will i be able to lose about 20-30 pounds by May 13 or May 26, 2006? If so, what will i have to do?
357329
no way u can. but u can prolly lose 10 to 15 lbs by then. so try that out. eat healty and exercize. your goal is unrealistic. its only a few weeks away. you should have started sooner. good luck. and dont starve yourself. u will end up in the hospital, with a HUGE bill
1006762
I lost about 30 pounds in 3 months by counting calories.  If you go to self.com, there is a health tab that details your ideal body weight, ideal BMI, and the amount of calories you need to intake in order to maintain your weight.  Then you take the amount of calories needed to maintain your weight and subtract 500.  That new amount is the amount of calories you should get a day in order to lose about 1 pound a week.  \n\nAlso, a good exercise tip to lose your bodies stored fat is to exercise before eating so that the calories you burn are from the stored fat in your body versus the calories you just ate if you exercise after eating.
5074
Probably, but it has a lot to do with how much you weighed when you started.  If you're a woman and in need of weight loss, I'm told an average loss of 1.5 per week is good.  That's with a traditional, Weight Watchers-type reduced calorie diet, not some specialized program.  Over 3 months, 20 pounds would be about right.  But the less you weigh, the more difficult it is to lose.\n\nUsing and understanding the Body Mass Index (BMI) may help you with your goals.  It uses your height and weight to calculate how healthy your weight is.  I've included a link to Yahoo! Health's page on BMI.
968920
The max. weight you want to lose in 2 pounds a week, so in six weeks you could realistically lose about 12 pounds. \nGood luck.
1178719
It depends on your food intake and exercise level.  It's best to lose 1-2 lbs/week at most; any more and you'll be losing muscle and likely put the weight back on.  So, if you adjust your caloric intake and output to lose 1 lb/week, it would take 20 weeks or about 5 months; if you lose 2 lb/week it would take 10 weeks or 2 1/2 months.  Perhaps it'd be easiest to go for 1/2 lb/week, in which case it would take 40 weeks, about 10 months, but you'd only have to make minor changes in your diet and exercise.
881465
I just converted your weight to pounds, so I can understand how much weight you're talking about. I will give you my answer in pounds, then I will convert it.\nFirst of all losing any more than two pounds per week is not only unhealthy, but also a waste of time, since all of it will come back plus interest!\nYou want to lose 30 pounds, that's 15 kilos. So that's 1 kilo per week or 15 weeks. Today is November the 12th. 15 weeks from now is mid March, just in time for short sleeve and shorts weather. PERFECT!!! ;o) Here's how you do it:\nPicture your plate for 3 meals per day, NOTHING in between those meals but tea or water. \nThe plates should have 1/4 lean protein (eggs or egg substitute), chicken breast or lean pork or beef, but not round beef.\nAnother 1/4 is WHOLE grains (whole wheat bread, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, couscous, lentles, etc.)\nThe other half is going to be steamed veggies (never over cook your veggies, eat them while they still have a little bite to them, they're more nutritious and more tasty. Potatoes are not allowed until you reach your goal weight)\nThat's all Oh, the height of each portion on the plate can be no higher than the height of a deck of cards.\nIf you're still hungry (you may  be for the first 3 or 4 days, then it gets EASY), then you can add what I call your free vegetables. These veggies are ONLY the following ones and you can eat unlimited portions of them, but remember it's only these that you can have unlimited portions of:\nGreen beans, celery, radishes, broccoli, cauliflower, brussle sprouts.\nHigh starch veggies that should be limited until weight goal is reached are : carrots, corn, peas, and avoid potatoes all together until weight is stabilized at 60 kilos, and even then must go easy on them.\nNO SUGAR, NOTHING FRIED. \nIf you take a weight bearing exercise class or just follow a video at home 5 times a week or more, you'll make slimming figure not get saggy and stay frim and attractive.\nthat's all. I hope you will have great success. this is an easy and healthy nad realistic way to lose 15 kilos and keep it off. perfect time to start. When you reach your goal weight you can re introduce a little sugar and add ground beef and more starchy veggies, but all in MODERATON. you'll be 160 by mid March and the weight will STAY off.
501976
20lbs in 6 weeks? sounds like a lot of people agree with that, and sure, you can do it! but theres a downside to that, a big downside, if you lose more than about 1 pound a week, you wont keep the weight off very long... thats simply because if you go on an extreme diet just to lose weight quickly, your not gonna stick with the diet... exercise is important, and f*ck that not lifting weights! in my opinion there is no such thing as a healthy weight, there are healthy body fat percents and such, but healthy weight? if you are 5'6 and 180lbs but in very good shape, slim, lots of muscle and stuff, you are technically over weight, but you're much healthier than you would be if you were the same height and weighed 10 pounds less but were chubby and out of shape... plus, for every pound of muscle you burn something like 30 more calories a day than you would otherwise... so really, do you want to lose pounds or inches? and do you want to lose it temporarly or permanently? personally, I'd chose inches and permanently...
754628
Yeah I was wondering this myself as I watched it this week and one guy lost twenty pounds in one week.  Wtf?!!  I think they make them exercise 4-5 hours a day and starve themselves.  I have heard that a healthy weight loss is 1-2 pounds per week, and if you lose faster than that, you are more likely to gain it back.  These people are losing 5, 10, up to 20 pounds per week. It makes me wonder once the show is over if they will be able to maintain their loss.
1125033
You will catch alot of grief over this, but to seriously lose weight fast you have to simply quit eating. Maybe one meal a day. No, you will not die. No, it isnt the healthiest way to lose weight. But why wait 3 months to lose 30 pounds when you can do it in 1? When you do have to eat, eat the minimal carbs. I drank basically coffee and water. Screw what others say. If you arent happy with the way you look, fix it. Your opinion is the only one that matters.
62847
To lose 20 lbs in 3 months, that's about 2 pounds per week.  To do that safely, the best thing is to cut 500 calories a day from your diet and workout to burn an additional 500 calories per day.  That adds up to 1000 calories daily, which is 7000 weekly, or 2 pounds.
917002
Yes it is possible, but is it healthy? You should set  a goal for yourself that is like I will lose 3 pounds a week. In 6 weeks you be about 18 pounds less.
454588
If you walk, quickly, for thirty minutes a day and drink plenty of water, cut down on carbs and sugars, you can lose six pounds within two weeks time.
325286
You can't do that and be healthy.  Most of the weight you lost would have to be water weight and you'd put that right back on.  Good for you for not smoking, but now you need to start exercising.  Try setting smaller goals.
881009
My friend, I have lost 30 pounds in 8 weeks by doing 2 big things. First I started a nutrition plan that a friend of mine lost 38 pounds on then I went to a site called freetrainers.com. You enter your physical information and the site will give a free 8 week weight training routine. Mix that with the nutrition plan and you'll lose weight too. Here's the gist of the plan.....\n\nBreakfast (5AM) - 2/3 Cup Nonfat Yogurt with blueberries and 1/3 scoop Protein powder.\n\nSnack (9:30AM) - 1 triangle Laughing Cow Light Cheese, 1 Apple.\n\nLunch (11:30-Noon) - Chicken Breast and vegetables or Salad.\n\nSnack (2:30-3:00) - 1 Triangle Laughing Cow Light Cheese, 1/3 protein bar.\n\nDinner- (5ish)- Steak, Pork chop, chicken breast, fish etc with Salad and vegetables.\n\nMix this with a lot of water & exercise and you'll lose weight.\n\nIt's suggested that you give up caffeine also.\n\nThe nice thing about this is that you never are hungry because you have the snacks.\n\nGood luck.
825730
Losing 28 pounds safely and permanently should take at least 3 months (2 pounds/week), and VERY few people can do that without gaining it back. That would be a very unusual pace. \n\nMore common is the 1 pound/week pace, which puts 28 pounds at about 6 months. \n\nOf course, all this depends on how overweight you are. If they're your LAST 28 pounds, it's much more difficult that the first 28 pounds. \n\nBe patient. Do it right. Diet and exercise.
862390
you can definitly loose 50 to 60 pounds in 6 months.\nyou can do it faster then that.\ngl
484699
Look up South Beach Diet.  I lost 20lbs in 2 weeks.  Add exercise to that.  I'm going on 55lbs now. 20 to go after that.  Good luck!