Losing weights fast!

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Well, a friend of mine wants to lose a lot of fat quickly and sadly, I'm unable to help him cuz he wants to lose as much fat as possible within 12 weeks, the reasons are unknown. He's one of those hotheaded guys that gets pissed with too much exercise and he doesn't want any muscles, he just want to get a lot thinner. I think he weights around 91 kilos[188 pounds], and wanna reduce to 65-70 kilos[155 pounds?].

All I know about his home area is that there's no gym, so he'll have to rely on cardio exercises, I believe. So any suggestion on how he should run, jog or walk?

Also, he told me that he can only run 5:00 - 6:00 in the morning and like 20:00 in the evening cuz he studies and does part time works but knowing him personally, he gets bored with exercises quite quickly, so if it bores him, he'll stop. :angry:

Oh, he told me, no supplements. :confused:

I'm having a big headache, I have no idea on how to help him nor do I see any hopes of him losing anything within 12 weeks, especially with his attitude of "quit if it bores". I think he need more endurance, so anyone knows how to gradually build up stamina and endurance?

Personally, I'll tell him along the lines: "run 10 kilometers each day and do half an hours of rope skipping and you're fine" but I doubt he'll do anything near that maybe "30 seconds of running and 5 jumps with the ropes". Oh, he eats like a horse, any suggestions on making him eat less? I told him to eat 5-7 times a day, and he does, now 5 big meals a day.

-Taison! out
ps. . I need a shrink, some type of people are hard to handle with especially this friend.

> he wants to lose as much fat as possible within 12 weeks [with no supplements]

That's easy. He needs to exercise as much as possible, and cut back his calories as much as is safe while maintaining a balanced diet and good nutrition, and he will lose as much fat as possible, whether the time span is 12 days, 12 weeks, or 12 months.

Thanks for the sarcasm, unforgetto. I'm talking about one of my dearest friends. He's been there for me a lot of times, mostly financially. Me? I don't need to reduce any weights, i'm happy like I am.Oh, for the rest of you, thanks for the advices. I got him up on a treadmill I bought [with his money] and he successfully did, uh, 5 minutes. And, I got him on a healthy diet, well, uh, chinese food.Anyway, it was a good start. -Taison! out

If your friend really wants to lsoe weight fast, a strict liquid diet is the way to go (with 'intense' fat burning/cardio excercises) I PMed you about it incase you dont view the thread again =) with more details =p

What a waste of time. After he goes off the liquids, he'll probably get fatter than he was in the first place. A liquid diet does not help one permantly modify his eating habits in a healthier direction.

D= ok i've been gone awhile again, sorry for late late reply. I've been off my liquid diet for 6 weeks now, haven't gained a pound back. Only those who don't stick to a strict healthy(whoel food) diet will gain the weight back. And to say one would double it is assuming they will just be stuffing their faces like they were a pig. ._. I'm almost offended, lol.

I've been off my liquid diet for 6 weeks now, haven't gained a pound back.That was a generalization, and it might not apply to you. I hope it doesn't. But a lot of people go on crash diets, don't change their underlying eating habits, and wind up right back where they started. Or worse. If you've disciplined your eating habits, you are on the right track.