How to lose 30 pounds
25th November, 2011Article by Chris Tijerina
Millions of people each day struggle with trying to lose weight. They suffer through the condemning looks of passersby as they walk down the street. They have to see ads online and TV commercials screaming about “losing weight fast” and “lose 30 pounds in a month!” and other hypey ads. If you want to learn how to lose 30 pounds, you should avoid those types of ads that promise quick weight loss. This article will highlight some ways to help you lose weight sensibly.
The basics of weight loss are such: each pound of fat is 3500 calories. In order to lose one pound of weight, you have to consume or burn 3500 more calories than you take in. So if you eat 2500 calories and day and you burn 2500 calories a day, your weight will stay the same.
So with this in mind, in order to drop those 30 pounds in one year, you would need to eat 300 calories less per day than the 2500 calorie example given above. You would consume 2200 and burn the same 2500 a day. You would slowly lose the weight and see the slimmer you gradually.
Some people want to lose those pounds more rapidly and they go on drastic calorie reduction diets. For example, you consumed 1600 calories a day and you still burned the 2500, you would lose 90 pounds in one year, or 45 pounds in 6 months or about 7.5 pounds a month.
The question now is how long can you maintain that kind of calorie reduction diet? If you can stick with it then you’ll be safe. However, most people would get hungry and be starving all the time.
We all have foods we have to have and sometimes when we get the uncontrollable cravings, we have to eat and eat and eat. And if you’ve been starving yourself for weeks and weeks, the temptation to stop dieting would grow and grow and you would more than likely stop your diet and start eating normal again. At this point, the weight loss would stop and the weight would gradually come back as you consumed more calories than you burned.
Now keep in mind, this is just one way for you to try and lose 30 pounds. You can combine diet and exercise to get your results faster. You could add some supplementation to your dieting to help control your appetite. There are plenty of ways - some safe and some not so safe - to help you get rid of your bulge.