10 lbs in 3 weeks?
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More than two pounds a week and you are losing muscle as well as fat. I've seen women run in the gym every day and not lose much fat. Lifting weights will increase your metabolism, and make you burn fat just sitting around. Don't worry about getting too masculine looking from lifting. It doesn't happen overnight, if you start looking too buff you can slow down.
Diet alone ain't worth a damn. Get in the gym, do it regularly,and learn to love the feeling in there, or you'll be like 90% of the people I see for the first time there; they never come back.
So do I !
I've been doing cardio 2 to 3 times a day for 40 minutes. I don't like to do strength training, so instead I've been doing pilates 2 times a week. I'm slowly losing weight, but I'd like to speed it up.
eat lots of fruit and veggies, drink plenty of water, eat only lean protein, and exercise
go on a low carb diet, and then do cardio for an hour for 6 days a week...and eat only 20 grams of carbs, if you eat too many carbs, and still havent gotten up to 1200 calories...then you need to find more foods that are lower in carbs, and no fruits. drink 10 cups of water a day too!
You can only really hope to lose water weight or weight stored up from intestinal/colonic deposits. If you can stomach a strict diet plan for the 3 weeks paired with the following info, you should have a good chance at achieving your goal.
That being said I'll start with the latter since it's the easiest. Go to a spa you trust and get a colonic. Plain and simple. Most people on average have 3-5 pounds of "stored waste" trapped in their lower intestine. Over time this can add up. One man had 26 pounds of "stored waste" over his 47 years, ranging from crayons he ate as a child, to a penny, and pieces of barely digested food. DO NOT try this yourself with laxitives or extreme colon cleansers from the store, this will only dehydrate you and possibly land you in the hospital. The taboo about colonics is highly overrated. The procedure doesn't hurt like most say it does. It can get a little uncomfortable at times if you've air/gas deposits that will impede the flow of water but those are massaged away and the water moves on. Easy day. This will most likely be the "easier" of the two choices for losing weight quick.
Now for the "fun" one. The one that requires some work. I would recommend starting each day with a cup or two of black coffee. Don't over do it and drink an entire pot as this will only dehydrate you and work against you in the long run for this plan. Make sure the coffee is black. If you add any creamers or sugars it will only work against you in this water weight/caloric battle. After you've finished your cup(s) of joe, follow up with a 20 - 30 minute moderately intense cardio routine. Elliptical, treadmill, stair climber, track, bike, etc.. you get the picture. This will get your system kickstarted to be burning calories all day long. It's been proven that 20 - 30 min. of cardio in the morning will allow your body to burn almost twice the calories in a day, vice not doing cardio in the morning. On top of this routine I would recommend getting one of those trash-bag-esque sweat suits to aid in caloric burn and water loss. Be careful though. These suits will increase your bodies internal temperature thus causing your sweat MUCH more, wear thick socks =], so be sure to hydrate adequately. I personally recommend a 50/50 water/gatorade mix. The water will obviously hydrate and quench thirst and the gatorade will replace much needed electrolytes. Gatorade alone will dehydrate more than help. I'd recommend the lime gatorade rain. It's light and flavorful, will add just a hint of flavor to your bottle of water and only has something like 80 calories for a whole bottle.
This teamed up with smaller meals 4-6 times a day, vice 3 regular meals a day will keep your metabolism going strong and burning calories all day long. If you use an appetite suppressent (Hydroxycut, Ripped Fuel, etc..) this will also aid in "cravings". Don't eat after 8 p.m. and allow up to 2 hours before bed for food to digest, so that you're not just packing on more calories and fat. Stay away from fast food for the 3 weeks and focus on salads and protiens. Tuna is an excellent choice. Skimp on salad dressings and toppings. Also most sodas and juices are packed with empty calories and sugars. If diet is your thing Diet Coke, etc... are a good alternative, with only 1 calorie it is almost like an inert substance. =]
Add another cardio routine mid day to early evening time frame for 30-45 minutes without the sweat suit and with the gatorade/water mix and you should be ok by weeks end. Best of luck, I hope this helps. =]
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