| How fast can you lose weight? Here's not one, | | | | Height in cm) - (5 x Age in years) - 161. |
| but five ways to help you lose weight fast and | | | | Note: 1 kg equals 2.2 lbs |
| naturally as well. | | | | Step 2. Determine your Activity Level |
| 1. Set an Objective | | | | Activity Level: |
| It is important to know why you want to lose | | | | Inactive - 1.2 |
| weight fast. Some ladies want to lose weight fast | | | | Lightly Active - 1.375 |
| because their wedding day is two weeks away. | | | | Moderately Active - 1.55 |
| Others want to lose weight because their doctor | | | | Very Active - 1.725 |
| advised them on medical grounds. What's yours? | | | | Extremely Active - 1.9 |
| 2. Set Your Goal | | | | Step 3. Now you are ready to work out your |
| Now that you have your objective to lose weight | | | | Daily Calorie Need |
| fast, you need to set a goal so that you know | | | | Daily Calorie Need (kcal per day) = RMR x |
| how well you are doing. Set SMART goals - | | | | Activity Level |
| Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and | | | | Daily Calorie Need is what your body needs. What |
| Time-based. For instance, you can set a goal "I | | | | you are eating is your Daily Calorie Intake. If you |
| want to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks". | | | | are overweight, your Daily Calorie Intake is likely |
| 3. Have a Plan | | | | to be higher than your Daily Calorie Need. |
| Armed with an objective and a goal, your next | | | | Step 4 - Recommended Calorie Intake for Weight |
| move is to have a plan with simple clear | | | | Loss |
| instructions on what to do each day. This plan is | | | | To lose 0.5 kg or 1.1 lbs a week, you will need to |
| important to help you stay on course. What to | | | | reduce your daily calorie need by 500kcal. To lose |
| put in your plan? The next four tips to lose | | | | 1 kg or 2.2lbs, you will need to reduce by |
| weight fast will help you to formulate your plan. | | | | 1,000kcal a week. This is a |
| 4. Reduce Your Daily Calorie Intake | | | | 5. Drink More Water |
| In order to lose weight fast, you need to know | | | | Drinking sufficient water will prevent water |
| how much calorie intake you need to reduce. To | | | | retention and thus help you to lose weight fast |
| do so, you need to find out your daily calorie | | | | and naturally. You need to drink half of your body |
| need. There are just 4 simple steps: | | | | weight in ounces of water per day. If you weigh |
| Step 1. Find out your Resting Metabolic Rate | | | | 150 pounds, then you should drink 75 ounces of |
| (RMR) first. | | | | water, which is about 9-10 glasses of water. |
| For men, RMR = (10 x Weight in kg) + (6.25 x | | | | So these are 5 simple and fast ways to help you |
| Height in cm) - (5 x Age in years) + 5. | | | | lose weight. And I did not even mention exercise! |
| For women, RMR = (10 x Weight in kg) + (6.25 x | | | | |