18 pounds in 2 months? Possible?

akankshakish · October 2015

Hello guys,
Please suggest if there are any ways, diet changes etc. to lose 18 pounds in 2 months and how do I go about it? In dire need of help...

Francl27 · October 2015

If you're very obese, maybe.

ColinsMommaOC · October 2015

Is there a reason for the deadline?
Also: without your stats, there is no way to know if a 9lb/month loss is appropriate for you. If you are obese then possibly. But by obese I mean more than 100lbs to lose. If you are only 18lb from your goal weight then that rate of loss is not realistic.

Bshmerlie · October 2015

If you're already 200 or less then probably not. But if you're 250 then maybe. Enter your stats into MFP and set your rate of loss and get started. You'll lose as much as you'll lose. Just do your best.

Kalikel · October 2015

When I weighed 250, I did lose that much weight in that amount of time.

Now, in the 150s, I'd have to eat almost nothing. It would be so little that I couldn't function properly and lose that much. Although, technically, everyone who loses weight is starving themselves, I'd have to be seriously, really starving to do that. It wouldn't be healthy!

So, I think that how fat you are plays a part. Did for me, anyway.

misskarne · October 2015

Not likely unless you're really heavy to start. What's with the deadline?

daniwilford · October 2015

Your profile states you are female, and only 22 pounds away from your goal weight. If your goal weight is within the range of your recommended BMI, you can realistically expect to lose 5 pounds of fat at most, in a healthy way in two months. Any additional amount would likely be water and lean body mass.

SueInAz · October 2015

Let's look at the math. To lose 18 pounds of fat, you'd need to eat 18 pounds x 3500 calories less than your body burns every day for 60 days. That's 63,000 calories. Divide that by 60 days and you'll need to burn 1,050 calories more than you eat every day between now and then.

Since you have about 18 pounds to lose I'm going to guess that you probably burn about 1700 calories per day just by getting out of bed, going to work and generally living every day but I could be off by several hundred calories in either direction depending on your height and current weight. If I'm right, that leaves you 1,700 - 1050 = 650 calories you can eat if you do no exercise. The fewest amount of calories a female should eat are 1200 per day so you'd need to do 550 calories worth of exercise every day to meet that minimum and still meet your weight loss goal. Surviving on 650 net calories every day would probably not be pleasant, though.

So, if your TDEE is really 1700 calories it's marginally doable, but not really healthy or sustainable, and I think you'd be a very unhappy person in the process. If your TDEE is lower, I wouldn't even try it. If it's higher, you'd have a slightly better chance at success.

unfamiliar_with_impossible · October 2015

Oh wow

Liftng4Lis · October 2015

Not with so little to lose, sorry.

allenpriest · October 2015

Not happening

jsa_mason · October 2015

I did it, so yeah.

Therealobi1 · October 2015

how did you do it
where you obese at the time.

Therealobi1 · October 2015

i agree with the others if you just have 22 left overall to lose.

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld · October 2015

Put your details in to MFP diary, set the goal to lose 2lbs a week and see if you can live on the amount of calories it says.
Personally I'd not rush it, set it to 1lb a week loss, eat at that amount plus half of any exercise calories back. You want this to become a sustainable way of eating until you reach your goal weight. You can lose 18lbs for sure, just take the deadline out of the equation

LKArgh · October 2015

Gain 300 lbs first. Then at your new weight, it will be possible to lose 9 lbs per month

mumbles2013 · October 2015

Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.

Therealobi1 · October 2015

yes thats right. there is nothing wrong with setting possibly unrealistic goals and then getting upset when you either fail or you dont like the end results.

p.s i think the responses so far have been reasonable. What is probably needed is more information in the original post.

mumbles2013 · October 2015

Yes you're right about everything just like everyone else

DemoraFairy · October 2015

So, would you rather people give advice they didn't agree with? If someone asks for advice on how to do something from a bunch of people that those people consider dangerous and unhealthy, what do you think they should say? Should they say to go ahead and do it, or just stay silent?

Therealobi1 · October 2015

you sound upset about something

LKArgh · October 2015

Hmm, someone sounds bitter about something...

misskarne · October 2015

Oh dear, so sorry you find it offensive that people here want to make sure that newbies are setting HEALTHY, realistic goals that will enable them to lose the weight in a HEALTHY way...

kk_inprogress · October 2015

An OP with 22 lbs to lose cannot lose 18 of them in that short of a time frame - it's not about opinion or what anyone approves of - it's science.

Sued0nim · October 2015

So what would your advice be? @mumbles2013

Kalikel · October 2015

I am well aware of the fact that I don't know everything or even most of everything. The more you learn, the more you realize how much you don't know! I don't even pretend to be an expert on nutrition or weight loss. I am, however, an expert on my experience. I'm the top, worldwide leading expert in Me.

I do not believe there is One Best Way to lose weight and very much believe that everyone has to find the way that works for them. Part of finding one's way might include asking others, reading different ideas and trying different things until one finds what they like. So, when someone asks for ideas, getting many different ones is always a big plus and the best part of forums such as these.

I was not "going for" the OP in any way and hope the OP didn't feel attacked in any way. It was never my intention.

kissedbythesunshine · October 2015

I'm just trying to figure out why this comment was flagged. Like, you people seriously abuse the "flag" option here

Therealobi1 · October 2015

oh yes just went back and saw it. nothing in this post is flag worthy

Obnoxa · October 2015

If you only have 22 lbs to lose overall, 18 isn't really viable in that time frame. If you are crashing hard because, I don't know... you're getting married or something, then you'd have to take a pretty drastic approach to pull it off; to which you would find little support outside of the Ana-Mia community because of the health risks/sacrifices involved.
I'm sure there are things... shakes, wraps, whatever, that would get you a little closer faster, but as the community will be quick to tell you those things are only temporary and you are almost guaranteed to put the weight right back on when you stop using/taking them so if this is just to lose and maintain I wouldn't recommend them; they're fad crap.
@SueInAz crunched some ball-park numbers for you and the info is sound, contrary to @mumbles2013 's opinion, it has little to do with community approval and more to do with those numbers.
Whatever you're goal & whatever the reason, I wish you luck.

hajenna · October 2015

Hi! I don't know if my case is very common, but I have lost 22 pounds in the past couple of months. I'm 5'10" and started at 162ish (maybe a little more) at the end of summer and now I'm 140. I have been sticking to the 1200 calories a day (with minimal cheat days) and I dance a few days a week & have just added in a couple nights of crunches, squats, leg raises, triceps dips, etc. I also walk a LOT. Honestly, truly sticking to my diet plan and cutting out all sorts of junk food has had a huge impact, at least for me. Good luck!

sakurablush · October 2015

The last time I checked there are plenty of people on the site who are both close to their goal weight and losing around 2 ibs a week. That would be 16 rather than 20 ibs in 2 months, but perfectly doable and safe if you exercise and/ or find a way of maintaining a 7k/ wk calorie deficit. It also depends a lot on the person, as bodies are all different and what works for someone else might not work for you.

Not wanting to cause an argument or anything, but at the very least 2 ibs a week is doable if you go about it the right way.

18 pounds in 2 months? Possible?

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