I'm determined to lose 15- 20lbs in 30 days

StaceyCakes2015
StaceyCakes2015 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 19 in Introduce Yourself
I have a gown to fit into!!! Lol My boyfriend is VERY physically fit! When we met a year ago so was I.
Stopping a medication was all it took for me to put on almost 30lbs.
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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    That does not seem healthy or realistic.
  • StaceyCakes2015
    StaceyCakes2015 Posts: 6 Member
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    That does not seem healthy or realistic.

    +1

    OP, choose a more realistic goal and buy a dress that fits.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    with 30 pounds to lose, losing 1 pound a WEEK is a more realistic goal.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    15-20 lbs in 30 days is not a realistic goal. I agree, I'd shoot for one lb per week until you get down to the last 10 or so lbs, and then switch to a half lb per week.
  • kalmf
    kalmf Posts: 351 Member
    All of the above, and perhaps a double layer of spanks. (Did you see Tina Fey on Letterman? She had about 6 layers!)
  • StaceyCakes2015
    StaceyCakes2015 Posts: 6 Member
    I appreciate your advice.
    I guess I have A lot to learn, what would you recommend? I'm squeezing into a size 10 right now, I tend to gain very evenly everywhere from my arms to my legs, nothing misapportioned
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

  • jnv7594
    jnv7594 Posts: 983 Member
    I have a gown to fit into!!! Lol My boyfriend is VERY physically fit! When we met a year ago so was I.
    Stopping a medication was all it took for me to put on almost 30lbs.

    Ya, not to be a debbie downer, but that's not going to happen.

  • FitFitzy331
    FitFitzy331 Posts: 308 Member
    In 4 weeks you should only expect to lose between 2-8lbs to lose the weight in a healthy manner. Just try to maintain this month and buy a dress that fits so you don't pass out at your wedding.
  • bizgirl26
    bizgirl26 Posts: 1,795 Member
    It isnt suggested to lose weight that fast as even if you were successful- you would most likely gain it back and then some. You may lose 3-5 pounds your first week on a weight loss plan but then it generally slows down. I would suggest you dont punish yourself. Try to lose weight and buy a dress that fits
  • StaceyCakes2015
    StaceyCakes2015 Posts: 6 Member
    Thank you! It was really just an uneducated decision. It's not my wedding so that softens the blow of having to buy another dress!
  • FitFitzy331
    FitFitzy331 Posts: 308 Member
    Thank you! It was really just an uneducated decision. It's not my wedding so that softens the blow of having to buy another dress!

    Ah! Glad its not your wedding, there are a lot of the shredding for the wedding posts on here. Just buy something that you can feel pretty and confident in and try to slowly lose the weight in a healthy way.
  • kyleh206
    kyleh206 Posts: 13 Member
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

    You don't need to be burn 3500 calories for one pound. That's a myth.

    Anyway, I have lost 18 in a month, but I needed to loose more than you did so it was easier on me.
  • paris458
    paris458 Posts: 229 Member
    just eat within your calories and workout everyday. I am sure you will be happy with the results no matter how much you end up losing in 30 days
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    In 30 days (4 weeks ish) you should be aiming to lose that much in 3-4lbs total ( about 1lb/week).
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    ain't gonna happen.
  • herwholejourney
    herwholejourney Posts: 86 Member
    edited June 2015
    All you can do is try your best :smile:

    I lost 12 lbs in a month when I did Whole30 + 1.8 lbs the following week (I only focused on the food part, this was without exercising).

    Eat well, workout, do your best, see what happens! Good luck :)
  • tiagayepfa
    tiagayepfa Posts: 3 Member
    Outside of a doctor's supervision, 2lbs a week is a healthy goal. To lose 30lbs in a month would not be healthy and could set you up for binge eating, only to gain all or more back.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    tiagayepfa wrote: »
    Outside of a doctor's supervision, 2lbs a week is a healthy goal. To lose 30lbs in a month would not be healthy and could set you up for binge eating, only to gain all or more back.
    2lb/week is only a healthy goal if you have a lot to lose or have a high BF%, not for most people, esp if you only have 30 lbs to lose.
  • sophtobethin
    sophtobethin Posts: 2 Member
    If your looking for a quick result Google chemical breakdown diet good luck xx
  • NoIdea101NoIdea
    NoIdea101NoIdea Posts: 659 Member
    kyleh206 wrote: »
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

    You don't need to be burn 3500 calories for one pound. That's a myth.

    Anyway, I have lost 18 in a month, but I needed to loose more than you did so it was easier on me.

    PLEASE explain why 3500 is a myth! I really want to know how you came to that conclusion!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    If your looking for a quick result Google chemical breakdown diet good luck xx

    wut???
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    kyleh206 wrote: »
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

    You don't need to be burn 3500 calories for one pound. That's a myth.

    Anyway, I have lost 18 in a month, but I needed to loose more than you did so it was easier on me.

    really? Are you on a different math system then the rest of us?

    I would be interested in some peer reviewed literature stating 3500 is a myth.
  • jnv7594
    jnv7594 Posts: 983 Member
    edited June 2015
    kyleh206 wrote: »
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

    You don't need to be burn 3500 calories for one pound. That's a myth.

    Anyway, I have lost 18 in a month, but I needed to loose more than you did so it was easier on me.

    OP ignore this. It's NOT a myth.

    And if you lost 18 in a month, some of it was likely water weight.

  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    kyleh206 wrote: »
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

    You don't need to be burn 3500 calories for one pound. That's a myth.

    Anyway, I have lost 18 in a month, but I needed to loose more than you did so it was easier on me.

    Please provide peer reviewed studies that refute the widely accepted number that 3500 cals is the equivalent of one lb of fat. Losing 18 lbs in a month would likely include fat, as well as a large chunk of water weight.

  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    I appreciate your advice.
    I guess I have A lot to learn, what would you recommend? I'm squeezing into a size 10 right now, I tend to gain very evenly everywhere from my arms to my legs, nothing misapportioned
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

    My advice?

    For starters, I would read the stickies at the top of the Getting Started forum, especially these two:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1235566/so-youre-new-here/p1

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1


    I would put all your stats into MFP and set it to lose 1 lb/ week. I would eat the food you like, and not look for any fad, restrictive diets.

    I would do some exercise, whatever you like, but some circuit training may give you some small, visible results in the time frame you are looking at with relatively low risk of injury.

    I would go to the wedding and enjoy myself and not worry about how I look in the dress, because the day isn't about me (since you said this isn't your wedding).

    Good luck!


  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    I appreciate your advice.
    I guess I have A lot to learn, what would you recommend? I'm squeezing into a size 10 right now, I tend to gain very evenly everywhere from my arms to my legs, nothing misapportioned
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

    My advice?

    For starters, I would read the stickies at the top of the Getting Started forum, especially these two:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1235566/so-youre-new-here/p1

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1


    I would put all your stats into MFP and set it to lose 1 lb/ week. I would eat the food you like, and not look for any fad, restrictive diets.

    I would do some exercise, whatever you like, but some circuit training may give you some small, visible results in the time frame you are looking at with relatively low risk of injury.

    I would go to the wedding and enjoy myself and not worry about how I look in the dress, because the day isn't about me (since you said this isn't your wedding).

    Good luck!


    ^All of this is really great advice.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    I appreciate your advice.
    I guess I have A lot to learn, what would you recommend? I'm squeezing into a size 10 right now, I tend to gain very evenly everywhere from my arms to my legs, nothing misapportioned
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Being a size 00 is probably not so healthy! I agree! But I'd really like to get back into a size 6. That's what my goal is.
    Tell me why you think it's not realistic?

    To lose 20 lbs in 30 days? When you are trying to lose how much total - 35 lbs? No, that's not at all realistic. In order to lose 1 lb you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories. To lose 20 lbs you need a deficit of 70,000 cals. How exactly are you going to create that deficit in a month?

    Do I think getting into a size 6 is realistic for you? Possibly, probably. I don't know what your current stats are. But what is not realistic is doing it in 30 days.

    My advice?

    For starters, I would read the stickies at the top of the Getting Started forum, especially these two:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1235566/so-youre-new-here/p1

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1


    I would put all your stats into MFP and set it to lose 1 lb/ week. I would eat the food you like, and not look for any fad, restrictive diets.

    I would do some exercise, whatever you like, but some circuit training may give you some small, visible results in the time frame you are looking at with relatively low risk of injury.

    I would go to the wedding and enjoy myself and not worry about how I look in the dress, because the day isn't about me (since you said this isn't your wedding).

    Good luck!


    ^All of this is really great advice.

    :* (flower for you)

  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    I have a gown to fit into!!! Lol My boyfriend is VERY physically fit! When we met a year ago so was I.
    Stopping a medication was all it took for me to put on almost 30lbs.

    15 pounds would be realistic if you had (say) 100+pounds to lose.

    Don't obsess about the number on the scale, just eat at a moderate deficit and exercise.

    Inches count for every bit as much as pounds. Add strength training. This will help with the inches. If you are very out of shape now, you could very well lose several inches.
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