Lose 15lbs in 2 months??

Sure. That's about 2 pounds a week.

Depends on how much you have left to lose. As you get closer to goal, you're body will hold on tighter and tighter to the last remaining pounds. But if you're just starting, 2 pounds a week is probably doable.

Is it possible to lose about 15 pounds in about 2 months? I'm trying to lose a total of 50 pounds for a wedding I'm going to be in. If it's possible any tips?

Yes, set MFP to lose 2 pounds per week. Log all your food and try to be as accurate as you can, using a food scale is the best way to do this. The amount you are eating is more important than what you eat, but obviously you can eat a lot more of "healthier" foods for the same amount of calories as "junk" foods. But you don't have to cut out entire food groups. Drink a lot of water. Get a little exercise, 30 minutes of walking a day if you can. Or start wherever you can and work up, 5 minutes or 10 minutes, until you are doing 30.

Is it possible to lose about 15 pounds in about 2 months? I'm trying to lose a total of 50 pounds for a wedding I'm going to be in. If it's possible any tips?

Like the folks are saying here, it is physically doable, but one additional suggestion I would make is that as you go, be very careful not to fall into the mental trap of making this wedding your ultimate "goal". I say this because many if not most people who do this type of thing end up gaining the weight back after the "big event" due to the fact that they attempted to apply a temporary band aid to the gushing wound that is chronic overeating. In other words, you set this date up in your head as the "solution" to your problems (i.e., "if I could just lose the weight for this wedding then everything will be better"), you white knuckle it for a couple months, and then the big day hits and there's a massive emotional release.... and then the following day you find your motivation absolutely gone and you snap back into old habit patterns.

I'm not saying this WILL happen to you, I'm just forewarning you that it's very, very common.

If I were you, I'd set your mind on changing your LIFE from here on out, do it sensibly, be patient and do it right (which means, for LIFE), and if you happen to lose enough to make a certain weight by the wedding? Then Great. Not necessary, but great. Not that losing two lbs a week isn't "right" - that's fine. But I'd just shift your goal mentally away from "I HAVE to lose 50 by this wedding" to "I NEED to change my life permanently so that I am a healthy and happy person".

Hope that makes sense.

Intermittent Fasting.

Hey all. It's only 15lbs we are talking here. Yes, for 2 months she will be on a strict diet but if she gains some of the weight back no biggie. After the wedding she can decide if she needs/wants to make a lifestyle change.

Intermittent Fasting.

Agreed.

lost just over 20 the first month doing it.

Can you please explain the intermitent fasting? I'd like to try it.

Check out the group 5:2 on here, and ADF on facebook.

https://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/reviews/alternate-day-fasting.htm



There are diff ways to do it, but in a nutshell this is how it goes.

Figure our your calories needed to maintain your weight.

On the 5:2 (fastting 2 days) you eat your maintenance weight for 5 days, and fast on two days. Some will tout eating up to 500 calories on the fasting days. You can fast any two days, but alot like to do it Monday and Thursday.
What this does is create a deficit. I do a 4:3 where I fast m-w-f

The genius of it is you dont have to do a calender day. You can do 24 hour cycles, which I do.

My schedule is this:

Sunday dinner around 1900.
Fast until monday evening around 1900.
Monday evening through tuesday evening at 1900 I eat my maintain calories.
Tuesday 1900-wednesday 1900 I fast.
Wed 1900-thurs at 1900 I eat to my maintain calories.
Thur 1900-fri @ 1900 I fast.
Saturday I eat my maintain.
Sunday I eat my maintain.

This creates a caloric deficit.

What I live about the 24 hour cycle instead of a calender day is that if you get hungry during the day, you know in a few hours you can have a very good dinner if you choose. I tried to do a calender day and it was tough for me because all day I knew I was fasting, but the 24 hour cycle I know that I am eating that night.


Just a different way to create a deficit. Some studies you can read about online also talk about alot of health benefits.

The book I read, stop, eat. stop also talks about the science behind it and why it works, and debunks alot of the myths out there.

It may seem tough, but after you do it you realize there are days you have done it by mistake. Once you realize when you are actually hungry compared to eating beacuse you are really just thirsty, or bored, or because the clock says we are supposed to eat, it gets pretty easy. Metabolism doesnt start to slow until you fast for 70+ hours so you dont really run that riks.

To speed things up for myself I eat actually 200-500 below my maintain weight on 3 of the feast days, an dusually saturday I eat my maintain.

Today is my feast day, and I am finding it difficult to find enough calories to eat once I planned my day!

Thank you. I've heard of this before didn't know of anyone that actually tried it. I think I can do this. I'm going to try it next week.

Your welcome.

There are diff ways about it, just gotta find what works for you.
Personally I LOVE the 24 hour cycle. For instance, on Wed I was getting hungry during the day, but knowing in 3-4 hours I could eat pretty much what I wanted was a HUGE mental lift, and lets face it, losing weight is as much mental as anything.
So for dinner I had a meal that was 800-900 calories, and today I know I have 1500 calories to eat which is very doable.

Just dont go on the binge before, or after the fast. Stay within your calories.
I track my calories two diff ways.....1 is per calender day, and the other is per CYCLE (up/feat day, down/fast day). The 24 hour fast is what really gets you ahead and the body kicks in gear in hours 16-24..and 6-8 hours of the fast is when you are sleeping.

Just another way to create a deficit, but you dont have to be so restrictive every day. After a couple of weeks you start to really enjoy it and find taht even your feast days you are having a tough time eating enough to get to your maitiain

I've lost over 29 lbs since mid-January aiming to lose 2 lbs/week for the first 10 weeks and then slowing my loss to 1 lb/week since then. No crazy fads. 60 minutes of weight training + 30 minutes of cardio four days a week. 2 mile brisk walks on lunch hour for gym rest days (I lift very heavy). That exercise, plus a calorie deficit tracked with MFP and I've been very successfully lost the weight I wanted to.

Am I special? No. Can you do it? Only you can tell. There's no reason you can't though.

Mallory you can totally do it sweetie! Just set you mind to it and buy lots of fruits and veggies. If you crave something for more than a day or 2 and you can't seem to shake it then have it but remember you portions. You've got this!