Is it possible to lose 10kg in 3 months????

holliestoneley
holliestoneley Posts: 24
in Health and Weight Loss
Im 5ft and need to lose 10kg in 3 months, someone please give me some adivce on how to do it?!?!?!?!?!?!

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  • stroutman81
    stroutman81 Posts: 2,474 Member
    Why do you need to do it?
  • kacarter1017
    kacarter1017 Posts: 651 Member
    That much weight loss in 3 months would not be advised- too agressive. IF you managed to lose it that fast, it probably would be a temporary loss.

    Follow the general guidelines on here- eat well, move more. Stay true to this and you will lose weight. May not be 7 pounds a month, but your weight will decrease and you will be healthier.
  • SharonNehring
    SharonNehring Posts: 535 Member
    You could do it if you were very, very overweight but with only 10kg to lose, it's not likely or healthy to do so. Set up your goals here on mfp, see what calories it gives you. Make healthy food choices every day and get your body moving. You'll lose, maybe not as fast as you'd like, but it'll happen as long as you are maintaining a calorie deficit.

    By exercising, you'll start to tone up and lose inches as well which can help it look like you've lost more than you have.
  • holliestoneley
    holliestoneley Posts: 24
    im going on holiday in july and dont want to have a flabby belly!!! I weight 9 stone now...i really want to be 8 stone or even 7 stone!!!
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    im going on holiday in july and dont want to have a flabby belly!!! I weight 9 stone now...i really want to be 8 stone or even 7 stone!!!

    Sorry, with what everyone else has said, you're just not going to drop that much weight as you don't have a lot to lose.

    Eat a mild caloric deficit, lift heavy, do some cardio and worry about the tape measure...not the scale.
  • 1HappyRedhead
    1HappyRedhead Posts: 413 Member
    7 stone??? Seriously? Isn't that approx. 98lbs? wow....
  • HanamiDango
    HanamiDango Posts: 456 Member
    7 stone??? Seriously? Isn't that approx. 98lbs? wow....

    If she is 5'0, 7 stones would still be in the healthy BMI range for her weight, just the lower side of it.

    And why not start trying and see where you end up? You might not make your ideal goal weight, but at least you would be trying to make yourself feel better.
  • loubidy
    loubidy Posts: 440 Member
    Have you ever tried weight lifting? In three months if you're already only 9st you could have a pretty smoking bikini body from lifting weights!
  • thomaszabel
    thomaszabel Posts: 203 Member
    I did that in the last 2 months. I've been losing about 0.3 pounds per day, which comes out to about 0.13 kg per day. I definitely was overweight, so I had the room to lose it. But it wasn't easy.

    1) I used MFP and was placed on a 1200 calorie per day plan.
    2) I have gone to the gym and done running and biking for 1 hour or more every day.
    3) I cut out all processed foods, and went "mostly vegetarian", but was careful to go for high-nutrient foods, and especially watch protein intake, since working out so much requires protein for muscle growth.

    I've now hit my target weight, and am moving over to a maintenance plan, but still doing the daily running and biking.

    Did I lose a ton of weight? Yes. Faster than some would say is healthy? Yes. Was it hard to do? Yes. I put in 70+ hours at the gym in the last few months.

    But I did it all the healthy way. I researched what I would need for calories, protein, iron, etc. etc. and made sure I got those in. I can now run 7 miles without having a heart attack, and am on track for my first half marathon towards the end of the summer.
  • samxhsiang
    samxhsiang Posts: 7
    im going on holiday in july and dont want to have a flabby belly!!! I weight 9 stone now...i really want to be 8 stone or even 7 stone!!!

    And that's about 57 kgs = 126 lbs, right? And you are 5 foot tall?

    10kg (22lbs) is doable if you do have the weight to lose. I lost about that amount in about 3 months. I'd suggest you to find out the estimated energy requirement for your age group / activity level, find out the maintenance calories for your weight then create a calories deficit and do strength training to maintain muscles.
  • holliestoneley
    holliestoneley Posts: 24
    Have you ever tried weight lifting? In three months if you're already only 9st you could have a pretty smoking bikini body from lifting weights!
    Yeah ive thought about it, but because im tiny, i dont want to look muscly because it wouldnt look right with my physique, like i dont want to look fat if you know what i mean? I dont know how i'd go about weight training, but im up for any ideas if anyone can give me some advice!!
  • holliestoneley
    holliestoneley Posts: 24
    I did that in the last 2 months. I've been losing about 0.3 pounds per day, which comes out to about 0.13 kg per day. I definitely was overweight, so I had the room to lose it. But it wasn't easy.

    1) I used MFP and was placed on a 1200 calorie per day plan.
    2) I have gone to the gym and done running and biking for 1 hour or more every day.
    3) I cut out all processed foods, and went "mostly vegetarian", but was careful to go for high-nutrient foods, and especially watch protein intake, since working out so much requires protein for muscle growth.

    I've now hit my target weight, and am moving over to a maintenance plan, but still doing the daily running and biking.

    Did I lose a ton of weight? Yes. Faster than some would say is healthy? Yes. Was it hard to do? Yes. I put in 70+ hours at the gym in the last few months.

    But I did it all the healthy way. I researched what I would need for calories, protein, iron, etc. etc. and made sure I got those in. I can now run 7 miles without having a heart attack, and am on track for my first half marathon towards the end of the summer.

    Thats amazing! Well done, so do you think i could do it, even thought i dont have as much to lose??
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    bump
  • beautifulwarrior18
    beautifulwarrior18 Posts: 914 Member
    Start a lifting program. That's the fastest way to get a flat stomach. I'd recommend buying New Rules of Lifting for Women.
  • HaibaneReki
    HaibaneReki Posts: 373 Member
    very possible. See my progress :wink:
  • gshegosh
    gshegosh Posts: 1
    I've started on January 1st and until today I've lost 15kgs. So, it is possible. The only exercise I do is irregular walking (I go out for an hour walk few times a week and I walk as fast as I can, which burns 600-800kcal per hour). I have a sitting job and started with 20kg overweight. I've set my target in MyFitnessPal to 0,75kg per week. First weeks I've been losing even quicker. I'm plateauing a bit right now, but my weight seems to be stable -- I'm not gaining, but still losing weight (5kg to go), just much slower than in the beginning.

    Note, that I weight all my food and do really detailed logging. When I get an urge to eat more or unhealthy, I do so -- I cut down most of sweet stuff, but I occasionally eat those and even visit McDonalds. I simply go for a walk such days to balance additional kcals.

    Overall there has been next to none suffering in my diet which is suprising for me. After first week my body adjusted and I'm no longer constantly hungry :-) Moreover, when I eat too much, I now feel physically too full, so I guess my body learned to measure its food portions properly.
  • HaibaneReki
    HaibaneReki Posts: 373 Member
    ^^ this exactly
  • Dancing_Laeti
    Dancing_Laeti Posts: 752 Member
    I've done it.
    But I didn't research it properly, so I started on 1200cal per day and felt rubbish after 6 weeks. So I upped my calories to 1300 per day. And felt rubbish again six weeks later. I got properly sick and gained 3kg back in that week!
    So I wouldn't recommend it.
    It's better to go slow and steady and to KEEP IT OFF in the long run rather than trying to get it off quicker than is healthy and gaining it all back.
    I've been losing the same 3kg over and over for the last 5 months and I can tell you, it's really not fun.
  • loubidy
    loubidy Posts: 440 Member
    Have you ever tried weight lifting? In three months if you're already only 9st you could have a pretty smoking bikini body from lifting weights!
    Yeah ive thought about it, but because im tiny, i dont want to look muscly because it wouldnt look right with my physique, like i dont want to look fat if you know what i mean? I dont know how i'd go about weight training, but im up for any ideas if anyone can give me some advice!!

    Oh dear.. Not another misinformed female... Becoming muscular is incredibly difficult, even more so for girls because of our hormones. Lifting weights will lower your body fat percentage whereas extreme dieting you will lose more muscle and still be jiggly and have a pooch and if your really lucky some protruding bones.

    Three months is too short of time to look "muscly" but it is enough time to look awesome!
  • HaibaneReki
    HaibaneReki Posts: 373 Member
    I've done it.
    But I didn't research it properly, so I started on 1200cal per day and felt rubbish after 6 weeks. So I upped my calories to 1300 per day. And felt rubbish again six weeks later. I got properly sick and gained 3kg back in that week!
    So I wouldn't recommend it.
    It's better to go slow and steady and to KEEP IT OFF in the long run rather than trying to get it off quicker than is healthy and gaining it all back.
    I've been losing the same 3kg over and over for the last 5 months and I can tell you, it's really not fun.

    I've lost 12kg since the start of Dec at 1800 cals a day + exercise. Sedentary work, running, ultimate frisbee, toddler at home..

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