Can i lose 40 lbs in 4months?
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I am in my 33 years old and i am 5"2 and i am 188 lbs right now. I am lossing wight but is very slow and i would like to speed it up. I have loset 11lbs in 7 months. Any help may help me
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Congratulations on your weight loss so far. 11 pounds in seven months averages to about 1.5 per month, or about .4 pounds a week loss.
I do not recommend trying to lose 40 pounds in 4 months, which would come out to about 2 something pounds a week. Besides, 40 pounds is not that much.
What did you set your goals to lose? If you are losing it slower than you anticipated, you might be eating a little more than you realize. Do you weigh your solid food and measure your liquids? Log everything you eat?
Do you exercise and count those calories? Eat any of them back? If so, where do you get your numbers from?1 -
The max you can probably lose 8 pounds a month, and that's with a deep deficit and very good adherence. So 40 in 4 months is probably not doable. You could lose faster than your current rate though which is an average of 1.5 lbs a month.
Personally I think you should try for 1 pound a week (4 pounds a month) at the most and see how you do. I can understand wanting to lose faster than you are now, but trying to lose too fast doesn't work well either.7 -
courtneyfabulous wrote: »The max you can probably lose 8 pounds a month, and that's with a deep deficit and very good adherence. So 40 in 4 months is probably not doable. You could lose faster than your current rate though which is an average of 1.5 lbs a month.
Personally I think you should try for 1 pound a week (4 pounds a month) at the most and see how you do. I can understand wanting to lose faster than you are now, but trying to lose too fast doesn't work well either.
She's lost 11 pounds in 7 months. That's not 1.5 pounds per week. Where did you come up with that number?3 -
You absolutely CAN lose forty pounds in four months. It really depends on how badly you want it, and how much you're willing to sacrifice to get it. Thus far I've lost just shy of 100 pounds since last Christmas, and admittedly, I've been stale for the last two to three months. I'm 33 years old, and was sitting at between 800-1000 calories per day. With that, I was hitting the gym twice per day, five days per week.
The only slight caveat I would have is that you might want to check with a medical professional if you're not 100% healthy. My weight loss was supervised by my doctor. I asked him what his thoughts were about eating as few as 1000 or less calories, and he essentially explained to me that you essentially can't starve to death if you have stored fat. In fact, for morbidly obese patients he puts then on 800-1000 calorie per day diets.
It doesn't seem like it, but 1000 calories can actually be a lot of food if you're eating the right kind of foods. Almost any veggies are great, fruits can be a little tricky as they can be higher in sugars and carbs. Fish, chicken and some beef are good. I say some beef, I mean, in moderation as its a little more fatty and calorie rich than chicken and fish.
At the end of the day don't let anyone tell you that you can't lose it, you absolutely can. I'm going back on this plan starting tomorrow (just finished making all my meals for tomorrow). My goal is to lose another 25 pounds on the next 45 days.8 -
You absolutely CAN lose forty pounds in four months. It really depends on how badly you want it, and how much you're willing to sacrifice to get it. Thus far I've lost just shy of 100 pounds since last Christmas, and admittedly, I've been stale for the last two to three months. I'm 33 years old, and was sitting at between 800-1000 calories per day. With that, I was hitting the gym twice per day, five days per week.
The only slight caveat I would have is that you might want to check with a medical professional if you're not 100% healthy. My weight loss was supervised by my doctor. I asked him what his thoughts were about eating as few as 1000 or less calories, and he essentially explained to me that you essentially can't starve to death if you have stored fat. In fact, for morbidly obese patients he puts then on 800-1000 calorie per day diets.
It doesn't seem like it, but 1000 calories can actually be a lot of food if you're eating the right kind of foods. Almost any veggies are great, fruits can be a little tricky as they can be higher in sugars and carbs. Fish, chicken and some beef are good. I say some beef, I mean, in moderation as its a little more fatty and calorie rich than chicken and fish.
At the end of the day don't let anyone tell you that you can't lose it, you absolutely can. I'm going back on this plan starting tomorrow (just finished making all my meals for tomorrow). My goal is to lose another 25 pounds on the next 45 days.
As your doctor stated, it may besafe for morbidly obese patients, under supervision, to go that low. OP here only has 40lbs to lose and a calorie deficit that big is not practical or sustainable for her. The less you have to lose, the slower you lose it, and the slower you ought to lose it as you start dealing with very low calorie intake.13 -
In all fairness, she said she wanted to lose 40 not that it's all she had to lose. Either way, my particular scenario is based on the fact that I have no medical issues. If one has no such considerations, such as blood sugar, etc. then there's no reason you can't go one a low calorie diet and be completely healthy doing it. Even at 800-1000 calories I consume more food than a lot of people do (by volume) they just happen to be much healthier foods.0
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courtneyfabulous wrote: »The max you can probably lose 8 pounds a month, and that's with a deep deficit and very good adherence. So 40 in 4 months is probably not doable. You could lose faster than your current rate though which is an average of 1.5 lbs a month.
Personally I think you should try for 1 pound a week (4 pounds a month) at the most and see how you do. I can understand wanting to lose faster than you are now, but trying to lose too fast doesn't work well either.
She's lost 11 pounds in 7 months. That's not 1.5 pounds per week. Where did you come up with that number?
I said her current rate of loss is 1.5 pounds a month.
Please read before commenting.25 -
Let's get real....I am not trying to start an argument, but.....you have only lost 11 pounds in 7 months. Why haven't you lost the weight already?4
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You absolutely CAN lose forty pounds in four months. It really depends on how badly you want it, and how much you're willing to sacrifice to get it. Thus far I've lost just shy of 100 pounds since last Christmas, and admittedly, I've been stale for the last two to three months. I'm 33 years old, and was sitting at between 800-1000 calories per day. With that, I was hitting the gym twice per day, five days per week.
The only slight caveat I would have is that you might want to check with a medical professional if you're not 100% healthy. My weight loss was supervised by my doctor. I asked him what his thoughts were about eating as few as 1000 or less calories, and he essentially explained to me that you essentially can't starve to death if you have stored fat. In fact, for morbidly obese patients he puts then on 800-1000 calorie per day diets.
It doesn't seem like it, but 1000 calories can actually be a lot of food if you're eating the right kind of foods. Almost any veggies are great, fruits can be a little tricky as they can be higher in sugars and carbs. Fish, chicken and some beef are good. I say some beef, I mean, in moderation as its a little more fatty and calorie rich than chicken and fish.
At the end of the day don't let anyone tell you that you can't lose it, you absolutely can. I'm going back on this plan starting tomorrow (just finished making all my meals for tomorrow). My goal is to lose another 25 pounds on the next 45 days.
Being under medical supervision is one thing, when you are morbidly obese. Suggesting that someone else do it who is not morbidly obese is just plain bad advice.
OP, I am also 5'2", I can lose 2 lb/week on 1600 cals, if I swim 5-7 days/week minimum 1 hour, kickbox 2 hours per week, weight lift 2 times/week, plus I have a job that keeps me on my feet for 8 hours a day. In other words, us shorter people need to be pretty active to keep the deficit needed to lose the 2 lbs/week. As you get lighter, your body will burn fewer calories, so it will likely slow down as well. Which is fine.
If you would like to lose a little faster than you are, reduce your calorie goal a bit, or log more accurately (as in weigh every single bite you take in). Alternatively, increase your activity. Realistically, 40lbs/4months is not likely to happen, but you can get considerably closer.8 -
40 pounds in 4 months is only a reasonable goal if you have 100+ pounds to lose. Otherwise, it's too aggressive. Try aiming for 20 pounds in 4 months - which is about 1 pound/week. That's a reasonable rate of loss for someone of your size.
To speed up your loss to that rate, make sure you are logging accurately. Are you logging *everything*? (including cream in coffee, drinks with calories, condiments, cooking oil, etc.) Are you weighing all solid food?2 -
How have you lost 11lbs in 7 months?
Weigh and log your food accurately
Move more
Do this consistently over time
Set yourself whatever target you like ...but really 1% bodyweight per week is a healthy and sustainable guideline ...1 -
In all fairness, she said she wanted to lose 40 not that it's all she had to lose. Either way, my particular scenario is based on the fact that I have no medical issues. If one has no such considerations, such as blood sugar, etc. then there's no reason you can't go one a low calorie diet and be completely healthy doing it. Even at 800-1000 calories I consume more food than a lot of people do (by volume) they just happen to be much healthier foods.
You are a guy, who is no longer morbidly obese, and your doctor is supporting you to eat 800-1000 calories per day while working out? Sounds like a recipe to lose a lot of muscle mass. Sorry, my initial response to you was based on the assumption that you were the woman in your pic. Honestly, terrible advice for the OP, really terrible advice for yourself.12 -
Edited: Nevermind. It's not worth my time.
OP. Despite what some have said. At your weight, it would not be healthy or advisable to try and lose at that rate.5 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »In all fairness, she said she wanted to lose 40 not that it's all she had to lose. Either way, my particular scenario is based on the fact that I have no medical issues. If one has no such considerations, such as blood sugar, etc. then there's no reason you can't go one a low calorie diet and be completely healthy doing it. Even at 800-1000 calories I consume more food than a lot of people do (by volume) they just happen to be much healthier foods.
You are a guy, who is no longer morbidly obese, and your doctor is supporting you to eat 800-1000 calories per day while working out? Sounds like a recipe to lose a lot of muscle mass. Sorry, my initial response to you was based on the assumption that you were the woman in your pic. Honestly, terrible advice for the OP, really terrible advice for yourself.
Ah, you must be a physician who specializes in nutrition and weight loss, because my doctor is... The great part about this is that people are able to read various responses, hopefully educate themselves and make their own decisions. I can tell you this, when I do it consistently it works 100% of the time. I'm no longer morbidly obese, but I'm still overweight. This obviously wouldn't be ideal for someone whose at a healthy weight, but anyone that's overweight could certainly afford to skip a few extra calories.2 -
Consider getting a personal trainer to help you factor in your macros. That's considerably important and with that it'll total out how many calories you can ingest. This app is great for that. Like those have mentioned above, keep track of your foods you eat, log em, scale/weigh out your foods. Serving sizes on packages are very crucial. I am on the heavier side and have lost 7 pounds in 2 weeks. That's with dieting and exercise. Again, as noted above more body weight will be easier to lose faster. Be healthy in the way you go about losing weight1
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nutmegoreo wrote: »In all fairness, she said she wanted to lose 40 not that it's all she had to lose. Either way, my particular scenario is based on the fact that I have no medical issues. If one has no such considerations, such as blood sugar, etc. then there's no reason you can't go one a low calorie diet and be completely healthy doing it. Even at 800-1000 calories I consume more food than a lot of people do (by volume) they just happen to be much healthier foods.
You are a guy, who is no longer morbidly obese, and your doctor is supporting you to eat 800-1000 calories per day while working out? Sounds like a recipe to lose a lot of muscle mass. Sorry, my initial response to you was based on the assumption that you were the woman in your pic. Honestly, terrible advice for the OP, really terrible advice for yourself.
Ah, you must be a physician who specializes in nutrition and weight loss, because my doctor is... The great part about this is that people are able to read various responses, hopefully educate themselves and make their own decisions. I can tell you this, when I do it consistently it works 100% of the time. I'm no longer morbidly obese, but I'm still overweight. This obviously wouldn't be ideal for someone whose at a healthy weight, but anyone that's overweight could certainly afford to skip a few extra calories.
Skipping a few extra calories is how people lose the weight. Doing what you are promoting, is a recipe for many health risks. If you chose to take those risks and have discussed them with your doctor, then by all means. Recommending drastic measures for someone trying to lose less, and unknown health history, is reckless.15 -
You were morbidly obese and lost 10lbs a month over 10 months
So you have been eating at an 1100 calorie per day defecit
Don't know your stats but let's pretend you're a moderately active 200lb, 35 year old male at around 5'8 ...your TDEE would be around 3000 calories a day
You were not ingesting 800- 1000 cals and working out twice a day that would have put you in net negative and over 10 months you would have lost a damn sight more weight
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You were morbidly obese and lost 10lbs a month over 10 months
So you have been eating at an 1100 calorie per day defecit
Don't know your stats but let's pretend you're a moderately active 200lb, 35 year old male at around 5'8 ...your TDEE would be around 3000 calories a day
You were not ingesting 800- 1000 cals and working out twice a day that would have put you in net negative and over 10 months you would have lost a damn sight more weight
I was 318, I'm 33 and I'm 5'10". You also have zero way of knowing my metabolism. My doctor suggested we do 800 - 1000 after 1500-1800 maintained. With my physiology I started gaining at about 2000 calories per day.
The silly part of all of your math is that it doesn't take into consideration anything personal about whomever it's being applied to.5 -
You were morbidly obese and lost 10lbs a month over 10 months
So you have been eating at an 1100 calorie per day defecit
Don't know your stats but let's pretend you're a moderately active 200lb, 35 year old male at around 5'8 ...your TDEE would be around 3000 calories a day
You were not ingesting 800- 1000 cals and working out twice a day that would have put you in net negative and over 10 months you would have lost a damn sight more weight
I was 318, I'm 33 and I'm 5'10". You also have zero way of knowing my metabolism. My doctor suggested we do 800 - 1000 after 1500-1800 maintained. With my physiology I started gaining at about 2000 calories per day.
Which, if true and not just call to authority, would make you a major outlier and well beyond the norm and hence your advice and experience irrelevant for over 99% of the population so presumably misplaced
Or your logging, like many people's, is inaccurate
It would be concerning that any medic would put someone who has a uniquely low BMR on a muscle-wasting rapid weight loss programme as that could serve to further reduce BMR not only through muscle loss but also the effect of sustained long term low calories / inadequate nutrition. In the initial few weeks the risks of obesity must have been set against the risk of short term VLCD
Edit to add ..I hope your med team has ruled out hypothyroidism22 -
You absolutely CAN lose forty pounds in four months. It really depends on how badly you want it, and how much you're willing to sacrifice to get it. Thus far I've lost just shy of 100 pounds since last Christmas, and admittedly, I've been stale for the last two to three months. I'm 33 years old, and was sitting at between 800-1000 calories per day. With that, I was hitting the gym twice per day, five days per week.
The only slight caveat I would have is that you might want to check with a medical professional if you're not 100% healthy. My weight loss was supervised by my doctor. I asked him what his thoughts were about eating as few as 1000 or less calories, and he essentially explained to me that you essentially can't starve to death if you have stored fat. In fact, for morbidly obese patients he puts then on 800-1000 calorie per day diets.
It doesn't seem like it, but 1000 calories can actually be a lot of food if you're eating the right kind of foods. Almost any veggies are great, fruits can be a little tricky as they can be higher in sugars and carbs. Fish, chicken and some beef are good. I say some beef, I mean, in moderation as its a little more fatty and calorie rich than chicken and fish.
At the end of the day don't let anyone tell you that you can't lose it, you absolutely can. I'm going back on this plan starting tomorrow (just finished making all my meals for tomorrow). My goal is to lose another 25 pounds on the next 45 days.
No. Your advice to eat 1000 calories is not good..12 -
courtneyfabulous wrote: »courtneyfabulous wrote: »The max you can probably lose 8 pounds a month, and that's with a deep deficit and very good adherence. So 40 in 4 months is probably not doable. You could lose faster than your current rate though which is an average of 1.5 lbs a month.
Personally I think you should try for 1 pound a week (4 pounds a month) at the most and see how you do. I can understand wanting to lose faster than you are now, but trying to lose too fast doesn't work well either.
She's lost 11 pounds in 7 months. That's not 1.5 pounds per week. Where did you come up with that number?
I said her current rate of loss is 1.5 pounds a month.
Please read before commenting.
Courtney, my apologies asking for clarification on a misread, but there is no need to be snarky abut it.
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You absolutely CAN lose forty pounds in four months. It really depends on how badly you want it, and how much you're willing to sacrifice to get it. Thus far I've lost just shy of 100 pounds since last Christmas, and admittedly, I've been stale for the last two to three months. I'm 33 years old, and was sitting at between 800-1000 calories per day. With that, I was hitting the gym twice per day, five days per week.
The only slight caveat I would have is that you might want to check with a medical professional if you're not 100% healthy. My weight loss was supervised by my doctor. I asked him what his thoughts were about eating as few as 1000 or less calories, and he essentially explained to me that you essentially can't starve to death if you have stored fat. In fact, for morbidly obese patients he puts then on 800-1000 calorie per day diets.
It doesn't seem like it, but 1000 calories can actually be a lot of food if you're eating the right kind of foods. Almost any veggies are great, fruits can be a little tricky as they can be higher in sugars and carbs. Fish, chicken and some beef are good. I say some beef, I mean, in moderation as its a little more fatty and calorie rich than chicken and fish.
At the end of the day don't let anyone tell you that you can't lose it, you absolutely can. I'm going back on this plan starting tomorrow (just finished making all my meals for tomorrow). My goal is to lose another 25 pounds on the next 45 days.
You can dice this up how ever you want, but recommending a weight loss of this magnitude unsupervised by a medical team to someone that only has 40 pounds to lose (and this is per OP) is bad advice and I hope anyone that lurks into this thread will ignore this advice..
And you plan to do this again with only 25 more to lose.. this too is irresponsible even to do this to yourself.
Its like saying go on ahead and do a medically supervised diet unsupervised with any number of pounds you want to lose rather that is 5 - 10- 25 - 100..
OP am not sure the reason for the time frame of 4 months to lose 40 pounds, just keep following the method you are doing, it will add additional time but doing this in a healthy and sustainable is the best method. Plus instead of losing so aggressively you can preserve as much of your muscle mass as you can so that you lose as much fat as possible and not both muscle and fat.7 -
How have you lost 11lbs in 7 months?
Weigh and log your food accurately
Move more
Do this consistently over time
Set yourself whatever target you like ...but really 1% bodyweight per week is a healthy and sustainable guideline ...
^^^ This Also congratulations on your loss so far. 5 -
What I don't get is why you want to swing from one extreme to the other. Your previous rate of loss was slow, fine, you want to speed it up, that's understandable, but why not speed it up to 1lb a week? Most people find that rate of loss pretty achievable and sustainable over the long term. 10lb a month, though, is a very big deficit, extremely hard to maintain and probably setting yourself up for failure, or at best for a miserable few months. Why? What's the advantage? At 1lb a week you can see the results as the scale ticks down, but you're still eating enough to enjoy life, have the odd cupcake or Starbuck's trip, not have to turn down birthday cake or free cookies at work - what's the advantage of rushing?5
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Also we're coming up on Christmas, do you really want to have to maintain a crazy deficit when all the world is full of goodies? I certainly wouldn't.0
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I'm thinking about your numbers. Your sedentary TDEE might be around 1800 or so. You want to lose about 2.3lb a week. Given that you need about a 3500 calorie deficit for each pound, that would be 8050 a week, or 1150 a day. So, if sedentary, you'd be eating about 650 calories a day to lose at that rate. And that's to start with. As your TDEE dropped, you'd have to drop the calories to lose at the same rate. By the time you'd lost the 40lb, your sedentary TDEE would be closer to 1600 than 1800 and so your daily calories would be 450. To me, that's getting into the realms of a crash diet that should be medically supervised.
I think there are ways to lose weight a bit more quickly (low carb seems to drop some weight quickly initially), but 40 pounds in four months does seem ambitious for somebody with your stats. Well done on the 11 pound lost, and good luck with the rest!1 -
So every one know i would like to do the 40lbs but i would be very happy with 20lbs lose too. I have been married for 12 year and have 3 kids and me and my husband are going on our first trip alown together end of February and i was hope to be as close to my goal as possible of 150lbs.
Buy the way every one i do what to do this as healthy as possible.
Thanks for everyone helps9 -
I think the question is the wrong one. The answer to your question is "yes" but the two questions you should really be asking, and asking yourself, are 1) "is it necessary to lose that much so quickly" 2) "can I sustain my weight for the long haul". If you can answer yes to both then sure, but if no to either one then try a slower approach. Good luck to you.5
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So every one know i would like to do the 40lbs but i would be very happy with 20lbs lose too. I have been married for 12 year and have 3 kids and me and my husband are going on our first trip alown together end of February and i was hope to be as close to my goal as possible of 150lbs.
Buy the way every one i do what to do this as healthy as possible.
Thanks for everyone helps
How FUN that you'll be going on a trip with your hubby soon!
20 pounds is more doable, but you first need to find out were you inaccuracies in calories in/calories out are.
Did you consider the questions I asked in my initial response?What did you set your goals to lose? If you are losing it slower than you anticipated, you might be eating a little more than you realize. Do you weigh your solid food and measure your liquids? Log everything you eat?
Do you exercise and count those calories? Eat any of them back? If so, where do you get your numbers from?
It's important to find out where your inaccuracies are so that you can eat the amount of food for a quicker weight loss of 1 pound per week, or even a half pound a week. But, you need to be diligent in making sure your intake/output is accurate.1 -
So every one know i would like to do the 40lbs but i would be very happy with 20lbs lose too. I have been married for 12 year and have 3 kids and me and my husband are going on our first trip alown together end of February and i was hope to be as close to my goal as possible of 150lbs.
Buy the way every one i do what to do this as healthy as possible.
Thanks for everyone helps
You know what I'd do ...(married for 16 years, 2 kids and a dog ... ok the dog didn't affect my body )
Alongside eating at a defecit to lose weight
I'd join a gym and start a progressive heavy lifting programme..it will be hard, it will hurt (DOMS are virtually inescapable) but it will work muscles you didn't remember you have, it will balance your hormones, protect your bones from osteoporosis, make you feel strong and fierce and give you a spring in your step, what it will do to your body once you have reduced your body fat to the right level is help set back the clock, or even make it better (that's what they laughingly call tone)
Also new lingerie
Also no pressure that first trip out of town is important in that way ...just nice to reconnect ...too much pressure can stifle ...things
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