is it possible to lose 20-30 lbs in 2 months?
I'm 18 years old and weighing 173lbs. I was wondering if is it possible to lose 20-30lbs in 2 months. Can u give me some workout advice on how to lose weight and belly fat.
Before I give my answer I just wanted to say a few things...
This is a question I get quite often. Change his numbers around a little and you pretty much have the worlds problem. This question actually came from Yahoo! Answers which I visit occasionally to try to help people sort out all the crap. I understand how daunting the situation of weight loss can be and its all due basically to the myriad of crap out there people are trying to tell you so you'll buy their product. Honestly folks, whether you are trying to lose fat, gain muscle, pack on the pounds, play football, learn to fly, or hibernate for the winter, the advice I give below is pretty universal. It is simply based on how the body works and what it needs. After that, the only difference in using this to pack on the muscle or lose a bunch of weight is your calorie intake. That's it. Comment below if you have any questions. Thanks.
Your Answer:
Its possible but its past what is considered healthy. This means you'll probably lose some muscle as well. To minimize that make sure you're strength training and taking in high protein. There aren't going to be any specific exercises that are proven to burn belly fat. If you have skinny-fat guy syndrome (skinny arms and legs with a gut) you're probably insulin resistant. There are things like lactic acid training with weights that can help with insulin resistance problems but its not completely proven. I don't want to go into what it entails here because in the space allotted I could really only give you enough information to get you hurt.
Bottom line though. Here's your game plan.
Eat as close to 6 meals per day as possible. try to keep it around 300 calories per meal. Try to do this with regular cadence. Your first meal should be within 20 minutes of waking up. You may have to cut this calorie intake if you aren't getting results but I wouldn't cut it much.
Eat a lot of RAW vegetables. This should be your main source of carbs.
Stay away from simple carbs outside of the occasional sugar in fruit.Fruit won't make you fat but for now, vegetables are just better options. This means don't eat most bread, pasta, white rice, etc.
Eat a source of protein with each meal. Might be tuna, chicken, nuts, cottage cheese, a glass of milk, etc.
No soda (including diet), no fruit juice, sports drinks, drink lots of water.
Bottom line though. Here's your game plan.
Eat as close to 6 meals per day as possible. try to keep it around 300 calories per meal. Try to do this with regular cadence. Your first meal should be within 20 minutes of waking up. You may have to cut this calorie intake if you aren't getting results but I wouldn't cut it much.
Eat a lot of RAW vegetables. This should be your main source of carbs.
Stay away from simple carbs outside of the occasional sugar in fruit.Fruit won't make you fat but for now, vegetables are just better options. This means don't eat most bread, pasta, white rice, etc.
Eat a source of protein with each meal. Might be tuna, chicken, nuts, cottage cheese, a glass of milk, etc.
No soda (including diet), no fruit juice, sports drinks, drink lots of water.
No fried food
Try not to eat anything packaged. More than one ingredient is bad. More than five is highly destructive to your goals. Can't pronounce it, it'll kill you.
Try not to eat anything packaged. More than one ingredient is bad. More than five is highly destructive to your goals. Can't pronounce it, it'll kill you.
Try to keep your diet organic (beef should be grass fed, chickens should be real free range.) A quick tip. You see out there a lot of chicken and eggs advertised as both free range and 100% vegetarian. When you see this, it means the "free range" part is BS. Chickens aren't vegetarians they have a wide ranging diet that consists of a lot more than the corn meal garbage they are fed.
Do a mix of weight training and cardio 4 days per week. You can throw in extra cardio days but I wouldn't increase the weight lifting days. On days you're doing both, do your cardio AFTER your resistance training.
Any simple sugars you eat, in other words, if you're dying for some pasta or something sweet, try to consume this around your workout time.
No carbs other than raw vegetables within four hours of sleeping.
If you aren't eating a lot of fish, take a fish oil supplement.
No alcohol
If you can follow this and adjust your calorie intake to your progress, You'll lose the weight. However, I know its a lot so take it all in and fit in what you can. Oh yeah, if you ever want to bulk up and get muscular, same formula but with more calories and more emphasis on protein intake.
Any simple sugars you eat, in other words, if you're dying for some pasta or something sweet, try to consume this around your workout time.
No carbs other than raw vegetables within four hours of sleeping.
If you aren't eating a lot of fish, take a fish oil supplement.
No alcohol
If you can follow this and adjust your calorie intake to your progress, You'll lose the weight. However, I know its a lot so take it all in and fit in what you can. Oh yeah, if you ever want to bulk up and get muscular, same formula but with more calories and more emphasis on protein intake.
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