How long will it take me to lose 20lbs

rosiepri900
rosiepri900 Posts: 14 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm really going hard at this ans sticking to my max 1200cal/day and gym 4/5 a week..how long is minimum time it could take?

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    It depends on your height and current weight, and whether you stick to 1200 calories or not. A couple more interesting questions may be whether 1200 calories is right for you, and how you are going to make sure you are sticking to the right amount of calories.
  • rosiepri900
    rosiepri900 Posts: 14 Member
    I'm 5ft3 and weigh 67kg and counting calories by using this app and just looking at things..I'm only eating healthy food and drinking water and am actually consuming just under 1200c :)
  • thielke2015
    thielke2015 Posts: 212 Member
    40 weeks at 1/2 a pound. 67 kg isn't that heavy. You might not need to lose that much.... that means you want to be 47 kg!?
  • Tania_181
    Tania_181 Posts: 100 Member
    rosiepri900 wrote: »
    I'm 5ft3 and weigh 67kg and counting calories by using this app and just looking at things..I'm only eating healthy food and drinking water and am actually consuming just under 1200c :)

    Hmm we have similar weight and height but I calculated my daily calories for weight loss at 1492. So far I've been losing weight (1-1.5lbs per week) eating up to this amount.
  • Rebecca0224
    Rebecca0224 Posts: 810 Member
    edited February 2017
    I'm 4'11" and it has taken me two years to lose 20lbs. Most of that has been in the last 6 to 9 months.
  • sunnysunny88
    sunnysunny88 Posts: 64 Member
    I'm 5 ft 4, it took me 13 weeks to lose 10kg which is slightly over 20lbs by eating 1500 cal and working out 5-6 times a week. but I was coming down from 79kg, initially I was losing 1 kg a week then it slowed down to 0.5 kg a week, now I'm 69 kg and I'm generally losing 0.2 kg a week, I have reduced my cal intake to 1400 and work a little bit harder on my workouts, I don't want to take it any further as I like food and I want to enjoy my workouts without being burned out.

    My goal weight is 63-65 kg (just to be in the middle range of a healthy BMI) so I don't mind that it has slowed down a bit

    At 67 kg you're not really overweight and so dont have much to lose, I expect it will be around 0.2 - 0.5 kg a week, so probably around 30-40 weeks

    It's much better to go slow, enjoy the process and maintain it :) good luck
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    8-10 months at your stats.
  • rosiepri900
    rosiepri900 Posts: 14 Member
    gebeziseva wrote: »
    8-10 months at your stats.

    I'm nearly done..only taken 2-3 months :)
  • thielke2015
    thielke2015 Posts: 212 Member
    I'm 5ft 5in and was averaging 1.2 lbs per week. I have lost 18 lbs and that has taken me 16 weeks
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    16 weeks if your cut is aggressive which it sounds like it is
  • freshmama06
    freshmama06 Posts: 36 Member
    I'm 5'8 female and since January 2017 I've lost 20 lb. Thats with calorie deficit, going to the gym and cutting out my sugary coffee drinks I was having daily.
  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
    freshmama06 wrote: »
    I'm 5'8 female and since January 2017 I've lost 20 lb. Thats with calorie deficit, going to the gym and cutting out my sugary coffee drinks I was having daily.

    Cutting out the sugary coffee drinks just means it helped you stay in a deficit.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I would say 6 months, to be on the safe side.
  • rosiepri900
    rosiepri900 Posts: 14 Member
    I wrote this 2 months ago and now only have the final 6 lbs to go :smile:

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