10 pounds in 10 weeks

mocadet95

i was curious to see if I could lose my last ten pounds in ten weeks, but am wondering if I can do this by doing my same plan I am on now. 1200 calories to 1400 calories and doing 3 to 5, 35 min cardio workouts a week. By doing this same plan for the next ten weeks is it possible for me to continue to lose my weight? If not, then what should be my next step for success?

PeachyPlum

I doubt it, you don't have a lot to lose. Those last 10 pounds tend to be stubborn!

I'd keep on with what you're doing, but don't get discouraged if you don't lose a pound a week. At your weight, that rate of weight loss would probably not be very healthy - better to set a goal of .5 per week.

ncboiler89

mocadet95 wrote: »

i was curious to see if I could lose my last ten pounds in ten weeks, but am wondering if I can do this by doing my same plan I am on now. 1200 calories to 1400 calories and doing 3 to 5, 35 min cardio workouts a week. By doing this same plan for the next ten weeks is it possible for me to continue to lose my weight? If not, then what should be my next step for success?

Yes. Assuming you are burning on average 500 calories more per day than you are eating.

stevesample76

Very possible. How long have you been at your current calorie goal and how much weight have you lost and been losing per week? Adding resistance training to your program will also help with fat loss.

mocadet95

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Well I've been losing weight for almost a year and a half now but joined MFP about 3 weeks ago. In total I've lost almost 40 pounds. I'm 165 now and need to get to 155. I am at 9.0 incline at 3.7 mph on the treadmill on average for my workout

Jennfur2610

Definitely doable but would it be healthy?

PJ3937

Gotta change things up. Faster, more intensity, heavier wts, I do better with HIIT training for cardio every other day. Muscles burn more cals than fat--get into wt. training. I do 20min of HIIT on a sta. bike using a interval timer AFTER my strength training 2x/week.

PJ3937

but as already stated when you are so close to goal, don't expecrt consistent weight loss unless its about 1/2 lb per week or two. Bless you. Congrats for sticking with it and being so close. I know you will make it b/c you made it this far. Pam