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2 lbs a week!

mayday8193
mayday8193 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
I'm looking to lose 10 lbs and if I can do that in 5 weeks that would be amazing!!! Add me if you wanna help each other or whatever (:

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  • Patttience
    Patttience Posts: 975 Member
    No you don't need to lose 2 pounds a week. That idea is for people who have a ton of weight to lose not people who are alredy close to goal. You are setting yourself up for failure.
  • mayday8193
    mayday8193 Posts: 5 Member
    Oh ok! What do you think would be more realistic? 1 a week? 1.5?
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    edited July 2015
    mayday8193 wrote: »
    Oh ok! What do you think would be more realistic? 1 a week? 1.5?

    0.5lbs a week.
  • mayday8193
    mayday8193 Posts: 5 Member
    I'm sure I can do better than that. A few months back I was losing at least a pound a week and I wasn't much heavier than I am now
  • Cass2025
    Cass2025 Posts: 82 Member
    .5 to 1lb, when you are down to the last bit of weight to lose its always the most frustrating, feel free to add me I'm right there with you :)
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    edited July 2015
    mayday8193 wrote: »
    I'm sure I can do better than that. A few months back I was losing at least a pound a week and I wasn't much heavier than I am now

    Honestly, you can do more than 0.5lbs but I'm going to bet the faster you push towards a scale loss, the less change in body composition you'll see (if any at all). Plus, if you decide to try to rush/crash diet it down, a chunk of that scale loss will be water. And that'll be gained back as soon as you go back to eating normally.
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