Is losing 50lbs in 3 months healthy if you eat mostly fruit, vegetables, fish, and some chicken or turkey?
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if you were 50 pounds overweight, that is unhealthy too.  50 pounds in 3 months is a bit fast, but it sounds like you are eating a healthy diet.\n\nIf you lose weight too fast you might get all wrinkly looking, like one of those dogs!  It's true, I've seen it.
1167615
I just lost 10 pounds in about 3 months.  I changed my diet some, but mostly I started walking 3-4 miles 4-5 times a week.  It made a huge difference.   Drink lots of water too!
65236
yes, if the rest of your food is healthy (fruit and veggies, whole grains)
441021
Know what you mean. 48 years old with a 26 and 23 year old and a 21 month old. I have plenty of will power. Yes I will have seconds. Yes I will have desert. It's won't power that I seem to lack! No I won't have that chocolate eclair! Determination has been my key. Don't try to diet. Try instead simply to eat healthy. Fresh fruits and veggies, fish and chicken. Stay away from processed foods, packaged foods, or anything fried. Drink plenty of water. Use olive oil and snack on raw almonds or walnuts. Just a few are very filling. By doing this I have lost 51 pounds and I feel terrific! More energy than I've ever had.
656215
i can send you a diet that lets you eat but makes you eat healthy. you stick to it you will lose weight. i lost 65 pounds in a very short time on it.
696658
I've been on Atkins for a year and a half so far. I've lost 40 pounds and still losing, while my overall health has improved greatly.
763332
You've got some serious work to do!  30 pounds in three months!  I believe it can be done, but let's get one thing straight...your goal is not to drop 30 pounds, it's to fit into that dress.  Remember that.  The scale might not be moving on your journey, but you may be loosing inches.  Keep track of both to combat discouragement.\n\nOK. Weight Loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise...give or take a few percentage points. If you eat whatever you want, and exercise a ton, thinking it's going to give you the body you want, it won't. Trust me, I've tried. Diet is the MOST important when you're trying to drop weight.\n\nCenter your diet around: Whole Grains (100% whole wheat bread, tortillas, etc.), colorful fruits and veggies (eat the rainbow), lean sources of proteins (eggs, poultry, lean beef), and healthy fats (nuts, olive oil, avocados, etc.). Avoid white foods like the plague: white flour, white sugar, white potatoes (have a sweet potato instead, more vitamins!), etc.\n\nAlso, be aware of how your food is cooked. Was there butter added? Was it fried? Is there added MSG or salt? You might be a pain when you go out to eat, but hey, it's your money!\n\nDiet comes down to calories in vs. calories out. It's that simple. That being said...eating small meals throughout the day keeps you from feeling deprived and you are less likely to get hungry and go on a binge.\n\nPlease don't think I'm discounting the importance of exercise. It will help you feel strong and more confidence, not to mention speed and retain your weight loss. Get moving! Make sure to get your heart rate up! And if you find something that you can enjoy, the better! Try step aerobics, a new sport, get out and play soccer with the kids. Schedule it into your schedule like a doctors appointment and DON'T MISS IT!\n\nShoot for 1-2 pounds a week. You can defiantly drop some pounds and get into that dress in a couple of months! But get started...the sooner, the better!\n\nHopefully this helps.
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You can lose 10 lbs. in 4 or 5 weeks. Safest way is to lose 2-3 lbs a week. If you do more than, or do crash diets, and when you go back to your normal eating habits, the weight you lost will come back or even double! So take it slow ok? :)\nI started as 135 and I'm also trying to reach my goal weight which is 120. I lost my 3 lbs in 1.5 weeks. Here's what I did.\n\nFirst, WATER is very important. you must drink at least 8 glasses a day. It also helps suppress your appetite. Drink a glass when you wake up in the morning and before you go to asleep. Drink also a glass before every meal. And if you exercise, drink before, in the middle, and after your exercise routine. This helps you lose water weight.\nWater weight is all the water accumulated in different parts of our body because the body makes sure that it has a reserved "stock". So if you constantly drink a lot of water, the body will release the water weight (which is maybe 2-5 lbs)because it will think that the supply will always come.Ok? :)\n\nOh, and if you drink ICE COLD WATER extra calories are burned because the body can not utilize the water in its cold state. So it has to bring it to normal body temperature first.\n\nYou could also try green tea. 2 to 3 cups a day burn 80 calories. This has been proven. :) Add also lemon. :)\n\n\nEating smaller meals does help. Eat every after 3 hours. This is the time when the last meal you ate is fully digested. You must not go hungry because this will slower your metabolism.\nHere are some food suggestions:\neat foods with fiber: whole wheat bread, oatmeals or non-sugar cereals with skim milk. \nprotein: tuna in water, skinless chicken breast, eggs(not too much), low fat cheese\ncalcium: skimmed milk \n\n*It is also proven that calcium helps boost your metabolism.\n\nFruits but no bananas and Vegies but no potatoes. you can have as many as you like.\n\nYou can also have frozen yogurt. low/non fat.\n\nStay away from carbs like white bread/flour. I'm not saying you shouldn't eat them but a daily requirement is 50 grams.\nThe atkins diet tells you to take 25 g. This is dangerous and can lead to ketosis.\nStay away from sugars or starches. No sodas please. If you wish to drink fruit juices then buy fruits and use a blender. Those powdered juices have too many sugars in them. :)\n\nOh and if you wish to exercise but have no budget for gym or are too lazy to do it like I am :) hehehe. try the following while listening to your mp3 or while sight-seeing.\n\nwalking--250 calories burned an hour\nrunning--500 cal\njogging--900 cal\n\ngood luck! ;)
538610
Proven by myself, eat at home.  I have lost more weight eating and cooking at home and keeping a moderate activity level has been a life saver for me.  I have gone from a size 14 to 8 in about 12 months.  It will take time, losing weight is not a TRIMSPA experinence for everyone.  It is safer to lose the weight slowly and it will take less time to gain it back. Once you get at the desired weight, don't slack keep up the good work and you will see positive results.  Rachel Ray has a wonderful cookbook and the foods are good and creative and add some flavor to your kitchen and they don't take long.
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I can assure you that the reason you started to gain and have "never before and been able to eat anything you want to" results in the fact that you exhert less energy now then before.  Here is a good rule of thumb when eating food: 80% of weight loss is the foods you are eating, if you can't hit it on the head or pull it out of the ground, you should not be eating it. (ie,meats and vegetables are good for you).  The greener the vegetable the better it is for you.  Eat sweet potatoes instead of white, whole wheat grains, instead of processed white bread, rice and so forth.  But remember this above all else. . .YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
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10 pounds in 3 months is too much at once already.  You should aim for 2 lbs per month.  diet pills are really bad for you and you can get addicted to them.  Also, when you reach that ideal weight and go off of them, your metabolism slows right back down and you will just gain all that weight back.  Best thing to do is continue what you are doing...you are doing great from the sounds of it.  The nutritionists say you should never exceed 3 lbs loss per month.  Also..those first couple months you prolly gained weight while building up muscle...perfectly natural. don't starve yourself, eat 5 meals three hours apart everyday (smaller meals than normal)  Exercise 3-5 days a week 30 min per day...also weight train...muscle will burn more calories than fat and will continue to do so even while resting.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it's almost impossible to lose 100 lbs. HEALTHILY in three months. Any more than 1 to 2 pounds lost per week is considered unhealthy, and you're more likely to put the weight back on when you stop dieting.\n\nThe best way to lose weight and to keep it off is to eat less and exercise more. You've got the exercising part, though it may be really hard for you to start exercising for 2 hours everyday. (Might I suggest starting with 20 to 30 minutes for the first week and gradually increase your workout times? Trust me, just jumping from 0 hours to 2 hours of exercise will only make you feel burned out.) Your eating plan, however, needs work.\n\nEating just salads for three months will hurt you. Every food is good in moderation. Cutting out certain foods, like good fats (which are in nuts, olive oil, seeds), will not help you lose weight, it'll only compromise your health. Try eating a balanced diet, but eat smaller portions and cut back on junk food. Don't make it forbidden, or you'll only want it even more. (speaking from experience here.) Counting calories will help. For your weight loss goals, you want to keep your caloric intake somewhere around 1,500 to 1,700.\n\nLittle changes in your diet and lifestyle will help loads. For example, take the stairs instead of the elevator. Keeping a list of heart healthy snacks on the fridge will make junk food less tempting. Instead of topping your cheese sandwich with mayo, make it with a tomato slice instead. Whole grain foods and low-fat milk products have been tested in many weight loss experiments and have been found to help you lose weight. And the almighty sugarless chewing gum: Chewing it helped me stop snacking and lose 15 pounds over 6 months.\n\nIf you're really serious about losing weight, I would suggest joining Weight Watchers. It's pricey, but well worth it. The program is easy to fit into any lifestyle, and the food, while light, is really, really tasty. Or better yet, talk to your doctor; he or she should know what diet plan is right for you.\n\nI know, at this point, it may seem hopeless and depressing, but if you find a plan and stick to it, the weight WILL come off. Just be patient and keep at it. Good luck!
930894
you can definitly lose 30 lbs in 5 months but you have to disapline yourself. cut back on your food intake but not starving yourself. you need to eat about 1200 cal. everyday and do some arobics.Anything that gets that heart going.drink lots of water and you will see results in a matter of a few weeks, god luck.
670390
stay away from fat, eat vegetables, no fruit it contains alot of sugar. I had my stepdaughter who is 10 and weighs almost 200 lbs on the south beach diet. She really didn't follow through with it but lost 10lbs within 2 weeks. I think the food is pretty healthy and the child would be eating right
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The first thing to do is prepare a healthy meal plan that you will be able to stick with.  Do not starve yourself, that doesn't work. Eat healthy. Embark on an exercise program and work out at least an hour 4 or more days a week. Do a combination of yoga, weight lifting, aerobics and now that the weather is warming up, swimming. Avoid eating meat and cut out sugars especially sodas - whether they are diet or not.  Drinks lots of water and try and sleep at least 7 hours a night. I lost 10 pounds in 2 months of becoming a vegetarian and I wasn't even trying! (I eat wild fish sometimes). Let me know how it goes. I like to encourage people because I was once overweight.
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Be reasonable, don't go on unsafe diets.  You've got a few weeks to do it.  Concentrate on produce as much as possible, lots of fruits and vegetables, skim milk and water.  If you do eat meet, stick to grilled chicken or fish.  Depending on you original weight, stay under 1000 calories a day.  I've lost 40 pounds in 2 months this way.
870178
i hear eating a healthy diet with lots of fruits vegetables whole grains and fiber + a work out routine was the best way to lose weight...give it a try.