lose 20lbs in a month?

coleenculla

hi, I'm new here. i successfully completed the GM diet with at least 30mins cardio everyday, last week, and it is very effective. i lost more than 8lbs in a week,. What can you suggest i do after the GM diet to lose at least 20lbs in a month? or is it even possible? thanks in advance

NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner

Losing 20lb in a month is not healthy or sustainable.

DemoraFairy

Well, it's certainly possible if you remove a limb...

That 8lbs you lost will have been primarily water weight, this happens to most people when they start eating in a calorie deficit. You won't keep up that rate of loss, and if you do it'll be horrifically unhealthy. Healthy recommended rate loss is a maximum of 2lbs/week. You might be able to get away with a bit more than that if your profile is correct and you have 100lbs to lose, but you shouldn't really aim for more than that without medical supervision.

RodaRose

The first week is usually water loss. After that it will be about 1.5 to two pounds a week. Go strong and bold and you can reach your goals.

brianpperkins

So you "successfully completed" a fad diet that lies about its association with General Motors and now want to find another crash diet plan? (I hope you realilze all you lost on that was water weight ... not really a successful completion of anything)

That is a completely unhealthy plan. Reconsider, set realistic goals, then come back to us.

Sued0nim

DemoraFairy wrote: »

Well, it's certainly possible if you remove a limb...

That 8lbs you lost will have been primarily water weight, this happens to most people when they start eating in a calorie deficit. You won't keep up that rate of loss, and if you do it'll be horrifically unhealthy. Healthy recommended rate loss is a maximum of 2lbs/week. You might be able to get away with a bit more than that if your profile is correct and you have 100lbs to lose, but you shouldn't really aim for more than that without medical supervision.

listen to da Fairy

szecsenyi

not possible

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Dichotomy1976

I'm going to disagree with some of the people here and say it is possible and maybe not even that unhealthy depending on your weight to start with (a 400lb person losing a little over 1% body weight a week would manage 20lbs in a month). I still wouldn't advise it though unless you have a great deal of weight to lose (1% of your body weight per week is a decent rule of thumb, but you still should consult your doctor before trying anything that could be considered extreme.)

Doesn't matter what diet you are on, the only way to do it is to take in a significantly lower amount of calories a day than you expend. Since 1lb = 3500kcal that means you must be at a deficit of 70000kcal in a monthly period. Assuming 30 days in a month that means a deficit of 2333kcal per day which you can see is a large deficit when a lot of us would find that many calories would maintain our day to day weights so we would either have to workout for several hours a day if we wanted to eat and hit that goal (not advisable without replacing at least some of those calories from exercise), or starve ourselves which is also obviously bad. It is best to try to get in to a sustainable healthy routine rather than focusing on short term gains (losses?) that are usually put back on once the person doing them realises they can't maintain that level of loss. As others have said, your first week losses will be partially from losing water stored in your muscles so don't get disheartened when you don't see those numbers again from doing the same level of diet/exercise.

Sued0nim

Dichotomy1976 wrote: »

I'm going to disagree with some of the people here and say it is possible and maybe not even that unhealthy depending on your weight to start with (a 400lb person losing a little over 1% body weight a week would manage 20lbs in a month). I still wouldn't advise it though unless you have a great deal of weight to lose (1% of your body weight per week is a decent rule of thumb, but you still should consult your doctor before trying anything that could be considered extreme.)

Doesn't matter what diet you are on, the only way to do it is to take in a significantly lower amount of calories a day than you expend. Since 1lb = 3500kcal that means you must be at a deficit of 70000kcal in a monthly period. Assuming 30 days in a month that means a deficit of 2333kcal per day which you can see is a large deficit when a lot of us would find that many calories would maintain our day to day weights so we would either have to workout for several hours a day if we wanted to eat and hit that goal (not advisable without replacing at least some of those calories from exercise), or starve ourselves which is also obviously bad. It is best to try to get in to a sustainable healthy routine rather than focusing on short term gains (losses?) that are usually put back on once the person doing them realises they can't maintain that level of loss. As others have said, your first week losses will be partially from losing water stored in your muscles so don't get disheartened when you don't see those numbers again from doing the same level of diet/exercise.

morbidly obese more prone to developing gallstones due to rapid weight loss (eg above 3.3lbs per week)

but medics would weigh that against other risk factors

TimothyFish

20 lbs in a month is an unrealistic expectation. What's the hurry?

sayoqod

Weight loss is not a sprint. I'm willing to bet you didn't gain 20 pounds in a month, right? The healthy range for weight loss is usually between 1 and 2 pounds a week. Aim for that - any more is not sustainable, and you'll just gain it all back.

ndj1979

not gonna happen …

did you gain 20 pounds in a month?

why do you want to lose 20 pounds in a month? Let me guess…summer?

ndj1979

brianpperkins wrote: »

So you "successfully completed" a fad diet that lies about its association with General Motors and now want to find another crash diet plan? (I hope you realilze all you lost on that was water weight ... not really a successful completion of anything)

That is a completely unhealthy plan. Reconsider, set realistic goals, then come back to us.

what is the GM diet? Eat nothing but chryslers????

NoIdea101NoIdea

How about you stop dieting and make a lifestyle change that you can keep up? One that means once you stop with the whole fad-dieting phase you won't just go back to 'regular' eating habits and gain all that weight, plus more, back?

The only 'diet' I will ever use is one called CICO; Calories in vs Calories out. It's free, effective, healthy and totally sustainable!

kwbroach

Regardless of what anyone says, it is possible and not that hard to do. Healthy? That just depends on you and your on overall health. I really don't suggest a gimmick diet though. You will grow tired of it and once you go back to a 'normal diet' it will be hard to keep off or maintain. I lost 21lbs my first month and so far a total of 37lbs is 2 months. It's truly a life style change. I've gone up and down and struggled with eating my entire life. Everyone if different, you really just have to find what works for you. If you don't lose 20 in a month, so what, go for 15. Cut the calories and do your cardio... and the weight will come off!! But 1 a year from now, you still need to be watching calories and doing your cardio!! Good Luck!! Keep up the awesome work!!!

Dichotomy1976

rabbitjb wrote: »

Dichotomy1976 wrote: »

I'm going to disagree with some of the people here and say it is possible and maybe not even that unhealthy depending on your weight to start with (a 400lb person losing a little over 1% body weight a week would manage 20lbs in a month). I still wouldn't advise it though unless you have a great deal of weight to lose (1% of your body weight per week is a decent rule of thumb, but you still should consult your doctor before trying anything that could be considered extreme.)

Doesn't matter what diet you are on, the only way to do it is to take in a significantly lower amount of calories a day than you expend. Since 1lb = 3500kcal that means you must be at a deficit of 70000kcal in a monthly period. Assuming 30 days in a month that means a deficit of 2333kcal per day which you can see is a large deficit when a lot of us would find that many calories would maintain our day to day weights so we would either have to workout for several hours a day if we wanted to eat and hit that goal (not advisable without replacing at least some of those calories from exercise), or starve ourselves which is also obviously bad. It is best to try to get in to a sustainable healthy routine rather than focusing on short term gains (losses?) that are usually put back on once the person doing them realises they can't maintain that level of loss. As others have said, your first week losses will be partially from losing water stored in your muscles so don't get disheartened when you don't see those numbers again from doing the same level of diet/exercise.

morbidly obese more prone to developing gallstones due to rapid weight loss (eg above 3.3lbs per week)

but medics would weigh that against other risk factors

I was pretty careful in my wording as I knew it is the type of thing people will jump on if I'm not. I never said it was healthy to lose that much weight, just that it might not be that unhealthy. I also said to check with a doctor before trying anything that could be considered extreme (which I'm assuming the op would consider 20lbs/month extreme based on the replies and their own post and my following paragraph). To make half of one of my sentences bold seems a little disingenuous to me.

mitch16

ndj1979 wrote: »

brianpperkins wrote: »

So you "successfully completed" a fad diet that lies about its association with General Motors and now want to find another crash diet plan? (I hope you realilze all you lost on that was water weight ... not really a successful completion of anything)

That is a completely unhealthy plan. Reconsider, set realistic goals, then come back to us.

what is the GM diet? Eat nothing but chryslers????

Whaaaaaaaat? GM can barely do their core business (building cars) and now they're getting into diet plans?

Sued0nim

Dichotomy1976 wrote: »

rabbitjb wrote: »

Dichotomy1976 wrote: »

I'm going to disagree with some of the people here and say it is possible and maybe not even that unhealthy depending on your weight to start with (a 400lb person losing a little over 1% body weight a week would manage 20lbs in a month). I still wouldn't advise it though unless you have a great deal of weight to lose (1% of your body weight per week is a decent rule of thumb, but you still should consult your doctor before trying anything that could be considered extreme.)

Doesn't matter what diet you are on, the only way to do it is to take in a significantly lower amount of calories a day than you expend. Since 1lb = 3500kcal that means you must be at a deficit of 70000kcal in a monthly period. Assuming 30 days in a month that means a deficit of 2333kcal per day which you can see is a large deficit when a lot of us would find that many calories would maintain our day to day weights so we would either have to workout for several hours a day if we wanted to eat and hit that goal (not advisable without replacing at least some of those calories from exercise), or starve ourselves which is also obviously bad. It is best to try to get in to a sustainable healthy routine rather than focusing on short term gains (losses?) that are usually put back on once the person doing them realises they can't maintain that level of loss. As others have said, your first week losses will be partially from losing water stored in your muscles so don't get disheartened when you don't see those numbers again from doing the same level of diet/exercise.

morbidly obese more prone to developing gallstones due to rapid weight loss (eg above 3.3lbs per week)

but medics would weigh that against other risk factors

I was pretty careful in my wording as I knew it is the type of thing people will jump on if I'm not. I never said it was healthy to lose that much weight, just that it might not be that unhealthy. I also said to check with a doctor before trying anything that could be considered extreme (which I'm assuming the op would consider 20lbs/month extreme based on the replies and their own post and my following paragraph). To make half of one of my sentences bold seems a little disingenuous to me.

not disingenuous (you do know what that word means right?)

I was referencing that part only, which is how it works, not picking up on your entire post and giving further information to that specific point not discounting what you said

I also was pretty careful in my wording

serenity1097

ndj1979 wrote: »

brianpperkins wrote: »

So you "successfully completed" a fad diet that lies about its association with General Motors and now want to find another crash diet plan? (I hope you realilze all you lost on that was water weight ... not really a successful completion of anything)

That is a completely unhealthy plan. Reconsider, set realistic goals, then come back to us.

what is the GM diet? Eat nothing but chryslers????

This made me LOL

dammitjanet0161

I'd never heard of it until now but having just consulted Dr Google all I have to say is that it makes the Military diet look like a solid nutritional plan. *facepalm*

Liftng4Lis

Do you like your hair?

missiontofitness

ndj1979 wrote: »

brianpperkins wrote: »

So you "successfully completed" a fad diet that lies about its association with General Motors and now want to find another crash diet plan? (I hope you realilze all you lost on that was water weight ... not really a successful completion of anything)

That is a completely unhealthy plan. Reconsider, set realistic goals, then come back to us.

what is the GM diet? Eat nothing but chryslers????

I have an advanced palate. I eat nothing less than Cadillacs.

brianpperkins

ndj1979 wrote: »

brianpperkins wrote: »

So you "successfully completed" a fad diet that lies about its association with General Motors and now want to find another crash diet plan? (I hope you realilze all you lost on that was water weight ... not really a successful completion of anything)

That is a completely unhealthy plan. Reconsider, set realistic goals, then come back to us.

what is the GM diet? Eat nothing but chryslers????

A week long, restrictive, fad diet with ridiculous food combinations complete with the false linkage to a company or organisation in an attempt to give an air of credibility.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/opinion/30iht-edcohen.html?_r=0

Dichotomy1976

rabbitjb wrote: »

Dichotomy1976 wrote: »

rabbitjb wrote: »

Dichotomy1976 wrote: »

I'm going to disagree with some of the people here and say it is possible and maybe not even that unhealthy depending on your weight to start with (a 400lb person losing a little over 1% body weight a week would manage 20lbs in a month). I still wouldn't advise it though unless you have a great deal of weight to lose (1% of your body weight per week is a decent rule of thumb, but you still should consult your doctor before trying anything that could be considered extreme.)

Doesn't matter what diet you are on, the only way to do it is to take in a significantly lower amount of calories a day than you expend. Since 1lb = 3500kcal that means you must be at a deficit of 70000kcal in a monthly period. Assuming 30 days in a month that means a deficit of 2333kcal per day which you can see is a large deficit when a lot of us would find that many calories would maintain our day to day weights so we would either have to workout for several hours a day if we wanted to eat and hit that goal (not advisable without replacing at least some of those calories from exercise), or starve ourselves which is also obviously bad. It is best to try to get in to a sustainable healthy routine rather than focusing on short term gains (losses?) that are usually put back on once the person doing them realises they can't maintain that level of loss. As others have said, your first week losses will be partially from losing water stored in your muscles so don't get disheartened when you don't see those numbers again from doing the same level of diet/exercise.

morbidly obese more prone to developing gallstones due to rapid weight loss (eg above 3.3lbs per week)

but medics would weigh that against other risk factors

I was pretty careful in my wording as I knew it is the type of thing people will jump on if I'm not. I never said it was healthy to lose that much weight, just that it might not be that unhealthy. I also said to check with a doctor before trying anything that could be considered extreme (which I'm assuming the op would consider 20lbs/month extreme based on the replies and their own post and my following paragraph). To make half of one of my sentences bold seems a little disingenuous to me.

not disingenuous (you do know what that word means right?)

I was referencing that part only, which is how it works, not picking up on your entire post and giving further information to that specific point not discounting what you said

I also was pretty careful in my wording

Of course I do, I felt you took a small part of a post you read and used that one part instead of the whole to lower the credibility of the overall post. Referencing only works if you take the overall meaning of the article you take the reference from (although I'd say tabloid referencing is akin to the way you referenced me).