Need to Lose 38 lbs by November (9 months)

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SuperGoku

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Hi all,

Currently I weigh 208lbs and I'm 5'8. I'm looking to drop down to my previous weight of 170lbs by this November. I had lower back surgery earlier last yr and coupled with bad eating habits and not being able to exercise...I gained 20-30lbs or so.

Last week I weighed around 213-214 and then I began my diet.

Below is what I'm eating daily now:

Breakfast- toasted wheat bread with 3 slices 99% fat free turkey w/ 1 cup of orange juice
Lunch- [From Smoothie Factory] All banana smoothie (w/ water) w/ fat burner and ginseng (~200 calories or so?)
Dinner- I alternate every other night with 1) low fat sardine w/ white rice ad brocolli and then another night with 2) flounder slice fillets w/ white rice and Brocolli
Snack- one apple or one plum

Throughout the day I have 2 energy drinks....2 liters of water+...I'm also taking fat burner stimerex. My lunch is not a proble since I'm so busy at work that I rarely have a chance to even think about food.

Being on this diet for one week I've lost probably around 5lbs. THis is a daily serving of around 1200 or so calories, I'd guess.

A couple of concerns, I want to lose weight fast (9 months / 38 lbs ).....my lower back wound is still healing...and I can't jog or run. I hope by mid march, I can begin doing light walks and by april doing light jogging. Do you recommend I buy some 5lb weight bells and shadow box in my room ? Also, should I tweak my diet by adding green tea? more water? more food? add protein to my banana smoothie?

Thanks in advance. I just joined this site and I love it so far!!
 
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thanks in advance for any insight for this newbie! :)
 
JMHO but I think your going about some things all wrong..

First of all..

You're looking to basically lose 40 lbs in 8 months..and that's not even counting the rest of February..

That's five lbs. a month...and basically 1 lb. and a half or so a week.

That is VERY realistic...

However...IMHO you are way too rigid in your diet....you're eating the same stuff every day and then alternating the supper every other day? Is that right?

If so that would be very hard to do over the course of even a few weeks IMHO let alone 8 months....you need to vary your diet a lot more IMHO and make some changes you can live with longterm..

Secondly...the energy drinks...I've never read anything about them here to be honest....but you would be AMAZED I think if you realized just how much sugar is in those things...and you're drinking two a day..

Thirdly...the fatburners...no way I'd take those things for 8 months..

What can you do physically?
 
thanks for the response!

The energy drinks are sugar free red bulls. I might need to cut back regardless just because of the caffeine. It's just working these days is so stressful these days given the economic environment!! :)

I'm planning on taking the fat burner for 2 months only to get my up and running. I also begun doing 20 minutes of shadow boxing with 5lb weights last night.

I agree and point taken on my rigid diet. I honestly think I can do that diet for 2 months and then mix it up with something equal in calories but different in taste down the road.
On Sundays I have decided to add low fat baked chicken which should still put me around 1200-1300 calorie range. My diet lifestyle will change once I establish the baseline (170lbs) which will hopefully mean working out and reasonable calorie intake to sustain myself.

For now, I hope with the shadow boxing/dancing,,, It will help increase calorie deficit. I'm hoping to be able to jog by late next month.

Any other thoughts?
 
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hi..i lost 13 lbs without dieting by drinking banaba tea.. check out banabaherb.com...i pick up banaba leaves everytime i play golf where there is a banaba tree..and boil them...i drink a glass in the morning and at night...gud luck
 
This has nothing to do with the weight loss, I think 40 pounds in eight months is a perfectly reasonable and attainable goal, although you'll doom yourself if your diet is too restricted and the calories too low.

I'm speaking to you as a person who was born with spine problems and have developed other spine and joint problems as I've aged. Please don't run or jog, it's a huge mistake. Walk, a fast walk even, swim or do water aerobics or use an elliptical trainer but there is nothing, absolutely NOTHING, that beats your back up worse than running or jogging. An elliptical trainer will burn every bit as many calories as running will with zero impact. I'm telling you, jogging risks undoing every bit of work the doctors did on you.
 
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Super Sayan Goku would not approve of that diet :angelsad2:
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AHAHAHA.
That's lol.
I giggled.
 
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