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Petite girls! I'm 5'0 aiming to lose 25-30 lbs in 4 mon

Lilyofthebay10
Lilyofthebay10 Posts: 4
edited February 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all!

Kind of new to MFP. I've been on and off. I'm 22 years old, 5'0 tall, and currently weigh about 143 lbs. My goal weight is 115-118 lbs - my weight before I started college. Trying to lose all the weight I gained during college, and then some.

I plan on doing cross training + bouldering about 3 days a week, running + pilates 3 days a week, and a chill walk/hike on Sundays. MFP gave me a goal of 1380 calories daily, but I plan on playing that by ear. I just plugged in Active as the lifestyle, and a goal of 1.5 lb a week on MFP, and I don't plan on eating my exercise calories since I figure the "active" lifestyle already factors that in.

Thoughts on the feasibility of this in 4 months? I just left my current job, and I'm spending some time traveling and really working out before I go to grad/professional school in late August. Aiming to lose 1.5-2 lbs a week, though it'll probably look like a 2 lb weight loss for awhile and then start to taper off to 1lb a week the closer I get to my goal weight.

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  • silken555
    silken555 Posts: 478 Member
    Actually, 2lbs a week is quite a lot for someone with only 30 or so lbs to lose. It's certainly doable, but it's not necessary. A slower rate of loss may actually be more sustainable for you. Especially with the amount of exercise you say you want to do. I've only got 25-30lbs left to lose myself and I'm aiming for 1lb a week now rather than the 2 I initially was going for.
  • lemonsnowdrop
    lemonsnowdrop Posts: 1,298 Member
    No, it should be 1 pound a week that eventually tapers off to .5 pounds a week. 2 pounds might be too aggressive.
  • kagevf
    kagevf Posts: 509 Member
    its short term, it can be done.
  • Lilyofthebay10
    Lilyofthebay10 Posts: 4
    I actually spent some time researching today and I will be shooting for 1.5 lb weight loss that should taper off from there. 2lb a week is aggressive.

    I've heard a lot of different things about eating exercise calories and please correct me if I'm wrong on this plan I have.
    I calculated my TDEE with an exercise level of every day (I'm counting daily 45min cardio) using this: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/
    My starting TDEE is 2180, and my BMR is 1332. I'm aiming to eat around 1680 calories.
  • mrhonesty
    mrhonesty Posts: 274 Member
    Good luck. On here any goal can be reached!
  • katkins73
    katkins73 Posts: 416 Member
    I am 5ft1 myself and by about 140lbs in the past I have foun d I can lose 1lb a week maximum if I am doing it healthily. It is the downside to being short :sad: However, even 10lbs especially with with a fit, well exercised body will look like you have lost loads more than an average sized person :wink:
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