Need to Lose 5lb In A Week

[AngusJS]

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

Lol but seriously, I know I CAN do it, but how?

1) Invent a time machine
2) Go back 3 months
3) Start dieting and exercising without killing yourself in the process.

But seriously:

1) Calculate your basal metabolic rate

2) Buy a calorie counter and a good pedometer

3) Buy an exercise bike

4) Keep your calorie intake 1,000 calories below your BMR. Use the calorie counter to follow your intake, the pedometer to measure how many calories you burn during the day, and the exercise bike to burn more off.

Don't immediately drop to this level, however; take a week or two to gradually get down to it, and then stay there.

I am doing this, and have lost 20 pounds in 2.5 months. I eat anything I want, I just count the calories, and when I go over my intake goal, I burn it off on the bike. I also exercise in the morning, as having a negative caloric balance gives me more options for lunch.

This doesn't take iron will - you won't feel like you're starving or anything. You just have to get through the false starts you will have until you're finally committed to losing the weight.

[Anthony W.]

Originally Posted by AngusJS

1)This doesn't take iron will - you won't feel like you're starving or anything. You just have to get through the false starts you will have until you're finally committed to losing the weight.

Weather has been crappy for a few days so I've been confined to 50 sit ups before bed.

However, it used to be 10, break, 10, break, 10, break, 10, break, 10

Now its 25, break, 35, break, 50

I don't sleep much at all - can that have an affect?

I'm going to Oshkosh at the end of July. I should be taking 20-50,000 steps (that is several miles, right?) per day while I'm there. If the hotel I'm staying in has a pool, I'll be hitting that a lot. What swimming strokes burn the most calories? I was thinking 100 laps per night.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

What swimming strokes burn the most calories? I was thinking 100 laps per night.

Just being in the pool is harder work than you might think. I used to swim every day, but now it's been years since I was in a pool. Then I lived in an apartment complex that had a pool. Five minutes and I thought I was dying. It's amazing how hard it is to do things you used to take for granted. When I was 19 I could swim the length of an olympic pool and back, underwater. I could also, sitting still, hold my breath for four minutes.

Start off easy, paddle around, work your way up until you can swim several laps. The strokes involved won't matter; you'll be working very hard.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

Weather has been crappy for a few days so I've been confined to 50 sit ups before bed.

However, it used to be 10, break, 10, break, 10, break, 10, break, 10

Now its 25, break, 35, break, 50

I don't sleep much at all - can that have an affect?

I'm going to Oshkosh at the end of July. I should be taking 20-50,000 steps (that is several miles, right?) per day while I'm there. If the hotel I'm staying in has a pool, I'll be hitting that a lot. What swimming strokes burn the most calories? I was thinking 100 laps per night.

@ 100 laps per night they'll find you at, the bottom of the Pool.

[Stealhead]

Yeah 100 laps is alot unless you are a regular swimmer unless you are talking a fairly small pool.I would think that either the breast or butterfly stroke would burn the most but just starting off you are not going to do 100
or even 50 laps doing those.Freestyle is the best from a burn some calories but not wear your self out stand point.

I think I could maybe do 100 laps back when I was on the high school swim team all though there where never any events where one person had to swim 100 alone.Also the speed at which you are swimming the laps would have an effect.

Also not sleeping much is not healthy for anyone as a teenager you should be sleeping 8 or 9 hours a night I think I read some place that some teens need more than that a night.
Lack of or too much sleep can also be a sign of depression.Your brain needs good rest period they dont really know fully why the brain needs good rest but it does if you are only sleeping a few hours a night then something is wrong and you need to speak to a doctor or you are simply over working yourself in some way which is not healthy.

[Anthony W.]

They call me a fish for a reason

Trust me, I can do 100 laps in a good sized pool. I can also hold my breath for 4.5 minutes.

My heart is strong as an ox. I just let the fat build up on my gut and thighs...

What swimming strokes burn the most calories? I was thinking 100 laps per night.

The whole idea with swimming as part of a fitness program is to mix all the strokes and vary the distances and attempted speeds for each.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

They call me a fish for a reason

Eat beans one night before and they'll call you the torpedo

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

They call me a fish for a reason

Me too

[Anthony W.]

I'm up to 30 situps and squats straight through. Tonight I'm gonna try for 50.

Last night, for the first time in over a decade and a half, I had dinner at a restaurant without drinking soda. I had sparkling water instead. Drank a full liter of it, tho.

I got the pasta with egg noodles, scallops, clams, and muscles, so pretty much all protein and vegetables from the sauce

Krauter, don't bother. Firewall was right.

[antikristuseke]

A 1000 calories a day on an exercise regime?
You know, there is a reason why when i was in the army we took in 4000 calories a day while some of the less fit people still lost weight, right?

[Krauter]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Krauter, don't bother. Firewall was right.

Meh alright.

It amazes me of what stupidity people come to with the goal of losing weight. Only until they're finished to they see the extent of it as well as the danger in it..

Ahh well I tried.

[Anthony W.]

Originally Posted by Krauter

Meh alright.

It amazes me of what stupidity people come to with the goal of losing weight. Only until they're finished to they see the extent of it as well as the danger in it..

Ahh well I tried.

Theres a reason I posted this before I did it.

Can I cut a few hundred calories out, tho? Like, go down to 1800?

I'm already looking a bit better in the mirror. Not much - but some.

[Bakkels]

Well 1800 could be enough on days you don't work out. Why are you obsessed with cutting down on calories? Calories don't equal weight or fat. It's been said a lot of times before here; if you work out you burn those calories. And if you work out pretty hard every day, you probably even need more than 2000 a day. Calories don't mean a thing, it's about what you make them body turn them in to.