Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away:
i had been really pissed off with myself and embarrassed with how i look that i was too embarrassed to even leave the house to exercise! (how pathetic is that?) so i have just recently decided to go on a diet and stick with it! im living overseas with my husband and daughter and we go home in 8 months and i want to lose 70 pounds by then.
is 8 months a reasonable amount of time to lose that much weight?
i work out every other morning and i target different areas on those days in rotation.
an example of what i eat everyday is
breakfast:
2 hard boiled eggs
1 orange
1 piece of toast
Lunch:
a salad with black beans, turkey(or chicken or tuna) cucumbers, carrots, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, grapes and no dressing.
Snack:
is usually some baby carrots or an apple.
Dinner
sometimes i skip dinner, but if i dont i eat fish, grilled chicken or a bowl of soup.
i work out every other morning for 45 minutes.
Does all of this sound like its a good enough plan?
im 20, 5′7 and 230 pounds. how quickly should i start seeing results?
sorry this is so long, but i appreciate the answers.
thank you!
Also, me and my friend are dieting together and we are keeping tabs on each other threw skype. haha. and we have both been thinking about taking diet pills but are going to give it a month to see if we lose weight…would diet pills even work without hurting us?
uh how is that unhealthy? its less than 10 pounds a month……
Don’t skip meals - it’s not good for you.
Your food sounds healthy though and that’s real good.
You could try smaller more frequent meals a day rather than just three, try six.
8 Months is good - I started weight loss in September 2009 and now I’ve lost 45lbs and I’ve got a few more months to go.
Aim to loose about 1-3 pounds a week, that’s healthy. Some weeks I loose none, some weeks I gain, some weeks I loose 3 but it’s fine. Your body changes according to weather, water and monthly period cycles!
It’s good your friend is helping. I wouldn’t do the pills until at least 3 months later. I don’t even think they work…
I’ve not touched them, too controversial for me.
Also with your toast have wholemeal toast instead of white 
And I was too embarrassed to exercise so I brought a treadmill and it’s AWESOME It really helps.
GOOD LUCK and all the best.
You can do it - I’m a real lazy-butt and I did it too!
