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21 Responses to “Id like to lose 10-15 lbs by March this year. Im 24, 130lbs and 5′2. What should I do? Help?”
To lose the weight you must step up your exercise. Every single day, 45 minutes to an hour. When you have reached your desired goal weight, you can then take off a weekend or workout less time. Because then you will be maintaining. Your body is in maintaining mode right now. Changing diet alone will help, but will take much longer. If you step up your exercise and it can even be just walking, it will come off! Congrats on your sweet baby!
Now….my suggestion to lose that amount that fast would be to watch the fat content of the products you eat., as well limit the portions of your meals for yourself. Take the stairs when you can instead of the elevator. But..rememebr that the weight you have now will go down in time, after all you JUST had a baby a few months ago, so your body is trying to snap back into it’s old shape again. Whatever you do though, try not to torture yourself doing it. Be happy with what you got, and feel great to be a Mommy.
well of course it’s difficult if you just had a baby!
it takes about a year to go back to your figure, and even then it’s only close to that…anyway, I heard of this program that tell you everything about burning fat and keeping weight off permanently, here is the link, good luck!
That’s a lot of weight to lose in a short amount of time. From what I understand, you don’t want to have an intake of less than 1200 calories, because your body starts to go into starvation mode.
Unfortunately, you will have to step up the exercise. I found that buying a treadmill and having a t.v./dvd player attached to it has made the process a lot easier. I’ll watch a movie, and walk the whole time.
You may want to look into resistance training, too. Buy some hand weights. Muscle burns calories quicker.
I started my wife on a diet program, and she has lost almost 40 lbs (baby weight plus some) in the last 6 months. Sounds like you have the diet under control, but I would add some light resistance training at least 2 times a week, and/or participating in a step or spin class. Typically you are pushed a little past your comfort zone by the instructor, and This is the key to success.
Keep eating what you are eating. If you are hungry more often try some fruit. Eating more than 3 times a day if also good for increasing your metabolism. Just eat small meals each time. Try working out more. Do cardiovascular workouts at least 3 days a week and for at least 45 minutes. Try running some. Adding some weight training two days a week for about 20 minutes each day will be good. Sounds like you are doing a good job. Just give it time, by March you should definitely have lost 10 pounds.
You will have to exercise a lot sweetheart and cut out ALL fatty foods entirely. Eat a bowl of “special K” twice a day for 2 weeks and nothing elce except if you feel peckish between, eat only fresh fruit. Its a tough thing to do but i believe you can do it.
Drink a lot of water also. Water will fool the stomach into thinking its full!. But dont deny yourself any of foods i mentioned.
Best of luck to ya. You can do it !!!!!!!!!!
cut down on ur carbohydrates.Dont eat anything “white”.
Omit sugar, white flour, rice and pasta from ur diet.Dont have bananas, or fruits like mangoes and other sugar laden fruits.
Dont have too much yoghurt or milk, maybe 1/2 a cup a day(120ml) of either of the 2.
You can increase ur calory intake, in fat u must do that to lose weight, have 4-5 small meals a day instead of 3 large ones. Eat when u r hungry to keep ur metabolism going. Dont fast.
You are doing fine as far as eercise is concerned. Increase it gradually if u can, maybe 5 hours a week or so.
You will lose 20 lbs if u follow this strictly in 6 weeks or so.
Good luck!
drop everything except for the veggies eat pure green veggies for 2 months and drink pure green tea (always drink it lukewarm)
and have at least 30 minutes of hot bathtub completely soaking your body after every workout. Anyway why waste time on yoga when it doesn’t really helps on loosing weight? i recommend thaibo exercises or similar that uses excessive energy from your body, crouch exercises to is a good way to flatten those abs
Hi sweetie – I’m a new mom in the same situation. Part of your weight gain may be from hormones – my Dr told me that sometimes having a boy will keep mom from losing weight quicker than having a girl. I had never heard that before! And stressing yourself out about not being able to lose the weight is hard not to do, I know. Sounds like you’re doing everything right. Are you getting enough sleep? If not, your cortosol levels may rise, making it harder to take the weight off. I tend to snack at night, but my secret weapons are air-popped popcorn sprayed w/ butter flavored pam and veggies w/ low-fat Ranch. Also lots of water. Best of luck – try and concentrate on what you’re doing to stay healthy – you’ll need energy for that baby, so don’t cut calories too much. Moms are awesome and don’t get enough credit for the wonderful things that they do – be proud of this new phase of your life and try not to put too much pressure on yourself!
Make sure you are getting enough protein or you will loose muscle rather than fat. Drink plenty of water and don’t take short cuts. When vacuuming, don’t extend your arm, walk with the vac back and forth. When mopping, instead, get on your hands and knees and scrub. When doing laundry, set it on the floor and pick up one piece at a time, bend from your waist. You can add exercise without adding additional time if you do your regular daily routine a little different. Make sure to walk up stairs instead of using an elevator. (Just my opinion, your size seems to be fine. I know thin is in but your height and weight are better than my 24 year old daughter and she hasn’t had children. She’s 5′2 and is 155 pounds.) Don’t beat yourself up.
i have a free post pregnancy report that you can have by going to
but in a nutshell what you want to do is follow a well designed fitness program that includes the 3 most important factors when it comes to weight loss.
1. Resistance Training
2. Cardio INTERVALS
3. Proper Nutrition
These 3 must work in conjunction for you to see great results.
if you don’t feel like guessing and hoping you get it right check out my friend Ryan Lee’s site at
it has over 43 fitness websites that are jampacked with real workouts that were designed by real people, not computers.
There’s no possibility that you can lose that amount of weight in that amount of time by reducing the amount you eat. Indeed you may not be getting the nutrition you need at that level. A weight loss of about one pound a week is about as fast as you can lose weight and retain your health.
The only answer is to increase the level of exercise and that is not necessarily more time but more intensity. While Yoga is good for you, it isn’t a very intensive exercise burning only about 150 calories per hour. Since you need 3500 calories to lose a pound, you would need nearly 24 hours of yoga to lose a single pound.
Power walking, on the other hand, burns about 100 calories per mile. The faster and further you walk, the more calories you burn. Walking 45 minutes a day, six days a week, you should be able to burn about 2000 calories.
It seems that you have it under control, just keep doing what your doing….. Don’t get obsessed with your weight… the more you worry the less weight you’ll loose… it’s all in your head… your doing great…Good Luck.
Can try a fruit cleanse and a coffee drink. They’ve been working wonders. Esp for a lady who had a caesarian delivery and took it. She could wear her pre-preg jeans again and it gave her energy to work too!
My husband, staff and friends all lost weight from it. Even after eating buffets and roti-prata (an oily, heavy carbo pancake) for 5 nights. No need to diet at all.
Seriously, not one person took it and didn’t visibly lose weight and inches. Min. time to see results: 4 days. Max. time to see results: 3 weeks. Cost: SG$45/box, (about US$28) 20 sachets/box.
Ingredients: (all food)
– Whey protein is a good antioxidant, destroys free radicals and improves our immune system.
– Red yeast rice can reduce fat and lower cholesterol.
– Soluble Fibre reduces the risk of constipation and improves our digestive system.
– Fructose can prevent diabetics and high cholesterol.
– Grape seed extract: Inhibits potentially harmful enzymes as well as improves blood circulation.
– Lingzhi : Improves the immune system, prevents heart disease and cancer.
– Green tea is a good antioxidant agent and it can improve blood circulation.
– Natto Beans : Helps clear blood clots in the blood vessels
A proper diet is the best way to lose weight naturally and keep it off. You have to eat a varied adequate and balanced diet. Your body needs all kinds of food to function properly including fat in smaller quantities though. Your body needs the nutrients and vitamins in fruits and vegetables the most, that is what you should eat the most of (at least 5 servings a day). You also need protein, and a little fat. Reduce your intake of sweets, fried food and foods that contain a lot of fat. Don’t drink too many alcoholic beverages or soft drinks (they have a lot of calories). Don’t go to sleep right after you eat. And finally exercise at least 3 to 4 days a week for about 45 minutes.Good luck. You can also get more information about nutrition from this site:
Dr Bob Greene from the Oprah show used a replacement meal shake (like Slimfast) and it allowed him to drop his weight. Try for like a month and see what happens.
I just started a new program this past Wednesday. Have you heard of the pill “Fahrenheit”??? That’s what I’ve been taking. And, I just weighed myself today and measured my bust, waist, hips, thigh, calf and arm, and so far (within 2 days) I’ve lost 4 inches! I feel great. Last time I weighed myself was on Wednesday when I started it and I weighed 145 pounds. I don’t have a scale right now, so I don’t know how much weight I have lost. The people and Modulators will help you with ANY questions and all that you have. I want to be down to around 115-120 pounds by the end of April, so hopefully I will get there. They have a meal plan too to go with it. I feel great….. go to the website and check it all out for yourslelf. People have before and after pics up there too. If you’re interested in it, sign up with them (it’s free). Let me know if you have anymore questions. I’m on that site too. email me if you have any problems or anything. Good Luck!
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
henley
Follow a low GI diet.
March 24th, 2009 at 11:44 am
charles
To lose the weight you must step up your exercise. Every single day, 45 minutes to an hour. When you have reached your desired goal weight, you can then take off a weekend or workout less time. Because then you will be maintaining. Your body is in maintaining mode right now. Changing diet alone will help, but will take much longer. If you step up your exercise and it can even be just walking, it will come off! Congrats on your sweet baby!
March 26th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
swope
First..Congradulations on your childs birth!!!
Now….my suggestion to lose that amount that fast would be to watch the fat content of the products you eat., as well limit the portions of your meals for yourself. Take the stairs when you can instead of the elevator. But..rememebr that the weight you have now will go down in time, after all you JUST had a baby a few months ago, so your body is trying to snap back into it’s old shape again. Whatever you do though, try not to torture yourself doing it. Be happy with what you got, and feel great to be a Mommy.
March 28th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
cancel
well of course it’s difficult if you just had a baby!
it takes about a year to go back to your figure, and even then it’s only close to that…anyway, I heard of this program that tell you everything about burning fat and keeping weight off permanently, here is the link, good luck!
April 1st, 2009 at 1:16 am
morgill
That’s a lot of weight to lose in a short amount of time. From what I understand, you don’t want to have an intake of less than 1200 calories, because your body starts to go into starvation mode.
Unfortunately, you will have to step up the exercise. I found that buying a treadmill and having a t.v./dvd player attached to it has made the process a lot easier. I’ll watch a movie, and walk the whole time.
You may want to look into resistance training, too. Buy some hand weights. Muscle burns calories quicker.
April 1st, 2009 at 4:45 pm
whiteley
i suggest you buy the south beach diet book.that diet really works!trust me!
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:23 am
roy
I started my wife on a diet program, and she has lost almost 40 lbs (baby weight plus some) in the last 6 months. Sounds like you have the diet under control, but I would add some light resistance training at least 2 times a week, and/or participating in a step or spin class. Typically you are pushed a little past your comfort zone by the instructor, and This is the key to success.
April 4th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
alfrcl
Keep eating what you are eating. If you are hungry more often try some fruit. Eating more than 3 times a day if also good for increasing your metabolism. Just eat small meals each time. Try working out more. Do cardiovascular workouts at least 3 days a week and for at least 45 minutes. Try running some. Adding some weight training two days a week for about 20 minutes each day will be good. Sounds like you are doing a good job. Just give it time, by March you should definitely have lost 10 pounds.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
matheson
You will have to exercise a lot sweetheart and cut out ALL fatty foods entirely. Eat a bowl of “special K” twice a day for 2 weeks and nothing elce except if you feel peckish between, eat only fresh fruit. Its a tough thing to do but i believe you can do it.
Drink a lot of water also. Water will fool the stomach into thinking its full!. But dont deny yourself any of foods i mentioned.
Best of luck to ya. You can do it !!!!!!!!!!
April 9th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
ramcke
cut down on ur carbohydrates.Dont eat anything “white”.
Omit sugar, white flour, rice and pasta from ur diet.Dont have bananas, or fruits like mangoes and other sugar laden fruits.
Dont have too much yoghurt or milk, maybe 1/2 a cup a day(120ml) of either of the 2.
You can increase ur calory intake, in fat u must do that to lose weight, have 4-5 small meals a day instead of 3 large ones. Eat when u r hungry to keep ur metabolism going. Dont fast.
You are doing fine as far as eercise is concerned. Increase it gradually if u can, maybe 5 hours a week or so.
You will lose 20 lbs if u follow this strictly in 6 weeks or so.
Good luck!
April 12th, 2009 at 11:34 am
sheryl
drop everything except for the veggies eat pure green veggies for 2 months and drink pure green tea (always drink it lukewarm)
and have at least 30 minutes of hot bathtub completely soaking your body after every workout. Anyway why waste time on yoga when it doesn’t really helps on loosing weight? i recommend thaibo exercises or similar that uses excessive energy from your body, crouch exercises to is a good way to flatten those abs
April 15th, 2009 at 5:26 am
marlang
Hi sweetie – I’m a new mom in the same situation. Part of your weight gain may be from hormones – my Dr told me that sometimes having a boy will keep mom from losing weight quicker than having a girl. I had never heard that before! And stressing yourself out about not being able to lose the weight is hard not to do, I know. Sounds like you’re doing everything right. Are you getting enough sleep? If not, your cortosol levels may rise, making it harder to take the weight off. I tend to snack at night, but my secret weapons are air-popped popcorn sprayed w/ butter flavored pam and veggies w/ low-fat Ranch. Also lots of water. Best of luck – try and concentrate on what you’re doing to stay healthy – you’ll need energy for that baby, so don’t cut calories too much. Moms are awesome and don’t get enough credit for the wonderful things that they do – be proud of this new phase of your life and try not to put too much pressure on yourself!
April 15th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
nanney
Make sure you are getting enough protein or you will loose muscle rather than fat. Drink plenty of water and don’t take short cuts. When vacuuming, don’t extend your arm, walk with the vac back and forth. When mopping, instead, get on your hands and knees and scrub. When doing laundry, set it on the floor and pick up one piece at a time, bend from your waist. You can add exercise without adding additional time if you do your regular daily routine a little different. Make sure to walk up stairs instead of using an elevator. (Just my opinion, your size seems to be fine. I know thin is in but your height and weight are better than my 24 year old daughter and she hasn’t had children. She’s 5′2 and is 155 pounds.) Don’t beat yourself up.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
lucidomi
i have a free post pregnancy report that you can have by going to
but in a nutshell what you want to do is follow a well designed fitness program that includes the 3 most important factors when it comes to weight loss.
1. Resistance Training
2. Cardio INTERVALS
3. Proper Nutrition
These 3 must work in conjunction for you to see great results.
if you don’t feel like guessing and hoping you get it right check out my friend Ryan Lee’s site at
it has over 43 fitness websites that are jampacked with real workouts that were designed by real people, not computers.
Check it out at
April 19th, 2009 at 1:54 am
bypow
There’s no possibility that you can lose that amount of weight in that amount of time by reducing the amount you eat. Indeed you may not be getting the nutrition you need at that level. A weight loss of about one pound a week is about as fast as you can lose weight and retain your health.
The only answer is to increase the level of exercise and that is not necessarily more time but more intensity. While Yoga is good for you, it isn’t a very intensive exercise burning only about 150 calories per hour. Since you need 3500 calories to lose a pound, you would need nearly 24 hours of yoga to lose a single pound.
Power walking, on the other hand, burns about 100 calories per mile. The faster and further you walk, the more calories you burn. Walking 45 minutes a day, six days a week, you should be able to burn about 2000 calories.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
simoneaux
It seems that you have it under control, just keep doing what your doing….. Don’t get obsessed with your weight… the more you worry the less weight you’ll loose… it’s all in your head… your doing great…Good Luck.
April 20th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
kake
Can try a fruit cleanse and a coffee drink. They’ve been working wonders. Esp for a lady who had a caesarian delivery and took it. She could wear her pre-preg jeans again and it gave her energy to work too!
My husband, staff and friends all lost weight from it. Even after eating buffets and roti-prata (an oily, heavy carbo pancake) for 5 nights. No need to diet at all.
Seriously, not one person took it and didn’t visibly lose weight and inches. Min. time to see results: 4 days. Max. time to see results: 3 weeks. Cost: SG$45/box, (about US$28) 20 sachets/box.
Ingredients: (all food)
– Whey protein is a good antioxidant, destroys free radicals and improves our immune system.
– Red yeast rice can reduce fat and lower cholesterol.
– Soluble Fibre reduces the risk of constipation and improves our digestive system.
– Fructose can prevent diabetics and high cholesterol.
– Grape seed extract: Inhibits potentially harmful enzymes as well as improves blood circulation.
– Lingzhi : Improves the immune system, prevents heart disease and cancer.
– Green tea is a good antioxidant agent and it can improve blood circulation.
– Natto Beans : Helps clear blood clots in the blood vessels
Can email me at
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 pm
lydia
A proper diet is the best way to lose weight naturally and keep it off. You have to eat a varied adequate and balanced diet. Your body needs all kinds of food to function properly including fat in smaller quantities though. Your body needs the nutrients and vitamins in fruits and vegetables the most, that is what you should eat the most of (at least 5 servings a day). You also need protein, and a little fat. Reduce your intake of sweets, fried food and foods that contain a lot of fat. Don’t drink too many alcoholic beverages or soft drinks (they have a lot of calories). Don’t go to sleep right after you eat. And finally exercise at least 3 to 4 days a week for about 45 minutes.Good luck. You can also get more information about nutrition from this site:
April 25th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
jimstew
Dr Bob Greene from the Oprah show used a replacement meal shake (like Slimfast) and it allowed him to drop his weight. Try for like a month and see what happens.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
lakerodg
I just started a new program this past Wednesday. Have you heard of the pill “Fahrenheit”??? That’s what I’ve been taking. And, I just weighed myself today and measured my bust, waist, hips, thigh, calf and arm, and so far (within 2 days) I’ve lost 4 inches! I feel great. Last time I weighed myself was on Wednesday when I started it and I weighed 145 pounds. I don’t have a scale right now, so I don’t know how much weight I have lost. The people and Modulators will help you with ANY questions and all that you have. I want to be down to around 115-120 pounds by the end of April, so hopefully I will get there. They have a meal plan too to go with it. I feel great….. go to the website and check it all out for yourslelf. People have before and after pics up there too. If you’re interested in it, sign up with them (it’s free). Let me know if you have anymore questions. I’m on that site too. email me if you have any problems or anything. Good Luck!
Source(s):
Personal experience and
April 29th, 2009 at 8:55 am
larodr