Help! I need a fast weight loss plan

If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal


...otherwise no. Not unless you count liposuction.

So you are going to wear a scale on your back during this whole time for all to see with current weight on it?
And a sign stating what you wanted to weigh?

Or, think about this - do you actually want less inches, less fat perhaps?

For only 5 weeks, take the 2 lb weekly goal, be honest about daily activity level, and only do heavy circuit training.

While still doing 20 reps of like 6-8 lifts with dumbbells and 4 circuits of it, make sure the weight is heavy enough you are about dead on 20th rep. 3 x weekly. Jog lightly on between days.
Squats, lat pull-down or pull-over, straight-leg deadlift, bench press, jack-knife situps or plank, shoulder press.

Log that as circuit training and eat those calories back. Log the jog and eat that back of course.

That hopefully will be so new to your system, and a complete body activity all the muscles used, and big burner for repair, that it'll get the muscles you got stronger under any fat, and help burn off fat over the whole body.
Many times the muscle under the fat being stronger makes you look thinner too.

If you just want to be lighter but still look bigger and still jiggle with all the fat, then eat way too little and do bunches of cardio.

OP, you're not going to magically drop a ton of weight in 5 weeks. Just enjoy your weekend.

This. Just buy a killer outfit that makes you feel fabulous and start on a sensible weight loss regime. You may lose a few pounds before your weekend too.

You can stop eating and just drink water. The weight loss will probably not be enough for anyone to congratulate you on how thin you look, but you will be ill and hospitalised by the end of the 5 weeks period, so you will have a great excuse for not going anywhere for the weekend, so your weight will not matter

I think many people on mfp forget that they were once new here, that they all had different motivations for joining, or starting their weight loss journey. The OP joined in March and has lost 4lbs. She may not realize that slow and steady is the best way. Giving her sarcastic answers isn't really helping. She may not realize that a 2lb per week weight loss is already a great thing. How about some actual good advice for someone who is asking for help.

OP, my advice is, Log all your food. Stay below your calorie goals, and work out for 30 minutes, 5 times a week. No, it's not going to get you shredded, but I guarantee after 5 weeks you will be feeling a lot better about yourself, whether you've lost 5 or 10 pounds. That was my plan when I first started. 5 weeks later, I just felt plain good. The working out is a must though! And 30 minutes a day is totally doable! Baby steps. You can do this!!

Lower your carbs

Up your protein, fruit & veg

Drink lots of water + green tea

And buy some nice decent pull in tummy knickers, they work wonders with fitted clothes and look live you've lost inches : )

The head weighs about 10lbs. Get rid of that for a great start.

A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

You're a personal/fitness trainer and that is your best answer?

I think many people on mfp forget that they were once new here, that they all had different motivations for joining, or starting their weight loss journey. The OP joined in March and has lost 4lbs. She may not realize that slow and steady is the best way. Giving her sarcastic answers isn't really helping. She may not realize that a 2lb per week weight loss is already a great thing. How about some actual good advice for someone who is asking for help.

OP, my advice is, Log all your food. Stay below your calorie goals, and work out for 30 minutes, 5 times a week. No, it's not going to get you shredded, but I guarantee after 5 weeks you will be feeling a lot better about yourself, whether you've lost 5 or 10 pounds. That was my plan when I first started. 5 weeks later, I just felt plain good. The working out is a must though! And 30 minutes a day is totally doable! Baby steps. You can do this!!

i second that.

Someone else asked for help too about losing weight fast. Something about trying to lose 20 pounds in one month for her wedding. I wonder how she's doing?

Easiest things to start of with:
1) Walk Everywhere
2) Drink plenty of water/green tea
3)Exercise at least 5x a week at high intensity
4)Strength Training, Heavy if you can
5)Invest in a food scale
6) Weigh and Measure every bit of food those goes in your mouth
7)Do little things like walking around as you talk on the phone and exercises during commercial breaks
8) Eat in moderation - just because it doesn't seem healthy doesn't mean you can't have it
9) Things with 0 calories do count, so log them

and the holy grail is....

LOG EVERYTHING! Seriously, you don't do it accurately, you won't see a budge.

My suggestion is doing a low carb diet and the 30 Day Shred, I think you could lose some significant inches if you stick to it and drink lots of water. As someone else suggested buy some shape-wear and wear something you feel really good in. What is your best feature? Everyone has something For me it doesn't matter what size I am my waist is proportionally small so I wear something that accentuates that. If it is your boobs wear a low cut top, good legs then show them off. Even a manicure or a spray tan can help you feel better and I bet while you are on the weekend away you will be having too much fun to really be worrying that you don't weigh a certain number

The head weighs about 10lbs. Get rid of that for a great start.

A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

You're a personal/fitness trainer and that is your best answer?

I think many people on mfp forget that they were once new here, that they all had different motivations for joining, or starting their weight loss journey. The OP joined in March and has lost 4lbs. She may not realize that slow and steady is the best way. Giving her sarcastic answers isn't really helping. She may not realize that a 2lb per week weight loss is already a great thing. How about some actual good advice for someone who is asking for help.

OP, my advice is, Log all your food. Stay below your calorie goals, and work out for 30 minutes, 5 times a week. No, it's not going to get you shredded, but I guarantee after 5 weeks you will be feeling a lot better about yourself, whether you've lost 5 or 10 pounds. That was my plan when I first started. 5 weeks later, I just felt plain good. The working out is a must though! And 30 minutes a day is totally doable! Baby steps. You can do this!!

Listen to her! It's kind and it's reality.

Think of it as a start to just being healthy! I had to rid the idea of dieting, like it was some sort of punishment. Eat clean, drink lots of water, and in five weeks you will feel better! I'd skip any cheat meals until then if you're extremely concerned. If you're just starting out, I'd recommend Blogilates. I'm only on day 8 of the beginners workout calendar, and I'm in love!

My first five weeks I lost twenty pounds. It's been six month since and have lost over 60 pounds. In maintenance now and its a piece of cake for me personally. For me it was just math. Run your numbers based on your age height and weight and figure out what deficit and how much exercise you need to achieve whatever your five week goal is.

I thought this site was supposed to be helpful Anyway I started my weightloss journey with the 17 day diet. It is a really sound and healthy diet. It goes in cycles of 17 days, 3 cylces to be exact, and then you reach maintanace where you continue healthy eating habits for .. well forever.. I lost 12 pounds in 1 1/2 months. not alot but i went from 140 to 128 and that is good for me. Now i am just maintaining but im sure if i continued i could loose another 12.
Bigger people, like my co-worker, lost 40 pounds. He is the one that introduced me to this "diet" which is really a healthy way of eating. I needed something that was fast that would quick start my weight loss and motivate me as well.
6 months later, here I am, maintaining, eating lots of what i love, but have incorporated much much healthier food.

It is helpful. Telling her she is unrealistic and wants to go about it unhealthily is helpful.

Amputation

just what I was thinking!...you could go down the cabbage soup route...however your friends wont want to know you and I think you'll feel rather ill after a couple of days! You know that heroin chic thing...they don't exactly look like they're 1). Well and 2) enjoying life at all. :drinker:

Nope.