30lbs in 5 months

hunter092292

Has anyone ever do this? If so, how did you achieve it?

kommodevaran

Consistent calorie deficit and sufficient amount of fatty tissue to sustain said deficit.

hunter092292

What did your defiect look like?

kommodevaran

Look like? My deficit decreased as I lost weight; started at 1000 calories (I lost around 50 pounds, not just 30), and tapered off to zero as I eased into maintenance.

hunter092292

Would 1,000 be too much for me? At 1 lb a week it's 2,723 calories. I'm looking to shoot for 1.5 lbs, though.

kommodevaran

hunter092292 wrote: »

Would 1,000 be too much for me? At 1 lb a week it's 2,723 calories. I'm looking to shoot for 1.5 lbs, though.

What is your height and weight? If you can stick to 2223 calories, do it. The minimum intake for a male is 1500 - but don't go near that.

firef1y72

For the first few months I was losing around 10lb a month, but I had a lot to lose (100lb+), it's taken me around 5 months to lose the last 20lb and I'm looking at around 2lb/month atm to try and retain muscle while losing the next 30-50lb

daniip_la

I lost about 40lbs in 5 months, but I was at ~170lbs to lose. If that's you in your picture, it doesn't look like that have anywhere near that much to lose. I'd advise just to stick to a reasonable deficit and be happy with what you lose.

gabbyo23

I've lost 36lbs in just over 3 months. But it's all down to individual stats, what you can live with and maintain, lifestyle etc. Just find a deficit that's realistic that you can stick with and do that. It will take as long as it takes!!

dragon_girl26

It took me about 5 months to lose 25 lbs, but I am 5'6", and went from 180 lbs to 165 lbs at that point. I still have about 20 lbs to lose, so .5 to 1 lb a week is the ideal range for me. Not sure how much you have to lose, but 30 lbs may either be very achievable if you have a ways to go, or very aggressive if you're near or in the healthy weight range already.

californiagirl2012

It is different for each person, setting the rate of change leads to disappointment and too many people give up. Also the faster people lose weight the harder they rebound.

What works best - ALWAYS - is a nice consistent slight deficit under your maintenance. The focus should be on your maintenance calories, not your deficit calories. Your maintenance is mainly determined by height and it might ebb and flow slightly with seasons of life and age, but it's only slight. You can count on it. Anything slightly under is a deficit so trust that and put your focus on the food scale not the body weight scale. The results will happen if you just do that and give it 30-90 days of consistency and keep repeating.

Typically the rate of weight loss happens faster the more body fat you have and the taller you are. It slows down for everyone as the body fat gets lower, slower and slower. Setting the rate of change is setting yourself up for failure. Embrace the process of lifestyle changes, healthy habits, and non scale victories and you will win this game.

There are no short cuts!!!!!

riffraff2112

deficit was about 500 cals (excluding exercise which I do not track). Lost about that amount in that time frame.

BuddhaB0y

I lost 162lbs in 6 months.... it said to lose 1lb a week to take in 3700 cals per day

I took in 1600-1800

Ive spent the last couple months maintaining my loss but now I'm trying to get back to it. Yesterday was 1809 and I'm hungry lol but if you can psyche yourself up for being hungry you can do it. Eventually the hunger pangs do subside mostly.

tlflag1620

I lost 45 lbs in 7 months. Went from 190lbs down to 145lbs. No earthly clue how many calories I was eating tho... I don't count, I just ate low carb (between 50-80g per day). Based on the little logging I did, I'd guess right around 1600 cal per day, on average. Never went hungry, just ate high fat, moderate protein foods to satiety.

lynn_glenmont

I lost 30 pounds in four months, but I started at a BMI of 36, and a BF% probably around 35% (based on a couple of handheld impedence-device assessments). If you're already a healthy weight or just a little overweight, 30 pounds in five months is probably going to sacrifice more muscle than is necessary.

I logged everything I ate. I used a kitchen scale for foods I prepared or ate at home. I stuck to my calorie goal every week (that is, my daily net average each week was around my goal). I didn't make any foods off limits (although I did pretty much eliminate my afternoon 250 calorie Snickers in favor of slightly lower calorie, higher fiber snacks like a small a half-ounce to a one-ounce serving of almonds). I walked more, but I logged the exercise and ate some or all of the calories back.

btodd304

Yes I lost 40lbs in 5months, down 56lbs now in 7 months. Just by eating right and working out 6x a week.

SusanMFindlay

hunter092292 wrote: »

Has anyone ever do this? If so, how did you achieve it?

Yes. I weighed 190 in late July. I now weigh 162. (Technically, that's 28 pounds but the last two will be off within a couple of weeks.) I still have 20 pounds to lose to get to the top of the healthy BMI range (relevant because you're only losing that much weight that fast if you're currently overweight).

I logged all my food accurately. I massively underestimated my activity level at first, leading to losses of 2 pounds/week due to a deficit that must have been 1000 calories/day. I'm on my feet a lot, averaging just under 20,000 steps/day. I watch what I eat, but I don't deny myself anything I *really* want; instead, I portion control.

Christine_72

I had 30lbs to lose and lost 24 of those in 4mths. It's doable but definitely will not be easy.

sgt1372

I lost 36# in 5 months - - 196 to a low of 160 (161 now) - - and dropped BF from over 20 to just 12% with visible abs and lots of muscular definition and vascularity.

How did I do it? SIimply ate less and exercised more.

Totally stopped drinking sodas & beer, No more puzzas or any fast or deep fried foods. Virtually eliminated all other alcohol, refined sugar, bread and baked goods.

Basic macros: 40% protein, 40% carbs and 20% fat. Net 1500-1600 to start, ending at and averaging 1800 cals/day. Logged everything on MFP and weighed myself daily. Charted everything on Excel.

Did a lot of cardio - - spin bike and rowing - - early on but that was unnecessary later. Did progressive linear weightlifting focusing on the the "Big 4" compound lifts - - squats, deadlifts, bench press and overhead press - - thru out.

Only did a few other lifts & exercises, like power cleans, rows, sled pulls, tire flipping, battle ropes and farmer's walks. Later added body weight pushups, dips and pullups plus GHRs and sissy squats. Nothing else.

Just took time snd discipline. In maintenance now and still eating, logging and exercising in the same way to maintain the weight/fat loss and body strength/definition.