Is losing 15lbs in 6 weeks realistic?

oXGetFitBabeXo

I am in 2 weddings in June and i was wondering how realistic it would be to lose 15lbs in 5 to 6 weeks.. is it realistic?

elbaldwin0525

All you can do is try and see what happens

JodieSmith15

Don't worry so much about the number. Eat at a deficit and exercise, you'll see results in the mirror in June.

abetterbrandi

Not for your weight. Thats over 2lbs a week and you dont have that much to lose. Typically people with your amount to lose shoot for .5 lb a week.

JTick

Only if you are obese, which according to your ticker you are not. I would probably aim for 4-6 lbs instead.

jwooley13

To be perfectly honest, not really. Everyone is different so I don't want to speak in absolutes, but that borders on unhealthy weight loss for people much larger than you are. I would not expect to be able to lose more than 5-10lbs in that time. To counter that (and look great at those weddings), I would try to tone up with some lifting and strength training. There are lots of workouts online that you can do at home if you don't have a gym membership.

PikaKnight

Not realistic. With 20lbs to lose, you'd be aiming for more 0.5-1lb/week loss. If you are consistent, you could lose 3-6lbs in those 6 weeks.

but it sounds more like a body composition thing versus the actual scale number. If you aren't already doing strength training, it'd be a good time to start. You won't see major changes in 6 weeks, but it'd be better than just doing cardio and losing those lbs and no inches.

oXGetFitBabeXo

My 6 week goal would be 150 to 135.. i mean if i lost 2lbs a week i could total out at 12lbs which is still good.

oXGetFitBabeXo

I'm not aiming to lose all 20, Just 15 for now.. Or at least 12.

cebreisch

I would say it's possible, but not probable. 0-2 pounds is considered a healthy rate of weight loss.

Hit the ground running and see what happens. If you're eating better and exercising, you will at least lose inches.

ChristineRoze

maybe if you ate exactly 1200 calories every day haha but even then i don't know. I wouldn't want to try it

liekewheeless

If you haven't already been dieting it can definitely be done. Just expect it to come right back.

I had to lose 15lb and 3" before my wedding to fit in my dress. I had a week and a half to do it.

I did a low carb low fat and got it done... mind you,... it came right back after.

I don't advice this as a healthy way of losing weight, I had much less time than you do to get there. In 6 weeks, you should be able to get there in a much healthier way. Just exercise and go low carb. The first pounds will go the fastest.

If you have been losing weight for a while it won't go that fast.

oXGetFitBabeXo

Thanks all!!!! I dont expect to lose all 15 (at least 12 would be fine for now) and i'm not going to starve myself but i figured i'd give it a shot!

oXGetFitBabeXo

I lost weight for a while.. started gaining it back.. now i want to lose again..

H_Factor

I recommend just doing your best and not setting goals that may be unrealistic for your current size. When we set expectations and then don't hit them, we tend to get discouraged which causes us to lose focus. Do your best each day and let the scale do whatever it does.

But, hey, if you can average 2 lb loss per week for 6 weeks, more power to you

and I'm not saying this is the healthiest way to do it....and any loss may not be sustainable....but here's your outline for max weight loss over the next 6 weeks....

nutrition:

weeks 1 and 2 ... eat only veggies and drink only water. You can have as many veggies as you want, cooked or raw. Get A LOT of veggies. After a few days, your body will adjust. You will have to deal with boredom, sure, but you will be satiated.

weeks 3-6..... same as weeks 1 and 2, but also add 8 ounces of chicken breast or turkey breast per day.

workout:

sprint interval training 3x per week (no more than this, and don't add to the sprint interval training on those days). You're going to do 8-12 intervals that look like this. Go outside. Do a 15 second sprint where you're going all out, pushing from your butt. If you do the sprint correctly, you should be gassed within 15 seconds. If you're not pushing hard enough, you're not doing the sprint correctly. The idea is to get to near max HR for proper HIIT. After doing the sprint, do a bodyweight exercise (i.e., pushups, air squats, burpees, step ups, plank, etc.) Then rest until your HR drops below 130. Then do another interval. So you're going to do 8-12 intervals that look like this... 15 second sprint + bodyweight exercise + rest. Rest will be the longest part of each interval, and that's the way HIIT works. That's the entire workout. Do not do this on back to back days. Oh, and before you start the workout, stretch your hips, quads, hamstrings, calves and Achilles (the downward dog position where you peddle your feet is great for calves and Achilles).

You really don't need to do any other workout than the sprint interval training. but if you want to add a moderate paced cardio workout like jogging or biking or swimming 1-2 days per week, that's fine. Not necessary though....and make sure you're getting at least 2 rest days per week.

oXGetFitBabeXo

Thats true! Thank you!

Gym 5 days a week with 2 rest days... No weekend cocktails i can do it!

stv1520

I'm down 15lbs in almost 4 weeks.

nilbogger

Sure, if you have 100+ pounds to lose.

oXGetFitBabeXo

Not quite!

JTick

You're missing the part where we're telling you that 2 lbs/week at your weight is unrealistic. That's too large of a deficit, and you've got about a 90% chance of a crash and burn happening at that deficit. I don't think you want to end up weighing MORE in 6 weeks than you do now because you couldn't stick to your deficit.

Pirate_chick

sure, just work your *kitten* off. Eat at a deficit. you'll lose. but realistically you'll probably loose closer to 10.

delicious_cocktail

From most absurd to least absurd, it is realistic. Please stick with me as we go:

You could cut off limbs. You would absolutely lose the numbers. You probably don't want that.

You could drastically undereat. You would lose a lot of muscle tissue relative to fat tissue, and you wouldn't look very pretty once you had lost it. You would have saggy flesh and would still look the same weight, just 'weigh less'. You don't want that.

You could exercise like crazy, go on diueretics/water pills, laxatives, etc. You would lose lots of water weight. You would feel sick. You would look slightly slimmer than the above two examples because you would cut a little water - however you would look a bit aged as well, and all those numbers would come back fast.


Unfortunately I think your true goal is to look lke you weigh sixteen pounds less rather than actually weigh sixteen pounds less. The best thing you could do to acheive this objective is a mix of cardiovascular and challenging strength work (low rep, high weight), stay hydrated, fuel your body with a good mix of foods, and get plenty of sleep.

The final prescription, there, has little to do with losing sixteen pounds fast. By following that approach, however, you will look your best - that is the path to look as good as possible. And if you maintain that regimen for six weeks straight, I promise that the results will surprise and please you.

oXGetFitBabeXo

THank you!

I am aiming for the inches to go more less so then the weight

Consistency is the key!

TavistockToad

I am in 2 weddings in June and i was wondering how realistic it would be to lose 15lbs in 5 to 6 weeks.. is it realistic?

Nope, not when you only have 20lb to lose in total.

aaronpereira

INSANITY

PikaKnight

You're missing the part where we're telling you that 2 lbs/week at your weight is unrealistic. That's too large of a deficit, and you've got about a 90% chance of a crash and burn happening at that deficit. I don't think you want to end up weighing MORE in 6 weeks than you do now because you couldn't stick to your deficit.

Right! Everyone says 0.5 or 1lb at the most and she's just going to bypass and head for the 2lbs week goal..even though, again, it's unrealistic.

*smh*

Why even bother asking?

oXGetFitBabeXo

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If you dont have anything nice to say then dont say it at all.

PikaKnight

Negative comments will be deleted or reported.

If you dont have anything nice to say then dont say it at all.

It's a public forum. And what I said was true. You have everyone giving you the answer you need, but you are going to just do what you want so why can't I ask why you even asked if you are just going to ignore everything?

oXGetFitBabeXo

Not everyone has been giving the same answer.

Cranquistador

Negative comments will be deleted or reported.

If you dont have anything nice to say then dont say it at all.

telling you that your goals are unrealistic is positive in that we are trying to help you.

PikaKnight

In order to lose 2lbs a week, you'd have to be at a 1000 cal deficit a day. Seeing as you don't have that much to lose..that kind of deficit isn't realistic nor healthy. And if you actually managed to stick to something like that, 6 weeks is enough time to end up making yourself sick.

Granted, you could lose a lot of water weight but it's not going to affect your appearance in the way you think those 15lbs off is going to because of how fast you are trying to do it. And there is a high chance that you'll just end up gaining it back anyways, if you don't end up going on a binge and gaining even more.