How can I lose 60 pounds in a year?
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a good diet aims to help you lose around 2lbs per week, this may seem low but its weight you will find easier to keep off.  firstly, dont even think about going on a diet, simply change to a healthier eating plan, when u are on a diet you feel deprived, and your whole world revolves around food.  just change an unhealthy option for a healthy one, you wont feel deprived and the weight will come off slowly but surely.  a small treat now and then is good too, just so you can eat that little bit of chocolate or whatever it is, makes you feel good and stops that feeling of deprivation.  drink plenty of water, sometimes we may think we are hungry when in fact our bodies are slightly dehydrated and need fluids, so have a glass of water, wait a bit, then if you are still feeling hungry, eat.  dont be tempted to go on a crash diet, you may lose weight in the short term but it will all go back on once you go back to 'normal' eating. you know what you should eat, to be honest we all do, its just we get sidetracked or tempted by things not quite so good for us.\n\nlastly, dont panic about this weight, seems to me your guy loves you just as you are or he wouldnt be marrying you.  best of luck xx
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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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Do massive sid-ups and crunches, starting with 20 and doing 5 more each day. And drink a lot of milk, it helps to lose weight.
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No substitute for controlling calories and getting more exercize.   Make changes that you can stick with as a lifestyle, not temporary "diets".   Walking 60 minutes a day will make a difference, done all at once or little at a time.  Don't try to do too much, or you'll just get discouraged and give up when you don't see instant results for all your hard work.  If you walk an hour a day everyday, you're going to lose weight.  Your appetite will come under control and your metabolism will increase.  \n\nWeight training is also effective (in addition to walking).  Building lean muscle mass will help you burn more calories all day long.\n\n"Junk food" comes in many forms.  Breads, pasta, potatoes, rice, and other simple carbs can do things to your blood chemistry that will interfere with your goal.  Eat lots of fresh vegetables, and not too much fruit. \n\nLimit your portions.  Eat 5 meals a day.  That way you don't get too hungry, and your smaller portions won't seem like such a deprivation, because you know you're going to be eating again soon.\n\nEat slowly, and not in front of the TV.  Enjoy the food.  Most people with weight problems don't truly enjoy the food, they just eat absent mindedly and don't really take time to savor each bite.\n\nStart your meal with a healthy soup, or an apple, and you'll find that it's easier to control your calorie intake.\n\nIf you find yourself wanting more food after a meal and feel like you can't resist the urge, then tell yourself that you can have more, but that you just have to wait 30 minutes.  There's a good chance that the craving will pass, especially if you don't make it a prohibition.\n\nDon't sweat it if you make some bad choices sometimes.   But try to at least make better bad choices.  Don't supersize it, for example.   Better yet, if you "cheat" and visit a fastfood joint, pass on the fries.  Don't look at it in terms of since you've cheated anyway, you might as well enjoy yourself.  Minimize the damage.\n\nGet plenty of sleep.   Lack of sleep triggers inactivity, hunger, and slow metabolism.
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Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart.  These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without.  Then work to there.  Remember these are  perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it.  If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day.  Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit.  Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night.  You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly.  This is an important factor of losing weight.  Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night.  \nAs for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck!   Please don't hesitate to IM me at this name if you have anymore questions, i'd be glad to help
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Excercise regularly.i know someone who could lose 100 pound in a year only by doing regular excercises.\nhave a go,You'll be successful.\nGood Luck!
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it depends how large you currently are. if your 600lbs, very minimal excersice and minimal calorie reductions would create great weight loss.\n\nbut if your 5-5, 145. 200 calories isnt enough, unless you stepped up your work our routine, like started runnning 3 miles a day.
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Hey, it's almost New Years. What a great time to make a resolution to lose weight! I wish you the best of luck in it. \n\nYou really have to look at two areas of your life and adjust them to match your goals:\n\n*   Diet\n*   Exercise\n\nYou simply can't get around these two facts. You have to consume fewer calories than you burn each day to loose weight. So if you don't change your diet, then you'll have to exercise more. Frankly, it's easier to adjust both things. Eat less, or eat smarter and exercise moderately. You don't have to go overboard. A 20 minute walk around the block is exercise.\n\nFind someone who can share the goal with you. Another overweight friend who will walk with you. That helps a lot. You can encourage each other.\n\nHere are a few other resources that might be helpful to you:\n\nLose Weight and Gain Muscle -> http://watersaffl.burnthefat.hop.clickbank.net?tid=YAHOOANS\n\nWeight Loss for Dummies -> http://watersaffl.4idiots.hop.clickbank.net?tid=YAHOOANS\n\nWeight Watchers -> http://www.weightwatchers.com/index.aspx\n\nGood luck! Hopefully this time next year, you'll be a fraction of your former self ;)
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Long term weight loss is based on changing eating habits all together. Try eating smaller meals closer together, between 150-300 calories each spaced around 3 hrs. apart. I lost 30 pounds that way and now I've been at my healthiest weight for a year. I mainly eat whole grain breads and cereals, steamed/stir-fried veggies, lean proteins (fish, beans), and lowfat dairy (lite cheeses, yogurt, milk). Balance your foods every day, like if you have pizza for lunch, try to have a more vegetable-based dinner, so you're getting a variety of nutrients, and keep your digestive system flowing. Also incorporate something you enjoy everyday, like a piece of chocolate or one cookie, so you don't feel deprived of anything. And when you eat something every few hours, even if it's a piece of fruit, you keep yourself full so you don't binge.\n\nLearn how to prepare healthy meals too, because often pre-packaged foods, even diet ones, are loaded with sodium and may have less vitamins than fresh. Since I don't have a lot of time for cooking, I try to make several servings of something so I can eat it more than one day to save time. \n\nOf course exercise helps too, because it keeps your metabolism at peak levels. Just walking 30 minutes a day can do wonders. Good luck! :)
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EAT LESS, MOVE MORE . SIMPLE AS THAT! I USE TO WEIGH 210, I AM NOW 110. I TRIED IT ALL BUT FINALLY WENT THE COMMON SENSE WAY . I PRETTY MUCH EAT WHAT I WANT, JUST NOT A LOT OF IT.GOOD LUCK TO YOU!
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Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart.  You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself.  Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two  complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of.  It needs to be diluted.  These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without.  Then work from there.  Remember these are  perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it.  If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day.  Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit.  Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night.  You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly.  This is an important factor of losing weight.  Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night.  \nAs for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck! Honestly if you need anything else don't hesitate to IM me, krista_girl86 even if you don't pick me as best answer, i'd be happy to help.  Also check out the website for the tv show The Biggest Loser on NBC.  There are many, many helpful facts on there.
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Eat less and exercise more.
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If you would give anything to lose this weight then start making a plan and stick with it:\n\n1.  Get a physical from your doctor informing him that you want to lose weight.\n\n2.  Find a local community gym that is free.  If not, find a gym that is close to where you live and join.  Or you can start out by just walking daily without joining a gym.  This might be frightful to you because  you are big and may feel that others are looking at you............WHO CARES !\n\n3.  150 pounds to lose is a lot of weight.  You may need to see a counselor to find out why you are addicted to food while losing the weight.\n\n4.  You need to buy a book on binge eating/food addiction so that you can find out what type of relationship you have with food.  Please keep in mind the following:\n\nYou already know how to lose weight.  You know that if you eat less and exercise more eventually you’ll see the pounds come off.  What’s getting in your way?  Why do you usually regain the weight you lost?  The answer to all these questions is the same “Emotional Eating.”  Simply defined, emotional eating means you eat to satisfy emotional hunger; it means you use food for comfort or as a way to cope with life; and it means you eat for reasons other than what your body needs.  Whenever you reach for a boredom-breaking snack despite your commitment, or whenever you eat to quell anxiety, that’s emotional eating.   Whenever you binge after a fight, or double up on portions because your day turned sour, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you feel that sharp craving for your favorite food, that’s emotional eating.  When we eat during these times while on a diet, we believe the diet doesn’t work or that we lack self control and then look for the quickest way to lose weight (fasting/diet pills, ect) after eating all we can since we already messed the diet day up.   \n\nGet control of your emotional eating and any diet will work.  Best of Luck !\n\n\nDiets do work\n\nDiets can work but because we know so little about ourselves and our relationship with food, it makes it difficult to win the battle. A lot of us have problems with dieting because we have a problem called "emotional eating" we eat to comfort ourselves during difficult, stressful, sad, etc times in our lives.\n\nYou may experience all those emotions during dieting as we continuously get on the scale hoping to see a big difference in numbers after dieting only for a day or two. Also what is stressful when dieting is that we try to lose a large number of weight in such a short period of time which in most cases is unreasonable. \n\nThis all brings about stress, discomfort and sadness. When we feel this way, we turn to our best friend for help and support which for many of us is food. The diet is now broken and we feel that we can't stick to diets. We then try fad diet after fad diet hoping to lose the original 20 pounds and now we may have as much as 30 pounds to lose because we continue to put on weight as we continue to break these fad diets by binging for starting our next diet. \n\nPlease learn about your relationship with food before your next diet so that you may achieve your goals. To help a little, keep in mind the following:\n\nYou already know how to lose weight. You know that if you eat less and exercise more eventually you’ll see the pounds come off. What’s getting in your way? Why do you usually regain the weight you lost? The answer to all these questions is the same “Emotional Eating.” Simply defined, emotional eating means you eat to satisfy emotional hunger; it means you use food for comfort or as a way to cope with life; and it means you eat for reasons other than what your body needs. Whenever you reach for a boredom-breaking snack despite your commitment, or whenever you eat to quell anxiety, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you binge after a fight, or double up on portions because your day turned sour, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you
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Eat Less, be more physically active. You have to permanently alter your lifestyle or the weight will return.
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I don't know if you can lose that much weight in that short of time, but I really don't think its healthy if you do.  I would expect 60-90 lbs.  Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol and no smoking  if that applies. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart.  Don’t think that sports drinks can replace water, the only time you need to drink them right after a workout, besides that just stick with water. These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without.  Then work from there.  Remember these are  perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it.  If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day.  Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit.  Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night.  You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly.  This is an important factor of losing weight.  Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night.  \nAs for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me, but start with these steps, once you get your endurance up you can do more with speed. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck! Honestly if you need anything else don't hesitate to IM me, krista_girl86 even if you don't pick me as best answer, i'd be happy to help.  Also check out the website for the tv show The Biggest Loser on NBC.  There are many, many helpful facts on there.
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Start by leisure walking one week. \neach day increase the pace and distance.\neventually mix in a little running and walking.\nIn sixty days you will be awesome.
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Diet and excercise go together.  If you're 5' 7" at 150 you are of average weight, you shouldn't try and lose 20 lbs.  If you feel like you're fat, I suggest you excercise.  Do cardio and situps.  \n\nAlso, it's good to watch what you eat.  Eliminate junk food and fattening, oily food.  Also, it's best to eat about 5 - 7 small meals a day instead of 2 - 3 large ones.  The idea behind this is that everytime you eat, your body starts to break down the food.  The more frequently you eat, you'll trick your body to increase metabolism, which burns fat.