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 its shelby agin i forgot to tell u my hight i am 5’5 lol
Hey my name is shelby and i am 14 and i weigh 177 ang i hate weighing this much it makes me feel so grose and i have tryed so many things to try and loose and none of it seemes to work and like when my boy friend tryes to pick me up i say no cuz im afraid i am going to hert him and yea so im goimg to keep trying so good luck to all u people!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi,
im 14 1-2
and im not fat im chunky i about 139 and that not kool..
i wana loos by this mnth n have a rocking body 4 the summer.
but how if im fat
im willing to try anytin.
i wana work so i can get a gym pas nut idk ugh
I have been doing a diet lately and occasionally hitting the gym, but I feel that I am not seeing results as quickly as I wanted to. I am 18 and I 215 lbs at 6 foot. Most would say that this isnt a bad and the truth is that it isnt. My doctor says Im healthy but i want the whole V-shape and toned look. i have a built upperbody that is made for a V-shape but my goddamn love handles screw me over. I also have slight moobs and a soft stomach. I am commiting to what the article says.
Due to college and work, I will only be able to workout 3 days a week and 1 day on the weekend. My workouts will consist of running on the treadmill for 400 calories each of the four days. This usually takes me about 35 minutes
After my cardiovascular workout, I will do bench press for 3 sets of 8 reps. and military pess for 3 sets of 6 reps. Next are 3 sets of 30 crunches(elbow to knee. Finally lat pulls which may vary. Most importantly is my continued diet which consists of 15 calories Juices by Minute maid as my substitute for Soda, my break away from sodium products, and a chicken salad or sandwich(w/wheat bread) to substitute for the heavy meals such as Cheese burgers, pizzas, hotdogs etc. Constants small meals I have two times a day is cellerey, Banannas, and Apples. I am sticking to this schedule as of today, March 23 2010. After a month, i will tell of my results and post a picture of before and after. It will be hard but I am doing this for myself.
Wish me luck
Drake Burdick
For all ppl wanting to lose try to keep your calories between 1000 and 1500 a day. Just a tid bit. My big change I’m workin with here is no late night snacks. Eating right before bed can set ya up for real disaster! I’m lookin for ppl who check in here regularly on progress. It’s easier to Diet when u have ppl going through it with u. I’m here to get and give advice. 🙂
Hi im 14 years old, i’m 5’5” and i weigh 168. i’ve been over most of my life and i hate the feeling of it. My dad is over and he got diabetes from it, and i really dont feel like giving myself 5 shots of insulin everyday when im 50. My goal is to lose about 25 pounds at the least before i go to highschool next year. Honestly, trying to lose is really hard. Its like one day im eating good and exercising, and the next i think its okay to just have a little junk food, but that turns into more. My cousins 24 and he’s an athlete in amazing shape, and he loves to tell me i should lose . He doesnt know what its like to be fat and to actually try. All of you guys and girls out there, if you read this, please know that your not alone, that there are plenty of us struggling with the trouble of being over. Lets lose it together, okay? 🙂
im 21 im 5’6 n i 165 all threw high school i was 145 to 150 i played sports so i was always active n i never worried about wat i eat n i never had to worry about exerciseing eather n ever since i got out of high school i gained 20lbs n it makes me really upset to see myself this way. I REALLY NEED THIS FOR MYSELF IM GOING TO DO IT!!!!!!
gosh after reading some these I feel so short, lol I’m 5’2 and weigh 172! ugh I know right! I only want to lose about 20-30 pounds so this should be good. I’m really gonna do it so wish me luck! 🙂
^ ooh and i’m 19 and work full-time so it will be hard to fit all of this into my schedule.
I’m 5’8 and 140 pounds. I’m not crazy heavy by any means but i do have a pooch and need to lose 15-20 pounds by middle of may because i work on a gas dock where i have to wear a bikini everyday, all day! so hopefully all of this will help
Hi Im 12 years old im 66 and i weigh 142 pounds and im tired of being bigger , i doesnt look like i weigh that much but i REALLY REALYY want to be in a bikini by summer time ,,, its marchh ;(
im 16, 5’6′ and 230 pounds. stop complaining!
I’m 19, 5’2″ and weigh 195. My goal is to loose 50-60 pounds before august when we go on a cruise. So far ive lost 15 pounds in 2 weeks just by taking my diet pills, eating right, and running 2 miles every day, one in the mornin and one at night.
Yeah definitely. I’m starting today. U can email me at ericaxo87@yahoo.com. I don’t use it anymore cuz it’s all spam but once I get a hold of u on there we can exchange screen names or sumthin. Let me know when u do email me tho cuz I never check it otherwise. Well ttyl
Hey Ella, Im also 5’3 and Im about 145 so maybe we can team up together? To maybe motivate each other and lose 20 pounds?
So has anyone used one of those ab belts before? I’m gonna buy one and I have 90 days to return if don’t like so I figured couldn’t hurt to try. Seems to good to be true for us lazy enthusiasts though. But yah I’m starting my “diet” tomorrow and I’ll post back how much I lost in a month…if I even lose anything. Haha
Yes you are over . You may not necessarily be fat because everyone fills out diff but it wouldn’t hurt you to lose 20 lbs
im 5’8-180
am i over ?
cause all my friends think im skinny
why are all you 11-15 year olds so heavy, your a kid. theres no reason for you to need to worry about being fat at those ages, omg get off the couch when your not in school and take gym and lifting classes at school or do track. you have actual time scheduled in you day to work out. when you get older you have to make time, out of your own personal time. cant wait to see how fat you kids get in a few years if you keep the same habits.
I’m 5’3 and weigh 145 so I’m tryin to Lose 20 lbs by my 23rd bday on may 9. Anyone wanna team up with me for loss support and a good plan?