Lose pounds and inches - how can i get motivated to lose 30 pounds in 5 months?

how can i get motivated to lose 30 pounds in 5 months?

ill take tips on how to accomplish this, and also how to get motivated, and STAY motivated. how to stay away from sweets, sodas, when im stressed and sad, (which is often) i look to food for comfort, how do i stop this? so answer three questions.. 1 how can i lose 30 pounds in 5 months, (excersises, tips) 2 how do i get motivated to do this? 3 how can i stop looking to food for comfort, and stay away from soda?

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Money. Form a pack with some one else that needs to lose the weight. You pay each other for the pounds lost. If you both lose, you both win!
I usually schedule a trip where I have to be in my bikini a few months down the line so I know i have a goal to shoot for. The perfect way to loose weight and monitor your progress is to use a calorie counter on a daily basis while you diet. Energy In/Energy Out Food Intake: 1,200 Per Day One Pound equals 3,500 Calories To loose one pound per day, You need to burn your food intake plus your one pound of fat 1,200 (intake) + 3,500 (Outtake) = 4,700 Calories Burn You must burn at least 4,700 Calories everyday to loose one pound at least. It is very easy to go up and beyond 4,700 calories each day. Best way to do this is to track your progress on a calorie counter monitor watch. If you do it by the numbers you can loose the weight. It is just a matter of changing the way you think about weight loss. Once you start wearing your calorie counter you can see the numbers increase and you fill find yourself doing extra things in your day, like tapping your foot while waiting at the light in your car, chewing gum, singing out loud and so on onto of your workout routines. You begin to see that everything you do in your day contributes to the overall numbers needed to loose that pound. Water Intake/Less Storage Most people do not get enough water in their system. Water is your body's principal chemical component, comprising, on average, 60 to 80 percent of your weight. Every system in your body depends on water. For example, water flushes toxins out of vital organs, carries nutrients to your cells and provides a moist environment for ear, nose and throat tissues. Lack of water can lead to dehydration, a condition that occurs when you don't have enough water in your body to carry out normal functions. To determine if you are getting enough water use this simple formula.. Take your weight, for example 150 pounds and divide by 2. Take your answer which is 75 lbs and change it to ounces, in this case 75 ounces. That is how many ounces of water you need a day. Your body performs mostly on water. If you make sure you get enough water everyday your body will perform at top notch and your body will no longer have the cravings of junk food. You will have a better performing body system to help you work out and feel better thru out your day. Good Food My favorite things to eat: Avocado Wraps Simple: Low Carb Tortilla, Half Avocado sliced, alpha sprouts, lettuce, soy bacon...Just wrap it up and eat. You can vary the things you put inside so long as you keep it to approx 4 or 5 items. You want to make sure they are fresh, low calorie and filling. Avocado and mushrooms can replace meats in your meal and still have great taste. Special K Cereals are fantastic. They have that sweetness that one craves and is so good for you. Calories are low. Great for even just dinner. First thing in the morning...A Glass of Chocolate Milk. Yup!! Chocolate Milk. We all crave that "got to have" item in the morning. Milk is the best thing you can have for yourself while working out. The chocolate (and you can use Carnation Instant Milk for this but I simply use Nestle dry mix) will give you that sweet "snack" that you need. If you give your body a little bit of it and its in a control way, you will not crave sweets and junk the rest of the day. Lean Cuisines Fantastic food! Each meal is approx 180 t0 380 calories per box. So think about your calories. 1,200...You can still have several of these meals a day and still be under your intake requirements. It’s all about the numbers and watching what you take in and what you burn out. And you know what..If you go over your 1,200 mark for food intake...that’s okay...you simple up your total calories burned for the day by what you took it. So long as you burn off the over all calories to be more than your food intake. Just make sure you stick too it so you can reach your weight loss goals. Fruits and Veggies All you want on the schedule listed below. Bananas are my favorite. They are very filling and can make a meal all on their own. ____ Vitamins My favorite is ONE A DAY WITH ENERGY...I am in love with this vitamin because I am just like everyone else who loves those quick fix energy drinks. But what people do not realize is that energy drinks can contain 120 to 440 calories in just ONE Can. If you think about it..That is HALF of your allowed calories for food intake. The best alternative I have found is One a day with energy vitamin. Easy to spot, it is packaged in a green label bottle. Just One vitamin a day will give you as much energy as approx. 1 1/2 cans of red bull...WITHOUT the calorie intake. WoW..now your making progress already because you have made more room in your intake calories for actual healthy food. _____ Soda/Carbonation Carbonation is terrible for your system because it bloats your stomach. And when your stomach bloats, your jeans just don't fit. You can drop one pant size simply by NOT drinking any carbonated drinks all together..Take away the bloat and you have instantly just made it one pant size lower. Besides, Sodas dehydrate you and with that One a Day Vitamin, you won't need the Caffeine in the soda and it will also cut out those extra calories that you don't need. So remove that soda and the energy drinks and just think how much calories you just instantly removed from your daily intake. I normally consume what...four sodas and two energy drinks in one day...that is a total of .... 900 calories. Of what??? Nothing...Those are horrible calories and calories that can be replaced by food which will fuel your body for your day and your workouts. ____ Your Body Your body is like a computer. You must program your body to do what it is suppose to do so it won't crash and leave you with a virus. Your stomach is only the size of your fist. So think about it right now, Look at your hand and close your fist. Not very big is it. That is how much food you actually ONLY need to eat, each time you eat for every meal. If you eat anything more than that, you will stretch out your stomach which causes overeating and overweight. What you need to do is eat every three hours, approx 5 to 7 times everyday around the same time. If you are always giving your body healthy and better food choices (the size of your fist) every three hours, your body will know you are giving it food. It will use that food properly. It will not go into starvation mode or store food away for later because it knows...it will get more in three hours. So what does your body do...it flushes everything out of your system because it doesn't need it.. Now it knows...you wont' forget about it and that food is on its way. ____ Walking Buddy This is the best thing especially for woman. Get a walking buddy. One hour everyday. Just think about how much talking, venting and laughing two woman can do together while walking and yup, you guessed it...it just burns more calories and reduces your stress. You now are more relaxed because you can talk and free yourself of whatever is frustrating you while getting into shape. : By: My own experience/rivasj27
Dear Mannie, The way to get motivated is you can eat the things you love and still lose weight! I have tried this revolutionary method called the calorie shifting method that allows me to eat 4 meals a day (the food I like) and still lose 8lb in 11 days. Try it. It will help you just it has helped me and a lot of my friends.. Visit my webpages at http://www.fatlossfast.org All the best. Cheers, Dr Jo Johnson
just get used to water. its your mind that loves soda, not your body. If you can control whatever your mind is saying to you, you can do anything. trust me.
Just throw out all the junk food, I just did 15 min. ago, my husband told me I was gaining too much. I am about 15 lbs overweight, and it hurt really bad to hear this from him, because he did not say it nice, but it's true. We know how to do it, it's just putting our minds to it. You know the drill, lots of water, no eating late at night, more fish and chicken and tuna, less beef, no pork. No cheese, unless low fat. Light butter, light sour cream, light everything!. Walk Walk Walk Walk Run up and down your stairs get off this computer! not too much t.v. Don't drink pop Orange juice is fattening, add water to it. Use vinegar on your salads Fruit and veggies etc......
good time to do it, spring time arround the corner.get outside and walk,,,fast, do hills when you can,,,...stop drinking soda, ice cream once a week, cut sugars in half. smaller portions on the plate , never have seconds. , hungary in 3 hours have a smalll snack..........DONT LET IT RULE YOUR LIFE....get an inflatable exer ball, follow the directions, great for yoga and toning.......
I started my diet on New Years Day and I've already lost 5 pounds! -I eat eggs when I wake up because they make you full for a long time. (Hot sauce promotes calorie burning also, so if you like - put hot sauce on your eggs!) -I stopped drinking pop. -I stopped eating meat. (It cuts out a lot of food you allow yourself to eat - sandwiches, hamburgers, etc). - I eat small things throughout the day such as pretzels or a yogurt up until about 7pm and then I don't eat again until the morning. - I drink about 4 cups of water a day which isn't enough, but it's doing the job. - I sleep for 10 to 12 hours a night. If my boyfriend was getting a drink, I used to always ask him to bring me something but now I get up and do it myself even if it's more convenient for him to get it. If I need to go to the store, I don't put it off to go online or watch TV anymore, I get up and do it. Sometimes I even convince myself I have somewhere to go or something to get just so I get up and walk around. I work at a hotel so I have a fitness center that I try to take advantage of like I wouldn't before. I stretch when I wake up and before I go to sleep. I am twenty years old, 5'5" and 130 pounds, I was 135, (which is the most I've EVER weighed). I am looking to get down to 115. "It's only 15 pounds," I say! Compare yourself to someone who has lost 100 pounds and needs to lose 100 more. We have it so easy if you think about it. It's VERY little things that go a long way.I already feel much better! Good Luck!