Lose Weight Fast
We all think we can lose those stubborn 10 or 20 pounds very quickly if we just starve ourselves for a few days. Even though it has taken years to put on the weight, you want it off now. We must be realistic about the time we need to do it in a healthy way. If you approach weight loss the right way, not only are you going to lose weight fast, you will keep it off.
One of things you have to figure out is what your weight goals are. Write down what you weigh and how much weight you realistically want to lose. After that, you have to figure out how many calories you are taking in during the average day. Sometimes we think that we have a grasp on what amount of food we take in every day but I suggest writing these down so you can keep track of the numbers.
With your notebook as your constant companion, choose a beginning page for some simple math. For example: You are a female age 34 and weigh 150 pounds You are 5’2″. Look at several weight charts in books or on the Internet. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company published a basic chart in the late 1950′s which was somewhat lower than some newer charts. Therefore, you could be anywhere from 109-136 pounds and that would depend on age and frame. You would therefore think that you would like to lose at least 14 pounds or just a little less than 10% of your weight.
If won’t be fun at first to write down your food but soon you will see that you may be eating more calories than you originally thought. Be fair and honest with yourself and count the dressing on your salad, soda, juice, and any snacks you have consumed from the vending machine. These tend to add up so make sure you are counting them.
The numbers will guide you to the answers about your weight. Determine how many calories you need to support life, your BMR, and determine how many pounds you have decided to lose. Use charts on the Internet or in books to find your correct number. Losing about 10% of you current weight is very beneficial. Remember that it takes 3500 calories burned or not consumed to lose 1 pound.
Look at the BMR chart and jot down the number of calories that you need to maintain your body weight. Since you will to lose weight and not maintain this weight, start by subtracting a number that will make your total calories no lower than 1200. You must eat 1200 calories for your metabolism to function properly. Lower consumption interferes with metabolic rate. You probably see that this is a slow process when you limit calories only.
If you increase your activity to include walking or jogging, you will burn more calories. By burning 500 calories per workout, 5 days a week, that’s another 2500 calories. This totals 4250 calories off per week. That’s an easy way to lose weight fast.
The more calories you burn the less goes into fat storage. Losing weight fast by using this simple math formula is really a great way to understand where your calories go. Make them go into energy and keep it simple.
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