Help! Need to lose 25 pounds in 3 1/2 months!

I think orange theory is awesome, I've had a lot of friends see great results from that. Have you looked into your diet too? I'd cut things like snacking, desserts, soda, coffee creamer, etc. and other unnecessary calories. Focus on healthy snacking & healthy meals, and drinking a lot of water. I'd look into doing some at home workouts 2-3 times a week as well.

What you’re eating is the most important thing! High protein, high vegetable, low carb, and no processed sugar!

You can’t outrun a bad diet. MyFitnessPal is a great way to keep your eating on track - you do need to weigh or measure everything you put in your mouth, but if you eat within your calorie budget you’ll lose weight.

If your diet is on point (make sure you are getting enough calories and in healthy/whole foods), next check water intake and up it a lot.


I also cannot recommend weight training enough - I am going to assume that you don't necessarily want to lose 25 lb to fit into a piece of luggage or something, you want your dress to look attractive on you and maybe have a smaller waist or something. Get on the leg press and work from bodyweight presses up. I found that once I started deadlifting squatting and benching, my muscle mass started to grow and I burn calories like a furnace.

I joined weight watchers, and have lost 20 pounds in 8 weeks. Majority of weight gain/loss is what you are eating. They have an online only version that is $20 a month where you sign up and get the app, so you can log all your food. It’s super easy to track points, I find it so much easier to do that then track calories. It has a huge section of recipes and food, and a great online community. I def recommend it!

So I gained the freshman 15...ehhh 20... my Sophomore year of college. I was at my heaviest and decided to make a change. A coworker of mine recommended that I look into Whole30. I ended up doing it (while going to the gym 4-5 times a week) and lost all the weight in the 30 days. I won't say it was easy because it definitely wasn't. There is a lot of planning and prepping involved but there are also SO MANY benefits. I cut a lot of bad habits out (soda, creamer in my coffee everyday, fast food) and have stuck with them for the past few years. If you're truly dedicated to losing the weight, I strongly urge you to look into it! I'd be more than happy to be your accountability partner

Be REALLY disciplined about cutting carbs and sugar!!! I promise you, it makes all the difference. Good luck!!

Switch out your lunch with cucumbers, with fresh lemons and tomatoes. Eating cucumbers and drinking more water, will actually reduce water bloat. Then when you workout, make sure to wear a wrap around your waist - I promise it works. This is my go to before big events when I need to wear dresses.

Try going keto until the wedding! typically if you follow keto diet weight comes off fairly quickly

Eating is the most important thing, you don't even have to exercise if your diet is healthy and consists of enough protein and vegetables. Try to avoid sugar and all the baked stuff

Hey Nataly,

I have a degree in exercise science and have been a personal trainer specialising in weight loss. Your goal is absolutely achievable but their is no magic or fancy diet or routine that will get you there. A 500 calorie deficit and a periodised weights and cardio program is all you need. You just need to have timed refeed days to avoid stalling. With added cardio you will lose around 1.5lbs a week (with some more weight coming from water loss). Losing weight is simple maths and if you follow the right formula you will be guaranteed to reach your goal!

Good luck!!!!!

Let me know if you want more info!

Diet and water!! I recommend Noom because it's just very simple as opposed to macro tracking, etc. for a quick fix. And you always need more water!!

Good luck!

For general weight loss, I recommend WW (formally weight watchers). Go
to meetings. It will keep you accountable and give you support along the
way. To hit your goal, you need to be losing around 2 lbs a week, which is on the high side for any diet program. For WW, I would not use any of my extra weekly points or work out points if you are trying to lose that quickly.

I would also increase your working out if possible to 3-4 days a week. Even if it is just an extra 30 minute walk. I know you are active a work, but anything extra helps.

30 min of cardio where you are legit sweating hard, 50 push-ups, 50 sit-ups EVERY DAY . - you do not have to do them all in one sitting -- just get all of them done in one day.

Limit your sugar to fruits only, and cut soda. Find out how many calories you should be getting per day (My Fitness Pal is a good source) and cut that number by 400 for weight loss. Track your foods so you know where you are at daily.

And track your water!!! Get at least 110 oz per day.