How can a person who is 220 pounds and 5 feet and 9 inches lose 40 pounds?

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By changing your lifestyle and eating habits.

Adapting healthy eating habits together with regular exercise is the best way to lose weight effectively and keep the fats off permanently.

Dieting may conjure up visions of eating little but lettuce and sprouts.

But you can enjoy all foods as part of a healthy diet as long as you don't overdo it.

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By going on Low-Carb, and maintaining a minimal excersize, you can lose lots. The first week you can lose about 10 pounds right off the bat and then 4-6 in the next one or two. The key is diligence with your diet and making those important sacrificeds.

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I Would say exercise, exercise is so overated. Even if its light its still good. I'm a similar height to you and lost quite a bit of weight by just jogging 3 to 4 times a week and using weights. It helps to also eat the right foods. I eat as much carbs as i wanted and i loss weight. People say losing carbs you will lose weight but carbs are good for you, that doesnt mean eat a vast amount of them.

Also be patient, dont starve yourslef overwise when u come off your diet or change your eating habits, you will put it all on again twice as quick as you lost it. I used about 1800 calrioes a day and exercised 4 times a week and was losing 2ibs a week, however people react to differant diets.

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If you have a lot of muscle, 190 will be in the healthy range. I suggest you cut back on food such as fried/greasy foods, bananas, cheese, juice, and refined sugar. Don't skip breakfast because it will lower your metabolism. And don't eat right before bed (that's how sumo wrestlers gain weight)

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I recently lost 40 pounds myself and I had two secrets similar to above answers: exercise and eat "normal" portion sizes.

Exercise goal: For exercise I would do 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weights 3 times a week. Schedule the time in for before work or after it. Don't worry about not being very good at first: It took me several months just to be able to jog a mile, but eventually I could do three miles pretty quickly.

Portion size goal: For portion sizes I used the size of my palms cupped together as a guideline and avoided eating more than this. Be careful with restaurants as they like to serve more food this, so just draw a line on your plate for what you should eat, or if you have trouble stopping yourself ask for a box immediately and put these extra portions away.

Timeframe: This plan took me around 6 months to lose 30 pounds and 12 months to lose 40 pounds. You will lose the weight and probably more importantly you will feel wonderful for being in better shape.

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