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Can i lose 40 pounds in 6 months?

I am 5'8 and i weight 219 lbs. I dont look it but most of my weight goes to my chest, my thighs and derrier and arms. I used to be 180 but i gained 40 pounds in exactly 11 months. So i have started to make genuine efforts going to the gym and changing my eating habits. It shows a little physically. Ive gone down a bra and 2 pants sizes. But, It doesnt show on the scale and i think i should be losing more weight than i am.

Now im getting married in May, 2009 . Is it possible for me to lose the 40 pounds in 6 months before my wedding?


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Love is the battery of life....

Hi LaMorena, ----------- Congrates for your wedding (in May). Yes you can. Don't do anything drastic.... go on a constant rate (some 6.7 pounds per month or about 1.7 pounds per week.....). Eat less, only healthy balanced food, nothing inbetween, nothing un-necessary, no junk food, no sweets, no fat food, minimize bread consumption, spend more time at the gym and worker harder !. If you follow those rules you'll do it.... It's my pomise. All the time imagine how pretty you'll be at your wedding, that will give you all the powers you need for that process..... Once you get used to it, it won't be hard !. ----------- Best regards,


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Hi LaMorena,

I agree with Oron. If you need assistance, check out this site.. I swear by sparkpeople.com. It gives you a place to log your weight, food, exercise, etc. Best of all it's Free!! Good luck and best wishes on your wedding!!


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Dear La Morena

     Yes  and yes again you can........I know it because I did it...As said previously..Learn to eat HEALTHY most of all search the web for HEALTHY eating, and join a gym or if you can't for some reason..Like i couldn't I was in the middle of a divorce and couldn't afford the gym so instead I walked outside. I started off with 20 minutes to and turned arouned and walked home for a total of 40 min. I didn't start out power walking but by the end of the first month, I was power walking 6 miles 5 days a week RAIN OR SHINE , my goal was 40lbs. and in 7 months on  low fat eating and 30 miles a week,120 miles a month it adds up fast I lost a total of 57 lbs. I looked and felt like dynamite and still do that was 12 years ago.  I had made up my mind that I was going to get HEALTHY and get rid of the weight that was holding me back from life itself.  La Morena if you want to email me about what I eat I would be happy to help is you want.  God bless you and I'll be praying for you to reach your goal.  Embarassed Bette 


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yes definitely, you can lose 40 pounds before your wedding. you just have to watch what u eat, and exercise enough. Try to calculate how many calories your body burns at rest, and how much it gains from the food you eat. open a food journal. record everything you take in, and how many calories it amounts to, and every exercise you do. try to keep in mind at the end of the day, that you should try and exercise to burn off , and that if you burn off more than you take in, yourbody would have to get energy from its fat stores, thus burning fat. http://trimandtrendy.blogetery.com


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Best weight loss exercises There are many exercises for weight loss that are available today. This is especially common when losing weight has become such a serious and a common issue among people in the world where the world has grown health conscious. People are trying to attain perfect bodies and the ideal weight and capitalizing on this are many companies that are offering miracle methods. Some are offering tablets that help you reduce in weeks and some are offering gadgets that will reduce all your body fat in even days. But these methods are mostly unproven and sometimes even dangerous. It is also very dangerous to lose weight suddenly from your body as it can make you fall ill. The tablets should be most avoided as they contain many side effects and also some tablets become addictive. These are only some of the few reasons why the much advertised miracle health plans should be avoided. 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This is because your body is not able to utilize all the fat in your body and convert them into energy. As a result you have to always carry the extra fat around which weigh you down. This causes loss of energy from your body. A person with a lean and a muscular body is also much more attractive. When you have a solid and healthy body confidence in you daily life will come from within you. You can perform your tasks easily and with your full efficiency. Health is the biggest treasure of mankind. Without health a man is nothing. The best exercises for weight loss are the ones that are practiced regularly. It is not necessary that a person in order to lose weight should join rigorous training. The first thing to do when planning out an exercise routine is to consider the factors of your body and age. Same exercise regimes will not suite everyone. You should first off decide how much weight you need to lose. Then you can form your own exercise regime considering the facts such as your age and the time you can spend and your stamina every day. It is best if you hire a professional trainer and do this together with his consultation. However it is not required that you must hire a professional. If you can estimate your body’s wants and needs then you can plan this out for yourself. Also you can take online help in finding the regime that is best suited for you. The most important things here are to make the regime that fits for you and then stick to it. There is no point in exercising for a day or so and then discontinuing. Repetition is the key to losing weight and gaining a healthy body. You should be careful not to over work yourself. The biggest danger while working out is that you tend to over work yourself. This leads to excessive use of your muscles that may lead to injuries. This means that you can permanently damage some muscles in your attempt to make them stronger. Once those muscles are damage or torn it may take several days for them to heal back. Sometimes the damage can be permanent also. Therefore it is very dangerous to embark on heavy workout without proper guidance or training. Do not work out more than the strain that your body can take. You cannot become Mr. Perfect in three days. Only with continuous efforts and regular workouts can you achieve the perfect bodies. Start slow and see how much work your body can withstand. Once you known your limits you can set up your workout regime within these limits. This will help you to work out most safely and efficiently. Also make progress in you training. Try going beyond your limits in very little amounts every day. This will help you to raise the bar in you levels of stamina and endurance. The main exercise that you should be concentrating on is cardiovascular diseases. These can be simple exercise like walking to more rigorous work outs. But walking is most recommended especially to beginners. This also serves as a good warm up exercise to all your body parts. To progress from walking you can take up running. You should make it a point that you work out for minimum of 30 minutes every day and try working out for 45 minutes. As you get more and more accustomed to the exercise that you perform, you can raise the bar of your limits progressively on them. Jogging is also recommended. The number of calories that you can burn during one session of training is the speed at which you can run of jog. It is also true that jogging uphill will cause you to lose more calories. Although one should be careful as jogging as a high impact on the joints of your body. It is safer to jog on customized treadmills than to jog on plain roads. Another important aspect while on a training regime is to stay on a healthy diet. To stay on a diet will give you the extra energy that you need to help you gain a beautiful and a perfect body. 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