2.7 pounds a week

wrknonmedaily

I know that it's best to lose 1 - 2 pounds a week but I have about 60 pounds I would like to lose by September 22, 2021. I think if I am committed with eating right, working out and lifting light weights and maybe some yoga, I can do it. Does anyone think it's possible and has anyone did it. I am 240 and would love to be down to 180 by then.

Speakeasy76

Is there a reason you would like to lose that much by that date? Is there an event that you are going to?

As to original question as to whether or not it's possible, I don't know. I haven't had that much to lose, but what I do know is that I have some kind of end date in mind or amount I'd like to lose per week it stresses me out. For one, weight loss isn't linear, and it's never the same amount one loses per week. MFP's whole thing of "If everyday was like this you'd be XXX pounds in xxx weeks" is very rarely (if ever) accurate. I have been successful at losing and maintaining weight loss when I go with the flow and don't have an date in mind that I"d like to way a certain amount.

Weight loss should really be about the long haul if you want to be successful at keeping it off. For that happen, most people need to come up with an eating style that they feel like they can continue with forever. By the time you get to your goal weight, you may be eating the same amount to maintain (if not less) that the amount you were able to lose when you started.

ajlmfp22

2 lbs/wk alone is already considered an aggressive rate. I won't say that 2.7 lbs/wk will be impossible, but it's likely going to be a rough and miserable ride. I've seen too many people set an overly aggressive weight loss rate and get discouraged easily because their reality doesn't meet their expectations.

LoraMora

Speakeasy76 wrote: »

MFP's whole thing of "If everyday was like this you'd be XXX pounds in xxx weeks" is very rarely (if ever) accurate.

In my case, it's NEVER accurate and significantly overstates estimates future weight loss. Those estimates haven't even been within 10 pounds of being correct for me, even if I do very well for the xx weeks.

nanastaci2020

Whether or not its possible vs whether or not its a good idea: two different questions. Find a Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) calculator online, put in your stats. That will give you an idea of what energy you use in a day. Play around with the calculator based on potential exercise. Keep in mind that to lose 2.7 pounds per week, you need a deficit 1350 daily. So you'd need to eat enough to be fueled, satiated AND burn enough to leave room for that size deficit. And then keep in mind that as you lose weight, you burn less energy for the same activity so you would need to add more exercise to make up for it.

Lets look at the math of it.

Lets assume you are female, 5'5" and 35 years old. At 240 your BMR is now about 1785. (A little higher if you're younger, lower if you're shorter, etc.) And if you are on your feet a bit for your daily routines * not counting exercise * then you are starting around 2250-2350 calories burned BEFORE exercise. If you exercise for 600 additional burned per day (think 1-2 hours of cardio) then you're burning about 2850-2950 daily, less 1350 means eat 1500-1600. SO if you're active in general during your day AND can exercise for 1-2 hours per day you could start out losing weight pretty aggressively at 2+ pounds per week.

But the math does not end there. When you're down to about 200 pounds, you'll use about 10% less energy so your calorie burn even with that exercise is not going to be 2850-2950. More like 2550-2650, so eating 1500 you'd be down to around 2 pounds per week maybe a tad bit over. You would probably NOT want to cut your calorie intake, because if you have an active job and you're exercising: you're going to feel wiped out and worn down if you eat less.

Summed up: losing 60 by your deadline is probably not doable without surgery. But you could certainly get started, build some healthy habits, and be much better off then than you are now. Even if you're not at goal weight. Yet.

wrknonmedaily

@Speakeasy76, I don't know how to use the wrote: feature but it will be my 50th and I will be going to NY. I know I am dead wrong for trying to push it this hard. Have been planning for 2 years. I did start losing late 2019 and had lost 30 before COVID hit. I have been working from home for over a year and has gained 15 of those pounds back. I will just have to work on it and where I am at by then, I am at.

wrknonmedaily

Everyone is right. Thank you all for hitting me over the head and knocking some lost sense back. I know what's right so I will just work on it and be happy and enjoy myself wherever I am by then.

zhixuen1982

I'm 38 years old male. In the past 143 days I shed 60 lbs which is 2.9lbs a week. The beginning 10lbs lost very quick probably it was water.

My diet plan is to stick with high protein and fiber food. I keep of calories intake from food around 1300. Over the weekend I would eat high calories but never exceeded 2000. I did the cardio workout every day for around 30 - 35 minutes on weekdays and over the weekend I play basketball for 2 hours.

I cut out sugar, very occasionally I ate some sweet cake. I cut back 80% on carbs.

Hope it willl work for you.

PAV8888

zhixuen1982 wrote: »

I'm 38 years old male. In the past 143 days I shed 60 lbs which is 2.9lbs a week. The beginning 10lbs lost very quick probably it was water.

My diet plan is to stick with high protein and fiber food. I keep of calories intake from food around 1300. Over the weekend I would eat high calories but never exceeded 2000. I did the cardio workout every day for around 30 - 35 minutes on weekdays and over the weekend I play basketball for 2 hours.

I cut out sugar, very occasionally I ate some sweet cake. I cut back 80% on carbs.

Hope it willl work for you.

I hope it will work for you. Start working now on how you will manage to retain your loss / avoid regain. The good news is that you're still within the first 180 days. Just remember that if things start to feel overwhelming, you're ready to give up, you feel you can't go on... you are STILL able to eat close or at maintenance without backsliding. ALSO REMEMBER: the first quick 10lbs of water weight. If you ever find yourself eating more normally and your scale shows a QUICK regain/jump up, remember that the water weight in the beginning was borrowed... and you are now paying it back. BUT, it is not really fat gain. So you can ignore that first initial regain: it doesn't mean that you've screwed up or that you're destined to fail. What you SHOULD NOT ignore is persistent week over week over week increases... those ARE an indication that you're regaining.


As to the OP:

wrknonmedaily wrote: »

Everyone is right. Thank you all for hitting me over the head and knocking some lost sense back. I know what's right so I will just work on it and be happy and enjoy myself wherever I am by then.

Thank you for this! You're restoring my faith in humanity! Choose a reasonable rate of loss. You will advance back to where you were 15lbs ago and you will continue on your path. Life won't stop at 50 and hopefully more will come AFTER 50 than what will come before 50, right?!?!?!? So I can assure you that you will have to continue to manage your weight past 50... hopefully for a LONG time to come... so you might as well make and keep making longer term appropriate choices!!!

Strudders67

Start at 2 lb a week, which isn't impossible with 60lb to lose, but know that it'll slow.

Even if you 'only' lose 1lb a week, you'd still weigh 20lb less than you do now by your birthday. It may not be the 60lb you'd like to lose, but it's still 20lb better than where you're at now and it'll be far more bearable to achieve. You're less likely to be miserable, less likely to just give up and far more likely to then enjoy your big five-oh and your trip!