How much weight can someone lose in 2 months?!


Question:

How much weight can someone lose in 2 months?

how much weight can you lose in 2 months if you really work hard at it? any workout plans or diet plans


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You can technically lose "a lot" of weight in two months, but it's vital to keep in mind that you should be trying to achieve a healthy body, rather than just a thin one!

A pound of fat is about 3500 calories of energy (or for those not in the U.S., that's about 7700 calories per kg). The only way for a body to get rid of fat is to eat fewer calories per day than you use, so that the body taps into those fat reserves!

The average body needs 2000 calories a day, according to many established medical standards. Thus, if you were to eat nothing by starving yourself, you'd lose over a pound every two days! But this is clearly not healthy; your body needs protein, carbohydrates, water, vitamins, and fiber among many other nutrients to keep functioning properly.

If you're looking to lose weight aggressively but still healthily, I'd recommend counting your daily calorie intake and trying to get down to around 1500 calories a day. Then, if you can burn an extra 500 calories through exercise, which is 30-40 minutes of vigorous exercise on a treadmill or stairstepper, you've burned through 1000 calories of fat! It does require dedication and perserverence, but the improvements to your health and confidence will be dramatic.

"Gimmick diets" may give you some short term wins because of your body's metabolism being shocked into something new and recalibrating itself, but lots of things like South Beach or Atkins deprive your body of some critical nutrients. A far better strategy is to simply slow down when you're eating...you'll eat less because your body will have more time to react to being full (the stomach and the brain communicate slowly). Moderation is all you need!

When "losing weight" it's important to not get focused on a number. If you weigh 180 pounds, you don't magically become "healthy" at 170. Numbers can deceive; a lot of times you'll add muscle when exercising, which is more dense than fat. You might actually gain weight while becoming healthier and healthier! The overall picture of health is shaped by your energy level, your diet and nutrition, flexibility, strength, happiness, endurance, etc. You want to focus on taking care of your body and minimizing your risk for disease and illness, not trying to get your body to match up with some preconceived and unfair social standard of "beauty."

Good luck!




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