80 pounds to lose quickly. Any suggestions

SHININGSTAR1979
SHININGSTAR1979 Posts: 11 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm currently weighing in at 248 and would like to lose about 80 pounds. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can lose the weight, preferably quickly? I know that slow and steady wins the race but I don't want to lose my motivation with slow weight loss and stay at this weight for another year.
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  • tlkrallman
    tlkrallman Posts: 82
    I can't offer any suggestions for quick easy weight loss that's permanent. If I could I wouldn't be on MFP myself with 95 pounds to lose. I've done all the quick fixes, the fads, and the newest diet phenomenons. The work great to start, then they stall and you eventually give up only to put what you lost back on plus another 10 if not more pounds. I'm determined this time to do this the right way and make it last for the rest of my life. Slow and steady wins the race hands down every time.

    Good luck. Stay Strong and Don't give up!
  • cedarghost
    cedarghost Posts: 621 Member
    Eat 280,000 calories below your maintenance level. Divide that 280,000 calories by however "quickly" you want to lose the weight.....
    Seriously though if you eat just 769 calories below your maintenance each day for a year, the 80 pounds will be gone.
    I have said maintenance twice, and that's the key. You have to know what your maintenance calories are. Start with a calculator (there are plenty online) to figure your BMR and TDEE and eat 769 calories below your maintenance and adjust as needed, but give it time (at least a few weeks) before you make any adjustments to calories.
  • HIITMe
    HIITMe Posts: 921 Member
    audition for Biggest Loser TV Show...
  • cedarghost
    cedarghost Posts: 621 Member
    Start here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • Corkline
    Corkline Posts: 107
    Sell your car, get a bike, and start biking or walking everywhere.

    Seriously, though, massive amounts of low impact cardio and reasonable food choices, and stay at your tdee, and it will come off.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    I can't offer any suggestions for quick easy weight loss that's permanent. If I could I wouldn't be on MFP myself with 95 pounds to lose. I've done all the quick fixes, the fads, and the newest diet phenomenons. The work great to start, then they stall and you eventually give up only to put what you lost back on plus another 10 if not more pounds. I'm determined this time to do this the right way and make it last for the rest of my life. Slow and steady wins the race hands down every time.

    Good luck. Stay Strong and Don't give up!

    This is great advice.
  • Guamybear
    Guamybear Posts: 1,061 Member
    In the beginning you might lose some of it quickly, but then it will slow down. Hopefully you will have lost enough to keep you motivated by then.

    To help lose it... you should do cardio and some weights.. Weights is the key..
  • AliceAsya
    AliceAsya Posts: 21 Member
    You could cut off a leg?

    (sorry, that's not helpful, but I couldn't help myself. There's no healthy way to lose that amount of weight "quickly". You didn't put the weight on overnight, you won't lose it overnight. Good luck!)
  • Rowan813
    Rowan813 Posts: 170 Member
    I can't offer any suggestions for quick easy weight loss that's permanent. If I could I wouldn't be on MFP myself with 95 pounds to lose. I've done all the quick fixes, the fads, and the newest diet phenomenons. The work great to start, then they stall and you eventually give up only to put what you lost back on plus another 10 if not more pounds. I'm determined this time to do this the right way and make it last for the rest of my life. Slow and steady wins the race hands down every time.

    Good luck. Stay Strong and Don't give up!

    Excellent advice!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,976 Member
    I'm currently weighing in at 248 and would like to lose about 80 pounds. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can lose the weight, preferably quickly? I know that slow and steady wins the race but I don't want to lose my motivation with slow weight loss and stay at this weight for another year.
    Cut off a leg. If not that, then you could starve yourself too.

    Realistically, if you lose your motivation to lose, then you need reassess on why you are trying to lose weight in the first place.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    audition for Biggest Loser TV Show...

    Quit your job, eat grass and shakes all day, and live in the gym.. That weight will drop.. of course you will be skinny, but your body fat will be 50%.

    Slow and steady = healthy and sometimes permanent
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    A scalpel.
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    Start here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    Here you go!!! I know you want to lose it fast. We all do. Doesn't work. Never will. You might lose the 80 pounds super fast, but you'll be left with flabby hanging skin. You'll be skinny fat! Doesn't that sound grand? Follow the road map. Do it right this time and you will never, ever, have to ask for suggestions again.

    It has taken me over 10 months to lose 65 pounds. It's off and I'm still going. Eating well. Lifting heavy. Going slow. Losing fat and feeling wonderful and STRONG! This time last year I was where you are. This time next year? I hope to be at goal. Hope you make the right decision.

    ETA: Motivation is all on you. ALL on you. I had to change my mindset from " I need to lose weight and be skinny" to " I need to eat healthy, eat enough to fuel my workouts, and lift weights to reshape my body." I don't focus on weight - I focus on doing what's right for my health.
  • lasmit4477
    lasmit4477 Posts: 308 Member
    I can't offer any suggestions for quick easy weight loss that's permanent. If I could I wouldn't be on MFP myself with 95 pounds to lose. I've done all the quick fixes, the fads, and the newest diet phenomenons. They work great to start, then they stall and you eventually give up only to put what you lost back on plus another 10 if not more pounds. I'm determined this time to do this the right way and make it last for the rest of my life. Slow and steady wins the race hands down every time.

    Good luck. Stay Strong and Don't give up!

    Excellent advice!


    I concur! You would be selling yourself short to learning a new lifestyle and the journey to get there! Good luck and best wishes!
  • nguk123
    nguk123 Posts: 223
    Who is in charge or your motivation? You are.
    You have to own your willpower, take responsibility for your decision. Become a mature person.

    Running around doing things, because 'you know' , you are 'too weak of character' to do it the way you know is the 'right way', means you have more than simply issues with your weight.

    Having to lose weight might be the best thing to ever happen to you, it might help you become a stronger person throughout your life. I hope so anyway. You should consider working on more than your weight. Self development is important. Your character and mentality is important.

    This is just my crazy opinion.
  • srustin
    srustin Posts: 12 Member
    Start now and don't quit!
  • HannahMarieMcDougald
    HannahMarieMcDougald Posts: 544
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  • speedgoose
    speedgoose Posts: 295
    Being 248, you'll probably see/feel results fairly quickly initially. And although that immediate loss will slow down, use it as your motivation to keep going when it does slow down.
  • terrygran
    terrygran Posts: 43
    THIS:

    http://www.myfitness pal.com/topics/show/848098-540-days-of-weight-loss
  • Debby0904
    Debby0904 Posts: 151 Member
    Not to bash you too but if it were so easy don't you think the entire world would be thin? Sadly, you must pay your dues like the rest of us. This is NOT a diet but a lifestyle change. Eat healthy food, portion control and move your body.
    I wish you luck.
  • cuterbee
    cuterbee Posts: 545

    Realistically, if you lose your motivation to lose, then you need reassess on why you are trying to lose weight in the first place.

    ^^^ This is such very good advice that I'm pointing it out again.
  • lindseynyfarmer
    lindseynyfarmer Posts: 34
    How quickly?
  • jenihullett
    jenihullett Posts: 241 Member
    Start here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    I agree with the others. I found this article super helpful when I hit a plateau in my weight loss. Eating too little is just as bad as eating too much, and can hinder your weight loss goals. Get you nutrition in control, start doing some mild exercise, and build from there. Track everything you eat. That helped me greatly!
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    I'm currently weighing in at 248 and would like to lose about 80 pounds. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can lose the weight, preferably quickly? I know that slow and steady wins the race but I don't want to lose my motivation with slow weight loss and stay at this weight for another year.

    I think you need to reassess your definition of "slow weight loss".

    FAST weight loss is in the ballpark of 3 lbs a week. This translates to about 27 weeks (6 mos) to lose 80 lbs "fast". In order to lose weight this quickly, you'll need to be eating reduced calories (maybe 300-500 /day below maintenance PLUS cardio and strength training, likely 6 days a week.

    Please just keep in mind that losing 80 lbs 6 months would be considered extremely fast weight loss.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    I'm currently weighing in at 248 and would like to lose about 80 pounds. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can lose the weight, preferably quickly? I know that slow and steady wins the race but I don't want to lose my motivation with slow weight loss and stay at this weight for another year.

    If you start now you won't be at this wight for another year, you will weigh less by next month and it might be gone in a year. If you go on a crash diet, you may well be back up to this weight within a year.
  • __RANDY__
    __RANDY__ Posts: 1,036 Member
    build a time machine and start last year
  • __RANDY__
    __RANDY__ Posts: 1,036 Member
    I don't want to lose my motivation with slow weight loss and stay at this weight for another year.

    Regardless why would you have to wait another year?
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    OP, some of these responses are a bit snarky but I hope you don't just dismiss them at face value. At their base, they have the best of intentions, even if they come off as a bit mean or rude. For those of us who've been around the block a few times and finally found success, we know that losing quickly is not the way to go. Being in a rush/impatient is a recipe for disaster. Instead of anticipating that you'll give up as soon as your weight loss slows or even stalls, how about thinking about ways you can get around that. How you can be more patient and understanding about the weight loss process...

    I know it's tough and I know you want it bad but honestly, if you want it bad enough you will figure out how to continue on through the struggles and tough times. Losing weight is not always easy but it is necessary for your health and wellbeing.

    Do this for life, not just to get to a certain weight.

    Losing 1-2 pounds per week is a good healthy rate which means give yourself at least 1 1/2 if not 2 years to do this.

    I wish you the best of luck!
  • BruteSquad
    BruteSquad Posts: 373 Member
    There is no magic pill, there is no magic food, there is no magic Mike....

    A year from now you can be a year older and not at your goal, or you can be a year older and closer to your goal, perhaps even at your goal. But if you aren't willing to pay the price of controlled eating and exercise at a pound or two a week average, then you will be like most of the world this time next year wondering why they are not reaching the goals they have.

    Or you can do the boring non magical weight loss. Eat less than you burn.
  • dtiapril
    dtiapril Posts: 41
    To lose 80lb in a year would be a job well done. Don't expect to rush these things. Have a think about how long it took you to put that weight on.

    It has to be slow and steady, and it's not going to be easy. But weekly weigh ins and regular losses should help you keep on track, especially when your clothes start feeling to big.

    I'm sorry, there's no easy fix, just determination to get to goal and not to go back.

    I wish you good luck on your journey x

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