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How to lose 75 pounds fast?

I'm 20 years old and weight 205 pounds.I gained alot of weight since having my kids. I just had my son in August. I'm on depo and even though I've cut down the way I eat and only drink one soda a day now. I try to walk at least twice a week. I've also started to drink alot of water now. What can I do to loose the weight faster? Also please remember that I have to little children.

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1. Cut the soda completely (which adds up to an extra pound of FAT by calories every 25 days - so not worth it). Also, get walking 6 days a week. On three of those days, follow the Couch-to-5k program http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml . My mother (45) who has never run a step in her life is starting this program and will be running 3 miles in 9 weeks! Make getting healthy a family affair with trips to the park. Also, do a mommy's exercise exchange with another stay at home mom, or get your hubby to take over fr an hour in the morning or evening. Just take 45-60 minutes for yourself to take in the fresh air or do an exercise video in the garage. Join a site like sparkpeople.com, which has TONS of resources, support groups, and is FREE! You can track your calories, exercise, etc.
2. thats undoable..u hav 2 try the gym and a healthier lyfstyle but u'll get there!! dont worry, just keep trying
3. Try to work out but just know this no one can judge you about how you look because they are just jelous.
4. Continue drinking A LOT (two words) of water. Be consistent with your routine. You didn't mention that you work. Consider losing weight as a full-time job (which it is). It's VERY hard but possible. I quit smoking 6 months ago and put on 20 lbs. I've been walking five miles a day for a month and have only lost 4 pounds. That's one pound per week. I tell myself that something is better than nothing. (Ideally, I planned losing two pounds per week). Nothing that is worth anything comes easily. Yesterday I felt lazy and put off my 5 miles (on the treadmill) until very late. Finally my guilt (and true desire to reach my goal) got the better of me and I finished them just before midnight. I am proud I didn't miss a day. I am determined to reach my goal. You must be determined. Good luck dear. Make a plan and stick to it!
5. What you need to do is cut the carbs! Its the biggest thing. And you'll have to start walking more than twice a week. If you have little kids, bundle them up, put them in the stroller and walk with them. Or if they are old enough, walk with them. Children enjoy fresh air and nature. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to do it SLOWLY. It my take a year or so.
6. You just have to take it one day at a time, and don't give up! It takes a while to lose weight, but in the end, it's worth it. Trust me, if losing weight was easy, we'd all be thin. You're going to have to be committed to this goal. DO NOT starve yourself by going on a crash diet. It doesn't work, believe me! Sure, you lose weight, but you also lose hair and your ability to have kids in the future. Then once you do actually eat something, it turns directly to FAT because your body is trying desperately to store excess calories & food for energy because it thinks that its starving - And you end up gaining everything you lost, and then some! Try eating more fruits and veggies in place of other fatty meals, like junk food, cookies, or high calorie meals. Like most people (I'm guilty sometimes!), you've probably brainwashed yourself into thinking that fast food tastes better than healthy food, but that's not entirely true! Try eating more grapes, clemintines, apples chunks in vanilla yogurt (good for sweet cravings!), blueberries, hummus (it sounds gross but it's really not, especially with Wheat Thins or Food Should Taste Good brand whole grain chips! I personally like garden vegetable or tomato flavored), granola, low-fat yogurt, low-fat string cheese, LITE whole wheat bread, 100 - calorie popcorn / kettle corn bags, steamed broccoli with a buttery garlic sauce etc. I also snack on South Beach Diet oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, they're good AND pretty healthy! And eat SLOWLY. Take one bite at a time, chew completely, then take another bite. If you eat slower, you'll become fuller quicker, and you won't overeat. Drink a glass of water before each meal - You'll feel fuller faster and won't overindulge. Try to spread your meals out so that you're eating 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day - It keeps your metabolism up to speed. Try bringing a sandwich or a bag of fruits with you to class, or eat in between classes at your locker. Incorporate more exercise into your daily life. Take the dog for a 20 minute walk, do jumping jacks while watching TV, do laps around the block, or the house for that matter. Don't let yourself sit down for too long. If you can, get a gym membership. I use an elliptical for 30 minutes 5-6 times a week and it works great for me. And don't eat out of boredom! It's a nasty habit to break, TRUST ME. Whenever you feel like eating, watch a movie with no commercial breaks so you don't have time to get up, call a friend, read a book or magazine, or get out of the house, away from the food. And don't "DIET". Because the moment you go off your "diet", you'll regain the all the weight you lost quickly, believe me. Instead, make "healthy living choices." I recently lost weight, about 20 lbs, and what really helped for me was planning my meals. I planned when and what I was going to eat, and made sure the calorie count was 1400. But never go under 1200! Remember, healthy weight loss is about 2-3 lbs a week. Whatever you do, don't let yourself stray from your plan. Write it all down or type it out and leave it up on your computer so you don't forget, that's what I do. You'll never get to your "ideal" body by eating crap food and sitting around, no matter how much you want it to happen. It takes dedication to get the body you want! Make it like a game. How much weight can I lose? Prove it to yourself you DO have the willpower to get what you want. But allow yourself a cheat day every now and then. Life is too short! If you restrict your body of all the "good foods", you will one day EXPLODE and eat everything in sight. Trust me! One more thing: Once you do become thinner, DON'T think you can eat whatever you want now! You'll regain all the weight back, which is absolutely mortifying, especially after all the hard work to lose it. Good luck! Hope that helps (: OH, and sitting up straight burns more calories than slouching. Try it! Any more questions, email me (:
7. Hi there, I think you might be getting a little mixed up with what you want exactly. You say that you want to lose "weight" but that means you might want to get rid of some muscle too. You then say that you'd like to "shape" (I'd call it tone) your body a little which implies you want to build some muscle. I'm not trying to pick at your question - I just want to clarify the point for you. To answer it in the best way, I am going to look at it as if you want to get rid of fat AND build muscle at the same time. If you're looking to "trim" and "tone" your body, and espectially because you suggest you are not that overweight, I would suggest you start performing more intensive aerobic exercises such as jogging. I wouldn't think you need to change the whole way you eat or go on a diet because if you're wanting to build muscles - it's better to do it all with exercise. Exercises like jogging won't exactly "build" your muscles on your stomach but they will help reduce the extra fat around there. Depending on how fit you are, you should go on daily or bi-daily jogs of around a mile. To build muscles, you should concentrate on anaerobic exercises such as sit-ups to help build muscles. These muscle-building exercises will give your muscles the toning and training they need to grow and become more prominent. To start to see a real difference with sit-ups, you should be looking to do no more than 100 every day (more than that will often hurt your muscles). If you stick to doing those two forms of exercise - jogging and sit-ups, you should see real improvements in a week or two. Remember, you should do them as often as you can (I.E every single day). Hope this helps? http://healthylifeday.com