10 pounds in 1 month. Possible?

Amandabelanger614

How many calories per day or week in combination with minutes of excercise, would it take to loose 10 pounds in a month?
I am on week 3 of food logging.
Any advice would be very helpful.

Thank you!

Stage14

Theoretically, you would need to eat at a deficit of 1,167 per day to lose that much weight in a month. However, our bodies aren't machines and they don't always act in exact accordance with theory. The truth is that unless you have a large amount of weight to lose, you aren't likely to be able to lose 10lbs in a month without drastic and unhealthy measures.

avskk

I often lose ten pounds in a month, but I'm a chronic undereater. I think you'd be better off -- physically and mentally -- with a more realistic goal (say, seven pounds) and a focus on health (good nutrition, decent exercise).

Megan44115

This is a complex question because it really depends on what you are eating/drinking now. For example, a few years ago, I gained 10 pounds in one month from repeatedly eating at the Cheesecake Factory. The following month, I didn't eat there at all and by the end of that month, had lost the 10 pounds with no exercise.

I can tell you this much for sure: eating leafy green vegetables (spinach/greens) will help you loose weight fast! I am back to filling up half of my plate with leafy green vegetables and the weight is literally falling off. I lost 6.5 pounds in 5 days. To maintain, just cut back on the vegetables and don't increase your carbs.

Hope this helps.

kellenas

50lbs ago, I lost 17 lbs in 3 weeks. I began a heart healthy diet and walking every single day. Of course, a lot of that was fluid. By the end of 3 months, I had lost 30 lbs.

cwolfman13

If all you have is 10 cosmetic Lbs to lose then this is not a very realistic goal...certainly not healthy. People with a lot of weight to lose can safely and fairly easily lose 10 Lbs in a month but if you're already fairly lean, it's not really going to happen and yoiu're going to destroy a lot of lean mass in the process.

psuLemon

With only 30 lbs to lose, it's going to be very hard to lose 10 lbs a month. Ideally, you should be aiming for 1 lb per week so you minimize the amount of muscle you lose. When you think of weight loss, it's actually fat loss you want since muscle fills out your body and helps you look lean. But 30 lbs of at in a 3 months is almost impossible unless you are morbidly obese. Keep in mind, many people lose up to 10 lbs or so in water weight when they first start a new routine.


If you want to know a good calorie goal, we need your age, height, weight and full exercise routine/.

TavistockToad

If all you have is 10 cosmetic Lbs to lose then this is not a very realistic goal...certainly not healthy. People with a lot of weight to lose can safely and fairly easily lose 10 Lbs in a month but if you're already fairly lean, it's not really going to happen and yoiu're going to destroy a lot of lean mass in the process.

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bamakmd

Yes when I was in high school, my summer going into senior year (2003) I lost 30 pounds from June to August and I didn't do anything drastic. I just cut out all sweets and ate salads or I would make healthy sandwiches with a cup of lettuce in them. No junk food or soda at all and I drank about 10 glasses of water throughout the day to flush everything out. I also walked every other day and rode my bike the other days around our street for about an hour-an hour and a half.

It's possible but depends on your body. I was 150 pounds when I 16 and lost 30 pounds so when I went back for my senior year I was 130 pounds. I didn't nothing drastic or took any diet pills and I wasn't even counting my calories at that time.

Greenrun99

10 lbs with water weight.. yes.. of real fat(unless your really obese).. no

waltcote

I started towards the end of July and am close to 50 lbs lost so I suppose it's close to 10 a month. I am more concerned with keeping the weight off more now even though I have a little bit more to lose and am a bit concerned with the holidays coming up. But then again I didn't gain other Thanksgiving either. Maybe I enjoy worrying?! :bigsmile:

jessicamoura

I agree with most of the answers. If you are following a healthy plan - 500 calorie deficit each day with food, and 500 calorie deficit each day with exercise-- then you can lose approximately 2 lbs per week. But like someone mentioned, sometimes our bodies have a mind of their own. A rapid weight loss (assuming you aren't starving yourself) is usually due to fluid. So in that sense, you could potentially lose 10 lbs in a month, however its not recommended. And here's why:

1.) Losing weight that quickly increases your risk of losing not jut fat but muscle as well -- muscle is always lost during weight loss, but we want to maintain that lean body mass as much as possible since it is the only tissue that can increase our metabolism.

2.) your body does not like change that quickly -- your gut, fat, and brain all communicate with each other. And your body dosn't like change. Even though a weight may be unhealthy, you body now recognizes that as its normal and wants to fight to maintain that normal. Losing weight much faster than 2 pounds a week makes it very difficult for you to maintain because your body hasnt caught up yet and will work against you with an increase in hunger hormones and fat accumulation hormones.

Focus on portion control and foods that are lower in calories and higher in nutrients. Try to get at least 250 minutes of moderate intensity exercise each week (or 125 min of vigorous exercise) and three sessions of resistance training to avoid losing your muscle. Keeping your muscle will also help you look thinner. Also keep in mind that muscle weighs more than fat. I would encourage you to find a means of measuring your body composition either at a gym with a skin caliper test or a BodPod if you have that available to you. Because the scale can be deceiving and not tell the whole story, you can really measure your success by knowing your weight along with your body composition. For example, you may lose weight but your body fat may actually increase, meaning you've lost muscle. Or you may gain weight but you actually lose fat and gained some muscle. So the scale really isn't the best tell.

meeper123

It is not healthy or reasonable to expect to lose that kind of weight rapidly. If your wanting results go lift some weights you will look way better than if you did straight cardio and starved yourself. Also crash dieting means you will put it back on just as quickly.


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Amandabelanger614

To anyone that is interested... i ended up loosing 8 total.