I want to lose about 25 pounds within the next couple of months...any good diet recommendations?
 

I know this is a loaded question, but I thought I'd ask anyways.

I want to try and lose around 25-30 pounds within the next couple of months.
I live in a little country town in England and don't have easy access to a gym.
So I was wondering if anyone here could recommend any good diets that I could try...and maybe any good 'at-home' exercises I could do from my house?

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stop eating

I've dropped just under that in 3 months. I have wrote about it a few times.

1. I cut my Diet Coke intake in half. Which lowered blood pressure (sodium)
2. I bought a couple of cook books, and started eating only fresh food.
3. I drink a lot more water since cutting out the cola. Sobe Water is good.
4. I drink a smoothie made of fresh fruits and veggies mid morning and afternoon.
5. In month three I added in light weight training and treadmill.

I've dropped 20-25 lbs in just over 3 months. 3 pants sizes. I've shrunk into shirts I haven't been able to wear in a few years. For those smoothies, make sure you get a mix of the soluble and insoluble fibers (help keep you feeling full). For the treadmill I am doing around 1.5 miles in a half an hour a few times a week.

I started out with that Jorge Cruise, "Belly Fat Cure", and then after the first month moved on to two other cook books with better recipes and more variety. The cook books I looked for were a mix of good looking food, and diabetic (although I am not, nor in danger of) considerations. I focused on eliminating the high sodium processed foods from most of my diet, and controlling sugar.

What I have found, and many others have wrote on this in depth over the years is, you have to adjust your diet. Exercise alone will not do it. It becomes a lifestyle change, not a crash diet. I lost 12 lbs in two months just changing my eating habits with NO exercise at all.

Good luck!

Lose 25 pounds and even more in 3 easy steps:

1. Get a white sheet and cut out holes for your eyes
2. Throw white sheet over yourself
3. Stand in your new white sheet in any ghetto and watch yourself burn more fat than you could ever imagine.

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No soft drinks at all.... diet soda is just as bad as regular
No potatoes, and no pasta. A piece of toast in the morning is fine, but no bread at night
No white rice, only brown, and in limited quantities.
Cook your own food, stay away from the processed pre-made crap
Stay away from sweets
Don't starve yourself. Eat small meals 4 or 5 times a day with no starches

Jogging.... short distances at first, then longer and longer
Pushups... One of the single best exercises you can do for your upper body
Situps... for your core (although pushups get that also)
Squats... for your legs



Good luck! :thumbsup

Wow, this is great...it's just the kind of recommendations I was hoping for.
I'll definately take a look at that cook book you mentioned.

BF's diet changes sound good to me. That would work for most people I would say.

add in push ups (different angles every day), chin ups (have someone assist you if you can't do them at first), dips, lunges and squats with a bit of running and do that every other day to start and build up to every day you will reach your goal in no time...

soldiers don't need gyms either ;)

I love that too...I am 213lbs so I need to lose some weights, lets race lol!

I weigh exactly 213 as well...lets do this!

Just cutting carbs will help, thats what I'm doing

go lowcarb, eat a small meal 4-5 times a day and exercise.

eat less crap and hit the gym, it's not rocket science :thumbsup

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the easiest & best way for you to achieve the goal you stated is to eat fewer calories than you consume. with your size, you need ~2600 cals per day depending on your activity level & age.

then simply subtract cals per day to hit your target.

reasonable fat loss would be ~2100 cals/day

extreme fat loss would be ~1700 cals a day.


adjust these #s slightly if needed as you go. in general, eat whatever FOOD you want (not soda), tv dinners are xcllnt way to count cals here too btw. for generic weight loss it's not a matter of carbs or fats or whatever, it's being calorie deficit combined with CONSISTENCY. you have to be consistently calorie deficit.

eat less, move more.

Work out, then work out some more and finally, go do some workout. While doing that stop eating unhealthy shit.

Either that or smoke a ton of weed, that seems to cut it for some people haha

Good luck!

Use your will power to eat less. You can eat 1500 calories/day.

That depends. What's your starting weight? Dropping 25 lbs is a small amount for someone that already weighs 300.

Do cardio in the morning on an empty stomach.

Cut out refined sugar and artificial sweeteners.

Eat good fat, like nuts and olive oil. (important)

Break up your meals into 5 to 6 small ones during the day.

this is a myth. there is simply no added weight loss benefits from eating smaller, more frequent meals. if someone likes splitting their calories into 250 cal *meals* then cool, otherwise, don't bother.

metabolism is a myth?

how do you figure

wow, how on earth did you get that from what i wrote? please quote the part where i said anything remotely close to that.

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Metabolism exists, the myth is that eating many small meals spread throughout the day speeds it up :2 cents:

Just eat fruit all day like a chimp in a zoo and you'll shit the weight off in no time.

TBH most people fail at losing weight and keeping the weight off because a lot of the diets they try are too radical. The best way to lose weight and keep it off is to make small changes while increasing the calories you burn.

Instead of surfing the net in your spare time or watching a crappy tv show on tv because there is nothing else to do go for a walk. When you only need a few things at the store ride your bike or walk there instead of driving.

Keep a diary of what you eat and the calories you consume. Try to keep your calorie intake under 2000 per day. You'll be surprised at how many calories you are actually eating. There are aps for most smart phones that let you keep track of calorie intake and calories burned. I use map my walk (keeps track of bike rides, jogs, etc. too) as well as 'lose it' on my iPhone. Lose It will tell you how many calories you can intake per day to achieve your weight loss goal. They also have a website if you do not have a smart phone.

Lose It website - http://www.loseit.com/
Lose It iPhone app - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lose-it/id297368629?mt=8
Lose It Android app - coming soon - http://blog.loseit.com/2011/05/10/a-...android-users/
Map My Walk app - http://www.mapmywalk.com/imapmy/iphone/

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Here's my simple "think twice / slow & easy" diet - https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1005324

It's not so much about sticking to a rigid diet, more just thinking a bit more carefully about what you're craving, and what you should probably eat instead, but without going health-kick crazy. Want versus need, with a bit of leeway allowed every now and then.

I'm up to 13.5kg/30lb lost now.

I write my weight on the whiteboard each time I reach a new "low", which is a good way to keep me motivated. Not that I really need to fight with myself, it doesn't take much to convince myself to eat something a little healthier now. :thumbsup

When the weather was warmer I was regularly going for hour-long walks. The first 10 minutes sucks, it's where I'm thinking I can't be bothered and I'll just turn around, but after that it's cool. As well as being beneficial exercise it's also a good chance to have some thinking time; no TV, computer, phone, wife, kids, life etc to distract you... I've come up with some pretty good ideas and goals while plodding along on my walks, and it's also a good time to nut out any personal issues.

Lots of fruits and vegetables.

But THE number 1 way to lose weight usually is drinking lots of water. Most people do not drink enough and your metabolism slows making other organs process your foods. Water, water, water

"The John Holmes Diet"...

stop eating like a pig and being a lazy fuck?

Why do people need to be on a diet?

It's pretty simple. Watch what you eat, watch your portions. Then start exercising. No gym, no problem. Start by walking, then running. Buy a bike. I just bought a bike, and I'm on it for hours every day.

Nothing "white" (bread/rice)

No potatoes or pasta.

Diet drinks are bad!

Exercise! 30 minutes a day to make your heart go boom-boom!!

Wow, I had a feeling this was going to be a loaded question.
I suppose at the end of the day nothing beats good old fashioned hard work...eat well and be active.

I appreciate everyone's input and I'm seriously going to consider everything you all have said...except for the cocaine diet, that didnt work for me the first time around, haha!

Anyways I'm 213 pounds and I'm hoping to get to around 185-190...that would be ideal for me I think.

Wish me luck!

everybody is on a diet. diet is a catch-all term for what one eats. but specifically, the op asked how to lose 25 pounds in 2 months. big task. good luck doing that not restricting calories in your diet.

You know those small spiral ring notepads you can buy in a 3 pack at the drug store or supermarket? Buy them. Now date the top with todays date and write down every single speck of food you eat. In another notepad write down your number of miles walked, situps done, pushups, everything. Write it down!

It will keep it top of mind and if you see a blank page you will kick yourself into action.
There've been studies also that writing things down triggers more memory so just do it as part of daily routine, it will help.

You could be standing there right now doing leg raises or something instead of sitting. Dont forget to write it down.

25 pound in 8 weeks =

3+ lbs lost per week. which means AT LEAST a 10,500 calorie deficit per week. that's a 1500 cal deficit per day.

that's going to take some hard work, discipline and dedication.

consistency over time equals success

I guess it doesnt need to be 8 weeks...I'd like it to be a fairly realistic goal.
Maybe 12 weeks??

that would make it a helluva lot easier on yourself. 1000 cal per day deficit v 1500 is a big difference, you will still have to buckle down and stay consistent though. if you want to look toned and such after the flab falls off then you must exercise, otherwise, if you just want to shed the fat, you can diet it off. if you want to look tone, i strongly recommend a program like p90x since you are looking for a home workout plan. i work out from home exclusively, haven't been in a gym in years and have done p90x a couple times.

Low carb high fat.

laxatives! and puking!

Doesn't p90x cost a lot of money?
I was hoping to avoid having to spend much on any sort of programs or anything like that...unless you think it's worth it?

i do think it's worth it.

buy it used on cl or ebay, make sure you get the full program, books, etc. you will also need some weights/equipment, again use cl/ebay and get odds and ends at walmart. i would think you can put it together for $100-$175ish.

It's hard to argue with your midsection, but are you saying its a myth that every time you eat, your metabolism turns up a little? Eating smaller meals is not about the calories, but more about never going a long time without eating, so your body metabolizes constantly and doesn't go into fat storage mode. It's a thermogenic effect.

yes, that's the general idea, it is a thermogenic effect based on calories.:) but the effect is the same, here's more:

What's the best food to control hunger that has very few calories?

And what about fasting for two days each week until dinner time? I read that somewhere.

That if you always have food energy for your body to use, it will use that first.. Whereas if there's no food energy, that's when your body will use up your stored energy/bodyfat

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