Are you wondering how to lose weight in 2 weeks? If so, you are in luck.
There are millions of quick weight loss success stories, and you can have one too. Even more, there are many weight loss solutions to help you achieve your goal.
Since you are looking for a quick solution, I will tell you what you can do with the next two weeks to lose as much weight as possible. Half of the battle is knowing what to do to lose weight, and the other half is actually putting it into practice.
Results will vary based on what you are willing to do, so I will give a general template. If you want to learn how to keep weight off in the long run, read my previous article – how to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks.
There is a very simple plan for losing weight in the short run, and it is as follows:
- Exercise
- Eat Right
- Sleep
- Make Time
1) Exercise
When it comes to exercise, most people do it wrong for weight loss all the time. The best kind of training is weight training with heavy weights. This is relative depending on who you are. What needs to be consistent for the next two weeks is exercise. You must get to the gym every other day for a full hour of weight training. If you feel especially energetic, you may spend some time doing interval sprints or cycling after you are finished lifting weights. No jogging.
If you are a 275lb juggernaut, then a 500lb squat may be considered easy. However, if you have never done a squat in your life, squatting the bar may be hard at first. Therefore, we must look at the characteristics of a hard workout. These kinds of workouts are desirable because they recruit the largest number of muscle fibers by generating the greatest amount of force (remember, force equals mass times acceleration).
The more force you generate, the more muscle fibers you recruit, and the more calories you burn.
So, the common factors of a hard workout are:
a) Low repetitions (1-3 before failure), heavy weight, 10 or so sets AFTER warming up
and/or
b) Small rest periods and explosive movements
Always warm-up before working out with heavy weights as well as getting the blood circulating before explosive cardio (sprints). Do not go to failure, stop just short of it. Finally, your sets should not be long.
You cannot sprint at full speed for much longer than 30 seconds, nor can you lift a very heavy weight for much longer. Keep the sets short, hard, and give yourself a few minutes to rest in between them if they are heavy. Alternatively, if you go with lighter weights and explosive movements (like sprinting), keep the rest interval shorter, say 60 to 90 seconds.
2) Eat Right
The next weight loss tip deals with diet.
I will keep this very simple. For the next 2 weeks, in your effort to lose weight, you cannot eat or drink anything from paper, metal or plastic. Eat fruits and veggies and protein with every meal. You can still eat breads and pastas ONLY if you make them from scratch from ingredients that are not contained in paper metal or plastic – which likely means you will not be eating them at all. No milk, no juice, no cola.
The exception to this rule is for meats. Eat tuna from a can if you wish or packed frozen salmon. Chicken breasts, lamb chops, etc. are all fine. Just get some good protein in you every meal, at least four times per day, that is about the size of both of your fists.
3) Sleep
Next, you need rest. Your body needs to recover from your workouts. To do this, it needs to be relaxed and full of good nutrients for the muscle fibers to absorb. Therefore, after exercise and diet, for maximum benefit, you need a minimum of 8 hours of sleep per night. Try to get 10 hours per night if your body needs it.
4) Make Time
Now, I have not talked about the most difficult part of the program which is making time.
Doing all of these things takes time, and unless you really have very little to do, you will need to give up other things to make time for losing weight. You must make time for:
- Shopping with a new list
- Cooking in advance and in bulk
- Going to the gym
- Exercising harder than you are used to
- Coming home from the gym
- Doing the dirty gym laundry
- Eating more meals than you are used to
- Sleeping more than you are used to
All of these take time. At one point, I used to spend 20 hours a week just working out plus the commute. 90 minutes each way and a 2 hour workout four times a week meant 20 hours of time that I couldn’t do other things. You wanted the quick solution, so here it is. If it sounds like a lot, you really should see my other post on how to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks. It is focused on making habits gradually to ensure that not only will you lose weight, but also keep it off.
Moral of the story is, if you want quick weight loss, you are dreaming. It is not worth it especially since it will just come right back on.
I said you were in luck at the beginning of the article because I tell you how to do what you want the knowledge to know how to lose weight in 2 weeks. However, you may not like the truth of that knowledge, and for that, I am not to blame. Browse through the other articles on this site if you want to learn more about how to lose weight and keep it off, or even how to lose belly fat for that matter.
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