How to Lose 15 Pounds in 5 Weeks

Here, you can learn how to make and follow your fast weight loss plan to get the pounds off. You can lose a small amount of weight in a hurry if need be, but you'll want to do it in a relatively healthy way. Losing 15 pounds in 5 weeks comes down to simple math and these simple steps which boil down to losing 3 pounds per week.

1. • Write this formula down on a piece of paper: 3500 calories = 1 pound of fat. 3 pounds of fat = 3500 x 3= 10,500 calories. You'll need to create a 10,500 calorie deficit each week for 5 weeks to lose 15 pounds.
     
     
   • Skip all calories from drinks. Depending on how many drinks you have each day, this could cut a pound or two off each week all by itself. Here's an example: soda= 250 cals, latte with milk, sugar, & syrup = 250 cals, cosmopolitan = 150 cals, Mc Donalds' sweet tea = 230 cals. The grand total is 880 cals per day. That's over 6,000 calories in a week!
     
     
   • Burn the other 650 calories each day by exercising. A 150 pound person can burn about 600 calories in one hour of playing basketball, riding a bike, playing beach volleyball, or on the ski exercise machine. Choose an activity that you like or there's no way you'll stick to it for 5 weeks. Stick to this plan and your body will have no choice but to melt off those 15 pounds fast. The best part about it is that it was all totally free and completely natural.

How to Disguise Your Tummy With Clothes

Outfits That Make You Look Slimmer:

Since it takes a while to get back to your former self after delivery, it's helpful to know what outfit choices make you look slimmer after a c-section. It may be possible to look more fit just by changing your clothes. Here’s how:

Undergarments

This is where the battle is lost or won. Everyone (including guys) needs to have the right underwear for the right look. Every woman, regardless if she's had kids or not, has a trouble spot that will ruin an otherwise great outfit if she’s not wearing the right shapewear. Picture a muffin-top sticking out over a great pair of jeans or a few rolls of back fat to create that “pack of hotdogs” look under an otherwise cute fitted top. NOT a good look. Here’s how to fix it:

For the stomach, a waist clincher will flatten and smooth the tummy. This works best to prevent a muffin-top or to flatten a belly pooch left over from a cesarean.

For upper and lower back fat, opt for a shaping vest. These flatten and slim the upper and lower back while smoothing out the stomach as well.

For the thighs, hips and butt, choose Spanx tights, shaping briefs or a body suit style shaper. Bodysuits will flatten everything from back fat rolls, belly pooches, love handles, muffin tops and cellulite on the hips, thighs and butt.

Color

Choose a solid block of color over large, busy patterns or separates of different colors. This will create a longer, leaner look of uniformity. The eye will travel all the way up and down the body which will make you look taller and slimmer.

Tops & Jackets

Jackets with shoulders that are too long (with seams that hang low on the shoulder) make you look heavier than you actually are. Shorter women should purchase petite sizes with the correct sleeve and shoulder length to prevent looking overweight. For jackets you already own, any good seamstress or tailor can easily remedy this problem. Choose tops made of high quality, weighty fabrics. Tops should fit close to the body but without squeezing or compressing any areas.

Stripes

Always go with thin, vertical stripes over broad horizontal stripes that make you look heavy.

Sizing

One very important rule is to buy clothes that actually fit. Clothes that are baggy, too long, too wide and hang off of the body will not disguise your troubled areas. They will only make you look bigger than you are. Choose outfits with shape over ones that don’t gently hug any body parts in any way.

Balance

Consider your body shape when choosing outfits. Don't just think of trying to cover your stomach. If you have a pear-shaped body (wider hips, thighs) then balance your shape with the right choice of tops. A jacket or slightly loose-fitting top may help to widen your upper body and make you look more proportioned. By contrast, an apple-shaped woman (large waist, small upper body and hips) should try to create an hourglass look. Choose a skirt with a flair with a broad waist-band that doesn't cut into the stomach. Wear a waist-clincher undergarment that pulls the stomach in and flattens it out.

How to Lose a Muffin Top After a C-Section

How to Lose a Muffin Top After a C-Section
Are you in need of a list of the best muffin top exercises? Do you have a spare tire or belly pooch that you’d like to shrink in a hurry? The first thing you need to know is that muffin tops are relatively simple to fix. That’s right, I said simple. That’s because spare tires, love handles, muffin tops and belly pooches (or whatever you want to call them) are made up of pure fat. The way to melt off fat from your midsection is through manipulating the number of calories in vs. calories out. That’s it. Very simple. Now, that doesn’t mean it’s easy though. You still have to actually DO something to get the fat off your belly.


The #1 Muffin Top Exercise
The very best type of exercise you can do to lose a muffin top is walking. Easy peasy, plain old walking is one of the most effective forms of cardio and fat-burning exercise there is. That’s because brisk walking keeps your heart rate high enough to burn lots of calories but low enough that those calories are coming from the fat cells in your body. Working out very hard will burn lots of calories, but the body will prefer to burn glycogen (sugar) from your liver instead of fat from your muffin top.

How Fast Will It Flatten My Tummy?
A 180 pound person walking at 4 miles per hour will burn about 100 calories. That’s a nice brisk pace, but not  a jog. If you combine that walk with cutting 150 calories per day from soft drinks or unhealthy snack foods,  you’re up to 250 calories. Do that 5 days a week for six weeks and your muffin top will be two pounds lighter. Don’t think that’s enough to make a difference? Picture two pounds of ground beef in your hands. Now picture yourself smashing and sticking it against your body, all around your waist. How much wider would your waist be? Two pounds is a significant amount of fat to lose off of the waist alone. It’s true that you can’t control exactly where fat comes off of your body. Your DNA determines where you gain and lose weight first. However, the stomach is usually one of the first places people lose body fat.

In the Mean Time
While you’re waiting to lose weight off your waist, you can still hide that muffin top and look cute in your favorite jeans or you could buy bigger jeans…it’s up to you. I’m guessing you’d rather be smaller than buy larger pants. In order to prevent your stomach, love handles or back fat from sticking out over your jeans, simply wear a waist clincher or body shaper under your clothes. Quality shapewear is relatively comfortable and inexpensive. It will give your stomach a smooth, even look and often allows you to drop one dress/pants size in an instant.