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.
i am 5’10 311LBS i am going to go on this diet for about a year, ill let you know how it goes
Awwwwww lance made me straight for five minutes xD that was soooo sweeeet!!! awww lol though i am 18 and not over i thought i could help my friend out she is wanting to lose so this sounds good!
gooood luck to all =] and he is right
you are all beautiful no matter what. i never looked at a womans body for anything (yeah i am gay but who cares?) i just loved her for who SHE was. if she was not doing anything about her thats a prob. because you should always be healthy. if you want to stick around this world long enough to see if 2012 is re3al ;p
hello everyone, my name is ashley. i am 14 years old (in grade 8), around 5’4 and 123 pounds. This is a normal , not over or under i know. but by the summer i want to get down to 105 or around there. I might be unrealistic but i belive i can doit. i have been eating very healthy and drinking lots of water. I lost about three pounds from flushing out my body but i gained it back, i need a workout plan to lose it so can somebody please help! that is like 20 pounds in a month and a half. any other advice is usfull and please help with the workout plan!!
thanks,
ashley
Angeli,
Get yourself and exercise ball, their are so many exercises that you can do to keep you in shape. They are inexpensive, you can get them at Walmart for around 10 bucks.
http://www.wanttobehealthy.info/2010/02/exercise-ball-workouts.html
Becca,
A good way to motivate yourself to loose the is to buy that new wardrobe BEFORE you loose the . This will give you a goal and something to look forward to. Just buy the clothes in a size that you want to be. Try it! It does work.
Shantia,
Cut back on all of the carbs and try to eat every couple of hours to increase your metabolism. Don’t forget that you need to get up and start moving to help increase your metabolism even more.
This is very attainable in 2 months!
hey im 16 5’4″ and well over 200 pounds ive really been trying to get strted on loseing but its really hard because i cant ever find anyone to work out with me. i just want to look cute in a swmsuit so if you haveany suggestions HELP!
Im 21 and I’m 5’4 and I weigh 180 pounds my goal is 160 I would like to lose 20 pounds or more in the next 2 months.
Hi guys…I’m 17, i’m 5’2 and weigh 150 pounds. I was on antidepressants that caused me to gain immensely…last year at this time I was 117 and perfectly happy. I stopped taking the medicine so i could lose but I have prom in one month and I want to lose 30 pounds but everyone tells me this is unreasonable and crazy… but it means everythign to me because im really insecure and it drives me crazy to know I once looked so good and now i feel awful 🙁 please help me.. can it be done? I want to be at least 125.. 🙁
hey peeps i’m only 10 and im already 114 pounds and i feel like crap bcause peeps keep making fun of me.Do you guys have any tips or anything because i barely ever wanna get out of the house anymore!
hey yall i am 13 years old 5’3 and i weigh 147 and i feel like crap.
im a volleyball player and im pretty good at it but i quit exercising so i gained alot because i was just 120 and i looked good but now i just dont know but i need advice and i need to stick to it so please help me thank you 🙂
Hi im a 15 year old girl im 4’10” and i 105 pounds but since im really short i dont look super skinny and i wana be toned and finish geting my v cut but i dont know how to any tips??
i was wondering are there any tips that could help me get to my goal??? plzzzzzzz help Patrick
Well I’m 14 years old, 5’6″
I weigh about 148.5lbs,
I want to loose 20 lbs ASAP. I want to buy a full new wardrobe.
I need to loose about 20-30 lbs before June, because thats when school is over, and when I’m going to be mostly at the beach.
Any suggestions?
Sukhi,
Loosing the 20 pounds should be easy for you. Since you are playing football, try to do a lot of running because this will get your endurance up. Eat plenty of protein because you will need to keep your strength up. Also eat more often and in smaller amounts.
Good luck!
hi my name is Sukhi Singh and o.m.g i am 13 and i way 150 pounds and my goal is to lose 20 pound by August 1 [ football try outs]. and hopefully with these tips i can. :] and i am determined to do this. and a question is it a good idea to go to the gym?
Fiux,
The good thing that you have going for you now is finding motivation! What is more motivating that your big wedding day?
I have a post that is just for your situation!
http://www.wanttobehealthy.info/2010/02/loose–to-fit-your-wedding-dress.html
HEY Y’ALL. I’M 24 YEARS OLD & MY WEIGHT IS 188, I’M ONLY 5’2. MY WEDDING IS JUNE 26TH & I REALLY NEED TO LOOSE SOME WEIGHT. I’VE NOT BEEN MOTIVATED AT ALL BUT AFTER READING EVERYONES ENTHUSIASM TO LOOSE WEIGHT FOR THE SUMMER I WANT TO JOIN IN AS WELL. ANY ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD BE NICE 🙂 I WISH EVERYONE WELL & HOPE EVERYONE ACHIEVES THEIR GOAL. XOXO
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Hi Veronica,
You are right about being able to have curves and also be in shape. I think all woman should be proud of the curves and even the men too! lol
This new post I have proves this point!
http://www.wanttobehealthy.info/2010/04/ways-to-tone-up-your-butt.html
Hey,
I’m 20. 5’6 165pds. My measurements are 36-29-43….Yes I have a lot of hips and a lot of butt! But no rolls and no flab. I’m a magazine model and a honors college student! Ladies its okay to have a hips and butt as long as youre toned and healthy! Be proud of your curves!
SN: These are great tips!