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.
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?
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.
Hey, I’m a 21 year old guy that lives in college, where the food is really unhealthy (they don’t call it the Freshman 15 for nothin). I have been strugling with my since I was 15, I use to be such a cute kid and now I can barely look at myself in the mirror. I really went downhill when I eneterd college at 19. I need some advise, is there any way I can eat healthier in college and a way for me to get thin and toned by June.
hi my name is rachyl and im 12 almost 13 nd i weigh 123 pounds and im 4″11 and since im soo short i look super fat and i hate the way i look and all of my friends are sticks and im so jelous. I tried a diet a while ago nd i hated it i ran around the block once a day and in two weeks i was 112 and christmas came and i totally lost controll nd now im back to my normal self i wanna look good in the summer but somehow i thhink its completlly unreasonable. I kinda feel stupid letting my heart out to complet strangers idk what to do
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good for you and i would love to no how it works out for you.. and good luck 🙂
I Have always struggled with my I am 21 Years old I am 5’1″ and weigh 154 lbs… 3 years ago i was only 116 lbs I was thin and alot happier with my looks. Now I feel over and ugly. I have a wedding to go to at the end of june and am trying to loose by then I know i wont loose all the but I hope to atleast reach 15 or even 20 lbs. I really hope this diet works Im gonna try and keep up a good exercise routine and a healthier diet. I might even try that carb diet, though ive never tried it ive seen it work for others and as hard as it will be im gonna give it a try.
def try the way i lost . nd just jog around at least 3x a week it doesnt hav to be fast or do simple things like crunches lunges and push ups
im 13 years old and i was 130 lbs. but now ive kinda lost myself and gained 10 pounds. but its on and off, i really wanna lose the , and even more to get down to what i was last year (119). i found myself looking great before, and feeling healthier. it’s kinda embarrising for me to be the i am because i have friends that are super skinny, and i mean to myself i look kinda okay, i just wanna be able to look good in that bikini i did before hha. any ideas?
also peanut butter was also my fav thing to eat and just hav 2 tbl spoons a day and its fine
okay so im 16 and 5’4 this passed summer i did the best thing for me. i went on a carb diet. its not like what every1 says about it u can totally b healty with it. i started at 173 and got down to 153. i am thrilled but its march and i wann look good for summer. i still need to lose 20 more lbs cause i JUST got back on the diet in feb cause i cheated from sept till then. my prob is i havent lost any yet. ive stopped eating after 7pm i eat amazing food and i never starve, my parents say im in a warp nd should get out of it soon i hope but with some more excercise should come right off but for those out there who really wanna drop lbs fast this is pretty much what i did.. i ate eggs for breakfast most of the time with melted cheese any type, sometimes with bacon or sausage then i would eat either celery, cucumbers, hard boiled eggs or low fat cheese sticks in between meals. lunch i would make tuna salad with celery and mayo or chicken salad with the same ingredients, egg salad. this salad i made with onions tuna mayo celery and hardboild egg amazing and filling but sounds gross. lunch meat with cheese and mayo in a bowl mixed up. dinner i would hav buffalo chicken, cheese burgers, hot dogs (with out bun) chicken parm eggplant parm (no pasta). there was soooo much food and it worked i drank tea with splenda or equal whaen i wanted sweet things and sugar free jello with whipped cream. If this worked for me it can work for you. i was so over i was in a depression and this really worked its great especially cause i never portion controlled which was big for me. if u hav any questions please ask cause i would love to help ppl the way this diet ha helped me 🙂
Hey, lance..btw I can’t find you on fb!:( I really wanted too see your picture and what not..but just thought I should let you know..where are you from? Cauz maybe we could hang one day:)
worth reading: hey what’s up guys/girls? My name is Lance I’m 15 I’m 5-7 and I weigh about 180 pounds. I know ridiculous right? I played football so i got up to 160 pounds and I was cut, then I moved away so I stopped working out, and gained 20 pounds. I used to talk to any girl and knew I looked good. But, now I’m scared to go back and see my friends. But guys I saw this yesterday got a membership at the gym. Worked out for an hour, ran 2 miles, and swam 20 laps. Im not in bad shape but i hate my flabby stomach. But, just by doin this for one day I already feel like I’ll have this gone in no time. Oh and girls, look… Don’t you for a second get insecure about yourselves. Ok? Because no matter what looks will fade eventually and you have to realize you have INNER BEAUTY. I dont care if you weigh 3435234 pounds your still beautiful. All you have to do now is believe in yourself and do this program and your gonna be set. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!! and girls if you wanna… hit me up on myspace or facebook (=
Take diet pills to suppress your hunger. Sounds drastic but do u wanna look hot by may or not. Seriously work out u have to. Go to ur local gnc n they will set u up with sum pills. Try to go running every day if u don’t hve a gym membership. And don’t eat absolutely anything or drink anything with calories past 7. If u do that and only eat 1500 calories a day u could lose at least 30 lbs by may
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OK sum of u r NOT FRIGGIN FAT so shut the H*** UP! pu-lease. I am 14 5’4 and 180 lb. My doctor yells at me when i have to go see him cause im “obease” i dont really like that word but thats wat he says … anyway my church is thaking the youth to a resort and waterpark may 7-8, and my crush goes to my church… and i REALLY need to lose some cause i dont want him to see my fat butt and the cellulite on my thighs (inner and Outer) i even have Strech MARKS! im so exited for the trip but nervous b-cause of HIM SEEING ME! AHHH what do i doooooo? some one plez help this poor poor lovestruck grl
i cant believe how young you girls are.. and u r talking about hating ur body . u should work out to be healthy but u should not care of about body image so much . please try to understand that . look aren’t everything ..study hard and have a healthy social life .. u will achieve a lot more..
Some things you should think about. When you workout to lose your stomach, hips, or thighs You have to realize working out that area won’t take the day from that area. Everyone burns day from different parts on there body. By just working out that specific area you just build and strengthen that muscle. The best thing to do to get that shape you want and burn off the day you want is a balanced total body workout. It’ll tone your whole body while burning fat from your body. And the skin will stretch back tight, if it doesn’t, it’s because there is still a thin layer of fat between the skin and muscle. So, keep working. Another thing, you have to mix up your workout. Walking on a treadmill everyday for months will eventually decrease in benefit, you’ll plateau. Add some hand s, join a cardio boxing class, anything to keep your body guessing what’s next. Variety is the spice of life and losing 🙂 good luck
hi girls i’m Nora and i’m 13.i weigh about 121 pounds and i hate it.i’v tried diets but it didn’t work.i hate it wen people say i’m fat. sorry forgot to tell u how tall i am,i’m 5-5.5
^^Not to mention the fact that I have chronic asthma and even when I was six years old and skinny as a twig I couldn’t run more than 1/4 a mile before I was lightheaded and panting to breathe.
Okay. Those of you who are in the 5′ to 5’5″ and weigh between 120-150 lbs… YOU ARE CURRENTLY AT A HEALTHY WEIGHT NOT FAT. So shut up, please…? Take into consideration how your comments may make some people feel. Those of us who are in that same range, but weigh more than 200 lbs. I’ve been struggling with my for years. I was never taught healthy eating habits, and when I’m hungry I often reach for what I shouldn’t. When I was 12, I weighed 150 lbs. At 15, I weighed 200. Now, at almost 20 years old, I weigh 260 lbs. Probably more than that since I don’t have a scale. I could exercise all I want, but no matter how little you eat, if you’re eating total crap, it won’t matter. I have NO control over the food that is available to me, as I live with my mom and she’s bigger than I am. I have struggled for nearly ten years with depression and being over, and it’s not easy like everyone says. Especially when you’re doing it on your own, you don’t have access to a gym or safe neighborhood to go jog or walk in, and you don’t have any fitness equipment of any kind in your home. I’m going to Yellowstone for the summer to work, and I hope to lose there where I have some more control. But I HATE my body. I know I’m slowly killing myself, but I can’t get help here. I don’t want to be skinny. I want to be healthy… average. I want to get down below 200, and I want to be able to wear a size 14-16. When it sounds like it’s only 3 and four dress sizes, it sounds easy… but even such simple things can be nearly impossibilities.
Hi, I’m 19 years old and weigh 136 pounds. I’ve been tryin ways to lose about 15 to 20 pounds and have failed miserably. I love food so i cant follow a diet tht doesnt allow me to eat. I’m also 5’4″. I tried one way and had lost about 10 pounds by eating a bowl of oats daily and doin cardio for 1 hour daily. This took me 2 weeks but since i moved back to canada the depression has made me put the back on. So i’d be happy to go through this diet with more people. And i only have about a month before i go back to the middle east so hopefully this works. Good luck to all and me! 🙂
Hi im 14 years old in 8th grade,5’7 an way 150pounds!That is so not right an healthy for me..everyone says im skinny but they reall dont know that im actually fat..i never wear tight shirts like my friends bc i have fat rolls an everythinng!i hate it deeply.i have been trying to find good eattin but its not really working.this might help me i hope.i def wanna lose atleast 20pounds.maybe a bit more.in 6th grade i was 120 an i thought tht was bad when actually i wish i was that still bc that would be great for me.please you guys help me with goood breakfast,lunches an dinners to eat.i really need the help pleasee!i wanna look good an feel good bc right now i dont at all.please helpp!if u have any good ideas email me at lcisvix3@hotmail.com
thankks(: