I've found that what works for me for losing THAT much weight in such a short amount of time goes along something like this...
Workout (I know this sounds like a lot, but just something simple and easy to get your metabolism kicking)
I like to do this before my shower in the morning and BEFORE eating because if I eat I will NOT want to do it.
50 sit-ups [you can break them up into sets or just bust through them]
25 push-ups
10 Donkey Kicks [get on all fours and kick back and up with one let at a time]
10 squats
If you have dumbells
20Male/10Female Bicep Curls, and Triceps curls
Breakfast: High Carbs and Filling
Ex: Oatmeal - made with milk (1.5 servings) and some brown sugar/cinnamon to help remedy that sweet tooth early
Or Ex 2: Biscuits/Toast with butter and honey (2-3 servings)
Morning Snack
Some very light
Exs: Serving of Fruit, Fiber bar, small protein shake, etc...
{the point of this is to keep your metabolism going as well as hold you over till lunch}
**Don't be tempted to continue eating here, you will still feel slightly hungry (some will) but it will go away in 20/30min
Lunch
This is your free meal of the day
That means eat what you want, just don't go overboard. You don't ever want to feel "stuffed" if you're trying to lose weight (duh right?)
Afternoon Snack
Depending on what you ate for lunch you might not even want to have an afternoon snack
Workout
Try to have cardio in here for weight lost, the morning workout should take no longer than 10-20 minutes. This is your real workout.
30 min - 1hr cardio (whatever you like to do: treadmill, run/jog, swim, jump rope, endless list of cardio stuff)
You want 3-4 days of cardio and 2-3 days of weight training. On the days you do weight training you want more protein and less carbs (fats ok), on the days you do cardio you want more carbs and less fat (proteins ok). Weight training can be something you make for yourself. If you do 3 days, you want each day to target a new muscle group or area so that you have plenty of rest in between. The other alternative is that you can do a full body workout (work out all muscle groups) but make sure you have 2 days of rest in between.
(Ex: M, Th Weight Training Full Body///Tues, Wed, Fri, Sun Cardio)
Another note: try not to go beyond 1 day of rest between cardio days, and try not to go beyond 3 days of rest for weight training days per muscle group -- which is why most find it easier to just do full body 2x a week)
Dinner
This is your light meal of the day...(this is probably the most difficult because you've worked out and you need to replenish your body, but you also don't want to go over the calories...this can also be difficult because many people have dinner as their main course. You don't want that - heavy dinners make you gain weight while you sleep. If you can keep dinner to before 630-700pm (as in finish eating by then), that would be best if you go to sleep by 11pm. If you go to sleep earlier well adjust it. Try to keep FINISHING dinner 4 hours before bed. No snacks after unless it's fruit/water or fruit juice from a juicer. The fake juices are horrible for you.
Drink lots of water.
Just keep in mind that if you're trying to lose weight and what you're doing now isn't working, then something needs to change right? So give this a try for a couple of weeks...you should lose 10-15lbs.
Notes
1 - never try to lose more than 4lbs per week after the first 2 weeks of dieting. The first couple weeks, you lose a lot of water weight, weight that's just not REALLY there, and it's safe to lose up to 10lbs during that first week. This means, that if you're doing nothing at all and suddenly start doing this, then 10 lbs is fine. If you've already been dieting and losing weight gradually. You don't want to lose more than 4lbs per week. If you're losing more than that, it starts to get a little unhealthy and it's more than likely you'll fall out of plan and re-gain the weight.
--You can avoid going overboard by gradually going into this plan.
I will say that 30 lbs by Valentine's day is a tough goal. That's about 2 months. Though if you stick to your plan. 2 weeks in Feb is 8 lbs. 4 weeks in Jan is 16lbs. And 1 week in Dec is 4 lbs. I guess that's 28lbs...but that's with no cheating or anything. Good luck. 🙂
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Jocelyn 
