Expert: Tanya Zilberter, PhD - 7/8/2005

Question
Hi, I am about 20 pounds over weight for my age/height and I'd like to loss the extra weight, now going to a gym isnt psosible I can't afford it nor can I afford home exercise equitment, I was wondering how many calories should be in my daily diet while I'm dieting? also I do sit up/stumick crunches for a few minutes several times daily and go for a walk every evening the walk is ussaly at lest 20 minutes long as I walk with my dog then go to the stores near by and walk around for a bit before returning. I am also intrested in possible fasting every now and then for two/three days as I've heard of people doing this... I was wondering thou how long can someone go with just a bowl of ceral in the morning? and just water all day? as that would be my one meal of choice and water is my perfered bevrage anyways. Would fasting on and off throught the month along with a low cal diet and the exercise I'm getting now reduce my weight at all? I'd like to lose all 20 extra pounds. also what does a good diet consist of? what can I and can I not eat? please let me know if you can help me thanks in advance.

Answer
Hello,

1. You can exercise at home without any equipment or walk. For exercise instructions, I advise http://betterbodz.com/ and for calorie-nutrition use http://fitday.com both free and very useful resources.

2. I personally fasted for 24 hours to two weeks. If you wish, contact me at tanya@infotonic.net for details and I'll send you my fasting article.

3. One week a day, this is exactly what works for me - BUT! I would never advise it for a way of eating based on carbhydrates. I do low-carb all or rather 'good carbs' - no cereals, only whole grains, fruit and vegetables for dinner (coffee, no sugar for breakfast)

For explanations, if you need any, please also contact me for an article. The matter is, they both qre included into our paid program but I can send you two chapters for free.

Hope this helps,

Tanya Zilberter, PhD