Lose 10 pounds in 5 weeks

akell99
akell99 Posts: 21 Member
edited November 22 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi! I was just wondering if losing 10 pounds in 5 weeks was a realistic goal? Also if anyone had any tips?

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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Not enough information. From your ticker, I would say it is ok.
  • akell99
    akell99 Posts: 21 Member
    I have been slacking on recording stuff but basically I've been working out 3-4 times a week and been on and off clean eating.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Clean eating isn't what matters, eating in a calorie deficit is what does. Log everything as accurately as you can and you'll lose. Will it be ten pounds? Maybe, maybe not. What are your stats?
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    akell99 wrote: »
    I have been slacking on recording stuff but basically I've been working out 3-4 times a week and been on and off clean eating.

    What is your definition of clean eating?
  • 6502programmer
    6502programmer Posts: 515 Member
    akell99 wrote: »
    I have been slacking on recording stuff but basically I've been working out 3-4 times a week and been on and off clean eating.
    Managing both calories in (food) and calories out (exercise) is essential to success. What you eat doesn't matter anywhere near as much as how many calories it has and what its overall nutritional profile is. At 50+ pounds overweight, it's not an unreasonable goal, but it is an aggressive one.
  • Kait_Dee
    Kait_Dee Posts: 176 Member
    I don't think it's realistic unless you're going to live quite miltantly... logging every bite, having a daily caloric deficit etc. :)
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Kait_Dee wrote: »
    I don't think it's realistic unless you're going to live quite miltantly... logging every bite, having a daily caloric deficit etc. :)

    Logging everything that you eat and having a daily deficit doesn't sound all that militant to me.

    A huge deficit could be hard to maintain, but creating some sort of deficit daily is actually pretty easy.
  • Domineer
    Domineer Posts: 239 Member
    It is definitely doable. I've lost 5 lbs in two weeks so I am on track. I set my daily calorie goal to leave me losing 2lbs each week. I log pretty much everything and the results have been consistent. My macros are pretty solid and I still make room to eat the foods I love. I typically save my "treats" until the end of the night after I enter my exercise cals into MFP. I only eat back 20-30% of my cals.
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