Can I lose 35 lbs in 10 weeks?

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  • estaticaa
    estaticaa Posts: 67 Member
    As others have said, it may be doable to lose that much weight in that time, but what would be the real cost? Even if you win the competition, you will lose your health, which is far more valuable to you. Lose the weight, but please don't lose your health. When you look back in a few years, after losing all your weight slowly, in a healthy way and keeping it off, you will realize that is your real victory.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    No. 1-2 pounds a week is all the more you should hope to lose healthily and sustainably.
  • Rainboots80
    Rainboots80 Posts: 218 Member
    Yes you can. I started on January 31st and down 55 pounds. Most of the weight lost was the first 3 months. I started at 235
  • BrittanyMG3
    BrittanyMG3 Posts: 163 Member
    3.5 pounds a week is a lot a week. It might be ok/doable for the first week or two as you lose water weight. But after that, it's not really sustainable, and to achieve it would likely require resorting to unhealthy methods. Watch your intake, eat at a deficit and do some sort of movement. It will be slow, it won't likely be 35 pounds in 10 weeks, but it will be worth it.

    ^^ this completely. but if you try your best and be healthy about it, you might be surprised. I was healthy and really careful about my weight loss, eating at LEAST 1200 calories, worked out a lot and ended up losing 65lbs since January.
    I think part of the reason I lost so easily though is because I started my new healthy eating lifestyle the day my daughter was born, I think I confused my body a little while it was in the process of my body going through so much healing and physical changes.
    I went from eating 2400+ calories to eating 1200, it's a big change.
    Good luck! losing it slowly will give you the time to develop healthier habits and it will help you keep it off in the future :smile:
  • dectra
    dectra Posts: 3 Member
    Can you? Yup

    Question is....will you.

    Do you have the will to exercise (even moderately) and pay attention to your portion size and what you eat? That's what decides the answer.

    Best of luck; and remember You CAN do it......
  • hmadrone
    hmadrone Posts: 129 Member
    I started out somewhere in the neighborhood of where you are. It took me 11 months to lose 35 pounds and 2.5 years to lose the 80 you say you want to lose. On the plus side, I've kept myself in a healthy weight range for the past 6 years. The most I ever lost in a month was 6 pounds (and that was REALLY HARD) and the biggest loss I was able to sustain was 3 pounds a month.

    My goal was always my optimum health, and I was interested in weight loss that lasts. Drastic weight loss tends to boomerang, and I have to live in this body for the rest of my life.

    So begin this for YOU, not the contest. Do it because you're willing to work hard to live in the body you want to live in.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Is it possible to lose 35 pounds in 10 weeks? I am in a competition for $$ and would love to accomplish this.

    Does anyone have any advice? Thanks in advance for your help!! can
    The bold bit is what worries me. So do you want to do this for yourself or just for the money? The thing is you've been a member since April 2013 so why have you not lost the weight already? Was your health and well being not a great motivator but money is?

    From what I've seen most people who lose weight in these competitions end up putting the weight back on. So what is your goal short term weightloss or lifelong health? Yes you could lose that amount of weight in that amount of time just because of the amount you have to lose. It will take work consistency which you've not managed since April last year and maybe you will find that but take a look at the reasons you're doing this and why you've not achieved this before. Don't lose weight for some short term financial reward lose weight and keep it for yourself and health so your family can have you around longer.

    Good luck

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