how can  i lose 20 pounds in less than 1 month?
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You can't, at least not in a healthy way.  The fastest you should lose 20 lbs is about 2.5 months.  You won't be happy with the results (your skin will look flabby), and you will likely gain most of it back.  Lose it slowly, and you will look great and keep it off forever.
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First, for all of the "quick and easy" weight loss diet pill suggestions, remember, if something sounds too good to be true... it probably is, particularly if you have to pay for it.\n\nDon'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\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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Cut out snacks. Do more aerobic excersize (running, swimming, etc.). Some people swear to caffiene, but personally, I don't think it helps much. You can still eat the same foods, but eat less overall. Celery is always good (it takes more calories to eat than it provides).\n\n[Edit]\nDon't get discouraged if you don't start to lose weight right away. Your body will try really hard to stay at the same weight at first. Oh, and while you may not be able to lose 20 pounds, you can lose up to 15 depending on how much you cut down on fatty and sugary foods.\n\nDon't starve yourself though. When you do, your body goes into a mode where it sucks every last calorie out of food, and that will only make you lose weight.
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its natural to lose between 1-2lbs a week so add that up. dont do any crazy diets.. think of exercise and healthy eating as a lifestyle change. start small - 30 min workout 5 min a day, and u do have time if u are gonna commit to it - believe me, youll see a change right away. and when u are shopping dont buy a lot of junk food, but dotn deprive yourself of anything. you will crave it even more and binge - eat what u want, but eat the bad things in small portions. it is possible, but it does take time so dont think of it in 2 months and 4-5 inches.. think of it as living a healthy lifestyle and you will lose the pounds in a healthy way and keep them off.
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it depends on how many months a "few" is and how overweight you are.  my best advice for losing weight would be to concern yourself more with the eating healthy and exercising part - the weight loss will come naturally.  i think that 20 pounds is possible, although i believe the general rule of thumb is that you shouldn't lose more than a pound/week.  drink a lot of water - it will help curb your appetite and keep you from losing water weight which will come back quickly.
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if you want to lose 20 pounds its best to do it 5 pounds per week for 4 weeks... using a healthy diet and exercise... 20 pounds in 24 hours is not possible... it could be possible i guess in a week or so but its very unhealthy and i wouldnt recommend it
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Instead of trying to lose 25 pounds in 16 days, why dont you try to work on a diet/exercise routine that you will be able to maintain, and lose weight gradually and keep it off...  You'll be much happier in the long run...\n\nIf you try too hard to lose 25 pounds in 16 days, you may end up in the hospital for your birthday after passing out from starving yourself...
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why does everybody want a qucik fix. do what i do eat half of what you normally eat, drink nothing but water and walk 3 or 4 miles a day. i have lost 20 lbs. in one month this way. 12 of those lbs in the last 8 days.
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Cut out carbs and sugars. And exercise.  Try this for one month and I guarantee you will see results!! I did this and  I have lost over 20 pounds
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Yes you probably can lose 15 lbs in two months. In fact if you aren't doing anything already to lose weight, you have a better chance of losing that much IF YOU STICK TO A STRICT DIET. If you falter you will likely gain it all back quickly.\n\nYour best bet is to start going to the gym every day and alternating different cardio. Do 45 min of stairs one day and 1hr of treadmill or eliptical the next. Doing ab work (like crunches) will help firm your middle as well which will make you look lighter.\n\nSecondly you need to cut fatty foods and sugars out of your diet. Also go easy on the red meat. Start eating more vegetables and less steaks. Cut out all sweets and don't ever drink another regular soda. You should limit diet sodas too because they are very high in sodium. Try for iced tea if you like it, if not they make flavored water\n\nStep three: drink as much water as you can stand.\n\nstep four: don't cheat on your diet\n\ngood luck
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Oh!  Sweetie!  Wouldn't that be wonderful!  You CAN'T!\n\nFor every 3500 calories (less) we eat, you will lose 1 lb.\n\nYou can exercise 3500 calories off also.\n\nDrink more water, eat more vegetables, cut down on refined sugar and yes, you must exercise.\n\nGood Luck
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Drink 6-8 glasses of  2 tbsp. lemonjuice\n                      2 tbsp. maple syrup\n                      and a pinch of cayanne\na day. I was able to do this for one month. It was awesome. It is the perfect cleanser, you get lots of energy, clarity, and the vanity part 20 lbs. less weight.\nyou have to want to do this. you have to commit. The results are wonderful. I was NEVER hungry, still had friends over and cooked for them and WATCHED. They were so amazed by me. Speed walk 3 miles, listen to good music. Be good to yourself. Good luck\nI do it once a yr. Maybe we should do it together.
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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.
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20 IN 2 WEEKS IS DIFFICULT AND UNHEALTHY... BUT IF U ARE DETERMINED.. EAT HEALTH AND LOTS OF TY-BO.... ITS FUN... DANCE ALOT AND DO A LOT OF CARDIOVASCULAR WORK OUTS....(EXERCISE TO PUMP UP YOUR HEART) THATS IS IF YOUR HEART IS IN GOOD CONDITION  DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND NO JUNK FOOD....  GOOD LUCK
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No way. Not unless you starve yourself and even then I don't think it's possible. The most you should lose in one month SAFELY is 8-10 pounds. That's about 2-3 pounds per week.
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Cut out all sugars and cut way back on your Carbs.If you drink soda drink only diet. Do not eat at fast food joints.\n I am 34 and have lost 19lbs in 1 month. The more you exercise the better. Your input must be lower than your output of calories. Simple math.
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I have lost 20 pounds in 40 days.  But I ate more thatn a slice of bread and water.  I would not advise doing that in order to lose weight.  go to like a 1200 calorie diet and make sure your getting veggies fruit and protein.