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What is your best weight loss tip for someone who doesn't exercise too often?

There's not much time for me to exercise because of my business that requires a lot of hands-on work. I exercise whenever I can but sometimes I don't have enough interest or rather too tired to even do it.

What's your best advice to loose 10 - 20 pounds in a month? I need to look my best for a business meeting in a month.

Thank you so much for taking up the time to fuss over my blabber. ^__^

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  • 1 decade ago
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    hi,

    10 pounds is not that much and you can easily lose it if you know how. In this article, I'll give you the 5 tips you need to shift it.

    Losing this kind of weight is not that much but it can make a big difference like being able to fit into clothes that you only just can't fit into. Or just giving your body a big head start in overall weight loss because even this amount of weight loss is noticeable to you.

    So here are the great tips that will see you lose this weight in one week.

    - Eat fruit for breakfast. Yes, you should eat fruit and preferably the very juicy variety such as melons. Oranges are also good as are any fruits that contain a stone as these are slow burners.

    - Eat (or is that drink?) soup for lunch. No bread allowed just a normal portion of soup. Make sure that you don't touch any kind of creamy soup as these have a lot of high fat dairy in them and calories. Pepper is OK but don't add any salt. The best soup for this is pea or cabbage soup. Both taste fantastic as well. I personally prefer a goulash or borsch.

    - For dinner at least half of your plate should be steamed vegetables and make sure to get some broccoli in there as this is very good for you. The other half should be a protein like lean meat e.g. chicken breast. Or just eat nothing but vegetables if you prefer.

    - No takeaway food. This is only for a week so surely you can stay away from fast food joints for a week? That also means restaurant takeaways too - these are full of saturated fats and hidden calories.

    - High Impact Interval Training. This is where you jog for 30 seconds and then sprint as fast as you can for 30 seconds. Repeat again and again until you have done 15 minutes altogether. This will seriously have you shedding the pounds in no time because your metabolism will be increased for the rest of the day.

  • 1 decade ago

    Nutrition; Make sure you eat breakfast and don't skip meals, you need to keep your body engine burning and you can't do that by starving yourself! Avoid all refined sugars and white flour. Eat mostly lean meats, fruits and veggies. Salads are good but watch the salad dressing, many are loaded with sugar. Drink 8 glasses of water a day!

    Exercise: If you can't or don't have time for much exercise, do little things to increase your energy expended like park your car in the furthest part of the parking lot, whether it's in the office, the grocery store, etc...... It will make you walk more. Don't take the elevator, take the stairs. Little things like that can make a big difference. And get a pedometer to measure how far you are actually going each day.

    You need to increase your muscle mass as muscle burns fat, do some muscle building while talking on the phone. ie; bring a dumbell into the office and do some overhead presses or deep knee bends.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hi!

    yes,exercise is a part of leading a healthy lifestyle but you don't need to do it everyday to lose some weight. All I did was change what I was eating and the time I was eating at. For example,Instead of eating sugary cereal...Enjoy some All Bran Guardian or Special K,Instead of driving to the store,walk down to it,choose a medium sized plate and keep your portions from touching the edge...That way it is easier to count calories without the hassle. Eat a balanced diet with 1/2 of your plate full of veggies,1/4 of lean protein or meat and 1/4 full of a healthy,whole grain carbohydrate. Also drink extra glasses of water through out your day,even at work because a cold glass of water can burn 25 calories because your body has to warm up the water & It will restart your metabolism. Hope I helped and have a nice day! :)

  • 5 years ago

    I feel 50lbs is a fair target. The well information is that you're 18 and feature a top metabolism, and that you simply have an understanding of that you simply ought to truthfully pastime. Good task! Do a mixture of aerobic and weight coaching. If you pass to the gymnasium daily and raise weights, trade among leg day and arm day. Building muscle will aid you burn much more energy. Try to consume five-6 small foods during the day rather of three colossal foods. Be certain they're balanced, healthful foods - complete grains, protein, fruit, vegetables, and healthful fat like avocado, nuts, and olive oil. The time of day does not subject - relatively. Weight loss relatively, real boils all the way down to energy in as opposed to energy out. If you battle with component manipulate and overeating, check out ingesting a colossal glass of water or having fun with a bowl of broth/lo-cal transparent soup earlier than a meal.

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  • 1 decade ago

    No carbohydrates, none, at all. You should buy some Diastix at your local pharmacy to measure ketones in your urine. Drink atleast 80 ounces of water a day. Every time you're sitting down, do some static exercises like contracting muscles for 10-20 seconds, then releasing for 5, repeat about 10 times. Work your way up your whole body doing this.Watch the fat in your diet as well, if you don't, you'll gain all the weight back faster than you lost it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Dont starve yourself, Eat the normal 3 meals a day, If you can exercise for about 30 minutes that could work, try not to eat after like 6. Stay off the caffine & you should be fine - It takes time to lose weight, cant guarentee anything.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Water, fruits and veggies (vitamin everyday and the occasional chicken breast). With the minimal exercise you do, you'll burn the sugar from the fruits. Eat this in moderation too. Too much of anything isn't good. Construct meals out of this and if you can stick to that diet, you'll drop a few.

  • 1 decade ago

    i'm pretty much in the same situation. For the last 8 weeks i've ate 1200 calories a day and occasionally treeating my self to a desired meal and allow myself a little extra and have lost 28 pounds so far. good luck

  • 1 decade ago

    The worst thing that u can possibly drink is POP and if u want to lose a couple of pounds and then i guarentee u if u stop drinking POP ur bodys going to be healthy. They once did an experement putting a steak in a box covered with pop leftt it there and a week later it desolved because theres so many chemicals.

    Good Luck and hope i helped!

  • 1 decade ago

    eat 6 to 8 small portions of food a day try to eliminate carbs and eat turkey and grilled chicken , tuna with out bread and walk for 20 minutes a day or jog in place for 10 minutes 3 times a week you will loose the weight.good luck

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