how can i lose weight quickly and keep it off?
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walk or run daily and eat well.
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debarsue's answer is pretty good.\n\nOne cant not lose weight and hope to keep it by crash diets and work outs that you cant do the rest of your life.\nThat is why most people lose it and gain it back quickly.\nIt took me over a year to lose 15 lbs, but i know it will stay off.\nIt is a live style change, eat veg and fruits mostly.\nSome small amount of meat, and small amount of carb.\nfast walk is the best, dont run now, you might hurt yourself. Walk 3 miles in about 45 mins. a day, six days a week. Drink 6 to 8 glasses of water a day.\nStay away from all sugar drinks and food.\nDont be disapointed, you will not lose weight for months, thats normal.\nMuscle weights more then fat, but it also burns more cal.\nRead and learn more on  the subject, stick with it for the rest of your life.\nyou are only 19, is not too late.\nLive long and happy\ngood luck
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Don't target losing more than about 2 lbs per week. If you try to lose faster, your body will go into "starvation mode" and get very stingy about burning calories while at the same time very efficient about storing any calories that you do provide. And it will make you feel awful. \n\nThe most effective way to lose fat is aerobic exercise in the "moderate" fat-burning range, ideally first thing in the morning before you eat. When you wake your body is ready to burn fat and your levels of growth hormone are highest at that time. Later in the day it can take up to 30 minutes just to put your body into a fat-burning mode. \n\nAnother overlooked way to burn fat is by lifting weights. Skeletal muscle has very high caloric needs... almost twice that of adipose (fat) tissue. Put on a little muscle and you will burn calories all day even at rest. Be aware that skeletal muscle weighs more, so with this approach you may see your weight increasing while your body fat is melting away. Not realizing this often stresses folks who think they should be losing weight as a measure of fitness. Forget the scale, look in the mirror and you will be happy.\n\nTo lose a pound of fat, you need to eliminate about 3500 calories. You can do this by burning more with exercise or by modifying your diet to reduce intake. If you do a Google search on say, "swimming calories" you will quickly find a website with tables of calories burned for a given exercise. You can use such lists to estimate how many calories you are burning up with your routine.\n\nFor diet, keep a diary for a couple of weeks counting calories, grams of protein, and grams of fat intake. It is easy with online sources of nutritional information (type the name of the food and calories into the Google search engine) and packaging labels. That will let you quickly figure out where the fat is coming from in your diet. \n\nFat gives you 9 calories per gram. So take the number of grams of fat, multiply by 9, then calculate what percentage the fat calories are of your total daily calories. Restricting the calories from fat to about 20% of your total intake is ideal for a maintenance diet... that isn't overly restrictive. Of note, you need some fat in your diet. For instance, the body uses fat to produce hormones. Once you have a picture of how to modify your diet, you can drop the diary and just go back to it occasionally if you are wanting to tweek things further.\n\nThere is a subset of questions that goes further and asks about "How to get a six-pack?" The answer is the same. Six-packs are 20% abdominal exercise and 80% diet. There is one caveat... abdominal muscles will form in the position that you work them, so be certain to pull them tightly toward your spine while doing crunches, etc. Also, during most lifting, the "core is active" which means that you should be stabilizing with contracted abs then too. Fail to do this and the abs will form, but bulging outward and the result is not attractive.\n\nIf you are trying to build muscle as a way to lose fat, then you may need to increase total calories and specifically your protein intake. I target about 0.8 g of protein per pound of body weight each day when actively building. That is far more protein than most people need in their diets.\n\n\nAloha
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You shouldn't lose weight that fast, because it will be mostly water, and it will all come back very quickly.  If you are really having problems, join a group like Weight Watchers.  You will learn how to lose the weight and keep it off permanantly.
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I have to speak up here. If you lose weight fast, it is dangerous, and you will put it back on plus more later.\n\nPlease find the safe & right way to lose weight using proper exercise & proper nutrition.\n\nLook - would you rather lose a lot of weight quickly, then gain it all back in a month or two, or lose weight slowly, and keep it off?
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Having that much weight to lose can seem overwhelming.  Instead of focusing on the total weight loss you need, set short goals.  For example, you might set your 1st goal at 225 pounds.  (Even losing that weight will make you look better and give you more energy).  \n\nDon't do anything dangerous or fall into the quick weight loss trap (it never lasts).  Don't starve yourself either.  The fast foods must go!!!!  Unless you can really go to McDonalds and only get a salad.  Don't stress on counting calories.  Eat healthful foods--fruits, vegetables, protein (meat)-- and stop when you get full.  Instead of chips, eat a pickle.  Replace ice cream with yogurt.  Each smart choice will eventually pay off.  Limit the sweets and be careful how your food is prepared. If you must drink sodas, make you're they're diet.\n\nOf course, exercise is key.  If it's difficult, then start out walking.  If you walk slower, it's okay.  You'll just have to walk for a longer period of time.  Each week focus on walking faster and longer.  \n\nFinally, YOU MUST DRINK YOU WATER (at least 8 8oz glasses per day). \n\nYahoo groups has many support groups for people trying to lose weight.  Good luck and don't get discouraged.
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The quickes way to lose weight is not eat
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diet and exercise.  It won't be quick but it will work.  Fast weight loss ruins your metabolism and makes it harder to lose weight.  If you lose it too fast it will likely be gained right back also.  Good luck.
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drink a lot of water, no soda or juice.  eat a healthly well balanced diet.  try to eat no sugar.  work out do cardio and light weight training. \nyou will lose a lot of water weight the first few days, but to keep the weight off you have to make a life style change.
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The faster you loose your extra weight, the faster you regain it (plus some extra pounds, just for the road). Take your time, change some habits, not just for now but for for good.\na. portion control (don't put too much in your plate, eat VERY slowly, take your time, enjoy your food) - don't starve yourself, your body will get its revenge - eat small portions, regularly, never skip meals\nb. be reasonable on fat and sugar - don't forbid it, you won't cope with it\nc. drink lot of water, forget soft drinks of course\nd. exercise, walk, jog, swim, join a club, whatever -- have the discipline to do something daily, have targets and beat them, track your progress, build muscles.\ne. sleep well, relax\nThat should do the trick. Again, do not rush. Find a book that offers a programme you think you will like and STICK to it. Have a long term view, not short term.\nGood luck to you.
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Be careful about losing weight rapidly.  Slow, steady weight loss is more likely to last than dramatic weight changes. Healthy plans aim for a loss of no more than ½ to 2 pounds per week (although, the more you weight, the more you'll lose initially - also men tend to lose quicker than females). If you lose weight quickly, you'll lose muscle, bone, and water instead of the fat you want to leave behind. \n\nAccording to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most successful weight-loss strategies include calorie reduction combined with increased physical activity and behavior-modification therapy designed to improve eating and exercise habits. \n\nWeight Watchers is a good program that encompasses all areas of your life -- and you can still eat your favorite food...you're not restricted to certain food groups (like Atkin's)...and you get rewarded for exercise.  Look into it...
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What ever you do don't try these new 'fads' that are out these days...\nHere is the fastest and healthiest way to lose weight...\nFIRST AND FOREMOST DRINK LOTS OF WATER YOU CAN DRINK IT ALL DAY AND IT WILL TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF FAST!\nFoods you can eat:\nfresh veggies\nfresh fruits\nwhole wheat bread\nrye bread\nMeats:\nchicken\nfish\nhamburger\nany meat as long as its not fried\nbake the meat!\nbeans \n\nFoods not to eat:\nwhite bread\nsugar of any kind (use only sugar substitute if you must use sweetener)\nno cereal that has sugar in it...\ntry to lay off any thing but whole grains\nbut you can eat oatmeal..\nNo salty things...\nNo potatoes\nno rice unless its brown rice...\nno carbs at all\nOK NOW ONE MORE THING:\nDO NOT EAT AFTER FIVE PM!!!\nBUT YOU CAN DRINK WATER...\nThe best exercise for every one is just plain old walking!!!!
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there is no such thing as healthy FAST weight loss.  1-2 pounds per week is all your body can handle.  Unless you are extremely obese which I  doubt.  Healthy diet and daily exercises is the only real way to loose weight.  To keep weight off it takes a life style change.  Being over weight didn't come over night and it takes the constant effort and hard work to not get back in that spot once you get it off.  A sad fact, once you get a fat cell you can never get rid of it.  You can shrink it down to nothing but its still there and when you eat bad that fat cell is trying to grow so it will attack any excess fat you take in.  good luck and don't ever buy in to any quick weight loss schemes.  they hurt your body and actually cause a negative effect in weight loss.
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The best way to loose weight and keep it off as everybody knows is to eat healthy foods in not too large portions, exercise and drink plenty of water. Also you should make sure you are getting enough sleep.\n\nThis will not be an extremely fast process, though it is the better choice. To loose weight fast I would smoke, not eat and exercise heaps and introduce heaps of stress into my life. You may be dead by the end of two weeks, but at least you will fit into the size 8 dress you always wanted to wear...
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There are some that can help you lose weight fast, but are not good for your body at all. Diet pills are not a good choice when trying to lose weight. Simply changing your style of eating, like halving portions, or adding 3 glasses of milk a day will help lose weight quickly. I've lost 20 lbs in the last 3 months by diet and exercise, but even just changing your diet will do a lot. Talking to your doctor about what would work best for you is also a very important step in losing weight. There is probably a lot you can do besides taking a "magic pill" that is easier on your body and you.
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no, there are no healthy ways to lose weight quickly ad maintain weightloss. All of those fad diets are not based on evidenced based science. They are based on a billion dollar dieting industry. Healthy weight loss should be 1-2 pounds a week. I would suggest doing something sensible like weight watchers, not the low carb diets.
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Diet and exercise will certainly take off the weight you want to lose, but after you lose you will still need to continue exercising regularly though you go off your diet in order to keep the weight off. \nTry calorie counting- calculate the number of calories you typically consume in a day and then eat healthfully up to 1200 calories a day (no more or no less). Spread out your meals and add snacks as well.\nStart a cardio and strength training workout @ least 6 xs a week. This won't take too much of your day! Try 30-45 mins a day.