March 29, 2024

For many people knowing how to lose 20 pounds in a month would be a dream.

Put that dream right in front of you because I am saying that there are ways that you can lose 20 pounds in a month.

To get started on any loss goal is easy but you need a strategy and tactics in place to know how to lose 20 pounds in a month.

Your strategy towards any goal is the broad strokes, the big concepts that are important. Here is your loss strategy

  • Increase your resting metabolism
  • Reduce your calorie intake
  • Quickly burn calories during cardio and workouts

Now that you have a strategy to lose 20 pounds in a month so now you need the tactics that will make it a reality. You need radical changes to lose 5 pounds a week.

Your tactics are the individual things that will make your dream work out for you.

What you need is a strategy to lose 20 pounds in a month so now you need the tactics that will make it a reality. You need radical changes to lose 5 pounds a week.

How to lose 20 pounds – Eating Tactics

Plan your eating the day before – If you plan your eating the night before then you are not going to have to worry about getting into a struggle of eating these crappy foods and instead will know what you are going to eat when.

Eat 5 or 6 small meals a day – This is going to help you to raise your metabolism. When you eat often you are sending a message to your body that you are not going to starve and that you will always have enough to eat.

Have leftovers a lot to make it easier to eat good food – If you make giant helpings of meals then you will have lots of leftovers to choose from.

One of the problems that I always hear from people is that they are worried that if they have to eat really often then they will spend their whole life preparing meals. this is just not at all the case.

Eat meals that are small – One thing that drives me crazy is how we allow our bodies to waste food. It is hard to find a steak smaller than 8 ounces in a restaurant but did you know that your body has almost no way for digesting and using more than 4 ounces of that steak?

How to lose 20 pounds in a month
How to lose 20 pounds in a month

Eat lots of fiber – Fiber will increase metabolism and make you healthier by cleaning out toxins.

Drink lots of water – Who cares what the so called experts say. Water makes your metabolism faster and makes you feel great

How to lose 20 pounds – Exercise Tactics

Exercise twice a day – One 20 minutes workout in the morning and another one in the evening.

Do weights once every second day – Getting muscle will help your body burn more fat. The muscle takes a lot of calories to maintain while fat takes nearly none.

Split your cardio workouts between high and low intensity – High intensity to burn a lot of carbs off and low intensity to finish of the fat hanging around

Cardio is 20 minutes of hard cardio – Hard cardio is defined as keeping your heartrate up around 80% of your max. This will raise your metabolism for a long time 12 – 24 hours.

Walking or casual exercise can be an hour long – This is a great way to burn fat as you can exercise low impact by walking for an hour.

Weights should be basic exercises – Basic exercises are things like squats, bench presses, lunges, military presses. These exercises work a lot of muscle groups at once.

Healing between workouts is most important – Now that you are working out it is a good idea to get a lot of rest and sleep so that your body can recover. Your body only recovers when you are sleeping or at least resting.

Surgery Tactics

Obesity experts say the new techniques help fill a large gap in treatment options between lifestyle interventions—such as diet, exercise and weight-loss drugs—and bariatric surgery.

The most popular of the new approaches so far is the intragastric balloon, which has been used in Europe for years. It is inserted down the patient’s throat with an endoscope, then inflated in the stomach with saline to about the size of a grapefruit, leaving less room for food. After six months, the balloon is removed to minimize complications, with six more months weight-loss counseling.

Patients are advised for the first few days to consume only clear liquids to minimize nausea and other discomfort. Within a week, they can resume normal eating, but many say they quickly feel full.

There are no guarantees of course that you will lose 20 pounds in a month but just look at this plan of attack. Is this different than you are doing now? Are these new lifestyle changes possible for you? It is all up to you to see what radical changes that you can make in your life and what they will lead to. Good luck in your quest and at the very least you now know how to lose 20 pounds in a month.

995 thoughts on “How to lose 20 pounds in a month

  1. Natashia
    Katie
    Kennedy

    It’s best that you find a physical activity that you like to do. You will likely to loose the quicker if you do this. Only get on the scale 1 time a week to keep you from getting down on your self and quitting on your weigh loss goals.

    The main thing is to get out and STAY active!

  2. Jackie,

    Loosing 30 pounds in a month is possible, yes but it’s just not healthy at all because your body doesn’t have enough time to get adjusted to your new . If you loose this this way it’s a strong chance that you will just gain it back fast. Plus you probably would gain additional on top of that.

    This is a healthy 7 day diet that will help you change your eating habits Jackie.
    http://www.wanttobehealthy.info/2010/01/-loss-loose–diet.html

  3. I am 33yrs old, 5’3″ and 152lbs. I want to lose 17-22lbs. I have been working really hard at this since last July. I lost 22lbs, but just gained 8lbs back. I am on the Atkins and workout at least 5x/week. I really need some help!!!

  4. hi, I’m 12 and 116 pounds. I eat way too much and gained about 20 pounds in the past 2 months. I feel over but I do a lot of sports like soccer and cross country running. I want to be 95 pounds again and I need help to do that.

  5. Hi, I’m 12 years old and i’m 145 pound and 5’6 and I want to lose as much as i can before my 13th birthday which is in a month and i need tips on how to do that but i dont want it to have a huge effect on my life style. I dont look more than 15- 20 pounds over wieght and dont look bad whats so ever but its taking a huge toll on my self esteem so anyone please help!!!! Thanks.

  6. Hi, I’m Natasha and I’m 14 years old, gonna be 15 in September. I weigh 185lbs and I’m 5″3′ I want to lose 20 to 40 lbs. I’ve been eating a little less but I need some other tips to lose for this summer so I can go swimming without feel self concious about my body

  7. um patrick it me again. Um I have been off my diet and I have gained about 5 pounds I used to be like 138 now I’m 143 and I really mad at my self and my dad is like you look like you gained and you need to get back on do you have a website or anything you can give me to help me loose 20 pounds before summer ends and school starts I really want to look good!! Please help me please 🙁

  8. hi im 14 5″3″ and 179pounds im starting highscool in 2 months an my goal is to lose at least 35 to 40lbs thise program says that its a possibility that you can loss 20 lbs in 1 month so if i really get down to it in 2 months i could lose 40lbs and ill reach my goal and hopefully keep it of so i ma give it a try and just by reading thise comment im already motevative to really try so wish me luck and ill be sure to comment back in two months

  9. Kimberly,

    Keep doing what you are currently doing and stay away from foods with a lot of starches like

    *Potatoes
    *Rice
    *Pasta
    *Breads

    These kinds of foods will actually make you gain if you are not careful. So it’s best to just avoid them completely for now.

    Gabi,

    You should be eating foods that are low in fats and also low in carbohydrates. If you do this you should have no problem in loosing the you want to loose.

  10. hello I’m Gabi. I am 16 and 4’ll. i weigh 125 pounds and i wanto lose 20 pounds. i am also a pescatarian so don’t exactly know what kind of healthy meals i should be eating. If you can help me out that would be great. Thank you for your time.

  11. Hi my name is Kimberly :), I’m 15 years old and weigh 140 pound, I wanna lose but I can’t stop eating junk food or eating kinda big snacks, I only drink water no other juices or sodas, umm I’m starting to run every mornings. Do you any other method for teens to lose quick? Thanks you 🙂

  12. Felicia,

    I suffered from high blood pressure also until I lost . When I heard that from the doctor I knew I had to do something to turn my life around. That was my person motivation to loose . Cigars was also my other weakness, that I had to get past.

    Try to make exercise a part of your life, when you do this you will be able to keep the off long term. Felicia you have came to far to turn around again. Keep it up!

    Here is a sample diet plan that will help you.
    http://www.wanttobehealthy.info/2010/02/5-day-fat-burning-diet.html

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