Labor Day Goal

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khadycoucou
khadycoucou Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss

Ultimate Starting Weight: 210 (Jan 1)
Challenge Starting Weight: 193 (July 15)
Challenge Goal Weight: 170
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160

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  • bekahlou75
    bekahlou75 Posts: 304 Member
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    So you want to lose about 23 pounds in a month and a half? Not very realistic.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,013 Member
    edited July 2019
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    khadycoucou wrote: »
    Ultimate Starting Weight: 210 (Jan 1)
    Challenge Starting Weight: 193 (July 15)
    Challenge Goal Weight: 170
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 160

    You have 7 weeks from July 15 to Labor Day. Considering your current weight, you should not be expecting to lose more than 1.5 - 2 lbs per week. So your goal weight should be more like 180. Only someone quite obese would be able to lose 23 lbs in 14 weeks in a healthy manner.

    Don't mean to discourage you, but losing too fast has lots of drawbacks. And as you get closer to a healthy weight, you are less able to hit those big deficits without undereating, so your rate of loss will slow down.

    So good on you for setting goals and staying motivated, but you're better off if those goals are healthy and attainable. Good luck!

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