I have decided to eat fruits and veggies as a main diet..and I’m not yet sure what sort of meats to eat yet. However how many minutes should I jog for it to work for me, given my diet plan? I am 158lbs, 5′9. I’m not sure how much I’m looking to lose yet but definitly a bit, given my body type. 
at least 30 minute .. the more the better… veg and fruits are good but do eat fish and chicken, rather then red meat. eat more fibre and most imp of all be happy.
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To be honest with you, it would actually be more affective to take it to the track and give 100% for as long as you can. Maybe 100 meter sprints as hard as you can.
Doing this will cause you to burn out more calories rather than to jog slow for a long time.
Also, make sure you are eating a good breakfast to speed up your metabolism.
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at least 30 minute .. the more the better… veg and fruits are good but do eat fish and chicken, rather then red meat. eat more fibre and most imp of all be happy.
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You haven’t given us a diet plan. A diet plan would include a calorie count. You can lose weight without exercise because in the end, weight loss is about using more calories than you eat. Eating less than you need, forcing the body to use fat.
But exercise IS a great thing to do while you are dieting, forcing the body to lose fat not bone or muscle too. A good cardio exercise should get your heart rate elevated for at least 20 to 30 minutes. And you should include some strength training several times a week. I like to alternate so that I’m not doing the same exercise two days in a row. Your body needs some down time, some rest time in there somewhere. Don’t run every day. Spend 20 or 30 minutes doing some mat-core muscle exercises or some other form of strength exercises using bands, free weights, home gyms, etc.
Did you know your body loses more calories when it’s resting than during the exercise time of your day? Most of your calories will be lost when you are sleeping, sitting, etc. So do those strength training, weights, bands, core exercise types of things so you can build your muscle mass and burn more calories when your body is at rest.
By the way, every day you should be getting at least TWO dairy. Say 1% milk or low fat yogurt. Also you should get some starch. Whole grain breads, cooked cereal, whole grain pasta. And you need healthy fat…something like smart balance on your bread, Olive Oil, fish oil pills. Your Protein should be lean such as low fat cottage cheese for breakfast. Skinless turkey, chicken, lean pork, fish, etc. And if you are going to diet take some multi vitamins so you don’t deprive yourself of nutrition. Salad? Use dark greens. Lots to learn, I suggest you read up on eating healthy and avoid diets that try to cut out carbs, protein, etc.
Eat your dairy, Starch, Fruit, Vegetable, Protein, and healthy fats and multi-vitamins. Don’t fall for a fad diet.
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I used to run 40mins, 5 times a week and lost a lot of body fat (and weight!) and toned up in a really short space of time.
You say you aren’t sure which sort of meats to eat yet – grilled pork, lean beef, ostrich, venison and turkey are all good. Chicken is surprisngly quite fatty as it’s factory farmed these days. Tuna, salmon and cod are the way to go with fish.
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Don’t start off too crazy or you’ll hurt yourself. Try a gentle mile to begin with and see how you feel in the couple of days afterwards. If no aches or pains, go for two miles, and leave another couple days to see the effects. Keep the cycle going until you start to feel some aches.
Once there, increase your weekly mileage by no more than 10% per week, even if you feel OK. This gives your body time to adjust and minimises your chances of injury.
It would be useful to have some goal in mind to help stay focused.
I would have thought that an hours jogging would burn somewhere around 700 calories for your body size, but it’s difficult to be exact.
If you’re only eating fruit and vegetables then you could set yourself up for problems as you will be lacking carbohydrate and protein. Carbohydrate is your body’s fuel, whilst protein repairs/builds muscles.
Try baked beans on toast – cheap, high protein, high carbohydrate, low calorie. Try and get the reduced sugar and salt variety.
You also might be a little ambitious in thinking about jogging every day. Quality rather than quantity might be a better option; pick one day a week and steadily increase the distance.
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Good on you for coming to this decision. I hope I can help you with your situation. There are a couple of things you need to realize you before you embark on your weight loss journey.
In order to lose fat your calorie intake needs to be less than than the calories you burn each day. Even if you are eating healthy, it may not be enough for sufficient weight loss.
You will need to do at least 30 minutes of good, hard out jogging a day. You have to make sure you really get the heart rate up. To achieve this you could do some interval training (e.g 5 minutes of jogging, 5 minutes of running, 5 minutes of jogging etc see the running link below)
Strength training to build up muscle is just as important. Add this to your exercise plan, at least 2-4 days a week. We need muscle in order to burn fat. Muscle is a very active tissue, so it burns fat even while resting. Every pound of muscle you have will burn 50 extra calories per day.
Check out our calorie calculator, this will help you to work out you daily calorific needs (see link below)
Good luck and all the best with your weight loss goals
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http://www.burnfatloseinches.com/free-diet-plans/calorie-burning-calculator.php
http://www.burnfatloseinches.com/weight-loss/how-to-run-to-lose-weight.php