Your Question About Easy Weight Loss

James asks…

How can you tone yourself/ lose weight easily ?

I’m not a very big person but i am a little “flabby” i just would like to know if anyone knew any secrets to toning muscles without going to the gym constantly or lose weight without going on awful diets…and i am a little impatient so if i could have some advice it would be very appreciated

weight loss cardiff answers:

Okay, I’ve lost about four pounds in the last week just doing these basic things.
I’ve drank so much water that i deffiniately got at least five glasses a day! So i suggest you start drinking your water, also green tea helps boost your metabolism.

Your eating habits will also be a cause for excess ‘flab’, so try and cut your portions in half, or down a little. Stay away from high carb/calorie snacks, and many carbs all together. Start eating vegetables, and many fruits as they have benefits for more than just weight loss. You can try taking vitamins as well, and stay away from your junk food! You can treat yourself occasionally.

Your exercise can be pretty simple actually, you can walk for thirty minutes three times a week while doing leg lifts, pilates, yoga, squats, crunchs, jumping jacks, arm lifts, and jogging on spot!
That’s pretty much my entire exercise regime for the week, plus i do bike around my town, and i’ve been walking my dog each day.

Try and squeeze in exercise wherever you go, take the stairs, go outside for five minutes and run around. Anything!

I do know this is more of a diet outline but it’s what i could think of at the moment, i apologize if it’s not what you were looking for but hopefully it still helped!

Give me a message here on yahoo if you’d like a few more tips, i have many more!

Good luck !

Robert asks…

Trying to lose weight?

Im trying to lose weight for my brothers wedding in october. is there anything besides jogging that will help me? if u do know of any exercises please explain it thoroughly! thnx

weight loss cardiff answers:

The following healthy living recommendations will help you if you’re trying to lose weight, tone up your muscles, have aspirations of building lean muscle mass, are attempting to get a wash board stomach, or just want to feel better:

*1) Burn more calories then you’re consuming everyday and measure your results using the following formula: Calories Consumed minus Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) minus Physical Activity minus the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). A website that explains this formula in more detail and will help you determine how many calories you need to reach or maintain a certain weight is at http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/weight/calsburned.htm

Get a diet and fitness calculator that you can put on your computer or cell phone. This will allow you to easily calculate the above formula, set goals, log your daily calorie consumption, and register your physical activities.

Set realistic goals for your ideal body weight. Here are two websites that will calculate a suggested body weight:
Adults: http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm
Teens/Children: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/exercise/weight/bmi.html

It is difficult and unhealthy to lose more than one or two pounds per week. There are 3,500 calories in a pound. If you eat 500 fewer calories per day for a week you will lose one pound. If you burn through exercise 500 more calories per day for a week you will lose one pound.

*2) Eat natural and organic foods found on earth versus something created by a corporation to make money. Eat meals in small portions throughout the day and take a good multi-vitamin supplement.

Avoid “High Glycemic Load Carbs” (sugar, pastries, desserts, refined starches such as breads, pasta, refined grains like white rice; high starch vegetables such as potatoes) and drink lots of water. Read this article for more information on high GL Carbs:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates.html

Do not try fad diets or diet pills. Here is an excellent food pyramid that anyone can follow: http://www.rayandterry.com/html/images/PyramidLRG.gif?osCsid=26a424be471d1337e7c2f105d5c64d9d

*3) Exercise on most days by doing cardiovascular training and/or resistance training activities.

Read a book or find a certified trainer to make sure your doing all resistance training exercises correctly. A great book to buy that teaches you the resistance training basics is “Weight Training for Dummies”. A superb magazine to buy with resistance training routines that will not get you bored is “Muscle and Fitness”. Signup for the free newsletter. An excellent free online resource is at http://www.exrx.net/

A good book to buy that teaches you the cardiovascular training basics is “Fitness for Dummies”.

*4) Get plenty of sleep. Sleep experts say most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night for optimum performance, health, and safety.

*5) Educate yourself continually on health issues and make a life long commitment to good health. A great free publication is “Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005”. A superb book to read is “You The Owner’s Manual”. An excellent periodic publication is the “Nutrition Action Health Letter”. A reputable test you can take to measure your biological age is at http://realage.com

Look at all areas where you can enhance your health. For example, make improvements in the quality of the air you breathe. Review outdoor air quality forecasts where you live and get an indoor air purifier. Send me an email or yahoo instant message to “gainbetterhealth” if you want an indoor air purifier recommendation and if you have any questions.

*Click on all the source links below to get the full benefit of the recommendations. The answers presented to your health questions are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

George asks…

A way to lose a little weight?

Soo
Over the summer I’ve gotten a little chubby
OMG!!! lol
But is there a website that can help me out here?
I mean for free.
And I’m only 14.
So don’t give me a website for 50 year old women weight loss, please.

Thank you thank you. =)

weight loss cardiff answers:

Congratulations.

You are young and you are still growing so take advantage of it and grow evenly.

Just read the articles to understand the mechanics of weight loss, then do as you please.
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Tips for Loosing Weight
By
minootoo

You must count calories and at least in initial stages write down what you are going to eat and when then stay on that list. Your total calories for the week must not exceed, 1500 x 7 = 10,500 calories this will give you leave way to indulge at special occasions like wedding and parties, but you must write down what you eat and account for the calories latter and adjust the total intake next week.

Please read my article on this subject and follow them.
While at it build your body too, while reducing by doing body parts specific exercises.

If you are not too old, then best way to reduce your weight is to increase your height.

Vegetarians have a big advantage, in loosing weight, it cost less and they can satisfy the hunger more easily, some vegetables have only 1 calorie per pound, so they can fill themselves up with it before enjoying each meal, and never go hungry.

Most people should take one a day water soluble multi-vitamins when on this program; they can be purchased at the pharmacy near you.

Http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&…

Http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi….
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Increasing the Height
By
minootoo

In rare cases, you can increase the height up to age 30.

Cycling is good exercise and fun too.

You need to adjust the seat so that when you paddle from seating position you will actually stretch your legs, it is a difficult position but doable. For safety you need to be on track and not in traffic, safety first.

The FEW things I did at least helped me.

Swimming.

Not just playing in water, but serious laps type swimming, do not try to beat the clock but steady full strokes swimming. Remember slow and steady wins the race.

Stretching exercises on floor.

Find them on line.

Chin ups.

Full stretch type.

Swinging from a rope.

Full stretch climbing.

In other words do things that require stretching.
STRETCH-STRETCH-STRETCH-STRETCH

PS

In the morning after good night sleep every one is about 1/2 inch to 1 inch taller. This is because the soft tissue between the bones recovers during the time when there is no weight on them.

Older people loose height due to bone loss. I was 5′, 7” I am only 5′, 5″.

Issue of Genes:

You know only the active genes but genes can stay dormant for generations.

I believe that every one has some tall height genes, dormant or active; I again believe that certain exercises can activate those.

Again Swimming:

You will start out with half a lap and build up day by day, half a lap at a time. Then you will swim non stop for 1/2 an hour.

The speed is not important but you must use various strokes and do them correctly, completely, slowly and perfectly. This way you will have full stretch, and its benefit.

Eating healthy foods and taking rest as specially sleeping soundly at night is very important. Most people need 8 hours of good sound sleep per night, some need more and few get by with 4 hours only.

In the mean time use high hills and take advantage of hair-do, wardrobe can do wonders too; vertical striped clothing can create a taller look for most people.

Hormones:

Under strict supervision of a doctor they do wonders but the side effects are delayed and unpredictable so doctors do not like to use them.

Surgical Procedures:

There are surgical procedures but most doctors will not do them till the person is 30 years or so. They also have to be very short.
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Life Style Change Program for Loosing Weight
By
minootoo

Who needs to loose weight?

Answer is simply not every one, only the over weight person.

Who is over weight?

This is simple, it is easy to find out and it is available on line, it is call Body Mass Index, and calculations are simple. According to this calculation if you find your self say only 10 pounds more, you may not be over weight. Remember every one is slightly different and you can just watch it, on your own and not let it get out of hand.

What is the reason for being over weight?

This is also simple, have doctor check you out for any physical or hormonal abnormalities. The doctor should be advising you of your ideal weight even though you have already figured out the ideal weight and you are seen a doctor because your weight is not where it should be according to BMI.

Basic understanding of loosing weight.

Every one uses calories at all time. There may be some exceptions to this rule, for most of us; the rate of use, even when we are resting, we use 65 calories per hour minimum. This comes to1560 calories per day. The actual range is between 65 and 100 calories per hour. This is consistent with heart rate of 60 to 80 bits per minute.

Simply put any person eating only say 1500 calories a day will not put on any additional weight. At this level of calories consumption the person should loose some weight over long haul, depending on the individual rate of metabolism.

What is a healthy weight loss?

When one tries to loose weight, one should loose excess fat; there should be a healthy loss of weight. Loosing muscles tissue is unhealthy.

How much is one pound of body fat?

One pound of body fat weight is approximately same as one pound of butter. If you look at a one pound package of butter, you will see it contains between 3200 to 3600 calories. This means that each time a person burns 3600 more calories then what the person takes in, the person will loose one pound.

How many pounds should a person loose in a month?

Any one that is trying to trim down can figure out how long it took to put on the excess pounds. The fact is; it did not happen over night. It usually creeps up, but the person realizes one day suddenly.

This is why a person should not be in a hurry to loose weight. The person should start at once but go slowly. Do not wait for New Year.

Taking above in to consideration a person should not loose more then 2 pounds per month. If a person looses any thing more then that, chances are that the person will not be able to maintain the weight loss. It will take extra efforts to loose and it will take extra efforts to keep it off. Remember slow and steady wins the race.

When an overweight person should start loosing weight?

At once. The person should not be in a hurry to loose weight. The person should start at once but go slowly. Again do not wait for New Year.

How does body react to weight lose?

Any time there is depletion of fat beyond certain level, the body reacts by slowing down metabolism, so that it can build up fat. If the body is use to say 2000 calories per day and detects only 1500 calories per day for considerable length of time it reacts to the situation by reducing the rate of metabolism. When this happens one need to help body by increasing activity. Usually takes about four weeks for body to react.

What is the relationship between body and body fat?

Under ideal condition fat act as a reserved energy source for our body. Certain level of fat is good for healthy living and even may save our life in certain life threatening situations. Every one should have minimum required level of fat on their body.

What if there is no weight loss at 1500 calories in take level?

This is a rear occurrence. Do not panic. The body has slowed down the metabolism to such a great extent that you must help it. The only way to help is to increase activities, this means you have to exercise. You do not need to join Gym but you can go on an an half an hour walk every day or batter still engage in a power walk for same duration. Power walk burns 250 calories per hour and walk burns 100 calories per hour approximately.

What is the importance of body fat for a female?

Females require little more body fat then men. In the absence of certain required level of body fat, females are not able to function properly; in particular they may not be able to conceive. You can find lot more about this on internet.

At 1500 calories intake per day what one must drink and eat?

Drink

One gallon of liquids most of witch should be in the form of water (zero calories).
Calories should be accounted for all other liquids.

Why water?

Water is a universal solvent, means it dissolves almost every thing at least in very minute quantities. This helps purification of body.

Eat

What should be your proportionate in take of fat, Proteins and Complex Carbohydrates?

This depends on what your need are.

1.Need to reduce fat.

Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories.
Complex Carbohydrates: 30 percent of 1500 calories per day = 450 calories.
Proteins: 60 percent of 1500 calories per day = 900 calories.

2.Need more energy.

Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories.
Complex Carbohydrates: 40 percent of 1500 calories per day = 450 calories.
Proteins: 50 percent of 1500 calories per day = 750 calories.

3.Need to reduce weight only.

Fat: 25 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 375 calories.
Complex Carbohydrates: 25 percent of 1500 calories per day = 375 calories.
Proteins: 50 percent of 1500 calories per day = 750 calories.

4.Need to increase muscles bulk, but still reduce weight.

Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories.
Complex Carbohydrates: 15 percent of 1500 calories per day = 225 calories.
Proteins: 75 percent of 1500 calories per day = 1125 calories.
Exercise the muscles you want to develop, you can find right exercise on line, recommend use of light weights.

Foot note: To take fat is so important, while reducing even fat, that it is included in all cases. If the fat is completely cut out, body will think of producing the fat,

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David asks…

how can i lose weight easily?

im 5 foot and 7 and a half stone right now, im abit chubby and i want to be super thin for my sisters wedding coming up in 2 months, whats the best way to lose weight, i just started my diet of protein, wholeweat food and try to eat as much fruit as possible, i do one hour exercise each day, drink up to 8 glasses of water but im finding it difficult to see any difference on me, is there anything else i can do

weight loss cardiff answers:

Well losing weight is no simple thing to do….it will take time. Losing weight depends on the type of exercises you are doing because in loosing weight nothing proves more helpful than cardio exercise.
1) Try to do cycling, running or swimming to lose weight.
2) Stay away from junk food
3) Never skip your breakfast
4) Take a proper sleep.
Just carry on with your routine….and if you r weighing your self on daily basis..don’t do that ..weight your self once a week to see the differences.

Linda asks…

How can I lose weight easily?

I’m 4”11, I weight 7 stone, 7 pounds, I feel really chubby and fat all the time and I want to lose weight, but whenever I try I fail! I excersise loads and attempt to diet, does anyone have a good workout and diet plan for me? Thanks 🙂

weight loss cardiff answers:

Well i found the easiest way to lose weight was thru diet and counting calories, but you have to know about how many calories you are consuming daily to maintain your current weight of 7 stone 7 pounds, if you subtract 500 calories per day from that number you should lose 1 pound per week, the reason is because 1 pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories and 500 calories times seven days per week is 3500 calories

exercise helps but its a lot more difficult because to burn 500 calories it takes more than an hour of intense cardio, whereas with diet all you have to do is not consume the 500 calories of food

another thing you can try is to burn half of the 500 calories thru exercise and the other half thru diet, just eat 250 calories less per day and the other 250 you burn off thru exercise and you should still lose 1 pound per week, in two months thats almost 9 pounds of weight loss with little effort

James asks…

Why do I lose weight so easily?

I’m a 16 year old boy and work out 3 times a week, eat very healthy, and even though i am not trying to lose any weight I have realized that I can lose weight incredibly fast (about 1.5 pounds in a day without dieting, just eating a bit less than usual). I am neither over weight nor under weight.

weight loss cardiff answers:

You can lose weight so quickly because you are a 16 year-old male.

Your metabolism is never going to be faster than it is today. When you hit 19, you’ll notice that you can’t eat as much as you once did without gaining weight. Your metabolism will continue to slow down as you age, so this ability to lose 1.5 pounds a day will soon disappear.

Make sure that you eat enough to keep your weight stable. Your metabolism will slow down prematurely if you do not feed your body all of the calories it needs.

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Betty asks…

How many calories should I take in?

I used this weight loss calorie calculator and it says I should take in 1600 but when you’re setting it up it asks how active are you (i put moderate)
so does that mean i should only eat 1600 (and it calculates the exercise out)
because i have been eating like 1800 calories then excercise to burn like 200

weight loss cardiff answers:

Eat what you want as long as your making a deficit it doesn’t matter

Sandra asks…

Is walking 2-3 hours a day light, moderate or intense exercise?

Walking normally that is, not brisk.
I want to lose some weight and all these online weight loss calculator things ask about ‘light/moderate/intense’ exercise in order to work out how many calories you should eat in a day in order to lose your required weight.

weight loss cardiff answers:

Walking is light I would say. If you walk briskly, it is light to moderate. But know this; it is an excellent form of fat-burning exercise because 1) you probably operate around 60% of your max-pulse when you walk, which is the PERFECT pulse-zone for just that. 2) because as you said it takes time, you spending 2-3 hours a day on walking. Depending on your weight and physical shape that could mean 1000-1500 calories a day on walking. But as I said, the amount of calories burned would depend on your current physical shape and size so don’t bother counting to perfection exactly how many calories you eat at any given time. Just try to have a general idea.

So to put it simple, light to moderate training where you operate between 55 and 70 % of your max pulse is the best training when your aim is fat-burning. It is also a quite comfortable zone to be in. If you go above 70 % you will instead gradually burn more and more carbohydrates and less fat, more so the higher you go. 2-3 hours is excellent and it gladens me that finally someone here on answersYahoo goes about loosing weight the right way and not through starvation and fanatical counting and controlling of calories at every turn.

If you fail to achieve as good results as you had hoped :
1) be patient and don’t give up too soon
2) eat healthy food. Try to eat slightly less so that you go slightly on a energy-shortage every day, but only a LITTLE. Don’t starve yourself.
3) Increase the tempo you walk in to brisk pace, gradually if you feel that is best.

Thomas asks…

How much weight would you expect a teenage girl with hypothyroidism to lose over the period of a week?

I have hypothyroidism. That’s basically when your thyroid glad which is located in your neck slows your metabolism down. So it’s really hard for me to lose weight. I’m willing to work hard to get the body I want. As of now I weigh 135 pounds and I’m a young teen. Do you think by late March (2 months) I’ll be able to lose 4-5 pounds? I’m aware that weight loss takes a while and it’s even harder for people with hypothyroidism but I’m going to stick to a strict exercise routine.

If it matters by the way I’d like to be down to 120 or by May/June.

I’ve checked my BMI on many calculators and they all say I’m normal. But I want to get rid of the flab 🙂

No negative comments please. I just want to know if I can lose weight with my hypothyroidism. By the way, I take Synthyroid for that.

Thank you so much 🙂
Please ignore the ‘Over a period of one week’ part. It’s nearly midnight so I’m pretty tired. Read the description though!! 🙂

weight loss cardiff answers:

You could definitely lose 4-5lbs by that time, but it will be slow if you don’t really need to lose weight. Your body will be slow to give it up because you’re not fat, but it could happen. I also take Synthroid and I lose 1-2lbs per week. Being on medication makes your thyroid act normal again, so that’s not really a problem anymore. Good luck!

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Sandy asks…

How to lose weight without excersing?

Is there any other ways i can lose weight without exercising just curious i really dont have the time to exersice at home. I can go on walks but the weather here lately hasnt been to decent its been rainy alot. All i want to try is to lose some of this baby fat?

weight loss cardiff answers:

Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories per hour. Have fun with your headache and skinny body.

Betty asks…

How many calories do I need to take in a day to lose weight?

If I want to lose 2 pounds a week, how many calories should I take in each day?
Assuming I’m not exercising… and I’m 5’2, weigh 120 lbs, and am 13 years old. How many calories should I take in each day to lose weight without exercise?

weight loss cardiff answers:

Hey!

First, you need to calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate. Basal metabolic Rate (or BMR); the number of calories you’d burn if you stayed in bed all day. BMR is different for everyone based on you hieght, weight, age, and sex. Males usually have a higher BMR the females because
they have greater percentage of muscle tissue.

You’re BMR if you’re 5’2, weigh 120 lbs, 13 years old and female is 1412.
You’re BMR if you’re 5’2, weigh 120 lbs, 13 years old and male is 1525.

In order to maintain your weight, you would need to eat 9884 calories per week if female, and 10675 calories per week if male.

A pound is 3500 calories, so to burn 2 pounds a week you need to create a deficit of 7000 calories.

So you eat 2884 calories per week if female, and 3675 calories per week if male.

That’s an average of 412 calories per day if female, or 525 calories a day if male in order to lose 2 pounds a week without exercise.

Hope this helped.

Robert asks…

How can i loose weight without exercising?

I have serious back problems, probably from being overweight. Stretches alone hurt my back and sometimes even sitting in an uncomfortable chair hurts my back. Therefore, I want to know if there is a way i can lose weight without having to exercise, at least for now.

weight loss cardiff answers:

Well yes you can. Go for a walk for about 30 minutes a day to start off with and get yourself on a good diet. Http://www.firstinforeview.com/diets there are some great weight loss programs on this site just pick one that you will be able to follow and stick to.
Good Luck

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