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Weightloss

vegannewbie101
vegannewbie101 Posts: 25
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Is a 10lb predicted loss in 5 weeks achievable?

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    edited March 2015
    If you have 50+ lbs to lose it is. If you have less than 15 lbs to lose you should not be aiming for anything more than 1 lbs/week preferably 0.5/week
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    Depends how much you weigh, how much you eat, how much you burn. Its possible, but becomes harder the closer you are to your healthy weight.
  • vegannewbie101
    vegannewbie101 Posts: 25
    @999tigger‌ I weigh 139lbs burning around 600kcals a day whilst consuming 1000 roughly
  • judiness101
    judiness101 Posts: 119 Member
    vegannewbie101 wrote: »
    @999tigger‌ I weigh 139lbs burning around 600kcals a day whilst consuming 1000 roughly
    Eat more now!


  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    vegannewbie101 wrote: »
    @999tigger‌ I weigh 139lbs burning around 600kcals a day whilst consuming 1000 roughly

    Not good at all. at a very minimum you should be eating 1200 cals plus what you burn from exercise so min 1800
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    On a nutritional level you arent eating enough. If you want a sensible rate of loss to aim for then it should me more in the region of 0.5 - 1lb. You can aim for 2lb, but that imo would be too severe and would be much harder to achieve. It depends on the math , accuracy of your deficit and how your body responds.

    I wuld say you eat at least 1200, then if you are still hungry you should eat as much of your exercise calories back up to 50%, then montor the effect on the cales. Its more importnat you find a level you cna live with and sustain. Go for realistic targets and have some patience rather than stressing.

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