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You can't lose weight on your torso without overall weight loss! Depending on your fitness and health level look at tabata training.Eat clean, 30 mins exercise 3 times a week is a sensible way
How to Lose Weight in Your Cheeks
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It is perfectly normal to increase weight with recent start of exercise regimes - particularly if you are:Still in puberty and growing.Are more consistently hydrated (you may have been dehydrated when less active, and this can be a 5-6 lb difference in weight even in a single day if the weather is hot and or you didn't drink enough consistently.With exercise your body will store more water and glucose within your muscles as energy supply for them, this can be a similar amount of difference too.You will also enlarge the muscle fibres and reduce the size of fat cells by using up energy and training your muscles. As muscle is denser than fat you may see a steady or slight increase in weight even as your size reduces and body tone improves.I'd recommend relying less on weight and BMI, both to monitor progress and as goals, and instead think in terms of tone, shape and fitness.For a rough guideline you can use waist:height and waist:hip ratios. Your waist size should ideally be below half your height, and your waist below your hip size (for men approximately 0.9:1 and for women 0.8:1 are close to the normal ranges for healthy normal weight adults). Many very fit and healthy athletes would be considered overweight or obese using weight and BMI estimates suitable for the sedentary 'general' population, and indeed once they retire they often do become noticeably 'comfy' even if they don't actually increase in weight at all.Other Answers:
How Can I Lose Weight in a Healthy Way?
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I doubt very much, your mum was pulling your leg !
Symptoms include, rapid weight loss, excessive peeing ( on average 6 times a day is perfectly acceptable ) Excessive thirst,( no matter how much you drink you are still thirsty ? )
Sweating and shaking, bad headaches, and very bad mood swings are also symptoms.
If you have non of these , then I bet you are fine.
a simple urine test at the gp can determine if you have a lot of sugar in your urine, then they may consider a fasting glucose test , I don;t think you need these. stop worrying ! :)
How to Lose Weight Really Fast in 3 Easy Steps
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First of all, I noticed that you mention kelp. Kelp is a seaweed and very nutritious--however, it is also extremely high in iodine which is a trace mineral. If you are deficient in iodine then you will lose some weight by taking iodine. The claim that seaweed reduces weight is a myth, not a fact.
Secondly, if you read the label carefully you will read somewhere that you are also required to be on a "sensible" diet and exercise program---so again, it is not the herbal supplement but diet and exercise that will cause weight loss.
I used to be obese and find that all those diet supplements are crap---it takes a complete lifestyle change to lose weight and keep it off. The best way to start is with a food diary(plus tyhe drinks) to see what needs to be changed. Going low carb helps a great deal as well. Gluten free is the "in" diet at this time. I have celiac's and have to avoid gluten--I can see that staying off gluten keeps me slim. However, exercising, a lot of fruit and vegetables, less processed food, and a positive attitude are the key to permanent weight loss--herbal supplements just aid the body in some way but will not cause weight loss by itself!!
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Fat is added onto your body when you eat fat. Simple carbs can turn to fat only if you exceed your calories for the day. Complex carbs have fiber which carries out the fat.
You can gain a pound of fat by eating foods high in fat daily. The foods highest in fat are butter, cheese, oil, avocado, bacon, eggs, olives, beef, chips, soy, pork, chicken. Even the lean cuts have plenty of fat.
http://www.nutribuff.com/weight-loss/how-to-gain-a-pound-of-body-fat-in-one-month/
When you say high carb are you talking about donuts, pie, cake, cookies, crackers, because yes you can gain some fat with them, they have fat added. But, the good carbs have fiber which carries out the fat = grains, beans, vegetables, fruit. you need the good carbs, they are your body's natural and main fuel source.
You have to count calories if your diet is high in animal products, but if you only eat good carbs you don't have to count calories because they are super low in calories.
Your body converts good carbs to sugar to feed your brain and heart and muscles not to make you fat. You will always crave carbs of any kind if you try to eliminate them from your diet. Just eat the good carbs and you will lose weight and satisfy your hunger most effectively. Plus the good carbs help you to not crave sugar. High animal consumption causes sugar craving.
http://www.nutribuff.com/classes/beating-the-sugar-cravings-and-losing-the-last-10-pounds/
One day is easily overcome and does not all go to weight gain. Many people have six days of good diet and then one day of cheating. It helps them lose weight and stick to their diet.
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Lowering carbs is the best way to lose fat. Low carbs is also a very healthy type of diet.
A low carb diet is actually our natural diet. Pasta, bread, noodles, these are all bad carbs. Natural carbs (sugars) is fine, but keep it low if you want to lose fat.
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Set yourself on fire.
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It's better to weigh yourself on a scale in dr. office or a drug store. A good plan would be:
Breakfast: low fat milk on cooked 9-grain cereal (from health food store), mixed with cooked oatmeal and wheat bran. Add some nuts and berries. Drink hot Ovaltine.
Lunch: Egg, tuna or turkey sandwich on whole grain bread with bean or alfalfa sprouts and yogurt w/fruit. If you had meat loaf for dinner, bring a meat loaf sandwich (NO mayo). On cold days, a squatty thermos of hot chili, split peas with ham or beef stew.
Snacks: Fresh (not canned) fruit: banana, orange, apple, kiwi, grapes, peach, nectarine, cherries, pineapple. No chips and nothing ever from a vending machine.
Dinner: salad with white meat chicken and fresh (not canned) veggies: tomatoes, 2 kinds of lettuce, 2 kinds of shredded cabbage, shredded or sliced carrots, alfalfa or bean sprouts, zucchini, hard boiled eggs, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, tofu, cottage cheese...Instead of dressing, squeeze 1/4 tomato over it.
Or homemade bean/vegetable soups; great way to recycle leftovers.
Or omelet: In blender, whip together eggs, tofu, cottage cheese, onions, garlic powder. Cook with mushrooms, chopped tomatoes.
Foods to avoid: junk food, pastries, desserts, sugar, salty foods, syrup (even canned fruit in syrup), peanut butter, fatty/greasy foods (pork, wieners, chops, bacon, salami, pizza), pasta, potatoes, white bread, rice, canned veggies, ice cream, fast food, soda, chips. And of course no tobacco or alcohol in any form. Both of those add wrinkles and destroy your brain. No oil except olive and mac nut. Coffee also rots your brain.
To keep your skin clear, drink water. Veg. juice is good too. But not canned juice (too much sugar.)
Join a gym; they have all the equipment and staff to show you how to use it to get the look you want to achieve. Much cheaper than buying your own equipment. Also hiking, biking, jogging, bowling, swimming, badminton, tennis...
If you lack energy to exercise, take stress B vitamins.
To lose weight, try an appetite suppressant
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Losing weight is one of main problem for some people. If you are one of them, there are many ways to lose weight, You can go to the gym, or control your diet. However, there is actually a medication for that. It is called the ACAI. ACAI is a world known preparation, which is used in order to help people lose excess weight. The preparation is 100% natural thus the possibility of side-effect appearance is very low. ACAI should be used in combination with a healthy diet and physical exercise in order to achieve the maximum effect. It is effective. You can get it at livehealthmart.com
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That is only 12 days from now. With your size, the MOST you are going to be able to lose in real body weight per week is 1-2 pounds. You could do some stupid water fast or starvation diet for a couple weeks, but you will just lose water weight -- nothing noticeable.
Instead, just eat super clean over the next two weeks so that you prevent bloating. I can't imagine those 5 pounds would make THAT big of a difference in the dress, but even if you could lose 1-3 pounds (more realistic), that would be better than nothing right? Just figure out your bmr, drop your intake. You should have around 1200-1400 calories a day probably.
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I hope you don't mind getting an answer from a girl. :) But, I have studied this issue quite a bit. It's good that you are working your muscle groups since muscle weighs more than fat and needs more calories and can help you lose weight.
You are trying to get lots of protein and lose weight. However, your protein choices tend to have a lot of fat which is counterproductive to your weight loss goal. The thing with protein is getting enough to eat. My son works out a lot and he has to eat a lot. He runs miles everyday and works out.
If you want to lose the fat, you have to stop eating the fat. You can try switching to getting your protein in high amounts by having a meal of beans and brown rice. There are high protein grains also that you can steam up easily like quinoa, millet, amaranth.
super easy way to cook grains http://www.nutribuff.com/recipes/how-to-cook-the-various-grains-its-easy/
building muscle with plant proteins http://blog.nutribomb.com/2012/02/19/building-muscle-with-plant-protein/
Then, just add to your grains or beans some lemon/lime juice, salsa, minestrone soup, or cut up fresh fruit and some cinnamon sprinkled on. You can have more vegetable soups and add extra beans to it. You can have potatoes which have sufficient protein and will help you to have energy without the extra fat. You can try green drinks made with pineapple juice and high-protein greens like parsley, kale, or spinach.
how to make a green drink with a blender http://www.nutribuff.com/healing-diet/pineapple-parsley-drink-for-kidneys-and-thyroid/
One of the main benefits of increasing your protein with these types of plants is that grains, greens, and beans are high in fiber. And fiber carries out the fat. So, you can lose the most weight by canceling out the fat, increasing proteins that have fiber, and working out. All three efforts will melt that fat away the fastest.
High protein sources with lots of fat are nuts, flesh, eggs, dairy. You did only eat the white for one meal, so that's good for no fat, however, the yolk has all the nutrition, so that one is a toss up. You might want to eliminate the animal products until you reach your ideal weight. The oatmeal and toast are great choices for some protein as well as getting enough to eat. The eggs, tuna, peanut butter, chicken breasts all have fat. Vegetables actually have a lot of protein like broccoli but they don't have good starch carbs to give you energy, they are just good for you. make sure your rice is brown rice. Brown rice has great fiber.
Working the abs is good, it helps a little to have a firmer stomach area. If you go on a brisk walk/jog/run daily for 30 minutes you will burn more overall fat including your stomach area. Too much ab work can give you a back problem as my son found out. He had to give it a rest and go to the chiropractor. But, he's in the military and can do 70-80 sit ups in a few minutes.
Eating a high-fiber diet will help with the belly fat by carrying it out and keeping your digestive area moving along and clean. Animal products have fat and don't have any fiber and can just sit around in your belly stressing your intestines and colon to try to get them out eventually. Meanwhile they sit and rot. Skim or nonfat milk just has a type of protein that causes cancer www.notmilk.com
Don't eat your fruit with meals it's better eaten alone. Don't eat starches with animal products, it doesn't digest well together, hampers protein digestion. If you are going to eat animal stuff only use the non-starchy vegetables along with it. Otherwise, starches and non starchy vegetables go well together. (good digestion info from Fit for Life by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond) Drink water between meals not with them.
Multivitamins are a joke, they are unbalanced chemicals that your body doesn't know what to do with if they even get absorbed, just an excuse to not eat healthy. If you want a good supplement, go to the health food store and get whole food supplements NOW brand Special Two and green drink powders like Amazing Greens, vegetarian protein powders, don't get the whey and animal protein drinks since they make you more constipated.
Don't sacrifice your health with too many animal products. Just eat plenty of grains, beans, potatoes, winter squash, taro, vegetables and some fresh fruit for snacks and after workout. The plant foods are also super low calorie even though they give you sufficient energy to work out, you won't have to count or restrict calories - just enjoy eating and watch the fat on your belly disappear most quickly.
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Weight loss foods are foods with lower calories and also which increases the metabolism rate. But only those foods will not be helpful. You can start with not adding too much fats in your diet plan (oils, cheeses, things which are really oily or really delicious like fast foods and most restaurant foods). Also you can try foods like lemon, orange, apples and vegetables like cabbage, cucumber etc for regular diets. Also you can check out the foods here on this site http://greatweightlossfoods.com/weight-loss-foods-videos.html. These foods and videos are very helpful.
Besides that you should start eating more fruits and vegetables, because most fruits don't have any fat. Don’t do much diet as special diets starve your body and that is not a healthy practice. It will surely make you lose weight but as soon as you are off you’re your plans, you will probably gain back all the weight.
You can also go to the gym for exercises, or walking, or doing any sort of physical activity would help better with weight loss as it increases the metabolism rate.
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Draw his picture and put in your bedroom to keep you motivated to exercise ;)
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Do will have to self experiment and find out what works for you. If its hard to go under 110 that's fine. Try 110 and see if that works for you.
Its also important to eat healthy carbs and avoid unhealthy carbs. Eat carbs in the form of fruits, tubers and veggies. Avoid sugar, grains and processed foods.
Calories also matter. You cant eat 3000+ calories a day and lose weight. Eat when your hungry and stop when your full. Listening to your body works pretty well when you do lower carb higher fat. Fat keeps you full and carbs make a lot of people hungry.
