Best way to lose a stone in a month?

[Totality]

Currently 12st1 and 5'8. Not exactly obese, but chubby

Am going to a couple of weddings in May so the aim is to trim up and lose the man belly. Don't agree with dieting alone so have started swimming a few times a week for an hour but want to compliment it with something more like cardio in the gym and weights. Don't want the skinny look, more a healthly look hence not dieting alone! Want to eat healthily which I'm doing now but the exercise part is where I need the advice.

Is it possible to healthily lose a stone or so in a month to get trimmed up for the weddings? Haven't seen a lot of the people there for years so want to dress to impress (plus my motorcycle leathers with a man belly dont look great!!)

 

[theleg]

Stop eating carbs...

 

[MonkeyNews]

I would suggest mainly cardio if you want to get trimmed, spend time on the bike, treadmill and cross-trainers, with some sessions on the rowing machine and plenty of sit-ups. This and your healthy diet should get you trim, but make sure you don't over-do the free-weights then you'll not lose the weight as quick as you'll start to bulk up.

 

[WantoN]

Stipulated healthy weightloss in one month is around 8-10lbs. That's with calorie expenditure of 1000kcal more than you ingest.

Sustaining 2lbs a week weightloss is difficult.

Ant

 

[nero120]

I would suggest mainly cardio if you want to get trimmed, spend time on the bike, treadmill and cross-trainers, with some sessions on the rowing machine and plenty of sit-ups. This and your healthy diet should get you trim, but make sure you don't over-do the free-weights then you'll not lose the weight as quick as you'll start to bulk up.

Would it be possible for people to stop purpetuating the myth that doing "a bit of weights" bulks you up?

For the last time people, doing a few arm curls will not turn you into arnie.

In fact I would suggest a mix of proper compound weights and cardio would be ideal for your circumstances, but don't expect miracles.

 

[MonkeyNews]

Would it be possible for people to stop purpetuating the myth that doing "a bit of weights" bulks you up?

For the last time people, doing a few arm curls will not turn you into arnie.

In fact I would suggest a mix of proper compound weights and cardio would be ideal for your circumstances, but don't expect miracles.

Yes but 'over-doing' weights as I said is different to 'a bit of weights' as you said, over-doing weights will bulk you up and eventually if you continue to 'over-do' weights you may well end up looking like Arnie.

 

[Buffman]

Yes but 'over-doing' weights as I said is different to 'a bit of weights' as you said, over-doing weights will bulk you up and eventually if you continue to 'over-do' weights you may well end up looking like Arnie.

Not unless you start eating more calories than you burn =/. And it definetly wont happen in a month.

 

[tom_e]

Yes but 'over-doing' weights as I said is different to 'a bit of weights' as you said, over-doing weights will bulk you up and eventually if you continue to 'over-do' weights you may well end up looking like Arnie.

Over doing weights as you put it will lead to overtraining and if anything less muscle building, I've been doing weights 3-4 times a week with a good diet for the last 3 months and I assure you I look nothing like arnie and never will. But combined with cardio its got me looking leaner and I'm smaller than when I started

 

[MonkeyNews]

Over doing weights as you put it will lead to overtraining and if anything less muscle building, I've been doing weights 3-4 times a week with a good diet for the last 3 months and I assure you I look nothing like arnie and never will. But combined with cardio its got me looking leaner and I'm smaller than when I started

It was a simple retort to the oringial Arnie remark, but I can say that doing a lot of work on free-weights will increase your muscle size more than doing none to little work on free-weights. As as the OP is looking to trim up and lose weight then its best not to over-do the weights.

 

[Paul11]

the thing here is: not to judge sucess by weight alone

pumping weights will stimulate muscle growth, however small. and muscle weighs more than fat

so if you lost fat and gain some muscle its possible you would weigh the same but look much better

a combination of healthy diet/cardio/weights is most effective

i would say the target should be to lose fat, not lose weight

 

[tom_e]

I can see where your coming from but unless the OP is eating a calorific excess and weight training hard he will not put on a great deal of muscle mass in a month.
If hes eating in a calorific defecit which he should be to loose weight then lifiting weights is just another slightly more intresting way to burn fat, yes he may notice a slight growth in muscle mass but this would be offset by the loss of fat.
At the end of the day he doesnt want to loose weight he wants to loose fat so weather hes exactly the same weight at the end as he was at the start it makes no difference as long as hes looking leaner

 

[MonkeyNews]

I full heartidly agree with you also, all I was mearly mentioning is not to over-do the weight training and to concentrate more on the cardio side and sit-up routines to sort out his belly, as this will help to decrease his weight as he burns off excess fat, along with a healthy diet of which he is on. Lets put this 'over-doing the weights' issue to bed

 

[Paul11]

I can see where your coming from but unless the OP is eating a calorific excess and weight training hard he will not put on a great deal of muscle mass in a month.
If hes eating in a calorific defecit which he should be to loose weight then lifiting weights is just another slightly more intresting way to burn fat, yes he may notice a slight growth in muscle mass but this would be offset by the loss of fat.
At the end of the day he doesnt want to loose weight he wants to loose fat so weather hes exactly the same weight at the end as he was at the start it makes no difference as long as hes looking leaner

i agree with that.

 

[Freefaller]

Yes but 'over-doing' weights as I said is different to 'a bit of weights' as you said, over-doing weights will bulk you up and eventually if you continue to 'over-do' weights you may well end up looking like Arnie.

Do you realise how hard it is to build up big amounts of quality muscle? It takes years of dedicated training, eating and hard work which makes most people eyes water just thinking about. We're talking 4-5 serious sessions a week, on a serious diet, lifting heavy weights that really abuse the body - doing "weights" alone will do sod all other than stimulate some hormones and improve your body composition and metabolic rate.

Doing only 2-3 short 1hr sessions a week will not bulk you up, sure you'll add a bit of bodymass, but offset that with the fat loss, it'll be negligable and frankly, who'd not want ot look better?

 

[londonbairn]

Stipulated healthy weightloss in one month is around 8-10lbs. That's with calorie expenditure of 1000kcal more than you ingest.

Sustaining 2lbs a week weightloss is difficult.

Ant

The only difficulty is having the mindset.

I recently shed a lot of weight through cycling daily, a decent weights workout 4 times a week and a good balanced diet.

I also eat tonnes of carbs daily.

 

[WantoN]

If you have plenty of fat to loose, your basal metabolic rate will be higher, and the rate at which you reach beta-oxidation, and sustain, will also be higher.

Nothing wrong with plenty of carbs.

Fishfingers? Was that a joke? If not, you are off the mark, utterly.

I'll post comprehensively when I finish work, a lot of crap in this thread tbqfh. Thankfully FF is still here to inject some common sense and knowledge that isn't based on men's health and a 2 months bronze membership to Average Joes :/

Ant

 

[londonbairn]

If you have plenty of fat to loose, your basal metabolic rate will be higher, and the rate at which you reach beta-oxidation, and sustain, will also be higher.

Nothing wrong with plenty of carbs.

Fishfingers? Was that a joke? If not, you are off the mark, utterly.

I'll post comprehensively when I finish work, a lot of crap in this thread tbqfh. Thankfully FF is still here to inject some common sense and knowledge that isn't based on men's health and a 2 months bronze membership to Average Joes :/

Ant

Hopefully not aimed at me , I've dropped a lot of weight since Jan and my stats (bloods, pressure etc) are way healthier (father is a doctor), mainly through a common sense routine (push myself hard every session) and eating wiser (fruit and water instead of sweets and Irn Bru)

The best bit is I posted my routine (under another guise) on an unnamed board and everyone said I wouldn't lose much.....

 

[Morba]

all I was mearly mentioning is not to over-do the weight training and to concentrate more on the cardio side and sit-up routines to sort out his belly,

baby jesus just cried at that post


to the OP.
drastic drop in weight is possible, however, i wouldn't suggest it to you.
If you were already used to training and had some sort of diet discipline then you could try a few diets, however, your goal and your current standard (i'm assuming you don't hit the gym often, forgive me if im wrong).

If i was you i would eat a bit better, go for a jog a few times a week and most importantly, go buy some clothes that compliment your body shape.

 

[Macabre]

Would it be possible for people to stop purpetuating the myth that doing "a bit of weights" bulks you up?

For the last time people, doing a few arm curls will not turn you into arnie.

In fact I would suggest a mix of proper compound weights and cardio would be ideal for your circumstances, but don't expect miracles.

I wish it did

 

[Fusion]

Losing a stone in a month won't happen, I've calculated that your daily calorific intake would need to be 1,845 kcal less than it is now, either by dieting or exercising or a combination of the two. To burn this off purely from exercise would require you to run around 18 miles a day or cycle 60-75 miles/day!

It's doable to reduce it by 1,000 calories a day I'd say, by changing the diet and performing an hour of cardio daily. This would burn off just over half a stone in a month which is very respectable.