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Skylar asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 8 years ago

How to loose 10-20 lbs fast?

I'm 5'7 and weight 140 lbs and want to be 120-130. I have a exercise bike and I'm just wondering how many calories I will need to consume and how long will I need to work out on the bike for to loose about 10-20 lbs in a month?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Do not listen to the poster that advised eating less than or equal to 1000 calories a day unless you want to mess up your metabolism.

    I don't recommend losing weight quickly. Aim for a loss of about 2lbs a week for the best results. 3,500 calories is approximately one pound if it is consumed in excess. 3,500 multiplied by 2 is 7,000. To lose 2 lbs in a week, you will need to cut 7,000 calories each week. That's 1,000 calories a day. I recommend taking away 200 calories each day and exercising the 800 off. While I know exercising away 800 calories seems hard, it's not once you get up to the level. I recommend investing in a HR monitor. Try to just cut 500 calories a day for a month, and as your fitness level increases, your newly- developed muscle mass will demand more calorie burn in your sleep meaning you won't have to work as hard. In addition to that, your muscular endurance will increase meaning you can ride your exercise bike for longer periods of time. It's a beautiful cycle.

    If you need more advice on weight loss (the healthy way), I recommend checking out livestrong.com.

    Source(s): Remember: your body is your greatest asset. You only have one life, and if you want to live as long as you can, you have to treat your body like a temple.
  • 8 years ago

    Try to keep the eating to 1000 calories or less a day. Keep all the foods natural and organic. Exercise for about an hour a day. Dont forget that its better to do short sprints for half an hour than to jog for an hour. Sprints use more muscles and so your body must recharge those muscles after the workout which needs calories to do this. So basically sprints burn more calories than jogging.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    You do not seem to be fats in that image however when you desire to unfastened wight and be healthful, all you have got to do is devour proper and undertaking. Diet capsules don't seem to be healthful, do not use them. To be distinctive, stroll on a treadmill or round your residence for over thirty mins. Make certain you stroll, DON'T RUN! Running works your middle muscle, that's well however that does not supply a danger to the leisure of your frame to burn fats. At thirty mins is whilst you begin loosing so much of your weight (in fats). When you're within the grocery retailer keep at the external edges, considering that that's in which all the recent matters are, they are able to be costly however there are lots of meals that don't seem to be. Stay clear of the isles considering that that is in which all of the processed meals is(now not healthful). Hope I helped, however critically you seem well and do not fear an excessive amount of approximately what humans say on yahoo solutions, plenty of them do it considering that they believe they are humorous...they don't seem to be.

  • A p
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

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