Advise on loosing 12lbs in 3weeks
verizonkelly4
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Looking to hit my current weight goal before a friend comes to visit. Exactly 18days. Any recomendations?
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Unless you are very obese, there is no way to do that in a healthy way.20
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Cut off a limb. That's about the only way it'll happen.16
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Cut off a leg? 4 pounds in a week is impossible unless you do things that are highly NOT recommended. Tough love part is, should have started a few months ago. Best of luck though.8
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Recommendation - be realistic.
Four pounds a week is not healthy, nor sustainable. Eat the calorie goal this website sets you, and get some good workouts in. That's the best you can do at this point.8 -
Not going to happen unless it's a crash diet which is horribly unhealthy. I doubt 12lbs is going to make you look drastically different as it is. Why the rush?2
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Unless your friend is going to look over your shoulder while you weigh in to prove it, I wouldn't even bother trying. Or even then.
Just eat at a reasonable deficit and stay active. Whatever happens on the scale, happens. I doubt your friend will be any the wiser.5 -
That's four pounds a week. It would be very tough - on the level of what athletes do to drop weight before wrestling, etc. - which is not advisable long term. So even if you did manage to lose it, you wouldn't be able to sustain it. How about just cleaning up what you're already doing? Tighten up what you eat, exercise a few more minutes each day. See how close you get with that.0
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verizonkelly4 wrote: »Looking to hit my current weight goal before a friend comes to visit. Exactly 18days. Any recomendations?
I don't think your friend would want you to be unhealthy, they aren't coming to measure your body fat are they?
Plan some good days out, enjoy their visit.7 -
Giver' hell and aim for the best. Even if you don't get down the lbs you'll feel great and that's what really matters. Doesn't it?1
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ClassicKayo wrote: »Giver' hell and aim for the best. Even if you don't get down the lbs you'll feel great and that's what really matters. Doesn't it?
Usually thats the approach so im not gonna sweat it if i dont get to my goal if i know im putting the work in. Just looking for info, most are saying it aint gonna happen, or if it does i prob. Wasnt being healthy about it.
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Ok then any advise on loosing some lbs quickly and healthy?0
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Eat a 500 calorie deficit, but workout like hell for the two weeks. You won't be malnutritioned and you will tone and or bulk up. Win win in my opionion0
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verizonkelly4 wrote: »Ok then any advise on loosing some lbs quickly and healthy?
Healthy weight loss is between 1-2lbs per week or 1% of your body weight. Most healthy weight loss is not fast!4 -
verizonkelly4 wrote: »Ok then any advise on loosing some lbs quickly and healthy?
Pick one of those. Only one. If it's quick, it's not healthy. If it's healthy, it's not quick.13 -
verizonkelly4 wrote: »Ok then any advise on loosing some lbs quickly and healthy?
The two don't really go together.
For weight loss to occur you need to eat less calories than you burn.
What you burn is called your TDEE. You can find a calculator online.
If you eat 250 calories a day less than it you will lose 0.5lb a week
500 calories under you'll lose 1lb a week
A whopping 1000 calories a day under and you'll lose 2lbs a week.
What you wanted to do you would have to cut back 2000 calories a day.
Your body would be under fuelled and it would use your lean muscle mass. In short you'll look worse. It's not worth it.2 -
Eat a 500 calorie deficit, but workout like hell for the two weeks. You won't be malnutritioned and you will tone and or bulk up. Win win in my opionion
You won't bulk up eating in a deficit. Even eating in a calorie surplus for two weeks you won't have any noticeable bulk. A bulk is hard slow work.5 -
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my recommendation? Start 6 weeks ago.
No seriously, the calorie deficit required for that on the average man would require absolutely NO calories eaten + a couple hours on the treadmill. For 18 days.
Do you see now why that's not gonna happen?6 -
This is pretty normal caloric intake when im eating lean. And i try to snack on raw fruits and veggies inbetween meals and dont feel hungy and have a lack of energy. ( i do not log activity)0
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Start losing weight now. You won't likely reach your goal but you will be less than what you weigh now if you have any success. You should be in better shape for the next visit too if you keep it up.0
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verizonkelly4 wrote: »This is pretty normal caloric intake when im eating lean. And i try to snack on raw fruits and veggies inbetween meals and dont feel hungy and have a lack of energy. ( i do not log activity)
P.S. brah, did you know that eating low calories as a man decreases your sex hormones; specifically testosterone?5 -
My advice is more simple:
* Have friends that do not care if you are 12 pounds overweight.
* Do not jeopardize your health and happiness to impress a person in an unhealthy way.
* Lose weight in a sensible way, in a manageable way, for YOU.
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verizonkelly4 wrote: »
Adult males should be looking at "netting" something like 1500 calories a day. Netting means you account for exercise calories too. You are under eating ......fast weight loss = fat+lean muscle loss.
Lean muscle is firm and taut. That's the stuff you want to keep. You might get close to the number on the scale....but without lowering your body fat % you probably won't like how you look.5 -
verizonkelly4 wrote: »Looking to hit my current weight goal before a friend comes to visit. Exactly 18days. Any recomendations?
Ok, so I was able to lose 10.6 lbs in week one; 4 lbs in week two; and 4.6 lbs in week three when I started this challenge at work. Not only did I cut way back on calorie intake (~1200 kcal/day) and increase my exercise, but I really started watching my sodium and increased my water consumption. I'm assuming that the vast majority of those first 3 weeks was probably water weight. Now my weight loss has tapered off to a "safe" ~2 lbs/week average doing the same things I was during the first three weeks. It may be possible to lose quite a bit fairly quickly. It's worth trying, right? Just listen to your body.0 -
What are grilled olive oil onions?0
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You eat around 6 beans and a few grains of rice?3
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hdrenollet wrote: »verizonkelly4 wrote: »Looking to hit my current weight goal before a friend comes to visit. Exactly 18days. Any recomendations?
Ok, so I was able to lose 10.6 lbs in week one; 4 lbs in week two; and 4.6 lbs in week three when I started this challenge at work. Not only did I cut way back on calorie intake (~1200 kcal/day) and increase my exercise, but I really started watching my sodium and increased my water consumption. I'm assuming that the vast majority of those first 3 weeks was probably water weight. Now my weight loss has tapered off to a "safe" ~2 lbs/week average doing the same things I was during the first three weeks. It may be possible to lose quite a bit fairly quickly. It's worth trying, right? Just listen to your body.
my takeaway though: who gives a crap about "weight" lost? Isn't the goal here to lose body fat? What you experienced is common and like you said, likely water weight.7 -
indigoblue9572 wrote: »verizonkelly4 wrote: »Ok then any advise on loosing some lbs quickly and healthy?
Healthy weight loss is between 1-2lbs per week or 1% of your body weight. Most healthy weight loss is not fast!
Since he only has 12 pounds to go, this is even a stretch. Half a pound a week is the best bet.3 -
verizonkelly4 wrote: »
Adult males should be looking at "netting" something like 1500 calories a day. Netting means you account for exercise calories too. You are under eating ......fast weight loss = fat+lean muscle loss.
Lean muscle is firm and taut. That's the stuff you want to keep. You might get close to the number on the scale....but without lowering your body fat % you probably won't like how you look.
according to the American college of sports medicine women should consume no less than 1,200 calories and men should consume no less than 1,800 calories. As you state, eating too low calories will result in a high percentage of "weight" lost from muscle. As you allude to... this leaves very unfavorable aesthetic results.0 -
rainbowbow wrote: »hdrenollet wrote: »verizonkelly4 wrote: »Looking to hit my current weight goal before a friend comes to visit. Exactly 18days. Any recomendations?
Ok, so I was able to lose 10.6 lbs in week one; 4 lbs in week two; and 4.6 lbs in week three when I started this challenge at work. Not only did I cut way back on calorie intake (~1200 kcal/day) and increase my exercise, but I really started watching my sodium and increased my water consumption. I'm assuming that the vast majority of those first 3 weeks was probably water weight. Now my weight loss has tapered off to a "safe" ~2 lbs/week average doing the same things I was during the first three weeks. It may be possible to lose quite a bit fairly quickly. It's worth trying, right? Just listen to your body.
my takeaway though: who gives a crap about "weight" lost? Isn't the goal here to lose body fat? What you experienced is common and like you said, likely water weight.
Very true - for long term goals. OP doesn't seem to be too concerned about that though. Not going to lose too much (if any) fat in 3 weeks.0
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