Hey Ladies

I asked your advise a few weeks ago about quick weight loss. I now have 2.5 weeks before my best friends wedding to be comfortable in my matron of honor dress that i couldn't zip up 3 weeks ago. Yes, thank God, I can zip up but I am very uncomfortable in...Please...anyone out there that knows what can be done to look and feel comfortable...let me know and quick!!! 2.5 weeks away!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unless you do some quickie fad diet for the short term, you're only going to be able to lose about 5 or so pounds in the time you have.

Figure out how many calories you need to maintain your current weight, then eat 500 less every day and burn 500 more. That'll be a calorie defecit of 1000 a day, 7000 a week = two pounds a week.

To figure out how many calories you need, go here:
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/loseweight/loseweight2.html#para2.1

To figure out how many calories you burn doing certain exercises, go here:
http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm


And remember that you don't have to burn those 500 all at once. Two 25 minute sessions on an elliptical, for instance, will probably burn off 500 calories a day. (Really work it, though, and do the interval/weight loss course.)

Personally, I've also found that cutting back my dinner carbs helps. I'm not a supporter of low-carb dieting, but the way my body works, a diet with (healthy) carbs concentrated in the earlier part of the day keeps me from pigging out at night. That's just me, though.

Good luck!

i appreciate the web sites!

I love this place:

http://www.fitday.com

You have to register, but it's free. Their library of foods isn't too great, but you can create custom foods and just type in stuff off the labels yourself or look stuff up here:

http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html

Of course, the loss won't last long if you return to an unrestricted sodium diet. But I lost like 5 pounds of water when I went on a low salt diet.

If you do go low salt, be sure to use Lite Salt, which usually includes potassium chloride, and be sure to drink plenty of water.