6 weeks to lose a stone

I need to lose between 14lb - 20lb within roughly 6 weeks. At the moment, I
have a really hectic personal and business life and so don't have hours on
end to work out. In about 4 weeks time though, I will have a lot more time
to exercise etc....

Anybody got any good suggestions to help me? I tried the Atkins however it
made me really depressed and irritable. The weightloss does not need to be
long term, however I would like to try and keep it off.

Anybody tell me what I should be cutting down on? What supplements can I
take to substitute for missing bits? etc etc???

Thanks

That's Confidential writes:

I need to lose between 14lb - 20lb within roughly 6 weeks.

Reduce your daily calorie intake by 1000-1500 kcal per day. That's a
very dramatic reduction in calories, though, so don't expect to succeed.
And don't go below 1200 kcal per day total for long periods.

In general, one does not drop 20 pounds in six weeks for a special
occasion, one adopts an eating style that provides the number of
calories required to maintain an ideal weight, and any excess weight
drops away automatically. Such a lifestyle must be maintained for life.

At the moment, I have a really hectic personal and business
life and so don't have hours on end to work out. In about 4
weeks time though, I will have a lot more time to exercise etc....

Eat less and exercise more. Be advised that it takes a _lot_ of
exercise to burn 1000 or 1500 kcal per day (15-20 kilometres of walking,
for example).

Anybody got any good suggestions to help me? I tried the Atkins however it
made me really depressed and irritable.

Eat less and exercise more. What you eat isn't important, as long as
you reduced total calories.

The weightloss does not need to be long term, however I
would like to try and keep it off.

You will not be able to keep it off with the haphazard approach that you
seem to with to undertake. Instead, you'll ultimately gain weight again
as you resume overeating and stop exercising, and you may even end up
heavier than you were before.

Anybody tell me what I should be cutting down on?

Everything.

What supplements can I take to substitute for missing bits?

You don't need any for a balanced diet of 1200 kcal total or more.
Below that, multiple vitamins and possibly other supplements. But don't
go below 1200 kcal in the first place.

--
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"That's Confidential" wrote in
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I need to lose between 14lb - 20lb within roughly 6 weeks. At the
moment, I have a really hectic personal and business life and so don't
have hours on end to work out. In about 4 weeks time though, I will
have a lot more time to exercise etc....

How tall are you and what do you weigh now? Male or female? How much time
per day and days per week can you dedicate to exercise?

Phil M.

--
"Pain is temporary: the success it brings can be everlasting."
-fortune cookie

Do you want to put the weight back on after the six weeks are over?

If not (it would be unhealthy for you if you did) then you have to

Start a permanent program. Like I said, start working out and build

Up to a 30 minute work out every day. Eat right, don't take supplements.

Supplements don't work as well as a proper diet for some nutrients,

According to clinical studies. Examples are anti-oxidants and fiber.



"That's Confidential" wrote in message
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I need to lose between 14lb - 20lb within roughly 6 weeks. At the moment,
I
have a really hectic personal and business life and so don't have hours on
end to work out. In about 4 weeks time though, I will have a lot more time
to exercise etc....

Anybody got any good suggestions to help me? I tried the Atkins however it
made me really depressed and irritable. The weightloss does not need to be
long term, however I would like to try and keep it off.

Anybody tell me what I should be cutting down on? What supplements can I
take to substitute for missing bits? etc etc???

Thanks

This is exactly what you should NOT be doing.
You can't keep it up, even the manic admits
that, and so you will put the weight back on.


"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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That's Confidential writes:

I need to lose between 14lb - 20lb within roughly 6 weeks.

Reduce your daily calorie intake by 1000-1500 kcal per day. That's a
very dramatic reduction in calories, though, so don't expect to succeed.
And don't go below 1200 kcal per day total for long periods.

In general, one does not drop 20 pounds in six weeks for a special
occasion, one adopts an eating style that provides the number of
calories required to maintain an ideal weight, and any excess weight
drops away automatically. Such a lifestyle must be maintained for life.

At the moment, I have a really hectic personal and business
life and so don't have hours on end to work out. In about 4
weeks time though, I will have a lot more time to exercise etc....

Eat less and exercise more. Be advised that it takes a _lot_ of
exercise to burn 1000 or 1500 kcal per day (15-20 kilometres of walking,
for example).

Anybody got any good suggestions to help me? I tried the Atkins however
it
made me really depressed and irritable.

Eat less and exercise more. What you eat isn't important, as long as
you reduced total calories.

The weightloss does not need to be long term, however I
would like to try and keep it off.

You will not be able to keep it off with the haphazard approach that you
seem to with to undertake. Instead, you'll ultimately gain weight again
as you resume overeating and stop exercising, and you may even end up
heavier than you were before.

Anybody tell me what I should be cutting down on?

Everything.

What supplements can I take to substitute for missing bits?

You don't need any for a balanced diet of 1200 kcal total or more.
Below that, multiple vitamins and possibly other supplements. But don't
go below 1200 kcal in the first place.

--
Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly.

Here's the scenario.

I currently weigh 13st and am 5ft9. Therefore my BMI is roughly 29 or so. I
am applying to join the police force and so need to bring my BMI down to
between 20-25. My BMI will be measured only once and I am not too sure when
that is. It will be measured sometime within the next few months, but could
be as soon as in 6 wks time or in 20 wks time.

I could probably try and go jogging once or twice a week, however I am not
all that fit as yet and so would have to start off gently for now!

Tips welcome please!

"That's Confidential" wrote in message
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Here's the scenario.

I currently weigh 13st and am 5ft9. Therefore my BMI is roughly 29 or so.
I
am applying to join the police force and so need to bring my BMI down to
between 20-25. My BMI will be measured only once and I am not too sure
when
that is. It will be measured sometime within the next few months, but
could
be as soon as in 6 wks time or in 20 wks time.

I could probably try and go jogging once or twice a week, however I am
not
all that fit as yet and so would have to start off gently for now!

Tips welcome please!


At 5'9" and 13 stones (182 pounds) your BMI is 26.9 - you're not as high as
you thinkg
You will need to get to 169 to hit the 25 mark. That's a little over 2
pounds per week to lose the 13 pounds. This is a very doable weight loss
and almost within the suggested weight loss rate of 1-2 pounds per week.

You will need to count calories, drink plenty of water and exercise during
this period. Start tracking your daily food intake. Be sure you're eating
a balanced diet of protein, carbs and fat. The carbs should come from
whole grains, fruits, vegetables, etc. The fat should be healthy fats such
as olive oil, flax, etc. Walking is a great exercise for losing weight and
something you can try to fit into your daily schedule. Many in the group
suggest 10 x current weight as the calorie level for losing weight (182 x
10 = 1820 in your case). You could probably cut back to the 1300-1500
range and still maintain a healthy diet.

In order to maintain the weight loss you'll need to stick to the exercise
and a healthy diet.

It's often hard to lose weight when we set a schedule as the weight has a
mind of its owng Good luck and keep reading and posting. You'll find
lots of information here.

Beverly

"That's Confidential" wrote in
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Here's the scenario.

I currently weigh 13st and am 5ft9. Therefore my BMI is roughly 29 or
so. I am applying to join the police force and so need to bring my BMI
down to between 20-25. My BMI will be measured only once and I am not
too sure when that is. It will be measured sometime within the next
few months, but could be as soon as in 6 wks time or in 20 wks time.

I could probably try and go jogging once or twice a week, however I am
not all that fit as yet and so would have to start off gently for now!

Tips welcome please!

As Beverly has stated, your current BMI is around 26.9. That's assuming
you are correctly stating your weight at 13 stone and a height of 5' 9".
13 stone = 182 pounds. Therefore, you would need to get to 169 pounds or
less in no less than 6 weeks (May 17th). Assuming you have a normal
metabolism, you need to average a net intake of roughly 1,400 calories
per day. It means eating about 1,000 calories less than required to
maintain your current weight. Adding exercise will allow you to eat more
and/or lose weight faster. This might be a good idea, since you don't
want to weigh exaclty 169, then go in and get weighed slightly higher
just because of a normal daily weight fluctuation. I'd shoot for 165 to
play it safe.

Phil M.

--
"Pain is temporary: the success it brings can be everlasting."
-fortune cookie

Cheers all for the advice

Is your current weight your *normal* one? That is, is it a weight you have
been stable at for years or not? If it is your normal weight, you will be
fighting against your natural set-point, which is always harder (your body
will fight back with hunger). If not, you should have a much easier time,
since your body chemistry will actually want to go the same way as you do.
Actually, if your current weight is above your normal one, you are
over-eating and going above your hunger.
What is your current lean mass (are you out of shape? do you have muscles?)?
Have you done a lot of diets (the more, the harder to lose weight)?
You don't really *need* to "work-out". You just need to have some activity
level higher than sitting on a chair. The problem is to send a clear signal
to your body so that it doesn't adjust to the deficit in energy by reducing
your metabolism, but by taxing your resources (your fat) instead. Just
walking out daily, something like 30 minutes, even non-continuously, might
be enough for that. It won't burn that many calories (roughly 300ish), but
at least that should let your body know that you do indeed have a use for
your muscles
For short term weight loss, you could do a protein diet. They do work very
well for short term loss, though you WILL be hungry and the lost pounds WILL
come back when you drop out of the diet (often with some extras as well). If
you're heading for long term, just eat whatever you do usually, but in
smaller sizes. If you're above your normal weight, just stopping when you're
not hungry anymore might actually work well, though a bit too slow for you.
The *only* real way to lose weight is to create a deficit between your
intakes (what you eat) and your output (what you burn daily). So, whatever
you do, you will either have to eat less or exercice more - or, better, do
both. There is no magic regime that will change anything there. Most of the
magic regimes just trick you into eating less while you think you're eating
more. They can do that by making you eat the same bland food all day long
(whatever works : pasta, banana, French fries...), by making you eat
unappalling meals (by dissociating them for instance), by using cetonic
corpses (Aktins), by filling your stomach until you cannot physically put
more food in there (surgery, high fiber diets, eat-as-many-greens-as-you-can
diets)... The trick works on your upper brain (and wallet), but it doesn't
work long term on your lower brain, the one that controls hunger and has
access to your body variables. Which is why your weight usually skyrockets
back to its initial value as soon as you stop the diet, since you also stop
whatever trick was used to keep your hunger away.

In an event like this one, it is possible to do what many sport
professionnals do in disciplines where there is a weight limit. You can
always lose the last couple of pounds (3-4 max) by cheating and going
through a *short* (and *moderate*) dehydratation period. That's not
something I would recommend long term, but on a single event like this it
shouldn't hurt you too much if you stay reasonnable (keyword : reasonnable).
Just have a blood or urine test beforehand to check that you have properly
working kidneys, dehydratation is not something you want if you don't.

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I need to lose between 14lb - 20lb within roughly 6 weeks. At the moment,
I
have a really hectic personal and business life and so don't have hours on
end to work out. In about 4 weeks time though, I will have a lot more time
to exercise etc....