Who wants to lose 16 lbs/mo with me??

laurenjill25
laurenjill25 Posts: 37
edited November 14 in Introduce Yourself
Hi all! I'm Lauren (and I'm real, no gimmick :) I started a 90 Days to Summer Fitness Challenge using Jillian Michael's Banish Fat Boost Metabolism workout (Find it on YouTube here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FTT4W8ygJ7w ) I'm keeping my net calories around 1500 and doing this workout twice a day for 90 days which equals a 4 lb a week weight loss (48 lbs in 90 days) I have slacked for waay too long and it's time to get ready for Summer! So far I'm 5 days into it and I've lost 3 lbs. Who wants to lose with me? Let's keep eachother motivated!

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  • laurenjill25
    laurenjill25 Posts: 37
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  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    :huh:
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    This is an unsafe and unrealistic goal for a majority of people. You are just setting yourself up for failure or possible injury if you are really trying to stick to that rate of loss.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    This plan will not go as you hoped for a variety of biological reasons.
  • rachealledin
    rachealledin Posts: 5 Member
    Hej , i have been doing this workout for a couple of days , it's amazing but am aiming at losing about 1kg per week (hopefully
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    In. (For the thread, not the challenge which I think is unhealthy and unsustainable. )
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,254 Member
    Unless you are morbidly obese, you won't hit anything like those kind of losses consistently, sorry. Even morbidly obese people only lose huge amounts for the short term then slow down.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    Really? 4# a WEEK?

    That's a deficit of 14,000 a week - 2,000 a day! How are you going to consistently run a 2,000 calorie a day deficit?! Your maintenance calories would have to be over 3,000 a day, even with exercise!

    You have lost 3# in 5 days....mainly water weight (most people lose a good chunk of weight the first 1-2 weeks due to water weight - I myself, lost 5# the first 2 weeks). It WILL slow down to a healthy, sustainable, .5-2# a week loss...unless you do something crazy like drop your net calories to 500 each day.

    Good Luck, but please reconsider a healthier plan!
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    What's with the picture?
  • AlaskanVeteran
    AlaskanVeteran Posts: 10 Member
    I'm going to assume this is an advertisement. With that being said, hopefully no one buys into this and thinks it's safe to lose 4 pounds a week. That is, of course, unless one is morbidly obese and is following a nutrition plan set forth and supervised by a medical professional.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Your math doesn't add up. 1500 calories net will not result in 4 lbs/week loss for you long term. Which honestly is a good thing. You would not want to actually lose 4 lbs per week-- that's a good way to lose a lot of muscle.
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  • Train4Foodz
    Train4Foodz Posts: 4,298 Member
    edited March 2015
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