So i need to lose about 40-50 lbs for Florida. How long will it take?

I am 15, guy, weigh 220lbs, and i am 6ft 1in tall.

So i just found out that i am going to Florida on June 11, 2009 For 1-2 weeks. Then we are going to Gatlinberg Tenn. So i need to lose about 40-50 lbs. Do you think i could do this in 11 months. I know cardio is good but i have exercise enduced asthma and have a hard time running for long times. Walking would be really good for me. I also have a stationary bike, and a pool. I need to find somewhere where you can make your own diet plan online meals and everything. It can't be to expensive at all to sign up and set up some plans. I really want to work hard for this weight loss. It is just not cutting it with me trying to make my own healthy food. I really don't know what is healthy food. So a site would do wonders for me.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

also how many calories do you have to burn to lose a pound???

At your age and stature, it is very realistic to achieve your goal. You will have to perform a weightlifting routine to add muscle and increase your metabolism. For your cardio work, do what you enjoy.

Start with 3000 calories per day and perform compound movements such as squats, deadlifts, bench press, bent over rows, pullups and military presses. These will add mass to your musculatrue and help to turn your body into a calorie burning machine.

I train a ton of young guys for athletics and contact sports. For a guy your height with decent muscle mass, 190 lbs is the lowest I would go. More than that and you will look stringy.

It will take 4 to 5 months to lose 40 to 50 pounds, thats at a healthy 2 pounds a week.

Im currently doing the South Beach Diet, and it has done wonders! Just buy the book, and you buy normal food, lots of protein and low fat cheeses and vegtables in the beginning. Its really filling and you really dont have to count calories, its designed to eat until your full. I recommend buying the book, and follow the meal plans and walk everyday for a half hour to an hour, and you'll drop the wieght in like 4-5 months.

And rememeber that excercise is only 30% of losing wieght, the other 70% is what you eat

The perfect diet for you would be the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet. It's easy, fast, healthy and cheap.

It is only a one time fee of $39.00. You will never pay another dime, and you will have access any time and all the time for as long as you want.

All you have to do is follow a menu with this diet. You choose your favorite foods from a list, and the the "diet generator" creates an 11 day menu for you. The menu will tell you exactly what to eat. You don't have to guess anymore. You follow the menu for 11 days, and then you get 3 cheat days to eat whatever you want. Then, you create another 11 day menu.

This diet uses "calorie-shifting". You have to eat the right foods at the right times and in the right cycles. This will maximize your metabolism and enable your body to burn calories and fat constantly, and you will lose weight quickly.

Good luck!
http://www.fatlossforidiotsplan.com

In answer to the part.. is it possible to lose a lot of weight in a short amount of time...It is possible, a guy at our church lost 70 pounds in 8 months when we asked him what in the world he did he said he was on some sort of diet that involves placenta, we didn't even believe him but I mean I don't think he'd lie in the house of God..lol anyway we tried to look it up on the internet and came up with nothing but Tom Cruise jokes. So I don't know he explained the whole process but I lost him after "placenta". If I see him again I'll get more information, he was super skinny, I thought he'd gotten sick or something. Either way these days you can't trust people because they might blow smoke about how they worked hard to lose the weight when all they did was get Gastric Bypass Surgery. Just make sure whatever you do is safe, losing too much weight too fast is not recommended, I wish you the best in your efforts!