Losing twenty pounds by september?

i just want to shape up before i go back to school. i started a diet/exercise plan last week and i am wondering if i am doing the right things. i wake up, eat some kind of fruit for breakfast (apple, peach, strawberry, etc.) with a glass of water. i then eat either a baked potatoe or salad for lunch and a very light dinner. i sometimes snack on bananas or applesauce. at 2:00 or so everyday i get on my mom's treadmill and run 2 miles with a 3.0 incline. i burn about 300 or so calories doing that. i just want to know if i am doing enough to lose 20 pounds before i go back to school and before i go on my trip to the beach. please answer this question with as much knowledge and/or advice you may have. thanks so much.
Answer:
Be careful of your calorie intake. Too little is just as bad as too much. I agree with the others about weightlifting. For best results, do not lift too heavy or too light. You may want to three sets at increasing weights. Weightlifting works well after your workout, helping to burn calories.

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ur doing about the amount to STAY at the ur weight instead of gain more...you need to do some more to actually LOSE it. maybe try some weight training...so that way u build muscles, and u will burn extra calories naturally. im trying to los 20 pounds by september too.except my school starts in eary august. =[ so yeah..you ve made a GREAT start tho...so congrats to you!

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wow, i think you are doing great. i am trying to lose twenty pounds also, and i'm ...kind of not doing anything, compared to you. i'm just trying to not eat junk food like pizza, cookies, ice cream, hot dogs, etc. so far i've lost five pounds and am proud of myself, but feel that i am on the brink of gaining it back in a snap. (it's happened before, sigh) so no, i think you're doing great. i wish i had a treadmill to run on. but then again i could go outside and run, I just don't.

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Eat small meals a day, replace snacks with vegetables, fruits, pudding (sugar free), peanut butter. Also drink slim tea. Exercise regularly, at least three times a week.
http://www.doctorworkout.com/guidesabs.p...

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ive had problems with my weight my whole life but finally ive gotten to a healthy weight. when i was in 2nd grade. i basically stopped eating. id probably eat an apple and an orange every day. i got down to about 60 pounds(which was really bad, cause i am sorta big boned) when my parents got worried about me and made me start eating, i gained weight rapidly. by 4th grade, i weighed 130 pounds. Now im about to turn 13,and i weigh 105 pounds(which is healthy for my body mass)
i know, im about to sound like a worried parent, but your "diet" needs to be tweeked a little.
Right now, since you're eating so little, as soon as you start eating normal again, you'll start gaining weight like crazy.
i promise, you cant eat fruit and baked potatoes for the rest of your life. plus, if you do lose 20 pounds by vacation, most of it will probably be muscle. so, you need to eat a more bablance diet(id like to call it an eating lifestyle)
heres just a sample day:
Breakfast: a bowl of plain oatmeal or toast and fruit
Snack: 1/2 apple
Lunch: chicken tenderloins or breast over a salad
snack: other 1/2 of apple
Dinner:Pita pizza:pita bread, tomato sauce, fat free cheese and turkey pepperoni of veggie pepperoni(yes, they actually have that)just microwave that for 2 minutes(on average)
then if you get hungry a little later, one of my fav. snacks is to cut up a peach and cook it on a skillet with some cinammon.
You should probably do some wieght workouts too:)

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