What's an easy way to lose 40 lbs.?
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decent diet and good exercise
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Absolutely possible! My Aunt (45 years old, approx. 5'4" 200 lbs) lost 40 pounds in 2 months.\n\nHow did she do it? How does anybody do it without starving yourself or leading an unhealthy/impossible to keep up with exercise schedule?\n\n1. Write your current weight down on a piece of paper. Divide that number in half. Whatever that final number is, drink that many OUNCES of water EVERY DAY.\n  -- For every 20 minutes of exercise, drink an additional 8 ounces of water\n\n2. Eat Less PER MEAL. I don't know what your average meal is but for faster metabolism and better digestion, stick to eating ONE TYPE of food per meal.  (Large, complex meals are SLOW to digest, slow to metabolize, and in general, bog down your entire system).\n\n3. Eat more often (less per meal). Bodies goes into 'starvation' mode long before you feel hunger pangs. Keep that metabolism revved by eating consistently, giving yourself constant energy. \n\n4. Stop eating processed foods and sugars, to start. That's ALL you have to give up with, for starters, so don't freak out. :) They are the 2 most contributing factors for over-eating and weight gain.\n\n5. Cut off all eating 3 hours before you go to bed. Whenever your bed time is... 7pm, 10pm, 1AM, STOP eating 3 hours before bed.\n\n6. Take a quaint stroll around the block every night. Start with 15 minutes. Then increase whatever you would like. The idea isn't so much to get in a lot of exercise but walking keeps your joints loose, your muscles warmed and flexible, keeps your body fluids moving, oxygenates the blood and stimulates good digestion.\n\n7. Eat your fruit in the morning and afternoon. NOT in the evening or nighttime. Your system slows down as the day wears on and the sugars will metabolize slower. You don't want that! Fruit is a means of virtually instantaneous energy and cellular revitalization, therefore avoid it later in the day and enjoy it in the morning.\n\n8. Eat more raw vegetables!! :) At least half of your daily food intake should be vitamin & mineral-rich fiberous veggies! Snack as much as you like on carrots and celery and radishes and tomatoes and basically, whatever is in season and tastes good to you :) Make GIANT salads with loads of vegetables with yummy homemade olive oil (a great fat!) and vinegar or lemon juice dressing! Add some olives and seafood and even some noodles.  Use ingredients you REALLY LIKE! YUmmmm!!\n\n9. Get your 7-9 hours of sleep every night!! So vitally important! ZZzzzZZZZzz's give you healing, regeneration and actually quickens weight loss! \n\n10. Realize that whatever you do NOW to lose the weight HAS TO be something you can do LONG TERM or it will never last.  Go to a bookstore and find a neat food or cooking book to inspire you. \n\nThe truth is, you can healthily lose even more than 30 pounds in 2 months. It's up to you how much you end up losing. If you want diet suggestions or vitamin supplement recommendations, or have any other questions, ask away!\n\nI think, just by asking, you've already taken the hardest but most powerful step! \n\nI wish you the best!
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I've lost about 40 pounds since September and what i did was cut my calories.  I mostly ate lean-cuisine's and i started to do cardio workouts like running or step classes, stuff like that.  its all about your daily habits though.  do you eat alot of carbs?  maybe you should try a low carb diet, those are good for fast weight loss.  cutting sugar is also good.. use splenda everywhere you would use sugar.  Also the average American usually intakes most of their calories in drinks per day... try to avoid any carbonated drinks, switch to water.. or if you're really craving something carbonated, just drink a diet drink once in awhile.  if you do any of these for a set amount of time, you're going to see results.. its all in how bad you want it and how hard you work at it..  if you have a chubby belly, crunches do work, but you have to realize you need to get rid of the fat before you can see the results of the crunches.. run, dance, do stuff that makes you sweat your belly away !!! good luck with whatever you choose to do!!
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You are probably looking for a better answer, but the simplest and best way to lose weight is to keep track every single thing that crosses your lips each and every day.\nI've been tracking calories since mid-June, and have lost 25 #.  I'm not one to "diet", and I love to eat, but I got to the end of my rope and was miserable with myself.  Some useful tools are the calorie diary/tracker, and the Calorie King books that give nutritional information on nearly every restaurant, and all food types.  We eat out more than most, and I've done it through out this entire weight loss.\nPut your mind to it, as my Grandma used to say, and good luck to you!
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There really isn't a way to lose weight fast.  You want to lose fat, really, and your body cannot burn more than two pounds of fat per week.  If you lose weight faster than that it's either water weight (at the beginning of a diet) or muscle mass.  \n\nHere are some tips:\n\n1.  Walking is the best way to lose belly fat.  Buy a pedometer (about $5 at Wal-Mart for a cheap one) and count your steps.  Try to increase 1000 steps per day until you go over 10,000.  \n\n2.  Do some strength training, such as lifting weights.  This will help develop muscles.  A pound of muscle burns more calories than a pound of fat (and is about half the size).  You will burn more calories even when you are asleep.\n\n3.  At 230 lbs, your body requires about 2300 calories per day to maintain that weight.  You do not want to cut out too many calories, because your body will catabolize muscle before it will catabolize fat.  You don't want to destroy your muscles.  \n\nTry to cut about 500 calories per day from your diet.  Get a kitchen scale and really measure portions.  You'd be surprised how little a cup is, and how large your portion sizes are.  At that intake, you will lose about a pound a week just from your reduced calorie intake.  If you exercise, you will increase that.\n\n4.  Figure out what kind of an eater you are.  Some people can do portion control.  They can figure out what a 100-calorie portion of chocolate cake is and eat that, or eat 1/4 of a pint of reduced fat frozen yogurt.  I'm not one of those.  If I open the bag of M&M's, I will eat the bag of M&M's, whether it's a tiny little handful or a 1-lb bag.  I have learned that I have to eliminate foods that are unhealthy for me.  I can't buy chips, because I WILL open them, and then I WILL eat the whole bag.  Work with your eating patterns.  If you can pour out 1-oz of chips and eat them, indulge once a week.  If you can't, you're better off not buying the chips.\n\n5.  Focus your diet on whole grains, beans, vegetables, fruits, low-fat or fat-free dairy, and lean meats or fish, if you like them.  Fruit and veggies are your best friends.  \n\n6.  Drink at least two litres of water per day, and aim for four.  Your body stores fat as fatty acids.  In order to burn fat, it has to hang three fatty acid molecules onto a water molecule.  Without water, you can't lose weight.  Also, water fills you up.  Water can be flavored with sugar free drink mixes or sugar-free tea.  \n\n7.  Get at least seven hours of sleep per night.  That's when your body is dealing with the fat.  You can't lose weight if you don't sleep enough.\n\n8.  Educate yourself.  I highly recommend Susan Powter (her Stop the Insanity set is out of print but is sometimes available on eBay), Dean Ornish, Covert Bailey, and Pritikin.  Pritikin and Ornish are a little severe, but they are dealing with people who have serious coronary problems.  \n\n9.  Get support.  Consider joining a gym and finding a personal trainer.  Sometimes you can join a trainer's group and pay a lot less.  Weight Watchers is pretty good, but I'm a member of Take Off Pounds Sensibly, and it's helped a lot.  \n\n10.  DON'T GIVE UP.  If you "cheat" or skip a day of exercise, it's not the end of the world.  It's a minor set back, and if you stick to your diet/exercise plan for a year, no one will notice one chocolate bar or one day spent vegging on the couch.  It's the chocolate bar every day or the vegging every day that kills you.\n\nI'm dieting, too.  I've lost 15 pounds and one dress size in the last two months.  If you'd like to contact me, please do.
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The best and only way in my opinion to lose weight is to work out and eat fewer calories based on your bodies needs (fitwatch.com has a calculator to figure that out).  I have lost 38 pounds since January by reducing my caloric intake and working out at least 6 days a week.  It seems like it would be overwhelming but it's all about making a lifestyle change. The best tool i have found is calorie king.  It has the nutrition breakdown for any and every food including restraunts - very useful. Self is also very useful, the magazine is very motivating and has great tips.  Online you can join the body makeover challenge and it has great tools too.
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Most healthy and simple way... Burn more calories than you take in and I guarantee you will lose weight without crap and stuff it can make a big difference in just weeks.
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1) Drink WATER...WATER...WATER...WATER...\n\n2) Join a membership like weight watchers (excellent place I lost a permanant 40 lbs...4 yrs now), Jenny Craig (like that gal from Cheers), LA Weight Loss. These places should teach you how to eat.  This is a LIFE STYLE CHANGE not a diet. \n\nA)  You need to unlearn all your past eating habits and re-learn the correct way to eat. You need to practice how to eat for about 1 1/2 hours a day.  I lost 25 lbs, just by changing eating alone...I was on a bet, so I didn't exercise;  I only changed my eating habits.  It takes work at first, but once you've brainwashed yourself, it's for life. \n  \nB)  Then after you learn how to eat, you can learn how to exercise.  This too is something most of us have learned wrong.  We think if we spend 3 hours a day at the gym, then we're going to get that great body.  WRONG.  We burn out, and out body is freeked out.  Start by exercising slowly.  Find activities you love...not the one's that give best results.  Take up boating, rollerblading, iceskating, bicycleing, swimming, chase cars. . .be creative.\n\nC) Learn to visualize yourself as you want to be.  Practice this daily in the mirror, and it might sound like witch craft, but you'll start to look like the person you created in the mirror.\n\nHappy New Year. . . Hope you accomplish your resolutions.
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Fast ways....eat how you normally do but during the first week take 2 bites less of everything. The next week 3 bites.....and so on...\n\nSecondly, take the stairs instead of the elevator. And park further out....Walk just a little faster. \n\nDance....if a song comes on you like...dance to it for 3 minutes or so. \n\nFinally, dont let yourself get frantic about losing weight. The stress only makes it harder.
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The fastest, and easiest way to lose weight is to eat right and to exercise. But here's the trick, DON'T STRESS ABOUT IT! Stress causes the body to gain weight because it makes you eat more because you feel that you won't lose weight. But you will!\n\nLess Stress = Lose Weight
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Eat a huge breakfast, a medium sized lunch, and a tiny healthy dinner and eat your last meal before 7 pm every day.  Do that, and walk at a brisk pace twenty minutes a day four days a week and you will lose weight.  Not necessarily quickly, but you will.\nAnd no soft drinks!  Water, fruit juice, and skim milk.
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A great way to lose weight is to incorporate exercise into the patterns of your life. That is . . . take the stairs when you get the chance.  Walk to the store or the metro.  Make a habit of doing a "counter-pushup" every time you go to the fridge.  Quick situps as you wait for the microwave. (Believe it or not, I do this.) It's got to be part of your life for you to continue to do it.\n\nPlaying with what you eat is also helpful.  Try new recipes (lots of sites online!) and Cooking Light is a good way to find light recipes.  More vegetables, fresher ingredients. . . you may find it's fun to experiment with healthier food.\n\nHate to say it, but losing weight takes work and dedication.  You've got to consciously think about what your life looks like now, how you can change.
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im not sure how "quickly" you mean. but if you are a male, eating about 1750 calories each day and adding exercise is a great way to lose lbs.\n\nfor breakfast eat things like eggs with yogurt and fruit or oatmeal, lunch can be a tuna sandwhich or ham and cheese on wheat bread..or a salad with chicke on top... dinner can be steak chicken or fish with a couple of veggies and a potato..and snacks can be nuts, energy bars, fruit, beef jerky, etc.\n\nIf you dont exercise at all...begin with 45 minutes of light cardio like walking or biking.  then bump it up to jogging and walking. \n\nmost people can easily lose 2 lbs a week on a normal diet but i have seen people lose 5 a week on this type of diet.  The most important parts are eating HEALTHY food (you can have as much fruit and veggies as you can eat!) and trying to exercise atleast 4 days a week.\n\ngoodluck!
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1.  eat healthy.  You need to burn more calories than you consume each day to lose weight.\n2.  Exercise, exercise, exercise!  The average person needs to do about 30 min of cardio exercise 3-5 times per week.  More if you want to lose weight.  I would suggest starting with 30 min per day and mixing in some strength exercises too.  \n3.  For low cost: walk/run outside, rent aerobics videos, do workouts at home (push-ups, crunches, etc...), join a summer league for sports...
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Losing weight help\n\nlose weight fastWe get weight by eating extra calories and incorrect amount of macronutrients. There are two ways by which we can lose weight.\n\n\n    * Eating less\n\n    * Exercising more\n\n\nYou know\n1 gram of protein = 4 calories\n1 gram of carbohydrates = 4 calories\n1 gram of fat = 9 calories\n1 pound of fat = 454 gram\nSo 1 pound of fat = 9*454 = 4086 calories\n\nNote: Our body fat contains around 3500 calories, as 10% of it is water.\nSo in order to lose a pound of fat (4086) in 2 weeks, we need to decrease calories consumption by 290 per day as 4096/14=290(approx)\n\n15 minute of good exercise will help you in losing around 100 calories. So in order to lose 1 pound of fat in two weeks, we need to exercise for around 45 minutes (290 calories) if we do not want to make any changing in our eating habit. So just take care of the amount of calories in the food you take. The best idea for losing weight will be by cutting down the junk food with exercising. So greatest way to lose weight is a mixture of diet and exercise as exercise builds muscles, and bigger muscles burn more fat.
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LOL.. \ngood lord I was like 130 Pounds.. I'm glad that you mean 230.. you weigh the same i do.. but i'm only 5'5" I bet you look nice a curvy. \n\nremember that the slower you lose weight the more healthy it is and the longer the weight will stay off if you happen to let yourself go. \n\nEat right.. exercise every other day, DRINK LOTS OF WATER. \nI lost 40 pounds in 8 months just eating healthy food, and working out for a hour and a half every other day. with half a hour of cardio to raise my heart rate.
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I lost 80 lbs with this method.  It's very easy.  Don't change what you eat.  Your diet can stay the same, you don't have to change any habits or exercise.  Just eat 30% of what you eat now.  For example if you usually have 3 slices of pizza, stop at one.  If you would normally eat 7 of those cookies, just eat 2.  If you usually eat 1 cup of mashed potatoes, just eat 1/3 of a cup.  That is all you have to do, cut your food volume intake by 2/3.  Works great.