I want to lose 50 pounds by the end of summer. Does anybody know a good diet plan?
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Dieting sucks. Changing eating habits works. A few tips that have worked for me:\n1. Eat slowly. It takes up to 20 minutes for your brain to register that your tummy is full. If you eat slowly you'll give your brain more time to tell you what your stomach really needs.\n2. Eat fresh. Load up on vegetables and cut down your meat. The fiber will make you feel fuller longer, too. Dress up your veggies with shedded cheese, roasted nuts, stuff like that. Eat out seldom. Their portions are huge and not healthy. As much as you can, fix your own food and avoid pre-packaged meals.\n3. Drink a lot of water. It aids in digestion and keeps you feeling fuller, longer. Especially drink a glass of water about 1/2 hr. before dinner. You'll feel like eating less.\n4. Eat a lot of soup. This will get you vegetables and water, fill you up, and it will do it with very few calories. They can be very easy to make, too.\n5. Don't deny yourself things you really like. Denying yourself of one thing entirely will drive you nuts until you lose control and binge. Instead, allow yourself some of your favorite foods regularly, and portion them out. For example, my husband has a problem with ice cream. His habit is to sit in front of the TV with a pint of Ben and Jerry's and a spoon. Without even thinking, he can polish the whole thing off. It's better to portion it out in advance, enjoy a reasonable about, and stop when your plate is clean.\n6. Walk whenever you can. Walking burns just as many calories per mile as running (running just gets it done faster) and is a lot easier and less sweaty to do. A 150 lb person burns about 120 cal/mile. You'll burn more or less, depending on your weight.\n7. DO NOT drink your calories. That means not only soda, but fruit juice and coffee drinks, as well. They have HUGE amounts of calories and they don't satisfy you like a meal. Avoid Jamba Juice like the plague. Snapple is your enemy. And if you really need a latte, please don't get any of those syrup shots.\n\nRemember- 1 lb of fat = 3500 calories. You could run an entire marathon and only lose a single pound! Don't expect it to be fast or easy. It's hard to lose weight, and only people who've never tried to lose don't believe that. Any diet that claims to make you lose weight faster is unrealistic and unsustainable. Numbers don't lie. But if you take my advice it'll come off nice and steady, absolutely. Good luck!
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This is a good realistic goal. 1 to 2 pounds a week is something you can accomplish with healthy eating and regular exercise.\n\nTry to get 30 minutes of cardio 5 times a week.\n\nAs far as diet is concerned, don't drop your calorie intake by too much, 500 calories a day less at the very most. Just try to take in as much lean protein as possible and the least amount of fat.\n\nYou should be able to lose 10-15 pounds inside of 60 days with a plan like this.
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I will surely wish u goodluck. Here's ur schedule babes:\nDONT's------------------\n\n-Cut out on carbohydrates \nThis includes cutting off chapatis, rice, white bread, potatoes, brinjals, wheat, maida and all other daily breads.\n\n-Cut out all candies, ice creams, lollies, fruity ices, shakes and all that is high on sugar and tasteds sweet.\n\n-Cut out smoking, drinking(if u hav been)\n\nDO's----------------\n\n-Hav lots of green leaf vegetables viz. salad, palak, ghiya, tori, tinda etc.\n \n-Eat lots of onions and ginger and lemon \nThese will lower ur cholestrol levels and help increase our metabolism.\n\n-Try drinking 15-20 glasses of liquids-juices, water and NO shakes please!! Remember fat never burns unless ur body is hydrated.\n\n-Try jogging for 15-30 min as per ur potential. This will further enhance ur metabolism and increase stamina to resist eating!\n\n-Try exercising and lifing small weights. U can begin urself by lifing up heavy items at home. Do some yoga-YES it works!! Try brisk walking\n\n-Do some aerobics-at least 10 min daily initiall and increase upto 30 min. Start dancing fast movements on the rock hard numbers . It will burn fat and reduce cholestrol.\n\nMAIL ME IF U STILL NOT HAVE "EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT": asamagicals2005@yahoo.co.in Bye\nbest of luck \nim sure u will lose at least 10 lb within 2-3 weeks. Remember, never go on any dieting plans. These will reduce ur fluid levels and ultimately leave u starving. Thus u nd up eating even more and hence put up all the lost "weight" that u call it as. Fat loss is a slow process and u should let it occur naturally.\nTaking pills, diet shakes, fat burners, using sauna blts and all will have a ver temporary effect. Lose it, eat again and it returns. This is how it goes. But, burn it naturally, maintain it and it nevr comes back!! Goodluck
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i found this artical called "50 Habits of "Naturally Thin" People\nHow to get Started:Decide how much you want to loose and see how many calories a day it will take to make it happen by year's end.Then, work into your routines however many of these eating tweaks and exercises you need to achieve your goal.\nSlash 250 cal.s a day to lose about 25 lbs. in a year, Slash 500 cal.s to loose 50 pounds.\nThis is based on a 150-pound person: you may need to cut more/ fewer calories depending on ur weight, age & gender. It also assumes your normal calorie intake essentially stays the same and your weight is stable.\n* I'm only going to give you the ones that are most helpful and burn calories. If you want more then email me*\n1.Wake-up Workout - When your eyes open, sit up slwoly w/out using ur hands. W/ legs straight out, lean forward until u feel a gentle stretch in ur back & hamstrings. Hold. Then, Using ur abs, lower urself flat. Rest & repeat 2 more times. BURNS 10\n2. Balance Booster - While u brush ur teeth, alternate standing on 1 leg as u switch mouth quadrants(every 30 seconds). BURNS 10\n3.Be a Ballerina - As ur coffee drips, stand sideways, put 1 hand on the counter, and lift the outside leg straigh out in front of u, keeping it extended. With upper body straight, hold for a few sec.s and move it to the side: hold and extend it behind u. Do 5x on each leg. BURNS 10\n4. Talk It UP - Every time u grab the phone, stand up & pace around. BURNS 50\n5. Carry Some Weight - When ur grocery Shopping/ running erands, wear a backpack with 5-10 lbs bag of sugar inside to increase resistance & burn more calories. Add purchases to ur load as it becomes easier. BURNS 20 (FOR AN HOUR OF ERRANDS)\n6.Pump at the Pump - While ur getting gas, With 1 hand on ur car, Stand on the balls of ur feet & slowly rise up & down for as long as it takes to fill ur tank. BURNS 10\n7. Shop till the Pounds Drop - at the mall try on at least 10 outfits- pants and shirts.BURNS 60\n8. Jog for Junk Mail - For every piece of junk mail u get each day, do 1 lap around ur house/ building, / up & down a flight of stairs. BURNS 35-140\n9. Play Footsie - After Dinner, while u are sitting at the table, extend your right leg out & slowly bend it up & down, squeezing & holding in the up position for at least 5 sec.s. Repeat 5x for each leg. BURNS 10\n10.Ease into Evening - sitting with feet uncrossed, grab ur wrists & raise ur hands above ur head to lengthen the spine. Take a deep breath in as u reach & hold the position, breathing slowly in & out for 20 sec.s, taking longer on the exhale. BURNS 5\n11. Sing a Song - Spend sunday morning belting it out in the church choir. BURNS 70 PER SERVICE\n12. Catch This! -\nSpend 30 min tossing a ball or a frisbee with ur kid/dog BURNS 90\n13. Make Whoopee - Instead of a bowl of ice cream as a bedtime snack, have a robust tussle with your spouse. BURNS 300
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4 months is plenty of time. Look online for good diets, the main thing is you need to have 50 extra pounds to loose.\n\nEat smaller meals 4 to 5 times a day, work out, but dont work out to hard so you gain weight in muscles, jog, jump rope, swim, go hiking everyday up a mountain side, exercise evertime after you eight, drink pleanty of water. 4 months is plenty of time to loose 50lbs. I lost 20 lbs just quiting drinking soda pop and eating fast food. Get a scale and weigh ur self daily, dont drink pop, or any surgar drinks.\n\nabove answer : only healty to loose up to 12 pounds a month, 4 months that would be 48 pounds. why would 50 be so bad if 48 isnt?
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Water, multi-vitamin, avoid value menus at fast-food places and opt for the salads, increase fruits and vegetables, find ways to reduce you calorie intake by 100 calories day (for example, instead of a whole bagel, only eat half)\n\nExercise, even a thirty minute walk every other day is good.
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Think about it...if diet pills worked, would there be any fat people??  No way!  Now for your age, I'd say all you need to do is eat correct portions, stop the fast food and drink alot of water (no sodas) and up your activity to about 30 minutes a day.  And you can do that in 10 minute incriments.  Say you ride a bike for 10 minutes, then walk 10 minutes, then go walking in the mall for 10 minutes....it all adds up to 30 minutes and is the same as doing 30 min. at the time.  Look up "Exchange Diet " on line and you'll find one that will fit your life style.  You have to burn up 3500 calories in order to lose a pound.  So if you're losing 1-3 pounds a week, you're doing good.  Just stick to a wholesome variety of whole grains, fresh fruit/veggies and lean meats and the moderate activity and the pounds will melt off.  Don't be so hard on yourself.  If you lose just 5 lbs. that will be a great accomplishment!  God bless!
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it's hard but not impossible, once you really stick to some rules, look at my answer to the question \n"What is the best diet plan need to lose 30 pounds?" \nI lost 60 lbs in 7 months following those rules(explained in my answer to that q.) hopefully you find it helpful.\ngood luck with your weight loss.
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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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losing weight is not very easy, especially for starters. but giving a little effort would assure you of a really safe and effective weight loss. a low-carb, low fat, high-fiber diet is the best diet. this is a sample menu, about 1200 calories the whole day. you will not spend a lot, and you will not feel hunger.\n\nbreakfast:\n1 pc toast / sliced bread\n1 pc banana or apple\n1 glass of milk\ntea or coffee with low cal sweetener (or sugar)\n\n10 am snack:\n1 banana or apple OR\n10 pcs of berries OR\n1 cup popcorn\n1 glass lemonade or juice\n\nlunch:\nopen sandwich (no bread on top) containing:\n1 slice of smoked ham (about 60 grams)\ntomatoes, lettuce, onion\n1 glass juice/lemonade/tea\n\n4pm snack:\n3 pcs of oreo cookies OR\n1 palmful peanuts OR\nany medium sized fruit\n\ndinner:\n1 100-gram cut of lean meat (if chicken, no skin)\n1 1/2 golfball size serving mashed potato or pasta\nup to 2 cups of green veggies or steamed carrots and peas\ndessert: any medium fruit OR\n1 golfball size of low fat ice cream or sorbet\n1 cup of coffee or tea\n\nyou can do variations of this sample plan. very low cost (not totally no cost of course), and low maintenance. you will not feel any hunger at any time of the day. the best thing is, these foods are definitely available in your own house, probably also the things you eat daily. and you will not deprive yourself so binging and mood swings will be avoided.\n\nthrow in some exercise while you're at it: jogging, weightlifting for muscle development, pilates for flexibility (there are websites that show some basic pilates moves), powerwalking for stamina building. even regular day to day activities help - walking to the bus station, bicycling to the supermarket, mopping the floor, you can even do some jogging in-place while watching TV. remember that a well balanced diet and regular exercise is still the best. not only will you be kept trim, you will also stay healthy.\n\nremember that there are no quick-fix diets and exercises. starving yourself and pushing yourself to extreme exhaustion would only lead to even more dangers, and a higher medical cost. the best way to achieve your goal and to get a healthier body is to incorporate a well balanced diet and enough exercise in your daily life.
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I am going to start one up soon but I am in cronulla in Sydney Australia. Listen here is a plan in the meantime, keep looking and I sincerely wish you all the success. Also, what is a price that you would consider ideal? \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories women & 1500 men \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \nAll food choices need to be low fat\nDon't make food a big deal and don't socialise using food\n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna/lean meat & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g-150g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 women & 1800 men and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 -1500 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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There is no such thing as a "good" diet to lose weight fast. Any diet that tells you you can lose weight fast is both unhealthy for you and you will probably gain the weight back (and more) when you finish it. \n\nA better plan is a life style change. Start eating healthy and exercise. You won't lose it fast, but once you get to where you want, you can continue on and should not gain it back. You should set a goal of losing 1 to 2 lbs a week.
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well i lost weight by eating lots of cereals and special bread.also loads of salad and white meat.like chicken.and aslo fish.kippers are very good for you.the oil is very good for your heart and cholesterol.and they are not very fatty,the same goes for tuna.use skimmed milks and sweeteners for your hot drinks.and make sure you exercise.walk at least 2 miles very day or for at least 30 minutes.do not eat anything before midday.only drink pure lemon juice.it helps break up fatty compounds.eat plenty veg.as it makes you go.and that's the best way to lose weight.good luck.i went from 23 stone to 16 stone in6 months.but I'm 23 stone again and have started all over again.still i look forward to the challenge.never set your sights to high for weight loss in one week.don't expect to lose 5 lb per week it will happen at first but as you diet it gets harder to lose.so set yourself realistic goals.of say 2/3 lb per week weight loss.that way you will not be discouraged if you only lose 2lb at the end of the day that's still a standard bag of sugar ,and that's quite a lot.
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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.
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Try going to the Weight Loss forum at About.com.  It's a wonderful group of people spanning all ages and following all different eating plans, some with great success and others struggling.  Some are just starting, some can't get their act together and others have been at their goal weights for years.\n\nI found the forum shortly after beginning a 70 lb. weight-loss journey and know I wouldn't have succeeded with either my loss or 2 year maintenance without that group of wonderful people.  Everyone will support you plus you'll find all kinds of motivation, advice and tips.  In some cases people do buddy-up.\n\nGo to...  http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?listMode=6&nav=messages&webtag=ab-weightloss
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i have a diet if your interested it takes like 20 pounds off of you in like a month (its a healthy diet) email me
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Not sure if it works yet, but I am trying it. I started today. I bought a 14 day plan and menu on ebay for cheap. It looks fairly easy to stick to compared to other diets I've tried. send me an email\n\nchuckehall2000@yahoo.com