Loosing weight 4miles and 2000 calories a day

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Guys I need some advice please ?

I have 7 weeks to loose 1.5 stone is this possible .

I am 16.5 ( down from 20.5 last year ) and want to get down to 15 stone by the end of March .

Works and family life are pretty hectic but I can take a brisk walk of 2 miles twice a day so 4 miles in total , if I keep to 2000 calories a day intake should I loose the weight or should I be doing more ?

I'm 42 with no health condition so to talk of other than being overweight.

Ta
 
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i dont think you'll do it just walking and eating 2000 calories..

you'll get used to the walking after a week and it'll feel like nothing, your heart rate will probably start to come down as you get used to it.

depends what you eat too, if its a healthy 2000 calories then you'll lose 1 pound every week eating only 2000 unless you're 5 foot tall ?

means you need to lose another 2 pounds a week to be on target or 7000 calories..

could be wrong though, 4 miles a day might be enough
 
I don't think you will hit the target with those numbers but I wouldn't look to at loosing a certain weight by a specific date. I also wouldn't drop below the 2000 calories but instead try to add more activity.
 
I've lost 17lb in 4 weeks by reducing my Calorie intake to 1820/day and walking everywhere I can (except work as 75 miles would take me all day!! :D )

I'm wanting to get down to 17st from 22(ish) and I'm on track to do so!! :) though I don't have a time frame!!
 
There are 3500 calories per pound of fat. To shed 21 pounds you'll need to eat 73,500 less calories than you burn over 7 weeks.

That is 10,000 ish calories you need to drop per week / 1450 a day, through restricting your calorie intake and exercising. A balance between the two is what you need.
 
Most people don't need 2500 calories a day because they are not active enough. That recommended amount is based on a healthy active male, eating the recommended amount of protein, fats and carbs etc.

This is not the typical person.

I would say you would need to go down to about 1500-1700 calories with exercise. Don't just go walking, go swimming, go for a run etc.

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weighing 231 lbs and walking 4miles at roughly 3 miles a hour will burn off about 490 calories, you need to burn off 725 calories and cut out 725 calories from your diet.

You will need to walk 6 miles to burn off 725 calories. I would recommend mixing walking with swimming.
 
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As others have said, walking probably won't be quite enough. You'll certainly lose weight by restricting calories and exercising but might not reach your target. Just try and lose as much as you can by the end of March but don't be disappointed if you don't reach your target.

Remember losing weight should be as a result of a sustainable lifestyle change. Not only do you want to lose weight, but you want to keep it off. Generally adjusting your lifestyle so that you can maintain a realistic diet/exercise regime is the best way to do this. Eating a cabbage soup diet for a month is unlikely to work; sure you'll probably drop weight, but at the end of the month you'll be so fed up of the diet that you'll be straight back down to the chip shop to celebrate!
 
Walking alone may not be enough however, it depends on the intensity. Are there hills or steps nearby that you can climb to get the heart rate a bit higher?

What's your diet like? How accurately do you track your food intake?
 
You could try the NHS Couch to 5K plan/podcast. It lasts nine weeks but if you've got seven then you'll do the vast majority of it.
 
jesus2nd said:
Paleo and Crossfit, have a quick read into both of those and the weight will drop off.
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ince said:
Eat half your plate at each meal
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Serious thread is serious. :cool:

OP: It is theoretically possible, but it will involve sacrifices that are not tenable in the long run and will not lead to long-term loss. And you'll be miserable pretty much teh whole time.

Is there a particularly reason you need to lose 1.5 stone in that time?

FreeFaller's advice is probably the most sensible here - the only way you can make this work in the long term is by increasing your activity levels, so really amping that heart rate.

Hill walks are good, as is resistancec training (gym monkey here). To get even more in without going to the gym, and depending on your athletic ability, bodyweight circuits are a good place to start, provided you do them consistently and get your heart rate and sweat up.

We'll support you the whole way, but you will have to try HARD.
 
My advice is that it's the eating that will make a big difference:

If you're exercising and eating a load of junk then it will be a long time.

If you're exercising and eating a lean healthy diet and not too much then the weight drops off.


I've followed one you can find on here .. http://www.jaimehibbert.co.uk/services/nutrition-diet/

I followed it for 14 days, (it was hard work, mentally more than physically). Still I lost 3/4 stone in 14 days.

Need exercise, and leaner diet.
 
What you need it to completely change your lifestyle for a sustained healthier lifestyle in the long term. All this short termism is not going to be effective in the long run - just be aware of that.

Please tell us your diet, or at least start keeping a food diary, including everything from a mentos, to a drop of milk in your tea, to how much butter you put on your bread.

I'm not going to prescribe you HIIT as it's too technical and difficult, and 99% of people in the gym who claim to do it, don't.

However, as I said, a good level of activity where you're allowing you heart rate to fluctuate rather than a sustained level is the most efficient way of burning calories.

Exercise alone, however, is not the answer.
 
Freefaller said:
What you need it to completely change your lifestyle for a sustained healthier lifestyle in the long term. All this short termism is not going to be effective in the long run - just be aware of that.

Please tell us your diet, or at least start keeping a food diary, including everything from a mentos, to a drop of milk in your tea, to how much butter you put on your bread.

I'm not going to prescribe you HIIT as it's too technical and difficult, and 99% of people in the gym who claim to do it, don't.

However, as I said, a good level of activity where you're allowing you heart rate to fluctuate rather than a sustained level is the most efficient way of burning calories.

Exercise alone, however, is not the answer.
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well this seems like great advice and I am no expert but just the title says to me that you are approaching things incorrectly. Change your eating habits for good to level everything out and lose weight gradually, for ever.
Why do you have to walk? try jogging instead. one of the best things to do in my opinion is join a circuit training class as they are designed to keep you on your toes and get the most out of your exercise session.
You cannot lose the weight by just excercising though, good diet is the key. They say that it takes around 20 minutes of running on a tread mill to burn of a 2 finger kitkat.
 
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