Has anyone consistently lost 8-10 pounds monthly?

weight3049
weight3049 Posts: 72 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Curious if anyone has lost 8-10 pounds monthly? I put my setting to lose 2 pounds weekly but at the end of the month the most I lose is 5ish.

Is this just me or does 8-10 pounds seems really hard to do?
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  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    weight3049 wrote: »
    Curious if anyone has lost 8-10 pounds monthly? I put my setting to lose 2 pounds weekly but at the end of the month the most I lose is 5ish.

    Is this just me or does 8-10 pounds seems really hard to do?

    It may be hard to do if you do not currently weigh enough to support that level of loss. It was easy for me but I started out huge.

    If you do have more than about 80 pounds to lose and you are only losing 5 a month it means you are eating more than you realize, you are eating back too many exercise calories, or your activity is set too high.

    Your average daily deficit for 5 pounds per month is 583 calories per day. To achieve 2 pounds per week you would need a 1000 calorie deficit per day.
  • weight3049
    weight3049 Posts: 72 Member
    MikePTY wrote: »
    How much do you have to lose? You shouldn't be targeting 2 pounds a week unless you have 75 plus pounds to lose. 5 pounds a month is more than enough for most people.

    I have about 60 more pounds to go to reach my goal.
    NovusDies wrote: »

    It may be hard to do if you do not currently weigh enough to support that level of loss. It was easy for me but I started out huge.

    If you do have more than about 80 pounds to lose and you are only losing 5 a month it means you are eating more than you realize, you are eating back too many exercise calories, or your activity is set too high.

    Your average daily deficit for 5 pounds per month is 583 calories per day. To achieve 2 pounds per week you would need a 1000 calorie deficit per day.

    I'll try to make adjustments and see how it does in a couple of weeks. Thank you.

  • weight3049
    weight3049 Posts: 72 Member
    MikePTY wrote: »
    Then 2 pounds is still probably a bit too aggressive for comfort. 5 pounds a month is a good rate of loss. What is the calorie goal that MFP gives you?

    1,500 is my daily goal.

  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    edited October 2019
    With 60 pounds to go you need to start thinking about 1.5 pounds per week.

    If your 1500 calorie deficit is meant to include 1000 calories of deficit you will need to tighten up your logging though before your calorie margin decreases even more.

    Here is a good thread about why a food scale is important:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

    Also remember that you cannot trust the food db and that includes green checked items. You need to personally verify the calories you are eating.
  • Terytha
    Terytha Posts: 2,097 Member
    Yeah, I was losing that much when I was 270 pounds. Now that I'm down it's more like 5 to 7 a month.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    edited October 2019
    I did it for a very short time when my BMI was 42. Then as I lost weight, I could no longer safely sustain a deficit that large.

    8-10 pounds per month is really hard for most people because most people cannot safely create such a large deficit. That includes you. At your stats, you really shouldn’t be attempting to lose more than 1.5 lb/week.
  • amy19355
    amy19355 Posts: 805 Member
    I'm lucky if i can lose 2 pounds a month now that i've lost half of my excess weight.
  • sammidelvecchio
    sammidelvecchio Posts: 791 Member
    I started with a goal to lose 73 lbs. The most I have lost in one month is 6. I've accepted that slow is better and there is no end date to this, so no need to rush.
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 1,992 Member
    edited October 2019
    i lost my first 50 in around 3 months but I had 100 lbs to lose. now I am down 75 total lbs and it's been 6 months. Perfectly fine with that slower progress.
  • lgfrie
    lgfrie Posts: 1,449 Member
    I lost my first 50 pounds at 9-10 lbs/month, but now it's slowed to 7-8. I don't think you can lose 8-10 lbs a month indefinitely. Declining TDEE as you lose weight is a thing.

    Having studied the online TDEE calculators, it appears you lose right around 50 calories in TDEE for every 10 pounds lost. So for an aggressive dieter, that TDEE number is going down 50 calories every month. It adds up. Soon enough, it is impossible to slash more than 7-8 pounds in a month without undergoing extreme (and entirely unnecessary and counterproductive) deprivation.
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 1,992 Member
    etherealanwar wrote: »
    nighthawk584 wrote: »
    i lost my first 50 in around 3 months but I had 100 lbs to lose. now I am down 75 total lbs and it's been 6 months. Perfectly fine with that slower progress.

    I wouldn't consider that 'slow'.

    I was referring to the last 3 months to lose 25 lbs. That's slow for me. And no, I haven't lost muscle mass, I've gained it with lifting.
  • teresa19622015
    teresa19622015 Posts: 34 Member
    Yes I did last time lost slightly more the first month but then around ten a month for a total of 120lbs in a year. I exercised a lot as well as being strict (didn’t weigh food then though). This time I’m losing about the same rate.

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