What's the best way to lose weight?!


Question:

What's the best way to lose weight?

I weigh around 155 pounds. I want to lose 20-30 pounds by somtime around August 1rst or September 1rst. I don't want to take any diet pills or by any special diet company foods. I eat fruits and veggies every day and I drink a lot of water every day too. 2 days a week I have soccer practice. All the other days of the week, not including the weekend, I do some sort of exercise. I realy want to lose the weight by then. I think it would be great if I could lose about 2-4 pounds a week. I really want to lose the weight and impress everybody.
oh yeah...I'm a vegitarian and 16 years old.


Answers:

if you lose more than 1-2lbs a week you are losing water weight and muscle not fat and slowing down your metabolism.
to get permanent results you have to make permanent changes in your lifestyle (diet and exercise)
find daily calorie intake calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), light weight training (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)




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