Lose 15 pounds by New Year?

Be thankful if you can pull off 6 lbs by Jan 1st. But to do 15 lbs by Jan 1st, while not impossible, is very unhealthy and prone to a bounceback of easily regaining the weight.

A good rule of thumb is 1.5 - 2.5 lbs a week with hard work. Stick to that. Learn the discipline to weight loss.

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It wasn't just water - if it was I would have re-gained that 12 lbs right away. I didn't, kept it off for SIX months and I did lose 2% body fat using the same fat calipers I used to measure before I started that crash diet. But I am not recommending it - I am recommending a moderately low calorie, low carb diet - she'll lose 15 lbs or more EASILY without starving herself. I'm not following this post anymore because you guys obviously have a problem with success. OP read what I said and then read what the other posters have said - I'm offering you first-hand experience that you can reach your goal by New Years, without starving OR exercise if you keep a low carb diet.

How is it nonsense if it works?

Um you can lose 15 lbs in 3 weeks... if you do an extremely low carb diet. I've lost 12 lbs in 1.5 weeks in the past using low carb + extremely low calories so it's not impossible though not recommended.... sure half of it may be water but it still is weight and water weight makes you look BLOATED

BTW I am doing a 1400 calorie, < 80 g/day low carb diet - started Tuesday, down 8 lbs WITH a high carb cheat day on Sunday.

Please stop with this nonsense.

First off, this isn't fat loss. You've lost water. Second, you are encouraging an unhealthy and unrealistic dieting approach.

Totes, Bro. I'm SUPER jealous of your success.

It wasn't just water - if it was I would have re-gained that 12 lbs right away. I didn't, kept it off for SIX months and I did lose 2% body fat using the same fat calipers I used to measure before I started that crash diet. But I am not recommending it - I am recommending a moderately low calorie, low carb diet - she'll lose 15 lbs or more EASILY without starving herself. I'm not following this post anymore because you guys obviously have a problem with success. OP read what I said and then read what the other posters have said - I'm offering you first-hand experience that you can reach your goal by New Years, without starving OR exercise if you keep a low carb diet.

How is it nonsense if it works?

Um you can lose 15 lbs in 3 weeks... if you do an extremely low carb diet. I've lost 12 lbs in 1.5 weeks in the past using low carb + extremely low calories so it's not impossible though not recommended.... sure half of it may be water but it still is weight and water weight makes you look BLOATED

BTW I am doing a 1400 calorie, < 80 g/day low carb diet - started Tuesday, down 8 lbs WITH a high carb cheat day on Sunday.

Please stop with this nonsense.

First off, this isn't fat loss. You've lost water. Second, you are encouraging an unhealthy and unrealistic dieting approach.

no, 15 pounds is just too much, definately couldnt be healthy for a body... im already on an exteme "diet" of 1200 calories a day... even with 1200 calories a day, plus working out mon-fri, i only lose 2 pounds a week... if you aim for 15 pounds in 2 weeks, you will either a) set yourself up for failure, b) harm your body by starving yourself to the point of organ damage caused by a lack of potassium and other required minerals and nutrients, or c) lose 10 pounds of water, and a healthy 5 pounds of fat... BUT GOOD LUCK TO YOU...

I just read about Anne Hathaway and her role in Les Miserables. She lost 25lbs. 15 of it within a 2 week time period barely surviving on two square of oatmeal paste (WTH that is). I'd love to lose 14lb myself but not at the risk of my health. She admits how unhealthy it was on her, she wasn't able to focus or sleep and it took her weeks to recover. That doesn't sound healthy to me.

For your sake, I hope that you don't filter all of the comments that day "no way" and favor the ones that say that you can do it. It isn't worth it. Trying to do this is insane. And what if you loose say, 5 lbs instead of 15? Are you going to be devastated?

I just don't want to see you set yourself up for failure.

Would only be able to do that if I stopped eating, aint gonna happen. sorry girly. That doesn't seem too healthy to me. I'm doing between ounces and 1 lb per week.

I'm in a LCHF diet and have lost 21 pounds so far in the 2 months that I've been on it. I eat on average 1300 calories a day, no more that 20 carbs and drink a lot of water.

I doubt I can loose 15 pounds by new years but you can try it if you want. I'm happy if I lose 5

I'll join in with you. Although I think it's pretty much impossible for me because I play sports and go to the gym, I still need a little extra push. I'm guessing I would be lucky with ten pounds, but I am going to opt for 8 pounds by New Years at least. I guess that means either a lot of running, or not eating. And I want to eat!

15 lbs in 2.5 weeks isn't realistic. You want success, not disappointment.

That's gonna be tough! But, best of luck :flowerforyou:

there won't be a bounce-back, but i'll be glad to update then as well! [;

Sorry, but that attitude is exactly what makes most diets fail. Instead of believing you're the special one that can beat the system and keep off a ridiculously fast weight loss, why not start with a plan that has a chance of success? It's pretty nice to believe we can do anything we want if we just try hard enough, but then we grow up. We have to accept the boundaries of the world around us and plan to be successful despite those boundaries, not just pretend they don't exist.

And the reality is, doing diets like this is not only pointless, you actually end up worse than you started- with a slightly higher BF% each time, because you waste muscle and regain weight without regaining much of the muscle loss. You literally get fatter every time you cycle through a yo-yo diet, even if you end up the same weight.

there won't be a bounce-back, but i'll be glad to update then as well! [;

Sorry, but that attitude is exactly what makes most diets fail. Instead of believing you're the special one that can beat the system and keep off a ridiculously fast weight loss, why not start with a plan that has a chance of success? It's pretty nice to believe we can do anything we want if we just try hard enough, but then we grow up. We have to accept the boundaries of the world around us and plan to be successful despite those boundaries, not just pretend they don't exist.

And the reality is, doing diets like this is not only pointless, you actually end up worse than you started- with a slightly higher BF% each time, because you waste muscle and regain weight without regaining much of the muscle loss. You literally get fatter every time you cycle through a yo-yo diet, even if you end up the same weight.

I can attest to this, from personal experience. Trust me, it is NOT worth it. One step forward (temporarily) and two very-hard-to-lose steps back!!!