Question" I am 18 yrs old and weigh 220lbs at 5'10. I want to start a diet and nned to know how much weight i will lose. I would like to lose 15lbs in 3 weeks. I am eating under 500 calories a day. I eat campbells chicken with noodles soup at hand twice a day which is 80 calories each time, 1 cup of sugar free jello which is 10 calories, fat free Pringles (30 chips) which is 140 calories and occasionally a granola bar which is 120 calories. I drink water (0 calories) and diet soda (0 calories). I take one centrum vitamin every day. I go to the gym and walk on the treadmill with the incline on 15 at the rate of 3.5 miles per hour and burn 1000 calories. I have a slow metabolism. Can you tell me how much weight I will lose by doing this in a little over 3 weeks?"
i am the same 5'10 girl of 220lbs who plans on eating less than 500 calories a day. In response to your assumption, yes i have dieted before. last year i weighed in at 245lbs. in about 3/4 months i lost 30lbs by trying to not eat though i was constantly failing and would end up eating and say i'd start again tomorrow. the longest i ever went without eating before was 3 days. after that i started all types of diets, trying a new thing every few days. such as eating only pickles, or only yogurt, i was a vegetarian for a while and tried to eat very little bread at the same time (basically i was living off of potatochips and junk), and for a while i went with out fast food, i've tried not eating after 8pm, and a negative calorie diet. With all this dieting i lost 35lbs, but i never really realized it until i had given up on them all (it wasn't real apparent (i went from a size 18/20 to a size 14/16). Unfortunately, I gained 20 of the pounds back (originally i only gained back 10 lbs, but within the last couple of months, i've gained an extra 10) the lowest i've ever weighed at this height is 210. I was a skinny child up until age 10 and then i got fat. My extended family is fat, but both of my brothers are skinny. I think i have very large bones and i am strong for a girl (i took weightlifting and can benchpress 150 on a machine) I am normally a fast food eater and i gained weight eating sometimes even 2 meals a day from fast food, but i am well aware of this problem, and am restricting fast food in take to once or twice every two months at least until i am at my skinny goal of 135lbs. i never eat breakfast so i eat 2 meals a day (normally excluding this diet where as long as i eat under 500 calories its fine). BUT MY REAL REASON FOR WRITING BACK IS TODAY I EXERCISED TWICE! (MORE THAN 2HRS) AND IN TOTAL I WALKED INCLINE 5-15, 3.5-3.8MPH, AND BURNED A LITTLE OVER 2000 CALORIES. I WANT TO CONTINUE THIS. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH WEIGHT I WILL LOSE NOW. I think i am becoming addicted to the exercise. I just pop on my headphones and start moving for an hour.
The wrong way is faster! I don't care about the health problems. (the muscle and bone loss). All I know is that I'd rather have a short skinny life than a longer fat one (and there's no guarantee that im healthier being overweight)
AnswerHi,
At first, I hope your dreams come true.
If you are trying to lose weight, aim to lose 1 to 2 pounds per week. If you are able to attain your goal, you would get the excitement to go on your plan. Sometimes it’s little things that count the most when working toward your goals.
The combination of diet and exercise is a faster way to lose weight. Exercise will firm the muscles and diet will help you lose extra weight and flab. But it depends on the person’s body and how strict his diet. A strict diet could make you lose 3kgs in a week.
Due to lack of your elaborated details & particulars (your country - climate - profession - age - daily lifestyle & the like things), I would recommend only few suggestions, though these may help you lot:
The available recipes are water and vegetables and fruits and proper sports and a strict partner.
1. The vegetables and fruits include papaya, mealie, kelp, carrot, green cucumber, tomato, apple, pear, banana and so on. Remark, eating different kind of vegetables or fruits each day, you can go on your diet easily and everlastingly.
2. The available sports are Yoga. You know, the people who practice yoga have perfect figure. If you are interesting in it, I could give you some suggestions about yoga practice.
3. A strict partner can support you going on your diet strictly.
4. The foremost austerity is persistence.
Now, I would like to share my experience with you.
First of all, I had a nice partner. We restricted each other going on the diet strictly.
1. Getting up early in the morning, we drank a glass of water before any action. It could help you clean your inside.
2. We had a 20-30 minutes’ quick walk to office instead of bus in the morning. It is available to burn your calories to have a quick walk without eating anything in the morning.
3. After arriving at office and having a rest, we drank a glass of milk and ate 2 pieces of biscuit as our breakfast. Remark, you must have breakfast. If not, you could feel too hungry to go on your diet.
4. Between breakfast and lunch, we drank 3 glasses of water and eat little raw vegetables or fruits. It is available to relieve your hunger. If you still feel hungry, you can eat a piece of sweet. Just only one piece.
5. Before lunch, we drank a bottle of yoghurt. And then we ate a little vegetables or fruits as our lunch. We would eat a few peanut as our lunch too. Remark, it could make you feel full drinking a bottle of yoghurt before each meal. Drinking much water, you eat peanut, feeling full.
6. Between lunch and knocking off, we drank 3 glasses of water and eat little raw vegetables or fruits to relieve our hunger.
7. Knocking off, we had another 20-30 minutes quick walk to home. It is available for weight loss having proper exercises at dusk with hunger.
8. We just drank a little soup or ate a little vegetables or fruits as our supper. Remark, drink one or two glasses of water and don’t eat anything in at least 3 hours before bedtime. You will sleep easier and your body will be re-energizing itself rather than digesting a meal.
My suggestions:
1. Keep a food diary. This is one of the best ways to “interrupt” habitual binging and food addictions. After having gone on your diet for 3-4 days, you can feel better and easier to continue. Therefore go on your diet strictly in the first week.
2. Try to achieve your goal of weight loss in 1~2 months. It could make you possess confidence in this field.
3. Have 5 meals instead of 3 meals every day. Chew your food 10-20 times. You feel more full with less food and it aids digestion.
4. Eat more fruits and drink less fruit juice.
5. Don’t drink any carbonated drinks and don’t eat any ice cream during your diet.
6. If you don’t feel hungry, don’t remind you of the time to have a meal.
7. Drink a glass of water before each meal. It will fill you up.
8. Don’t trial too many diet pills, it would cost you more and be dangerous for your body.
9. Exercise first thing in the morning. There is more chance of you putting it off, or something getting in the way if you exercise later on. Attentively, proper sports could perfect your figures, strong sports could strengthen your muscle.
10. If you can’t find a strict partner, you can treat me as your companion, feeling free to tell me how about your diet. It is my honor to interact with you in this field. I would try my best to give you more suggestions and share my experience and accompany you going on the diet.
Weight loss is just an uphill battle. You have got to keep on fighting. You must figure out why you lose the battles you lose and pray like hell you win the war.
O.K. If you still have any questions, please do not hesitate to write to me.
Best wishes,
Sally Fan
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