How to loose weight in 30 days?

If you try to loose weight within 30 days you will mostly loose water in the body and propably gain more than you lost the 30 days afterwards.
Loosing weight is a long term project. Count on loosing 2 pounds a week, changing your food habits, move around more, do yoga or something else which is relaxing.
Eat slowly, enjoy the meal, count on about 20 minutes for a meal. It takes the stomach 20 minutes to send a message to the brain - I have had enough. If you eat faster you will eat more. Always stop just before you think you have had enough.
Forget about pills you don´t know what they will do to your body.

What I have done is just drink large amounts of water
every day and eat one day a week; I was good for ten pounds a week.
I kept that up for about a month,
but I aborted if I got hungry.

I found it to be very psychological.

I would think that is not real healthy David!

Slow and steady wins the race. Cut back on your calorie intake and increase your activity - you will lose weight and keep it off...

here is an online calorie counter that is great! Helps you keep track of your calories, fat etc...

http://www.nutrawatch.com/

Best of Luck!

You need to get off the internet and go for a long fast walk. The only way to lose weight is eat less and burn more calories. Remove all white carbohydrates and processed food from your diet and focus on vegetables, high fiber carbs and lean protein. Trust me - nothing else works. Nothing.

The water suggestion is the only good advice in David's post.

Lots of water to flush your system. Walk, run, jog, dance, clean house...anything to get moving every day.


Eat several small meals a day (to alleviate hunger); veggies, some fruits, low fat meats. Cut the pop, alcohol, junk food, fast food.

I can't even agree with the water advice. It's a terrible strain on the kidney's. The rest of it will put your body into starvation mode which shuts down your metabolism. You will drop a good amount of weight quickly and then gain back twice as much the minute you stop the fast. This method is especially damaging to a young metabolisms that usually function fine and can accommodate healthy weight lose with lifestyle changes. You can easily find studies about starvation diets on the web and how damaging they are.

Really?

I was always told to up the water intake to 6-8 glasses a day (that's 48-64 oz a day), which most people do not do. It helps to release the water weight.

Maybe I should have clarified that I didn't mean a ton of water, but rather more than most people drink in a day.

Nope, the 6-8 glasses a day is a myth. It started with a study that didn't clarify that we also get moisture from what we eat. So if you eat an orange you are getting fluid. Even meat has fluid. Lettuce - lot's of fluid. The original study showed that most people should take in about 48-64 oz of fluid per day - that somehow got translated in 6-8 glasses of water. I'm not even sure if the originial study had good science in it, but the fluid thing took off and became a part of diet mythology.

So how much water/fluid should we be drinking?

Just smoke crack

I don't think there is a hardcore rule. It depends on your size and how much you sweat. I have an active, outdoor job in the summer- so I drink more than the person who sits in an air conditioned office. I mostly see the advice to drink when you are thirsty. I think that's how we evolved and that's a good way to judge if you need water. Most people in the US & Europe get plenty of daily liquid from coffee and tea. Soda counts, but it certainly does more harm than good.

I thought caffeinated products actually leached water from your system? Caffeine and alcohol...for every 8oz of those drinks you should have 8 oz of water...that may be a rumor as well.

Nope, another myth. Although caffein can influence things like persription drug, iron and calcium absorption.

Here's a way prove it's myth: Imagine you are in the desert dying of thirst. Someone offers you a big glass of iced black tea - will you live longer by drinking it or refusing it?

a pound of fat gets consumed for every 3,500 calories of exercise done. riding a bike for an hour at about 11 miles an hour consume 600 calories.

get a stationary bike. set it at a moderate tension and pedal it two hours a day at approximately 11 miles/hour and you will likely lose 1.5-2 pounds per week; maybe more if you reduce your caloric intake to nine times your weight in pounds, e.g if you are 200 pounds, eat 1,800 calories per day of food (this is for a full grown man, a woman at 150 pounds still needs to consume at least 1,500 calories but weight loss can be acheived by shifting caloric intake of fats to protein and maintain the same caloric intake of 1,500). naturely the food needs to be nutrious and balanced between proteins and carbs.

after being sedentary for several months due to bypass surgery and removal of a bone spur on my foot and gaining 25 pounds the method listed above allowed me to loss the extra 25 pounds with in 2 months... but you must stick with the excercise. dieting is not going to work if you want to be healthy over all.

I have been losing weight for a while. In the first month, I lost about 11 1/2 lbs. That is actually pretty quick. It has since slowed down for me. Go any faster, though, and you're rocketing yourself right into starvation mode.

You should drink water (although I agree with Green Witch that the hard & fast #s are silly) for a number of reasons:
* it has no calories, so substitute it instead of soda and you'll save calories
* feelings of hunger are often feelings of thirst. Drink first, then see if you're still hungry. You may find you're satisfied.
* dieting should mean better foods, often with more fiber. So drink water in order to head off constipation at the pass.
* losing weight should also mean exercising. You need to replenish lost fluids and water is the best way of doing that.

Don't starve yourself. Your body needs fuel and, for one thing, you won't get good exercise efficiency if you don't eat (e. g. you won't be able to work out as hard and thereby burn calories and build muscle). I personally eat 1800 calories/day, but I am also still over 200 lbs. Once I lose another 60 or so, I'll probably have to reduce that to 1600/day in order to be able to continue losing (in addition to stepping up exercise; more on that later). Maintenance will probably be around 2000/day. Track your food (weight watchers, Spark people and live strong all have good trackers) and you'll see what you're putting into your mouth. Most people can do all right on about 2000 calories/day, possibly as many as 2400 if you're large (either heavy or tall) and active. Your mileage, I guarantee it, will vary.

Exercise. Building muscle will help to rev up your metabolism, so if you intake more calories, you'll lose weight or at least maintain. It'll also make you feel better and keep you away from food. Cardio is good for calorie burning and is also necessary. Start small, as in 10 minutes/day, 5 if 10 is too hard, and work your way up.

Get enough sleep. Your body's got to recharge. This will help it to build muscle and will make it easier for you to get in cardio. It's also good for mood.

Don't look for quick fixes; change your life. It didn't all pack on in one month, and it won't all come off that quickly, either. Instead, think about why you gained weight. Too much eating out? Emotional eating? Poor nutritional choices? Mindless eating? Not enough activity? Low grade depression? Working on the foundations of problems will help to assure that the solutions work for you in the long-term, and not just so that you can fit into some dress. You want to improve and extend your life, right? Then think long-term, not short.

You can do it. We can help.

I have seen articles regarding the myth of drinking too and can only agree with you.
Can You Really Drink Too Much Water?

In a word, yes. Drinking too much water can lead to a condition known as water intoxication and to a related problem resulting from the dilution of sodium in the body, hyponatremia. Water intoxication is most commonly seen in infants under six months of age and sometimes in athletes. A baby can get water intoxication as a result of drinking several bottles of water a day or from drinking infant formula that has been diluted too much. Athletes can also suffer from water intoxication. Athletes sweat heavily, losing both water and electrolytes. Water intoxication and hyponatremia result when a dehydrated person drinks too much water without the accompanying electrolytes.

What Happens During Water Intoxication?

When too much water enters the body's cells, the tissues swell with the excess fluid. Your cells maintain a specific concentration gradient, so excess water outside the cells (the serum) draws sodium from within the cells out into the serum in an attempt to re-establish the necessary concentration. As more water accumulates, the serum sodium concentration drops -- a condition known as hyponatremia. The other way cells try to regain the electrolyte balance is for water outside the cells to rush into the cells via osmosis. The movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from higher to lower concentration is called osmosis. Although electrolytes are more concentrated inside the cells than outside, the water outside the cells is 'more concentrated' or 'less dilute' since it contains fewer electrolytes. Both electrolytes and water move across the cell membrane in an effort to balance concentration. Theoretically, cells could swell to the point of bursting.

From the cell's point of view, water intoxication produces the same effects as would result from drowning in fresh water. Electrolyte imbalance and tissue swelling can cause an irregular heartbeat, allow fluid to enter the lungs, and may cause fluttering eyelids. Swelling puts pressure on the brain and nerves, which can cause behaviors resembling alcohol intoxication. Swelling of brain tissues can cause seizures, coma and ultimately death unless water intake is restricted and a hypertonic saline (salt) solution is administered. If treatment is given before tissue swelling causes too much cellular damage, then a complete recovery can be expected within a few days.

It's Not How Much You Drink, It's How Fast You Drink It!

The bottom line is this: it's possible to drink too much water, but unless you are running a marathon or an infant, water intoxication is a very uncommon condition.

i say , WORK OUT!!!
as in wok your muscles until they are tired or you cant move em anymore. once your sore (which is good) goto bed. this is what i do at night time because you dont normally burn much calories when ur sleeping but wen ur muscles are damaged then ur body is constantly repairing them. the next evening work out a ifferent set of muscles TRUST ME . you may nmot lose much weight but you will look ALOT skinnier!!

She's right.

Move as much as you can.
Leave your telephone away from you, so you have to walk a few steps to answer.
Stand up while talking.
don´t use the remote control - Get up to change programs
Park as far as possible away from the entrance when you go to the supermarket
Get off and on the bus at least one stop from the nearest to your work.

Regarding work outs. Stop before your muscles hurt.
Always start with warming up
As soon as your muscles hurt - relax and strecht
Afterwards, strecht and relax
If your muscles hurt and hurt the next day you have done something wrong