Best diet to lose 20 pounds?

[hustla]

good nutrition and cardio

3 meals/3 protein shakes daily to make up your 6 meals per day:

meal 1: breakfast - egg whites, fruit, and wheat bagel/toast
meal 2: protein shake
meal 3: lunch - turkey, tuna whatever healthy sandwich on wheat, fruit, yog. etc.
meal 4: protein shake
meal 5: supper - chicken, fish, pork (good protein) with brown rice, asp., broc., corn, etc. (good veg)
meal 6: protein shake


they say you're suppose to eat 6 small meals daily as opposed to 3 big meals but I find it better to use shakes for 3 of the meals, still following what they state is best for you

portions are also crucial, keep them down


as for cardio, either run 3 miles daily or bike 15 daily


20 in 2 months isn't hard if you stick to a good diet and workout daily, gl.

this, plus add some fat, like omega 3

[AribaAriba]

Just burn more calories more than you take in. Remember that a bar of chocolate is 500 calories where it will take 3 hours of jog to burn.

[CollegeOverUnder]

Dont do no fking Diet plan just eat healthy foods and go to the gym all that other shit is bad for your body and complete BS.

Im studying to be a dietician and the best way to lose weight is go to the gym and eat healthy.

[Cookie Monster]

I have been on low carbohydrate diet for a while. It drops weight if you follow it and make some light exercise. Contrary to what many people thinks, it could include a fair chunk of veggies. Things like mushrooms and spinach are fine in fairly large quantities. Some other veggies (zucchini, peppers, avocado) and fruits (berries, canteloupes) are allowed in moderate amounts.

[ex50warrior]

Some form of low-carb diet and lots of cardio works for me.

[jbrent95]

I like weight watchers. The points are simple, and there are several Android aps to help.

[slatter]

Low fat, low calorie, low carb. Lots of veggies, chicken and fish. And exercise 3-4 times a week. The pounds will come off, especially if you don't exercise much (or eat healthy) as it is.

[mtneer1212]

Atkins usually is good for a quick 20 -- then gets harder to lose. Combine that with some cardio, and you should be good to go.

[bozeman]

eat fruit and vegies only - fresh only - nothing else - drink water only and occationally milk before you go to bed in couple of months - you'll make it - maybe even in a month

[Tomahawk]

Just exercise and eat right....it's really that simple.

Yes, that's the way I roll.

Exercize, don't eat too much bread but you can eat as many meat and vegetables as you wish to.

Run around the block a few times daily!

[DRZ]

I heard the book The 4-Hour Body is an excellent source to get back in shape.

[crustyme]

eat lots of fiber and run 5 miles a day

[MWade]

diets dont work

[Flexin]

The eat healthy and exercise diet? Less calories, more lean proteins, fruits and vegetables. There are no quick fixes. Studies are showing lately the various hazardous long term effects on "rollercoaster" weight gain and loss because of "dieting". Eating healthy should be a lifelong endeavor not a short term goal. It is necessary to reward yourself if you can't live without something like sweets or chocalate, but do so sparingly. I am a former fat person, 226 lbs, 6'0" 30% body fat at my worst. Now 186 lbs and 14% body fat. Most of my weight loss was due to change in nutrition and eating habits (no late night gorging or crazy sugar indulgences). If you can cut out fast food altogether, that makes a HUGE difference. Most of my weight loss came from hard lifting and intense interval cardio over about a 12-14 month period. My best piece of advice is don't neglect weights. Adding muscle is just as or almost more important then cardiovascular exercise in terms of losing fat. In all honesty though, making sure you eat right is the most important factor in losing weight.

Just exercise and eat right....it's really that simple.

The best answers are right here. You need to exercise. And forget diets, you need to eat right. Lots of protein. Make sure you get enough at breakfast. Don't have a huge supper. If you need a snack just do up some hard boiled eggs. I was on a work trip and with eating a good breakfast and having a good lunch I couldn't really eat a large supper. So I ended up going with large smoothies for supper at Jumba Juice. I didn't eat after supper other then a granola bar or two. My wife notice a drop in weight in the two weeks I was gone.

James

[Flexin]

By the way adding muscle will help burn calories. It takes more to maintain a pound of muscle then a pound of fat.

Are you sure you really need to lose 20 lbs? Unless you have a small frame that is light for your height IMO.

James

[Poppa K]

diets dont work

I call Bull Schmidt.. Diets do work, One immediatley comes to mind.

Duct Tape Diet (simply apply a strip of two inch Duct Tape over your pie hole). Have a hard boiled egg and half of a Grapefruit for Breakfast. Have a salad and fruit for lunch. Have a small piece of fish, chicken or a very small steak and some steamed veggies and a fruit for dinner. Have a sweat fruit for a snack in the evening. In between Breakfast, Lunch and dinner, apply the duct tape.

Remember, we NEED to eat for energy purposes only. When we eat for pleasure (taste or other fullfillment) thats when we put on the extra Lbs.

Plenty of water all day and night...

It will result in a 20 Lb weight loss in short order...

[Primetime2125]

I've been on Atkins for 2 weeks and I have already lost 11 pounds. BUT I'm overweight and my body is burning my stored fat. I don't know if it would work for you or not because you don't sound overweight.

GL with whatever you choose!

[Dirty Sanchez]

It's called "Finger down the throat" diet

[nyed1010]

I don't understand this whole diet shit. I just laugh when I hear about all these fad diets like the "grapefruit diet", whatever the **** that is. It's not rocket science. It's called eating right, exercising, and not going to McDonalds every night. It's really not that ******* difficult. I've lost weight without even trying because I don't stuff myself with junk food. Just plan out your meals. Eat a nice salad with some lean grilled chicken with no dressing everyday for lunch. For dinner, have some lean fish instead of frying the crap out of chicken with some gross french fries. Run on the treadmill for a half hour. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Have a bottle of water instead of that can of Sprite. If you really do need soda, drink diet soda instead. Go for the baked chips instead of the fried chips.It's just little things like this that make a world of difference.

[beanbag]

work out and eat protein and lower calories! watch those cals

[patswin]

Just exercise and eat right....it's really that simple.

correct ^^

[str]

Seen a lot of people drop weight on 60-90 day diets but when they get off of them they gain it all back in a few months.
Seems as though keeping the weight off has more to do with eating right and getting plenty of exercise.

GL

[cloudagh]

20 lbs in 2 months? I think that is asking a bit much.

James

Atkins will do that for you.

[Flexin]

Atkins will do that for you.

I'm not saying it can't be done. There are many ways to do it. Its just a lot to take off if you want to do it right and keep it off.

James