60 pounds in 6month?

Your loss will not remain linear the closer you get to your goal. You will have to adjust your calories and run smaller deficits as you get closer. Most people say about .5 lbs per week for the last 10/20lbs. I have the same amount to lose so I am not looking forward to it either since I am losing somewhere between 1-3/wk now.

Also the losses in the first few weeks are usually pretty high for a lot of people. I think I lost 15 lbs in my first month

I totally agree with solyhhit and I have lots in common with what he said with respect to his challenges. I say, eat healthy, live healthy, work out hard, and the weight will fall to where it should be. Easier said than done, I know

Maybe I look at it the wrong way, but don't try and push too hard for such a larger number in a short period of time. Can you do it? Maybe. I know it's not uncommon for people to lose 100 pounds in a year. In fact, my ex lost more than a hundred in 10 months.

But for me I just keep it simple. Try to eat right (this is a big challenge for me) and work your butt off sweating rivers. Everything else is kinda out of your control. I think the pressure of such a lofty goal combined with the reality of your weight going up and down (for various reasons like water retention, a bad night or two) might be too much to handle emotionally and you could get discouraged.

The biggest challenge of my journey is psychological. So that's why I try and keep it simple.


besides, this should be long-term, not short-term.

BUMP - so true.

That's pretty agressive.

I have found that if you concentrate on the number it gets discouraging if you dont meet it. Like watching water boil.

Try a different angle and set non-loss goals;
~Workout 6 days a week for at least 30 minutes
~Eat clean every day for x amount of time
~Try at least 2 new workouts a month

These types of goals promote a heatly lifestyle which in turn contributes to weight loss. Anything is attainable if you work hard enough for it....just dont burn out the engine and stall.

Good Luck!

I think trying to push for that as your ideal goal might feel great now, but will you be ok with it if you don't hit it? Thats the better question IMO.

I set myself up for a "Lose 50lbs by Christmas" goal back in January. I blew by that in 4 months- Im pretty sure that is unusual success, and now that I am 15 lbs from being under 225 (something I expected for the end of NEXT year o.o) and it isn't even Christmas - all I can say is, anything is possible but you've got to work for it and not beat yourself up if you don't make it. Trust me, I haven't been going straight down, my weight has bounced up and down somedays as high as +5lbs overnight that took 2 weeks to get back off.

You just gotta decide you are worth not giving up on, and push yourself harder every day. Then you will be as successful as you strive to be.

Try plugging your stats into Losertown and see where you could be in 6 months:

http://www.losertown.org/eats/cal.php

I have lost 54 pounds in 6 months. Not quite your goal, but the last couple of pounds have taken weeks. I started off losing an average of 2 pounds per week and it slowed as I got smaller.

I have lost 58 in 5 months. It can be done, but I exercise a lot, and use a heart rate monitor to accurately track the calories I burn. Then I eat back my exercise calories to keep my metabolism up.

It is very unlikely, especially if you want to limit your weight loss to only fat. Aggressive goals means under feeding your body generally (as you will need more than a 1000 calorie deficit) and it will end up causing you to lose a good bit of lean body mass. Fast weight loss generally means saggy skin. If you dont mind losing muscle and possible saggy skin, go for it. But generally speaking, slow and steady = long term weight loss. If you have a moderate deficit, concentrate on weight training and some cardio, and eating whole natural foods, you can lose a bit of body fat quickly.

I have been overweight for most of my adult life, I am a 51 year old male and decided to take action now before it becomes too late: I am 6ft tall and weighed 253lbs

Over the last 9 months I have lost 60lbs, my last weigh in on Sunday recorded 193lbs, so I went from 18 stone 1lb to 13 stone 11lbs, my target is to reach 13 stone by January 2014 - I am well on schedule to achieve this goal - About a month ago I hit a brick wall, I was hovering around the 14.10lb mark and could not move from this figure My son told me about myfitnesspal and downloaded the App on to my phone, 35 days later and I have lost a further 15lbs and well on my way to achieving my goal.

My routine is really simple, each day I use the treadmill, 20 minutes fast walk in the morning and another 20 minutes in the evening, this combined with my calorie intake of 1,400 is what was needed to ensure that I continue to lose the weight I have set myself to achieve.

I feel healthier, happy and more content with myself - Best thing I ever did!