How much is too much ?

It took 2 years to put the weight on. Losing 5lbs a week every week for 10 weeks will be pretty tough. With your current condition and that exercise schedule, you must be pretty convinced you can do it - I know I couldn't. So yes, I would say you are being too hard on yourself - ironically, 10 weeks away is Christmas time. Why must you lose it by Christmas??? Think longer term and how you will maintain it, and how you want to change your lifestyle for the better.

If your daily intake was 2000 calories daily and you ate absolutely nothing-zilch for the following 10 weeks, that would save you 140,000 calories which would be equivalent to losing 40lbs total not counting all the exercise calories you burned.

Does that sound like something you could stick too?

andysport1 wrote: »

So my question is
Being overweight are my exercise plans too much
Has anyone any suggestions to what else I should try and mix in for weight loss.

The most important thing for weight loss isn't the exercise you do, it's the calorie deficit you create. I agree with everyone else who's saying that 5 pounds a week is unreasonably high. I lost 45 pounds in my first year. That was (and is) sustainable.

Exercise can be an important part of sustaining a deficit. Your exercise plan sounds feasible but maybe a bit much. You're adding around 2 miles of walking a day, and 20 more minutes of cycling. That doesn't seem bad. But adding 30 minutes a day of swimming, too, might be too much. Of course it depends on how hard you're working out. You do have experience from your triathlon days, but a lot of amateur athletes train too hard. Even some pros do, too: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/sports/alan-webb-grinds-out-a-bumpy-transition-to-triathlon.html

At the very least, build in at least one rest day each week. And I would add some strength training rather than more cardio all the time (and I say that as someone who really enjoys cycling and running). Strength training will help preserve muscle as you lose fat.

Nobody is going to be able to tell you if it's too much...just start slow and listen to your body. See how you feel as you progress and make adjustments to your fitness regimen as necessary.

Also, yeah...50 Lbs in a couple of months is not realistic in the least. It took me around 9 months to lose 40ish Lbs. Where your health is concerned, you also want to be paying attention to your nutrition, not just losing weight. Losing weight is a good start, but ultimately solid nutrition and a reasonable exercise regimen is going to benefit you most in RE to your blood work, etc.