I’m 5′8, 159 pounds and a girl. I’d like to lose 15 pounds of fat and weight around 144/145, and then gain 5 pounds of muscle so eventually weigh like 150. But I don’t want to look bulky. I just want to look toned.
How can I do this?
By focusing on cardio until I get to 145 and then focusing on muscle strength? Or working on cardio and muscle strength at the same time?

work on cardio and muscle strength at the same time, but do more cardio. for example everyday you should:

-run for 30 minutes to 60 minutes (depending on where you are physically)
-weight train for 20 minutes
-eat healthily

I’m a male 17 year old. I’m 5′7 and weight 174 pounds. I really wanna go back down to 160 pounds. Whats the best way to lose 15 pounds in a short time? I wish I could excercise and go to the gym but I can’t because I don’t have time with school and work. Is there a way I could lose those 15 pounds even if I don’t go to the gym? Any tips would help!

There are more tips and info.
How to lose weight naturally has been in debate for years.

Some say low carb. Some say high carb. Some say it’s how much food. Some say it’s how much exercise. But none of these covers the whole picture.

How to lose weight naturally is not rocket science. It just takes accepting the facts of these seven natural laws of weight loss, plus good old-fashioned stick-to-itiveness.

Seven Laws of How to Lose Weight Naturally

1. Make a commitment to whatever it takes.
2. Start from a foundation of happiness.
3. Design your own healthy diet plan.
4. Manage your emotions.
5. Find a way to exercise daily.
6. Keep a Journal.
7. Be persistent.

- Healthy life every day!

I’m going to a wedding in one month, and I wanna lose 15 pounds in order to look perfect in my dress. I’m 5′3 ish, maybe a little taller, and ranging from 115-120 pounds.

Also, no pills please.

First you have to get motivated, then change your eating habits (switch to healthy foods) and exercise 4-5 days a week for an hour. Within 2/3 months you will see a BIG difference in you body and you’ll feel better too. Good Luck!!!
Oh yeah! DRINK LOTS OF WATER!!!

[ Note: With all the misinformation out there about health and fitness, it is a welcome relief to find some useful information from Jon Benson. I wanted to share this article with you which Jon has allowed me to reprint.]

Believe it or not you can get lean by eating fast food.

I know, it sounds crazy… but in a few weeks I’m going to prove it to the world with the release of my newest mini e-book “Fast Food Fitness: How I Dropped 40lbs Eating Fast Food Every Day.”

Do you think I’m joking?  I’m not.

Of course there’s a WAY to eat fast food and drop the pounds. You can’t just eat like everyone else does. That’s common sense.

And believe me, there are more healthy ways to drop the pounds than eating fast food… for sure.

But the way I figure it: Would you rather be healthIER and lean or UNhealthy and overfat?

Silly question… so consider “Fast Food Fitness” a path to the lesser of two evils… and one that actually got me to 10% bodyfat (that’s pretty lean!) a few years ago.

Here’s how it started:

I simply hate to cook!  I have since solved that problem… I hired a part-time chef (it’s cheaper than it sounds)… but until two years ago I was eating out every single meal… I mean EVERY MEAL.

Most of the time… not all of the time, but most of the time… these meals were fast food joints like burger joints and even fried chicken places.

But I had to keep my physique, so … what to do?

Well… you’ll have to wait. At least a few weeks.

If you want the book for half-price, you have to own a copy of “Every Other Day Dietplan”… everyone who owns a copy before “Fast Food Fitness” hits the Internet will get half-off.

So go here if you don’t have EODD yet …

click—–>  My Favorite Foods Fatloss-Plan

Here’s 3 of my top 25 fast-food diet-tips… just these 3 will take you 1/3 of the way there…

First, use my Half-n-Half Principle. Order whatever you are going to order and then have the person behind the counter cut the order exactly in HALF.

Half to go… half to eat there.

Eat half now…. then the other half 3-4 hours later. Believe it or not you will store less bodyfat and even increase your metabolism eating like this.

Simple trick… give it a shot.

Second, ditch all the starch. That means buns, bread and anything made of flour. BUT here’s the “still tastes good” trick I use. I keep ONE of the pieces of bread from, say, my hamburger. Then I “pick” at it while I enjoy the meat and either a small diet soda or tea. Eat no more than 5 “picks” at the bread… about half a slice. You still get the exact taste of a burger with none of the stuff that makes most people over-fat.

Third, for you chicken lovers, split your order between fried and baked chicken. KFC has excellent baked chicken… try it. Then strip most of the skin off the fried chicken. Not all… most.

You still get the taste, but with far fewer bad food-stuffs and calories…. make sense?

Enjoy the tips… but remember, the healthiest (and tastiest) way to eat is still my Every Other Day Dietplan, which works in your favorite foods each week….

click—–>  My Favorite Foods Fatloss-Plan

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