Impossible Weight Loss

rickylaiche
rickylaiche Posts: 2 Member
edited February 25 in Health and Weight Loss
Okay, so my brother posted this on Facebook the other day - "I can successfully say that I'm down 32 pounds in less than 2 months."

Keep in mind that he is 28 years old, 5 foot 10 and weighed about 180 lbs two months ago. Please tell me this is baloney and that this is physically impossible unless you are 500 pounds?

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  • JeffInJax
    JeffInJax Posts: 232 Member
    32 pounds of fat for someone not very overweight? Absolutely
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    It is more scary than impossible.
  • sheedy17
    sheedy17 Posts: 128 Member
    Depends on what he is doing and the calorie intake, if he is burning more than hes eating, it is POSSIBLE, is it healthy? Thats another question.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Okay, so my brother posted this on Facebook the other day - "I can successfully say that I'm down 32 pounds in less than 2 months."

    Keep in mind that he is 28 years old, 5 foot 10 and weighed about 180 lbs two months ago. Please tell me this is baloney and that this is physically impossible unless you are 500 pounds?

    Not impossible, though very unlikely, to do but impossible to do in a healthy manner.
  • JeffInJax
    JeffInJax Posts: 232 Member
    32 pounds of weight can easily mean muscle/water/fat if he starved himself which is normal these days.
  • kd_mazur
    kd_mazur Posts: 569 Member
    Is it possible?...maybe. Is it healthy?...maybe. Will he keep it off...maybe
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    if he is all fat and no muscle, then yea he could do it. i lost the same in my first 2 months, but started at 275 (with a pretty fair amount of muscle). also a decent amount of this weight comes from water/food in your digestive tract

    like others said, possible yes, healthy no.
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    It is more scary than impossible.

    ^This. It is ABSOLUTELY possible. It just depends on what he did with his calorie intake over that time and how active he was.
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Possible, sure.

    My husband went from 230 to just under 200 from late January to late March of this year. Upped his exercise (from nothing to 1-2 hours a day) and cut his calories, logging 1200-1500 most days. Of course this is not totally sustainable, and he's the sort of person that is heavily affected by changing routines, stress at work, etc. He put back on 5-10 and has been holding steady there. (So now around 205.) He's wanting to get back to it - he's 5'9" and thinks 175 is best for him. But he has to take action, and IMO needs to find a middle ground. The all-or-none mentality isn't great for long term success.
  • ebbingfat
    ebbingfat Posts: 117 Member
    Okay, so my brother posted this on Facebook the other day - "I can successfully say that I'm down 32 pounds in less than 2 months."

    Keep in mind that he is 28 years old, 5 foot 10 and weighed about 180 lbs two months ago. Please tell me this is baloney and that this is physically impossible unless you are 500 pounds?

    "Impossible unless you are 500 pounds"? Probably not. I'm 250, and I am down 12 lbs from the beginning of this month. And that's considering I only work out like twice a week. I feel like if I were to really step up my workouts, I could do 32 pounds in 2 months at my current weight.

    However, it does kind of sound like your brother is full of crap. If he really was only 180 at 5'10", then I don't see how he could have possibly lost that amount of weight in two months. If he did actually manage that, whatever he's doing is probably very unhealthy.
  • cheripugh1
    cheripugh1 Posts: 357 Member
    Okay, so my brother posted this on Facebook the other day - "I can successfully say that I'm down 32 pounds in less than 2 months."

    Keep in mind that he is 28 years old, 5 foot 10 and weighed about 180 lbs two months ago. Please tell me this is baloney and that this is physically impossible unless you are 500 pounds?

    So this is your brother not 'brother'? and you doubt his honesty? hmmm well is it possible? oh yes it is at that age it sure is.. my bigger question is have you seen him? at that height/weight you'd notice a large loss like that. If he isn't nearby then ask for current pictures...or hmm take his word for it and be proud of him!
  • parkscs
    parkscs Posts: 1,639 Member
    Okay, so my brother posted this on Facebook the other day - "I can successfully say that I'm down 32 pounds in less than 2 months."

    Keep in mind that he is 28 years old, 5 foot 10 and weighed about 180 lbs two months ago. Please tell me this is baloney and that this is physically impossible unless you are 500 pounds?

    Is he cutting carbs? If so, it's possible but still pretty aggressive and probably too aggressive for someone at his weight.
  • rickylaiche
    rickylaiche Posts: 2 Member
    He is not fat by any means...he is actually in good shape. And yes I question his honesty. He has a tendency to exaggerate things.
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