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Started new job gained 3.5 lbs from bad diet and no exercise, new job this whole week too : (

So I had my 1st full week working full time and stressful but did better end of week. My diet was off I ate over 3k calories 3 days at least and no exercise, didn't get home till late 3 nights in a row. So this is not an average week and my daughter's birthday we celebrated 3 days so we had dessert and fatty party food, etc. So I hope to get back on track this week and lose some lbs. I am not discouraged, gonna have a plan and work my plan, done it before! I weight 228.5 lbs now, uggh!

Weighed in this Saturday - 225lbs lost 2 lbs.

I weighed in this Saturday and weighed 225 lbs. Lost 2 lbs. Even though 4 days had over 3k calories and only worked out 3 days. Didn't make since, but I may have been depriving myself of 3 meals a day, maybe missing dinner in past and this last week ate 3 meals with plenty of fat and protein, so I felt satisfied and my muscles seemed to grow some in my arms. Maybe protein powder I took one hard workout day helped. I had assumed I would have gained 3 lbs, but instead I lost 2! Hooray. I will see how this week goes and I plan to workout all days or most days 1 hour cardio. Eat healthy and make sure I eat protein and healthy fats. I have a cold today so feeling out of it, but I got a full workweek ahead of me. 7 days of work. i work this next weekend for the last time doing the sign spinning.

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weighed myself this Satuday went up couple pounds

I weighed myself this Saturday AM. I weighed 227 lbs. I weighed 223.5 lbs last Saturday. I ate more than 3,000 calories 2 days and missed 2 days of exercise. Some could be water weight because of my salt intake. I feel good though. I am building muscle from I think taking a protein shake twice last week after 2 hard workouts. It is a powder for weight lifters. I am working on growing the size of my arm back and shoulder muscles and some of my leg muscles. I made the mistake of not eating enough protein during my meals after workouts and may have been eating away at my muscle. After watching some videos online about this I decided to purchase some protein powder for the hard workout days. I don't mind if my weight goes up some for muscle gain. It is all relative. I am still not putting any timeline on my weight-loss. Now that I started a new job today, I know my weight and eating plan may need some adjustment. So we will see what happens and I plan on bringing healthier meals to work, exercising in the AM since I work Swing shift. The small fluctuations in my weight-loss do not stress me out as much as before. I just want to live healthy and be strong in my body. I also want work/life balance and good mental health. This is a journey and "The Journey is the Destination"-my favorite quote, so enjoy the journey!!!

10 PROVEN HEALTH BENEFITS OF LOW CARB AND KETOGENIC DIETS!

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10 Proven Health Benefits of Low-Carb and Ketogenic Diets

By Kris Gunnars, BSc |

January, 2014

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Low-carb diets have been controversial for decades.
They were originally demonized by fat-phobic health professionals and the media.
People believed that these diets would raise cholesterol and cause heart disease because of the high fat content.
However… times are changing.
Since the year 2002, over 20 human studies have been conducted on low-carb diets.
In almost every one of those studies, low-carb diets come out ahead of the diets they are compared to.
Not only does low-carb cause more weight loss, it also leads to major improvements in most risk factors… including cholesterol.
Here are the 10 proven health benefits of low-carb and ketogenic diets.

1. Low-Carb Diets Kill Your Appetite (in a Good Way)

Hunger is the single worst side effect of dieting.
It is one of the main reasons why many people feel miserable and eventually give up on their diets.
One of the best things about eating low-carb is that it leads to an automatic reduction in appetite (1).
The studies consistently show that when people cut carbs and eat more protein and fat, they end up eating much fewer calories.
In fact… when researchers are comparing low-carb and low-fat diets in studies, they need to actively restrict calories in the low-fat groups to make the results comparable (2).

Bottom Line: When people cut carbs, their appetite tends to go down and they often end up eating much fewer calories without trying.

2. Low-Carb Diets Lead to More Weight Loss

Cutting carbs is one of the simplest and most effective ways to lose weight.

Studies show that people on low-carb diets lose more weight, faster, than people on low-fat diets… even when the low-fat dieters are actively restricting calories.
One of the reasons for this is that low-carb diets tend to get rid of excess water from the body. Because they lower insulin levels, the kidneys start shedding excess sodium, leading to rapid weight loss in the first week or two (3, 4).
In studies comparing low-carb and low-fat diets, the low-carbers sometimes lose 2-3 times as much weight, without being hungry (5, 6).
Low-carb diets appear to be particularly effective for up to 6 months, but after that the weight starts creeping back up because people give up on the diet and start eating the same old stuff (7).
It is much more appropriate to think of low-carb as a lifestyle, NOT a diet. The only way to succeed in the long-term is to stick to it.
However, some people may be able to add in healthier carbs after they have reached their goal weight.

Bottom Line: Almost without exception, low-carb diets lead to more weight loss than the diets they are compared to, especially in the first 6 months.

3. A Greater Proportion of The Fat Lost Comes From The Abdominal Cavity

Not all fat in the body is the same.
It’s where that fat is stored that determines how it will affect our health and risk of disease.
Most importantly, we have subcutaneous fat (under the skin) and then we have visceral fat (in the abdominal cavity).
Visceral fat is fat that tends to lodge around the organs.
Having a lot of fat in that area can drive inflammation, insulin resistance and is believed to be a leading driver of the metabolic dysfunction that is so common in Western countries today (8).
Low-carb diets are very effective at reducing the harmful abdominal fat.
Not only do they cause more fat loss than low-fat diets, an even greater proportion of that fat is coming from the abdominal cavity (9).
Over time, this should lead to a drastically reduced risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Bottom Line: A large percentage of the fat lost on low-carb diets tends to come from the harmful fat in the abdominal cavity that is known to cause serious metabolic problems.

4. Triglycerides Tend to go Way Down

Triglycerides are fat molecules.
It is well known that fasting triglycerides, how much we have of them in the blood after an overnight fast, are a strong heart disease risk factor (10).
Perhaps counter intuitively, the main driver of elevated triglycerides is carbohydrate consumption, especially the simple sugar fructose (11, 12, 13).
When people cut carbs, they tend to have a very dramatic reduction in blood triglycerides (14, 15).
Compare this to low-fat diets, which can cause triglycerides to go up in many cases (16, 17).

Bottom Line: Low-carb diets are very effective at lowering blood triglycerides, which are fat molecules in the blood and a well known risk factor for heart disease.

5. Increased Levels of HDL (the “good”) Cholesterol

High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) is often called the “good” cholesterol.
It’s actually wrong to call it “cholesterol”… all cholesterol molecules are the same.
HDL and LDL refer to the lipoproteins that carry cholesterol around in the blood.
Whereas LDL carries cholesterol from the liver and to the rest of the body, HDL carries cholesterol away from the body and to the liver, where it can be reused or excreted.
It is well known that the higher your levels of HDL, the lower your risk of heart disease will be (18, 19, 20).
One of the best ways to increase HDL levels is to eat fat… and low-carb diets include a lot of fat (21, 22, 23).
Therefore, it is not surprising to see that HDL levels increase dramatically on low-carb diets, while they tend to increase only moderately or even go down on low-fat diets (24, 25).
The Triglycerides:HDL ratio is another very strong predictor of heart disease risk. The higher it is, the greater your risk of heart disease is (26, 27, 28).
By lowering triglycerides and raising HDL levels, low-carb diets lead to a major improvement in this ratio.

Bottom Line: Low-carb diets tend to be high in fat, which leads to an impressive increase in blood levels of HDL, often referred to as the “good” cholesterol.

6. Reduced Blood Sugar and Insulin Levels, With a Major Improvement in Type 2 Diabetes

When we eat carbs, they are broken down into simple sugars (mostly glucose) in the digestive tract.
From there, they enter the bloodstream and elevate blood sugar levels.
Because high blood sugars are toxic, the body responds with a hormone called insulin, which tells the cells to bring the glucose into the cells and to start burning or storing it.
For people who are healthy, the quick insulin response tends to minimize the blood sugar “spike” in order to prevent it from harming us.
However… many, many people have major problems with this system. They have what is called insulin resistance, which means that the cells don’t “see” the insulin and therefore it is harder for the body to bring the blood sugar into the cells (29).
This can lead to a disease called type 2 diabetes, when the body fails to secrete enough insulin to lower the blood sugar after meals. This disease is very common today, afflicting about 300 million people worldwide (30).
There is actually a very simple solution to this problem… by cutting carbohydrates, you remove the need for all of that insulin. Both blood sugars and insulin go way down (31, 32).
According to Dr. Eric Westman, who has treated many diabetics using a low-carb approach, he needs to reduce their insulin dosage by 50% on the first day (33).
In one study in type 2 diabetics, 95.2% had managed to reduce or eliminate their glucose-lowering medication within 6 months (34).
If you are currently on blood sugar lowering medication, then talk to your doctor before making changes to your carbohydrate intake, because your dosage may need to be adjusted in order to prevent hypoglycemia.

Bottom Line: The best way to lower blood sugar and insulin levels is to reduce carbohydrate consumption. This is also a very effective way to treat and possibly even reverse type II diabetes.

7. Blood Pressure Tends to go Down

Having elevated blood pressure (hypertension) is an important risk factor for many diseases.
This includes heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and many others.
Low-carb diets are an effective way to reduce blood pressure, which should lead to a reduced risk of these diseases and help you live longer (34, 35).

Bottom Line: Studies show that reducing carbs leads to a significant reduction in blood pressure, which should lead to a reduced risk of many common diseases.

8. Low-Carb Diets Are The Most Effective Treatment Known Against Metabolic Syndrome

The metabolic syndrome is a medical condition that is highly associated with the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
It is actually a collection of symptoms:

• Abdominal obesity
• Elevated blood pressure
• Elevated fasting blood sugar levels
• High triglycerides
• Low HDL levels

The good news is… all five symptoms improve dramatically on a low-carb diet (36, 37).
Unfortunately, the government and major health organization still recommend a low-fat diet for this purpose, which is pretty much useless because it does nothing to address the underlying metabolic problem.

Bottom Line: Low-carb diets effectively reverse all 5 key symptoms of the metabolic syndrome, a serious condition known to predispose people to heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

9. Low-Carb Diets Improve The Pattern of LDL Cholesterol

Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) is often referred to as the “bad” cholesterol (again, it is actually a protein).
It is known that people who have high LDL are much more likely to have heart attacks (38, 39).
However… what scientists have now learned is that the type of LDL matters. Not all of them are equal.
In this regard, the size of the particles is important. People who have mostly small particles have a high risk of heart disease, while people who have mostly large particles have a low risk (40, 41, 42).
It turns out that low-carb diets actually turn the LDL particles from small to large, while reducing the number of LDL particles floating around in the bloodstream (43).

Bottom Line: When you eat a low-carb diet, your LDL particles change from small (bad) LDL to large LDL – which is benign. Cutting carbs may also reduce the number of LDL particles floating around in the bloodstream.

10. Low-Carb Diets Are Therapeutic For Several Brain Disorders

It is often claimed that glucose is necessary for the brain… and it’s true.
Some part of the brain can only burn glucose. That’s why the liver produces glucose out of protein if we don’t eat any carbs.
But a large part of the brain can also burn ketones, which are formed during starvation or when carbohydrate intake is very low.
This is the mechanism behind the ketogenic diet, which has been used for decades to treat epilepsy in children who don’t respond to drug treatment (44).
In many cases, this diet can cure children of epilepsy. In one study, over half of children on a ketogenic diet had a greater than 50% reduction in seizures. 16% of the children became seizure free (45).
Very low-carb/ketogenic diets are now being studied for other brain disorders as well, including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease (46).

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The Ketogenic Diet: Sample Meal Plan

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Diet Information

The ketogenic diet is similar to the atkins in that the foods eaten are high in fat, low in carbohydrates and full of adequate protein. The ketogenic diet can be used effectively to treat uncontrollable epilepsy in children. Rather than supplying the body with carbohydrates, which supply the body with energy, the body is forced to burn off fats instead.

About the Ketogenic Diet

The ketogenic diet was founded in the 1920s by Lyle McDonald. It is a popular diet that is followed worldwide. The ketogenic diet is effective in preventing epileptic seizures because there are fewer carbohydrates consumed and less glucose formed from the starches in the body. When the body receives fewer carbohydrates, it is forced to produce glucose from fats, and therefore enters ketosis. This is when the body uses fat as energy rather than carbohydrates.
The extra fats in the body produce glucose, and elevated levels of ketosis have been proven to reduce seizures. The ratio used in the ketogenic diet is 4:1 of fat to a combination of carbohydrates and protein. Following this diet, you will have to exclude foods high in carbohydrates like bread, sugar, grains, pasta and potatoes.
The ketogenic diet has proven to work effectively for one third of patients who have tried it. Controlled trials found it effective to treat uncontrollable epilepsy in children, and evidence has even shown that it may also be beneficial for adults who suffer with epilepsy. Although this diet is popular with bodybuilders, it does not give much freedom to consume other colorful foods, which are high in vitamins and minerals, e.g. broccoli, carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, berries, raisins, figs, etc.

Foods to Consume

Some foods are more ketogenic than others, and there are variations of this diet to reduce the levels of fat in the blood. Butter, cream and dairy products like cheese and full-fat milk are allowed on the ketogenic diet. All meats are allowed, along with egg yolks, all kinds of nut varieties, fish and extra virgin olive oils.

Sample Meal Plan

• Breakfast – Two eggs, two rashers of bacon and one cooked tomato.
• Lunch – Beef burger wrapped in lettuce.
• Dinner – Green beans, mushrooms and red peppers fried in flaxseed oil with a salmon steak.
• Snacks – Unlimited yogurt and full-fat milk. Match box size of cheese. Strawberries and cream, peanut butter.

Foods to Avoid

• starchy fruits and vegetables
• potatoes
• sweet potatoes
• carrots
• broccoli
• salad dressings
• pasta
• bread
• chocolate
• cakes

Positives and Negatives of the Ketogenic Diet

• Positive – It has proven to work effectively with children who suffer with refractory epilepsy. It may also offer some benefits to adults.
• Negative – Consuming foods high in fat over time may cause problems such as high cholesterol and hypertension.
• Positive – The body turns to ketosis, which uses fat as a fuel rather than carbohydrates.
• Negative – Over time, the breath may start to smell foul.
• Positive – Effective to use over the short term.
• Negative – The diet is limited. Many beneficial fruits and vegetables are avoided because of their starch content.
• Negative – Deficiencies in vitamins and minerals.

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Lost couple of pounds this week, lower calorie intake and working out regularly

I weighed myself today and I weigh 223.5 lbs. !!!! I was 226.5 last week for a total of 3 lbs lost this week. I looked at my food diary this week on my Lose It ! app on my phone and 4 days out of the 7 days my calorie intake was lower near 2000 to 2100 calories. I worked out hard most days with  a day or so off doing no exercise!. My doctor was glad at my health results went from a BMI of 41 to 34 and now at 33bmi. I need to get down to 25 bmi and still want to go down to 170 long term weight goal and short term 200 lb goal. I hope to reach 200 lbs in a couple months time Lord willing. I still struggle at night snacking, so I have to keep busy or drink tea, like mint or green tea and drink plenty of water to keep hydrated. My skinny jeans still fitting well with a little room in the front 38 size. I plan on going down to 36 size soon, I am about a 37 now. I definitely am looking at food differently. I brought my daughter to a local doughnut shop and she got 2 doughnuts, I got none and felt absolutely no urges or wants when looking at the pastries or seeing her eat any. She even left some in the car and I threw it away! Wow, I have changed! I was a daily doughnut person, now not at all, thank God!
I have resisted ice cream and fancy coffee drinks and fatty fried food too! Even McDonalds, I resist all the time even if my family eats there. So cool!

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Diet vs Exercise issue

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Why Good Nutrition is So Important – Diet versus Exercise Facts 0
By Conor Doherty on March 23, 2015 Diet and Nutrition

With media outlets so widespread in today’s age, we’re able to access information and entertainment at every turn it seems. With that brings the opportunity to advertise and market products to consumers by companies that really are only interested in making money. The general population has now been trained to think that a cover model’s body is the ultimate goal of fitness, so every little gadget that has to do with improving your fitness is being offered to you everywhere you look.
So many fitness and exercise products have gained access to the airwaves. Exercise machines, as well as weight loss products, can be purchased at every store you can imagine. But what our population must get under control, in order to achieve positive results, is the way we eat.
Our diets are so essential to not only our fitness levels, but our overall health in general. The foods we consume provides us with the nutrients we need to perform regular exercise, as well as help our worn out muscles recover and grow. I’ve read in a number of fitness and nutrition outlets that diet can contribute to as much as 90% of your overall fitness results.
That’s right, your training contributes roughly 10% of your fitness results. Now, this may seem a little hard to believe and I’m telling you what I’ve read in order to make a point. In my own experiences I would say that 70% of my results were due to the food that I put in my mouth.
Now, I would not consider myself an expert on diet but I know enough to be confident in its overall importance to fitness goals. Think about how long it takes you to get through a workout. Generally, you’re looking at about an hour out of your day to get some sort of physical activity in. Now, what are you doing for the other 23 hours of the day?
And how are you using those 23 hours to contribute to the hour of exercise that you’ve just performed? An hour of exercise, especially intense exercise, can take a lot out of us. More specifically, we expend a lot of energy to perform exercises, and our bodies need nutrients in order to recover and grow stronger. So during those next 23 hours, we need to find the time to prepare nutritious meals in order to make the most of our fitness efforts.
So what we put into our mouths on a daily basis should never be taken for granted. Think about how much time and money you invest in your other daily activities and none of those are as important as your own personal health. With that in mind, all sorts of fitness and diet professionals have created programs and diet methods in order to improve and build on our exercising efforts.
There’s been the massive low carb craze that started taking off around a decade ago as well as the low-fat craze that came before it. There’s also been diets that focus on consuming high amounts of carbs and diets that focus on high amounts of fats. But which is better? High carb diets are utilized for glycogen stored in the liver and muscles. Glycogen is a glucose complex that provides large amounts of energy for use in anaerobic exercises.
On the other hand, fats are well-known to be the richest source of calories among the nutrients we consume. Fats contain 2.5 times more calories than carbohydrates and proteins alike. Studies also show that it takes the body 24 calories to metabolize carbohydrates while it only takes 3 calories to burn fat.
So Which Diet Should You Follow?So anyone can follow a high carb and low-fat diet or the other way around. But it is not recommended to follow both at the same time because you’re more than likely to pack on the fat.
Another important factor to consider is not just getting rid of fat on your body but actually keeping it away in the first place. So if we really want to succeed, we should look into what the research tells us, which is that succeeding at keeping up a certain way of eating and losing weight while doing it comes down to one that suits the individual’s food preferences, medical profile and lifestyle.
If you really want to lose some pounds, you can find diets all over the place that can help you. But if you want to keep those pounds off, then you need to find the healthiest way of eating that you can stick to and one that satisfies you.
So no matter what type of diet you try, you must make sure that you’re getting the nutrients that your body needs and one that you can stick to. And just because you find a way of eating that works for you doesn’t mean that you have to stick to it for life either.
Eating food should be something that we can do with constant tweaks. I come across different foods all the time that I want to try. Just because I’m eating a certain way doesn’t turn me away from trying something new. It should be the same way with you as well.
To finish on my original thought, fitness results aren’t just about the exercise you do. The food you consume contributes so much to your results. So make sure you find a healthy and satisfying way to eat and enjoy all the success you deserve!

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Went down 5 lbs to 226 when weighed in this Saturday am

I weighed myself on Saturday am to find that I lost 5 lbs since last weeks weigh in! Wooooyaaaaah!
I checked my food and exercise log and found my calories were a bit lower by a couple hundred calories daily. I ate healthy most of the time and I worked out 6 days of the week and burned lots of calories! So sticking to my lower calorie and daily workout cardio regimen is working!
There may be other factors but I have not determined that yet. The main thing is I am 1 pound away from my lowest recorded weight in years of 225lbs. I hope to lose a pound or so or more this week. I already worked out at gym and did hour cardio today and ate pretty healthy. I kind of eat some of the same things for breakfast and lunch daily. It is dinner that varies. I am trying to not get too hungry too and trying not to overeat even good healthy stuff. I am drinking lots of water and some coffee.
I feel great and my smallest tightest skinny jeans I fit still and have some room in the front and I am wearing them now! I have noticed my stomach shrinking slowly. I have noticed the difference last week looking at myself in the mirror. My legs and butt are very thin and tight and toned up. Now finally my stomach is shrinking. I am working out and at the gym doing 20lb weight lifts and at gym lifting like a total of 65 lbs of weight on the machines with both hands. My arms are tighter and bigger biceps and triceps. Now the 20lb weights are easy to lift many reps and lots of sets. I am also doing more squats to tighten up my thighs and butt more. My wife bought me some nice 2 pair of workout sweats, one xl size and one large size. I fit them both, the large ones fit better! I am enjoying having more options with clothes and nice looking options for once in my life! Overall I feel great, feel positive, doing a lot of reading and learning on the side and keeping busy and active. I have been a great influence on my family on health issues. They enjoy the new me!

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Weekly weigh-in

Weighed myself Saturday am at 231. Probably pound heavier since ate salty food Friday pm. Not worried. I worked out 7 days last week. Did cardio 6 of those days. Went to gym every other weekday doing legs and arms machine workouts. My muscles are growing in my arms and thighs. Feeling great. Still trying some new diet tweaks like eating bean burritos, lots of salads and some fruit. Making sure I eat high fiber foods. Oh and drinking lots of water. Applying for new full time jobs now. Mostly in medical field. Trying to plan out my day each morning. I'm also trying to cook my food not eat out. I feel great because of it. Learning some basic computer coding now to keep my mind sharp and learn a new skill. HTML, CSS, and Java. Keeping positive. I'm not putting a date on my weight-loss goal of 170 yet. Got to start working and develop a routine. I do workout with my wife when I can and I enjoy it, encouraging each other. My daughter likes working out too so she is starting a good habit early! So proud of her.

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Overweight Treatment

Your body weight is controlled by the number of calories you eat and the number of calories you use each day. So, if you consume fewer calories than you burn, you will lose weight. You can do this by becoming more physically active or by eating less.
You didn't put on extra weight overnight so it is equally unrealistic to take it off quickly. Record a goal that you can reach in one month that is 4 to 8 pounds less than you weigh now. Set a goal you know you can achieve.

Here are some very simple changes that you can start today that will greatly improve your chances of weight loss success:
Eliminate Red Meat
If foods like burgers are basic to your current diet, cutting out red meat can go a long way in helping you make healthier meal choices. Build your meals around fish or poultry.

Cut out fried foods
Grill, bake, roast, broil or boil your food. This also means doing without French Fries and snack foods like Potato Strings, Chips,...

Start with a soup or a salad
By starting dinner with a soup or salad, you will curb your hunger, which will in turn help you keep portion sizes in check and prevent you from overeating.

Stop Cola consumption
For every 20 ounces of Coca-Cola you drink, you're consuming 250 calories. If you're trying to consume around 1500 calories a day in order to lose weight, you can blow your entire calorie budget on soda!

Drink water
Reach for the goal of eight glasses a day. Even if you don't drink eight, you're drinking more than usual.

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Obesity Treatment

The method of treatment depends on your level of obesity, overall health condition, and motivation to lose weight.
Treatment includes a combination of diet, exercise, behavior modification, and sometimes weightloss drugs. In some cases of severe obesity, gastrointestinal surgery may be recommended.

If you are overweight, losing as little as 7-10 percent of your body weight may improve many of the problems linked to being overweight, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Slow and steady weight loss of no more than 1-2 pounds per week is the safest way to lose weight. Too rapid weight loss can cause you to lose muscle rather than fat. It also increases your chances of developing other problems, such as gallstones and nutrient deficiencies. Making long-term changes in your eating and physical activity habits is the only way to lose weight and keep it off!
Whether you are trying to lose weight or maintain your weight, you must improve your eating habits. Eat a variety of foods, especially pasta, rice, wholemeal bread, and other whole-grain foods. Reduce your fat-intake. You should also eat lots of fruits and vegetables.
Making physical activity a part of your daily life is an important way to help control your weight. Try to do at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day on most days of the week. The activity does not have to be done all at once. It can be done in stages: 10 minutes here, 20 minutes there, providing it adds up to 30 minutes a day.

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How to Lose Thirty Pounds in Two Months

Six Parts:Creating a Weight-Loss PlanGetting Basic Dieting AdviceStarting Specific DietsGetting Basic Exercise AdviceChoosing Specific ExercisesPutting It All TogetherQuestions and Answers

Weight loss can seem like a lofty goal, but you can realistically learn how to lose thirty pounds in two months by eating smart and adding exercise to your daily routine. To lose that kind of weight in the nine-week in time period will require having a plan and dedication, but you can meet that goal if you put your mind to it.

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Creating a Weight-Loss Plan

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   Know what you have in store. Starting off an article about weight-loss this way is hardly motivating, but it helps to cut to the chase: It's extremely difficult to lose 30 pounds in two months. Expert doctors and dietitians agree that losing 1 to 2 pounds per week is healthy.^[1][2] Even if you lose 3 pounds per week for 9 weeks, you're still short of hitting your weight-loss goal. While it's certainly possible to lose 30 pounds in two months, whether or not it's healthy is another question.

   • Healthy weight loss comes from trimming pounds off of fat reserves without triggering the starvation response. When you cut down your caloric intake so low that your body thinks you're starving, it actually begins shedding muscle instead of fat. This is not a healthy trend.
   • It's hard to drop pounds simply by eating less, too which is unhealthy depending on what kind of food it is. Fat is needed, but it isn't healthy to overdose the amount. Protein is needed significantly for your health. They are used to make muscles,tendons, skin, and organ. When you cut your calories significantly, your body actually has a harder time shedding pounds. This phenomenon is called diet induced adaptive thermogenesis.^[3] Perhaps it's a mechanism for survival, or perhaps it's a way for our bodies to maintain a comfortable body weight. Whatever it is — and as crazy as it sounds — you need to take in calories in order to lose weight.
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   Know how many burned calories it takes to lose weight. There are 3,500 calories in a pound. This means that you need to burn 3,500 more calories than you take in during the day in order to lose a pound of weight.^[4] That's a lot of calories to burn.

   • For reference, you can expect to burn between 100 and 125 calories running a mile at a semi-comfortable speed.^[5] At that pace, it would take about 28 miles (45 km), or more than a marathon, in order to shed a single pound of weight.
     • People who run marathons routinely lose 7 pounds during a typical race, but much of that loss (~6 lbs.) is water weight.^[6][7]
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   Learn about other factors involved in losing weight. Luckily, humans can shed weight several different ways. There's muscle loss, fat loss, and water loss. Much of the weight you can expect to lose during your two months will come from water loss, and that's fine. If you combine a healthy lifestyle with regular exercise and a Spartan workout routine, you'll be able to achieve your goal.
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   Set weekly or monthly targets for yourself to keep you motivated. Many people start exercising and fail to see immediate results. When they're planning on shedding 15+ pounds, that sort of stalemate is incredibly discouraging: They soon give up because their goals are too lofty and their results are too few. Instead of falling victim to this dieter's dilemma, break down your goals into more manageable chunks so that if you fail to see immediate results, you don't get discouraged and quit.

   • You want to lose 30 pounds in two months, so your mini goals are losing 15 pounds per month or 3.3 pounds per week. Losing 30 pounds can seem daunting. Losing 15 sounds more manageable. Losing 3.3 sounds downright doable.

Part 2

Getting Basic Dieting Advice

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   Find out your basal metabolic rate, and take in fewer calories than you're expending. Your basal metabolic rate is a calculation of how many calories you typically burn during the day. In fact, it's part of how the 2,000 calorie per day diet was devised.^[8] As we learned earlier, the key to weight loss is taking in fewer calories than you burn during the day, so knowing how many calories you burn in a day is an essential part in tailoring your diet in order to lose weight.

   • Calculating your BMR is very simple. Type in "basal metabolic rate calculator" into a search engine and enter in information relating to your gender, age, height, weight, and pregnancy status.
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   Don't skip meals. Even if the key to successful dieting is taking in less than you burn, the way to do it doesn't involve skipping meals. Skipping meals is likely to trigger the starvation response (see above), as well as making binge eating more tempting.
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   Eat lean protein. A high-protein diet is essential to losing weight. Studies have shown that participants following a high-protein diet eat fewer calories, report greater satisfaction, and feel more satisfied (and less hungry) than they had before starting the diet.^[9] Sources of great protein include:

   • Lean meats, such as turkey and chicken breast
   • Fish, such as tuna
   • Lean dairy, such as skim milk or cottage cheese or low fat yogurt
   • Soy-products, like tofu
   • Beans and legumes, such as kidney beans and lentils
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   Prioritize complex carbs over simple carbs. There's a world of difference between complex carbohydrates and simple carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates, like white bread, soda pop, and cookies, have a simple chemical structure and are digested by our bodies relatively quickly; the excess is often stored as fat.^[10] Complex carbs, like yams, brown rice, and zucchini, have a more complex chemical structure and are assimilated into the body over a longer period of time; that means you stay full for longer and there's less chance that carbs you eat get stored as fat. When choosing between simple and complex carbs, go complex:

   • Choose whole wheat bread over white bread
   • Choose whole wheat pasta over "normal" pasta
   • Choose brown rice over white rice
   • Choose veggies like broccoli over starches like potatoes
   • Choose nuts, beans, and legumes over sugars, sodas, and sweets
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   Choose healthy fats over unhealthy fats. Not all fats should be shunned. Broadly speaking, there are two "healthy" fats and two "unhealthy" fats. Getting some healthy fats into your diet can help you stay healthy while you lose weight.

   • Mono- and polyunsaturated fats are considered healthier for humans and can be safely incorporated into diets.^[11] Examples of monounsaturated fats include avocados, nuts, olives, and pumpkin seeds. Examples of polyunsaturated fats include Omega-3 fatty acids such as salmon and flax seeds.
   • Avoid saturated and trans fats. These fats are not only bad for cholesterol levels, thereby increasing your risk of cardiovascular disease, but also have no real nutritional benefit. They should generally be avoided, but especially when you are dieting.
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   Have a balanced diet. Even if you eat healthy, it is possible to overload on a specific type of food and neglect the healthful benefits of other types of food. If you're trying to lose weight, maintain a good balance in your diet by eating fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains, legumes and nuts, fish, and lean meat. Try to avoid eating especially fatty foods, overly processed foods, fast foods, "snack food," sweets, and baked goods.

Part 3

Starting Specific Diets

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   Try the Atkins diet. A low-carb diet, the Atkin's diet recommends restricting net carb intake in favor of proteins and even certain fats. Atkin's dieters are encouraged to eat foods with a low glycemic index. An example of the Atkin's diet would be eating a hamburger with the patty and vegetables but without the bun.
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   Follow the south beach diet. Although the south beach diet is remarkably similar to the Atkin's diet, there are two notable differences:

   • The south beach diet bans "unhealthy" fats but encourages adoption of healthy ones;
   • The south beach diet does not count carbs. Instead, it encourages dieters to only go for carbs that are low-sugar or on the low-glycemic index.^[12]
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   Have a little fun and lose weight with the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean diet seeks to expose dieters to foods that are commonly eaten in places such as Spain, Italy, Greece, and Crete. Many peoples in this region regularly eat:

   • Moderate amounts of fish and poultry and less red meat
   • Many seasonal plant foods and vegetables
   • Fresh fruits as dessert
   • Olive oil
   • Cheese and yogurts as main dairy foods
   • Small to moderate amounts of wine
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   Try out weight watchers pro points. Weight watchers is a popular weight loss program that individuals sign up for. In it, they are given "pro points" based on several key factors such as age, gender, and weight; foods are assigned points based on a scale. Individuals are allowed to eat any food, provided they stay within their point allowance.
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   Consider becoming a vegetarian. Although not a traditional "diet," vegetarianism has its advantages when it comes to losing weight. Vegetarians weight less over a five-year period than people who eat meat, studies have found.^[13] (Vegans weigh even less than vegetarians.) At the same time, just because you're a vegetarian doesn't mean you necessarily eat well. There are plenty of junk foods that can cause weight gain while being strictly vegetarian. Consider becoming a vegetarian if you think it will help you eat healthier.

Part 4

Getting Basic Exercise Advice

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   Be consistent — exercise a little, each and every day. The key to cutting pounds is consistency. Consistently carving out time in your day to walk, play sports, or otherwise exercise will help you when it comes time to step on the scale, for two reasons:

   • You'll shed weight a little at a time instead of in big bursts. It's easier to lose 1/4 pound per day and exercise every day to exercise twice a week and and lose 1 pound per day.
   • It's easier to get into a routine. Once you're in a routine, it'll be easier to find the motivation to work out every day and harder to justify skipping a day.
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   Exercise with a friend.^[14] Exercising with a friend is a great way to keep your motivation running high. It's harder to skip a day when your friend is expecting you at the gym. Not only this, but it's an excellent opportunity to strengthen the relationship with your friend. Nothing makes buddies more than sweat and tears.
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   Try interval training. Interval training involves short bursts of fiendish activity spread out over a longer period of time, and has been found to be particularly effective in burning calories.^[15][16] For example, instead of running around a track the same speed four times to complete the mile, run around the track at regular speed three times, and for the fourth, sprint as fast as you can.

   • Interval training is not only more effective at burning calories than traditional exercise, it's also more efficient. Interval trainers burn more calories quicker than traditional trainers.
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   Work out when you have the most energy. Some people perk up like birds in the morning; others are night-owls, and take a little longer to rev up. Whatever type person you are, try to exercise whenever you really start going. It doesn't make sense to work out when your tank is empty; you'll get far more return on your investment if you choose to work out at the right time.
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   Keep your inspiration close to your heart. You want to lose weight, and you want to do it fast. Whatever your reason is, keep it close to your heart, and let it motivate you to keep on trying when you think you can't. Because there will come a time when you want to quit, when you feel like you've given it everything you got, and the desire to quit will be stronger than ever. That'll be when you need to summon up the motivation to continue. Your motivation can be:

   • A friend or a family member; maybe you're losing weight because you were inspired by them.
   • A professional athlete; maybe you've always looked up to them.
   • An idea or cause; maybe you care deeply about improving your health and feeling better every day.
   • The challenge itself, because you know you can.
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   Make sure you sleep enough. Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that people who sleep for 8.5 hours a night were able to lose 55% more body fat than those who only slept 5.5 hours.^[17] Getting insufficient sleep can increase the hormone ghrelin. Ghrelin makes individuals hungrier and can affect how fat is stored in the body. In order to get the most out of your workout routine, be sure to give yourself enough time catching zzzs.

Part 5

Choosing Specific Exercises

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   Try aerobic, otherwise known as cardio, exercises. Cardio has a number of very specific health benefits, in addition to being an excellent way of burning fat and losing weight. It improves respiration, strengthens the heart muscle, reduces stress as well as the incidence of depression. Here are some cardio exercises that you can try to lose weight quickly:

   • Swimming
   • Running
   • Cycling
   • Boxing
   • Walking
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   Try team sports. Team sports are great at motivating people to go the extra mile when it comes to working out. Much of the time, people lose themselves completely in the competitive aspect of sports, burning plenty of calories over several hours. Try joining a local intramural team, or make your own league playing with friends or co-workers. Here are some popular sports that are also great at burning calories.

   • Basketball. Running up and down the court is said to help burn between 812 and 946 calories per hour.
   • Soccer. Notorious for its grueling pace and non-stop running, playing soccer can help you burn between 740 and 860 calories per hour.
   • Ice hockey. A downright physical sport, hockey is expected to help you burn approximately 500 calories per hour.^[18]
   • Play football or flag football. Although it's difficult to say exactly how many calories you can burn playing football, a general estimate is that football players weighing 200 pounds burn upwards of 900 calories, while flag football players weighing 200 pounds burn upwards of 700 calories.^[19]
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   Try individual sports. Test your own determination and enduring by competing in an individual sport. Individual sports are, in many ways, a test of how far you're willing to go in order to achieve your goal. They're tests in which you often put your body on the line, but come away with something very tangible to show for it: Glory, or in our case, gutted calories.

   • Try rock climbing. Although it doesn't sound as intense a workout as basketball or soccer, rock climbing is indeed a calorie buster. Expect to burn between 810 and 940 calories for each hour of intense rock climbing.
   • Try skiing or snowboarding. Even though it's hard to ski or snowboard the year round, there's a lot of diversity here: You can ski slalom, downhill, cross-country, or board through powder. Expect to burn anywhere from 640 to 980 calories per hour.
   • Pick up tennis. Tennis can be a grueling sport. Necessitating short bursts of speed and great hand-eye coordination, tennis can help individuals burn about 400 calories every hour.^[20]
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   If you're up for it, run a half-marathon or a full marathon. As alluded to earlier in the article, a half- or full marathon is a great way to lose pounds. Yes, it is grueling. It is punishing to your body. And at the end of the day, it's more a test of the will than it is of the body. But if you complete a marathon, prepare to be incredibly uplifted and feel like the sky is the limit.

   • Of course, one of the big sells about marathons, calorie-wise, is that you have to train for a marathon. You can't just expect to push your body to the limit without any training. Training requires long hours of running, burning countless calories. As you ramp up training, expect to see more drastic results.^[21]
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   Incorporate strength training into your workout. When combined with effective dieting and targeted aerobic exercises, strength training can significantly help you drop the pounds, which is why many fitness experts incorporate it into their training regimen.^[22] Not only will you burn fat if you begin strength training, but you'll also replace that fat with lean, sexy muscle. Additionally, strength training will reportedly help you continue to burn muscle even after you've finished working out.^[23]

   • When strength training, remember to choose exercises that target a large muscle group. These exercises include, but are not limited to:
     • Squats
     • Lunges
     • Kettlebell swings
     • Squat thrusts
     • Burpees
     • Inverted rows
     • Pull ups
     • Push ups

Part 6

Putting It All Together

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   Don't get discouraged if you don't see immediate results. Two months is a long time — even if you don't end up shedding 30 pounds, it's plenty of time to make a significant difference in how you look and how you feel. That being said, too many people expect to see immediate results and are disappointed when they don't. They work out for a week and barely make a budge on the scale. They think: "What's the use in me punishing myself this way if it doesn't make a difference?" They quit.

   • This is called the plateau effect.^[24] In order to beat the plateau effect, you need to introduce variety into both your diet and workout regime. Switch things up in your diet and workout routine; avoid getting too complacent with one set of foods and one set of exercises.
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   Know that you can't lose weight in only one area. The idea that you can only lose weight in, say, your belly without losing weight elsewhere is called "spot reduction." Spot reduction has been proven to be a myth.^[25] The fat broken down by the body for fuel can and does come from anywhere. Don't set yourself up for failure by only hoping to lose fat from your thighs and belly and not from anywhere else on your body.
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   Drink predominantly water. If you're serious about shedding 30 pounds, you won't be able to do it without nature's favorite hydration source. Water is clean, refreshing, plentiful, and — most importantly — calorie free. Substituting water for soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit juices, and other caloric drinks can ultimately be the difference between making your goal and missing it.

   • Here's one trick that you can use to feel more full before meals. Down an 8-ounce glass of water right before you eat. The water will take up extra space in your stomach and make it harder to eat as much as you might on an empty stomach. Be sure to eat nutritiously, however, so that you don't get hungry in another hour.
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   Eat a complete breakfast, a decent lunch, and a light dinner. Ever hear the phrase "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper?" Eating a complete breakfast will help your body jump-start its metabolism, prepping it for the day to come. Skipping breakfast means you're asking your body to fast to 15 to 20 hours. When this happens, your body can't produce the necessary enzymes to metabolize fat efficiently, setting you up for failure.^[26]

   • If you get hungry, eat a healthy, nutritious snack in between meals. Carrots and hummus, or celery and tuna mixed with olive oil and lemon juice. Get creative, but be sure that the "snack" you choose for yourself falls within whatever diet you've given yourself.
   • Try as much as possible to take a light dinner. Many people say that your metabolism slows down during the night, taking it harder for your body to digest large amounts of food eaten during dinner. While there's no conclusive scientific evidence to suggest this, there is good reason to keep dinner light. The types of foods that we eat later on an night tend to be worse for us: snacks, ice-cream, candies, and other indulgences.
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   Have fun along the way. We all know that dieting can be a chore. But if you have the opportunity to make it fun and rewarding, it can be. So make the diet into a game — challenge yourself to stay under 1,500 calories for 5 out of the 7 days in the week. Reward yourself when you break a milestone — if you're on pace after the first month, treat yourself to a shopping spree. Whatever you do, have fun doing it and your body will reward you.

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Tips

• Don't skip meals. Skipping meals actually makes it harder for you to lose weight over the long run. Better to eat 4 or 5 small meals a day, and not eat right before bedtime.
• Many people become discouraged if they don't see their desired numbers reflecting on the scale. Remember this: muscle weighs more than fat, and although it may seem like you aren't losing weight, you are instead losing unwanted fat and replacing it with lean muscle. In return, the more muscle you gain, the more calories you burn. Try measuring yourself instead. Each month, you should measure every area of your body that stores a significant amount of fat. You will be surprised to find that although the scale may not have budged, there has been a remarkable change in your overall body size.
• The most rewarding thing to say is that you tried. And you succeeded! Don't let yourself ever give up on your goals to lead a healthier and happier lifestyle. Continue to follow through with your plan and you will feel amazing in the end.
• The easiest way to stay motivated is to continue to think about how you will look at the end of your weight loss. If this doesn't work, try have some article of clothing that you cannot fit into quite yet. Every time you become unmotivated, just look at the article of clothing.