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Help with my goal please

Lori07
Lori07 Posts: 136
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have never tried to lose wait before and I want my first goal date to be my birthday in May but I don't know what I should reach for as a number. I started yesterday I am 150 my finished goal is 130 what number should I reach for in May?

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  • tn2010
    tn2010 Posts: 228 Member
    Depends on how hard-core you want to be. You can do 2 pounds a week and conceivably reach your goal by May, but you may hit a plateau and have to kick it up a notch near your goal. I started at 185 last June and it took me about 6 months to lose 30 pounds, but it is definitely coming off much slower now...but I also don't work out as hard as I did over the summer. So, really it's all up to you!
  • tn2010
    tn2010 Posts: 228 Member
    By the way...my ticker and stats don't reflect my first 5 pounds!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    since you don't have much weight to lose, you should set your goal on MFP to a maximum of 1lb/week, once you get to your last 5-10 lbs you should change your goal to 0.5lbs/week. So if May is 10 weeks away you should be able to lose 10lbs in a healthy manner by then and maybe another 4 by the end of May.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Depends on how hard-core you want to be. You can do 2 pounds a week and conceivably reach your goal by May, but you may hit a plateau and have to kick it up a notch near your goal. I started at 185 last June and it took me about 6 months to lose 30 pounds, but it is definitely coming off much slower now...but I also don't work out as hard as I did over the summer. So, really it's all up to you!

    2lbs/week is too fast if she only has 20lbs to lose, at that rate she would probably lose as much muscle as she would fat. I would strongly suggest 1lb/week.
  • shreddingit
    shreddingit Posts: 1,133 Member
    aim to lose 4lbs a month...
  • Lori07
    Lori07 Posts: 136
    Well it looks like there is about 12 weeks from now to the week of my birthday in May so I will put my goal at 138 by May 17th that's kind of exciting.
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