How long will it realistically take me to get to a healthy weight and how should I go about it ?
I’m a 5"7 female who weighs 78kg. Bmi is about 27 so I’ overweight, 70kg would put me at a normal bmi. That is my first goal, after that I may re-access my ambitions. Is 1kg a week a realistic goal with healthy eating and 4 bouts of good cardio exercise per-week ?
OK so if you want to lose 1 kg a week, that’s about 2 pounds a week. To lose 1 pound of fat you have to burn off an extra 3500 calories. So you would need to burn 7000 calories more than usual in one week, which means a calorie deficit of 1000 per day. That probably isn’t realistic. You could try decreasing your calorie intake by 500 per day, which would mean 1 pound (half a kilogram) per week. So in 16 weeks, you’d reach your goal weight. It’s not as hard as people think, just replace burgers for salads, and don’t drink coffee’s from Starbuck’s and stuff, make your own. You could decrease your calorie intake by 300 per day, and then do extra exercise, burning an extra 200 calories and therefore adding up to the 500.
A less healthy way to lose weight is the Atkins diet. You basically can eat as much as you want as long as it doesn’t contain carbohydrate. I.e meat, fish, eggs, cheese, green vegetables.
http://www.atkins.com/Program/Phase-1/How-to-Do-Induction-Right.aspx
This site will tell you exactly what to do.
When I did it, I lost like 2/3 kilograms per week.
You could maybe do it for one week to kick start your weight loss, and then begin to eat healthily.
Good luck!
OK so if you want to lose 1 kg a week, that’s about 2 pounds a week. To lose 1 pound of fat you have to burn off an extra 3500 calories. So you would need to burn 7000 calories more than usual in one week, which means a calorie deficit of 1000 per day. That probably isn’t realistic. You could try decreasing your calorie intake by 500 per day, which would mean 1 pound (half a kilogram) per week. So in 16 weeks, you’d reach your goal weight. It’s not as hard as people think, just replace burgers for salads, and don’t drink coffee’s from Starbuck’s and stuff, make your own. You could decrease your calorie intake by 300 per day, and then do extra exercise, burning an extra 200 calories and therefore adding up to the 500.
A less healthy way to lose weight is the Atkins diet. You basically can eat as much as you want as long as it doesn’t contain carbohydrate. I.e meat, fish, eggs, cheese, green vegetables.
http://www.atkins.com/Program/Phase-1/How-to-Do-Induction-Right.aspx
This site will tell you exactly what to do.
When I did it, I lost like 2/3 kilograms per week.
You could maybe do it for one week to kick start your weight loss, and then begin to eat healthily.
Good luck!
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