Fat loss for women

[bigggdoggg]

my friends wife asked me to put together a diet for her to follow to lose weight, she is a bigger girl she has no shape, she probley 5' 9" 220 , I know how to diet for myself but I don't no where to start with her, she doesn't lift weights she has been doing cardio only, any thing would help , thanks

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Atkins or South beach. You know the drill if she doesn't commit to a life change then nothing works. Got to exercise. Diets don't work.

[bigggdoggg]

Diet is everything

[ecke70]

I think at her state pretty much anything kind of clean will have a positive effect.

start her up with something really simple and easy to follow.

[barnzy7]

Just cutting out soda and fast food will make her drop 20-40lbs over a span of 6 months or something like that.

[bigggdoggg]

what would be a good plan for her to follow

[barnzy7]

Nothing with high fructose corn syrup, no sweets.

Learn to read the labels. Try to keep fats, saturated fats, sugars down as well as cholesterol.

Dont go crazy with carbs, try to eat whole weat, rye, stuff like that when she does.

Stay away from anything with trans-fat if at all possible. Most fast food restuarants use it to fry the food. Its in most packaged snacks such as peanut butter crackers, cheese its.

She's got to work slow and one thing at a time. So many people who try the diet and exercise thing jump in completely and get over whelmed. Start with no fast food and soda. When shes got that down add in something else. Eventually if she sticks to it she'll be dropping weight and it will be more of a way of life than a change.

Im sure someone may say something different but thats my opinion on where to start.

[thurstonKG]

she also needs to do cardio...start with 15 mins then move up 5 min increments everyday till she can do about 30-45-60 mins...per session...
your body doesnt know one carbohydrate from the other (doughnuts to wheat bread) besides one has more nutritional value than the other..
this needs to be explained to ppl so they know why they are eating certain foods..
raw foods, nuts, she needs to build up fiber to jumpstart that metabolism(this goes into help with cardio)
water she needs atleast 8-12 cups a day..water is absorbed in the colon and regulates metabolism..
vitamins are essential..cooking with spice is also.

cut down sugars;

[dale123]

Originally Posted by bigggdoggg

Diet is everything

Diet and training are everything