SW 400lbs GW 250- what should weekly weight loss goal be, and why?

mjc8080

SW 400lbs, goal weight 250. What should my weekly weight loss goal be, and explain your reason. Thanks.

pinggolfer96

Height and gender? I’d say at that weight, you can afford to lose 2-3lbs a week, but I think you should keep your calories as high as possible in your deficit. Reason being, you don’t want to drastically drop so low you have no where to go once you plateau. But at that high of a weight (no offense) weight loss will come fast, as it should, then once you drop down that 250 weight, it’ll get harder. Hence the reason I like keeping a deficit reasonable

kommodevaran

I would suggest that you pick 2 pounds per week in the beginning, because you have sufficient fat reserves to create such a deficit, and getting your weight down is a bit urgent now. But what you "should" do means squat, what you can do and actually do, is what matters. I think you have to decide that for yourself, because it's you who has to live with the decision.

PAV8888

Whatever ends up proving to be a deficit you can adhere to and implement in a sustainable manner is the one that wins.

You're not doing this for six months or a year. It will take time to lose the weight AND you're also building up your future tool-set and training yourself for... maintenance! <wow: planning for maintenance already! Great move!>

What you can AFFORD to lose with relatively few physical side effects is up to 1% (possibly in the very beginning up to 1.5%) of your total mass per week.

So, in reality, your margins for "safe" loss probably exceed your margins of "smart" loss. In that I agree with the post above about not dropping your calories too low.

In fact, with the margins your have, I would suggest looking up the calories for a sedentary and a lightly active and an active person at 250lbs. Then eat the corresponding number depending on whether you're sedentary, lightly active or active at 400lbs.

While you're at it, look up the corresponding numbers at BMI 24.9. Consider the BMI 24.9 numbers as your lowest desirable number of caloric intake--for the foreseeable future and until you're much closer, if not at, 250.

asadali317

mjc8080 wrote: »

SW 400lbs, goal weight 250. What should my weekly weight loss goal be, and explain your reason. Thanks.

4 pounds weight loss each week because it will be water weight in the beginning and you can still eat enough

deannalfisher

have you run your information through MFP and set goal to 2lbs a week (I would do that for your first 100lbs or so) - then adjust down appropriately....what did MFP give you for your goal?

Jadub729

2lbs a week is very reasonable for you and I think you'll see much more than this honestly. Initially anyways. Reassess in 100lbs. What has worked for me were small goals at first, 5 lb increments. I'm on 13 lbs now.

stanmann571

PAV8888 wrote: »

Whatever ends up proving to be a deficit you can adhere to and implement in a sustainable manner is the one that wins.

You're not doing this for six months or a year. It will take time to lose the weight AND you're also building up your future tool-set and training yourself for... maintenance! <wow: planning for maintenance already! Great move!>

What you can AFFORD to lose with relatively few physical side effects is up to 1% (possibly in the very beginning up to 1.5%) of your total mass per week.

So, in reality, your margins for "safe" loss probably exceed your margins of "smart" loss. In that I agree with the post above about not dropping your calories too low.

In fact, with the margins your have, I would suggest looking up the calories for a sedentary and a lightly active and an active person at 250lbs. Then eat the corresponding number depending on whether you're sedentary, lightly active or active at 400lbs.

While you're at it, look up the corresponding numbers at BMI 24.9. Consider the BMI 24.9 numbers as your lowest desirable number of caloric intake--for the foreseeable future and until you're much closer, if not at, 250.

I would certainly agree with this counsel.

Take the MFP number for losing 2 lbs per week, take estimated TDEE for a 250 lb and 24.9 BMI person of your height.

And the low and high calorie numbers from those 3 methods should give you a wide and comfortable range for daily calorie intake.

It's a long road ahead of you, and you can certainly start off at a vigorous clip, but you can easily become worn out at that pace. The scenic route offers more opportunity for learning and understanding and will set you up for better success when you find yourself comfortably at your destination.