10 lbs in the next 4 weeks? Anyone want to join me?

swifta · March 2012

I'm in

add me

kiabee1125 · March 2012

I'll give it a try, trying to loose 10+ it'll be a starting point.

Gill_L · March 2012

Would love to give this a go, would be great to lose that much by Easter, will be an incentive to leave the eggs alone Lol

claeysm · March 2012

OOH would love to do this challenge! with easter around the corner its such a great idea !

Add me if you want!

Myelen · March 2012

Count me in! I need to lose 10 by May 1st so this will speed things up a bit

ninerbuff · March 2012

10lbs in 4 weeks is 2.5lbs a week. If you weighed 250lbs that would be 1% of your weight and if you weighed 130lbs that would be 2%, however at 130lbs after the first week, the percentage would be higher than 2%. That wouldn't be reasonable weight loss because to continue to lose 7.75 more pounds, the person (now at 127.5) would more than likely lose lean muscle mass to reach that goal. You don't want to lose lean muscle mass because you'll lower you metabolic rate and that means you have to even eat less to try to maintain that weight. You could exercise more, but that may keep your weight level and not reduce it, especially if you're close to ideal bodyweight.
It's great that people are setting goals, but goals need to be realistic based on what people's current statis' are. Not trying to be negative here, just trying to give the reasonable and realistic expectations that people should have so that they don't fall into the habit of regaining weight that they lost and going through the whole yoyo effect I've seen all these years.

1% of your body weight per week is sensible. 2% is doable with hard work and good nutrition. Anything beyond that isn't ideal.

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iamfranniefierce · March 2012

10lbs in 4 weeks is 2.5lbs a week. If you weighed 250lbs that would be 1% of your weight and if you weighed 130lbs that would be 2%, however at 130lbs after the first week, the percentage would be higher than 2%. That wouldn't be reasonable weight loss because to continue to lose 7.75 more pounds, the person (now at 127.5) would more than likely lose lean muscle mass to reach that goal. You don't want to lose lean muscle mass because you'll lower you metabolic rate and that means you have to even eat less to try to maintain that weight. You could exercise more, but that may keep your weight level and not reduce it, especially if you're close to ideal bodyweight.
It's great that people are setting goals, but goals need to be realistic based on what people's current statis' are. Not trying to be negative here, just trying to give the reasonable and realistic expectations that people should have so that they don't fall into the habit of regaining weight that they lost and going through the whole yoyo effect I've seen all these years.

1% of your body weight per week is sensible. 2% is doable with hard work and good nutrition. Anything beyond that isn't ideal.

Thank you for putting that into perspective.

A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

iamfranniefierce · March 2012

That being said...count me in, I'm going on vacation to Puerto Rico in 6 weeks and would love to be 10 lbs slimmer! Good luck, all!

Swissy98 · March 2012

Hi All - Please count me in as well. So, we're just posting to this string every Saturday with our results?

Good luck everyone!

kreat · March 2012

I'll hit you up with this challenge!!! I've got 9 days to take my Physical Fitness test for the Military. I ned to pass that and trying to be 190 or less!!!!