Has Anyone Lost 25 pounds in 1 month??

They do on The Biggest Loser - due to the combination of about 8 hours a day of exercise, a very low calorie diet, and having a very large BMI to begin with. For the average person, it's pretty unreachable. Not impossible, but do you really want to put your body through that stress?

Unless you weigh something like 500 pounds that's seriously unhealthy.
You don't look like you have much to lose in your photo, so 1, maybe 1.5 a week is pretty much it! Just eat well, work out and do what you can!! Low carb will give you a few more pounds, but that will be mostly water weight that will be regained when you add carbs back in.
Why do you have to lose so much so quickly?!

I lost 10 in a week once, but then although I didn't gain any back, further weight loss was stalled for a while.

I've seen people lose 25+ in a month. Each time they've stalled or gained it back.

Your diary isn't public.

I have alot to lose and I have lost about 40 pounds in the last 2 months so if your a big guy I think it's possible, I could have lost more but try to get close to my daily calories I think I could have pulled it off. But like I said I have about another 120 pounds to lose.

wow are you trying to maim yourself.

Trimming the inches won't come from excessive weight loss. You'll likely still not get the look you're going for. I'd hit up the heavy weights with a plan because that will change the way your body looks without a shirt on at the beach, not burning excessive amounts of calories and pounds. Sounds like you're going more for aesthetics which means you need muscle...

On december 27th i weighed 256 pounds. I decided to do something about it on my birthday (jan 2) , by february 3 i lost 23 pounds and a total of 54.5 to date. I am pretty strict and exercise everyday and agree that if your not on the heavier side to begin with losing that much weight in one month can cause more damage than good . I would clean up my eating ,drink plenty of water and start a strength training/cardio program. this way you can tone up and look healthier and possibly lose 5 pounds in the process.

Everyone is different but if you only have 30 or 40 pounds to lose losing 25 of that in a month is likely not possible, unless you cut off a couple of body parts. As others have already said the bigger you are the quicker you lose, in most cases, but even with massive amounts of exercise your body is not going to burn 25 pounds of "fat" in a month. When you lose weight the "fat" you lose is being burned as energy. You would have to have your nutrition intake exactly correct for your body to only burn the fat you have stored in that short time frame. I'm not saying it isn't possible, but probably a very lofty goal. Like I said everyone is different but it took me almost 8 months to lose 30 or so pounds and not look "skinny fat". Good luck! But remember it is going to take some time. Most of us didn't put on the extra weight in a month, so losing it in a month is probably not going to happen. But keep us posted, I would love to be proved wrong!

Unless you weigh something like 500 pounds that's seriously unhealthy.

yep. when I started at nearly 500 lbs. I dropped 30 lbs. in 1 week.

Most of which was more than likely water.

Given todays date, 6th, and you want it by the 25th...thats roughly a daily deficit of 4,605 cals. So, assume you eating 1500, you'll have to burn 6.1k cals a day. That's the maths anyway. So yes, it's possible. But, at you current weight, highly unlikely and could well seriously damage you.

It's totally unhealthy and dangerous.

it very well could be. I've had a few doctors tell me because I was "morbidly obese" and whatnot, at my weight, losing the weight was good.

my GI doc was a little concerned.

There are mainly two ways to lose 25 pounds in a month:

1. Cut off a limb. Pro : quick, cheap, no struggle. You suffer for a few days, then enjoy the rest of the month. Con : you'll look quite asymmetrical. For life.

2. Reach a daily calorie deficit of 3500 calories (3500 calories = 1 lb). The five last days of the month are for resting. Pro : you get to keep all of your 4 limbs (yay!). Con : you have to eat 0 calories and burn 3500 calories everyday. Or eat 500 calories and burn 4000 calories daily. Or any combination that will equate to a 3500 calories deficit. You can burn 3500 calories by running something like 25km (depending on your original body weight, of course). Totally doable.

Best of luck! :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Necrothread revived again? OP was from... may of last year. Methinks something is awry.

Yes in the month of August