. Cut back by just 3 ounces a day on lean meat, poultry or fish, since you can have too much of a good thing - which is then stored as fat.
45. Swap a veggie for a carb. Substituting one serving of vegetables (one cup raw or a half-cup cooked) for half a cup of cooked pasta or rice or a handful of pretzels twice daily will save you over 100 calories per day.
46. Change your coffee break. Ask for skim rather than whole milk for your grande (16 ounces) or skip the whipped cream on your Starbucks drinks or downsize from a venti to a grande or a grande to a tall. Some coffee drinks can pack more calories than two glazed doughnuts.
47. Miniaturize it. At fast food restaurants, order the smallest hamburger without cheese instead of the larger, specialty burgers. A McDonald's hamburger instead of a QuarterPounder will shave 150 calories off your meal.
48. Nibble fewer nuggets. Fingers, tenders, pieces - whatever you call them, if you eat two fewer pieces than you usually do, that equals 100 calories. Watch the sauces, too. Sometimes the sauce can have just as many calories as the nuggets.
49. Find a smarter chocolate. Have a bag of Raisinets or three to five Tootsie rolls instead of a gooey candy bar to satisfy your chocolate craving. You'll save 100 calories.
50. Out of sight, out of mouth. Desk-drawer goodies will do you in. Keep chocolates and other candies out of reach at work. You'll eat, on average, six fewer pieces that way.
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since you're 14 and healthy why do you need to lose 8lbs?
where are you trying to lose this weight? site specific or all over?? how many lbs. are you truly overweight?
it's all relative to your height/weight and bmi currently..
that plan is rigorous and is for someone with 15 or more lbs. to lose...you need a balanced dietary intake..
do you have any physical fitness classes at school? do you play sports or cheerlead?
For 14yrs old: I would try this workout....
try 30 minutes of light weights twice a week...an all-over body workout instead of (1) 60 minute session...
even (3) 20minute weight lifting sessions are good, if not better.
Abs: 3 x's a week for 25 minutes but you must be doing these properly...make sure you're abs are contracted, pulled in at all time and you breath properly. this takes practice.
Cardio: 30 minutes at 4 times per week will do it.
Eats fruits, low-fat yougurt, vegetables, low -carb bread..