NEED TO LOSE 3 STONE IN 2 MONTHS!!!
jquinn165
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getting married in 2 months and can't seem to lose any more than 1 stone need to lose another 3 stone and only have 2 months to do it so if anyone would like to add me and we can try and motivate each other then please do x
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how much is 3 stone in pounds?0
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42? I think? X0
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I'm sorry, there is no way you're going to lose 42 pounds in 2 months. So you may as well just lose that idea right now.
What will happen if you DON'T lose that weight? Will you somehow not be able to get married or something?
Just eat at a deficit and do what you can but you'll have your wedding whether you lose the weight or not. Better to just enjoy it rather than putting all that unnecessary pressure onto yourself for no real reason.
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That is a lot of weight to lose in such a short amount of time. To compare, I hope to lose 30 pounds in 6 months
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1 stone is 14 lbs. Losing 3 stone in 2 months cannot be done safely. Not even close to safely. He loves you and wants to marry you at your present weight, so choose a more reasonable target for your wedding.1
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A stone is 14 pounds, so 3 stone is 42 pounds.
2 months is say 9 weeks.
So that would mean losing at a rate of 4.7 pounds a week.
That is really not advisable.
If you have a LOT to lose, then 2 pounds a week is the best target to aim for. What exercises are you doing - strength and weight training can make a big difference to your shape in that time frame?0 -
I'm just doing cardio atm but I know I need to step it up, I'm not doing it for anyone else but myself, I want to be able to look back at my wedding pictures without thinking I look vulgar so I have to try, I might not get the full 3 stone but that's my goal0
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I am sure you wouldn't look vulgar anyway... but if you want to lose 3 stone for your wedding, the surest way would be to postpone the wedding. Ok, ok not what a bride wants to hear.
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Honestly you need to set realistic goals otherwise you're just going to end up feeling rubbish about whatever you do loose. You might be better to concentrate on eating healthier and toning up as 2 months of that will make you feel great and get your weightloss off to a good start.0
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Unfortunately, that is next to impossible. Healthy weight loss is .5-2 pounds per week, which would get you around a stone off if you're diligent.
Read this thread: community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants0 -
I was going to say the same thing. If you just want to look good in your photos, just postpone the wedding to maybe next year and lose the weight in a healthy way. Otherwise, focus on the fact that you're getting married to the person you love, who asked you to marry him - 3 extra stone and all.
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It's not just 3 stone, I need to lose 9 overall but that really is too much in 2 months hahaha the wedding was meant to be last year but we brought it forward xx0
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I'm sorry, there is no way you're going to lose 42 pounds in 2 months. So you may as well just lose that idea right now.
What will happen if you DON'T lose that weight? Will you somehow not be able to get married or something?
Just eat at a deficit and do what you can but you'll have your wedding whether you lose the weight or not. Better to just enjoy it rather than putting all that unnecessary pressure onto yourself for no real reason.
+1. A goal of 3 stone in 2 months is completely unrealistic, unless you are willing to sacrifice a couple of appendages to the cause.
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Without losing a limb or getting some liposuction, there isn't going to be a way for you to lose 42lbs in 2 months. Maybe 10-20lbs, depending on how well you stick to your deficit, but 42 is a no.0
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okay, first : cardio is the worst way to try to lose weight so just forget it. I know people swear by it, and it's the conventional wisdom - but no one's really successful with it. It takes two things: calorie control to lose fat (notice I didn't say 'weight' bc who wants to lose muscle?) and strength training to maintain muscle mass (which is what you need to burn the calories, it's your engine and the fat is the fuel).
By strictly following your meal plan, you can lose about 2 lbs /week. You've got 9 weeks so you can expect to lose 20 lbs or so (your first week will be turbocharged, it always is - expect to lose 4 or 5 but that pace won't last).
Don't cheat, and find a good workout plan to follow and adhere to it and you will be very happy with 20 lbs less. If I were you, I'd beg, borrow, or steal P90X.2 -
Next year sorry not last xx0
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Wow, a lot of discouragement here.
OK look. Here's the question: IF you can't lose 3 stone, but perhaps you could lose 1 stone--which is very reasonable--or 2 stone--which is much more difficult but may be attainable depending on a few factors--would you be happier than the scenario where you lose nothing at all?
I'm not going to tell you that 3 stone is "not gonna happen," but this sounds like a case where anything you lose is an improvement. So get started today.
Get started with exercise, every day, starting now. Exercise until it's a habit--until you have to make yourself "not" work out (as opposed to "making yourself work out").
Set a calorie goal, today, and meet it. And meet it again tomorrow. Don't go overboard, don't set your goal unattainably too low--half the message board concerns what an appropriate calorie goal is, so if you don't know, just look around.
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When I got married a couple years ago, I tried to lose what I could, and had to get my dress altered a couple times because I did lose. But it wasn't a race to lose as much as I could before I got married. Your goal seems a bit too unrealistic. Too much cardio isn't really going to help either. You need to track your food and maybe look into lifting weights. Thats what is helping me now!0
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It took me 7 months to lose 3 stone, with a couple of plateaus. There's no way I could have done it in 2. If it means that much to you push the wedding back, but I'm sure you'll look amazing anyway. Focus on losing maybe one stone. Stick to your calorie goal! That's what really matters for weight loss. 3 stone in two months is not attainable or healthy.0
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It's not discouragement it's realism the OP will not lose 3 stone in that amount of time without making herself ill that's just a fact I'm afraid. In reality due to the stresses and strains of weddings she will be lucky to lose anything. My advice is don't put any more pressure and stress on yourself than you need to. Don't worry about losing any more weight you may or may not. Concentrate on enjoying the run up to your wedding without needless stress. Then if you wish to lose some weight after your wedding you can then plan and do it sensibly at a sensible rate. Good luck on your special day and congratulationsWow, a lot of discouragement here.
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It is theoretically possible. If you want to lose 42 pounds in 9 weeks, that's 4.7 pounds a week. That's a deficit of 16,333 calories a week, or 2333 calories a day, which is more than most of us even eat in a day. However, if you only drank water for the next 9 weeks, and jogged for 6.3 hours a day (burning 368 calories per hour), you could totally do it!!
Now the fact that you would be in the hospital somewhere after the first day or two could be a bit of an inconvenience to your wedding planning and everything.
I'd recommend making a goal of losing about 1 pound a week, adding some strength training (bodyweight, dumbbell or barbell), eat at a deficit and log everything here. You will have reached your goal easily by your first anniversary and you'll be healthy, and happy enough to actually enjoy your wedding.
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well, I mean, everybody is being a bit pessimistic. It can be done. It'll be ridiculously unsafe and likely do some considerable damage to your body. At that rate hospitalization for organ issues wouldn't be out of the question, but it can be done.
Safety aside, unrealistic goals are the fastest way to kill your motivation. Not to mention, you want to feel good on your wedding day. Why not set an intense but reasonable goal so you can look back and say "I can't believe I managed to lose one and a half stone in just two months. Look how great I look," rather than "I can't believe I failed to lose that three stone that it would have been unsafe to lose anyway. I'm such a failure; I look (to use your word) vulgar." Try for one stone and change. It'll be work, but it's doable, and something you can feel great about having done.
Oh, and just the opinion from one guy in the peanut gallery, feel free to take it or leave it, but if you did manage to lose that much weight that fast, you'd end up looking thin but sick at your wedding, which is a look I, and any friends I've asked about it, aren't fans of.
Skinny can be great, no doubt, but that crash diet, washed out face, thin nail, dull hair, dull skin look isn't worth it. Forget about your health for a moment. If the goal is to look good, you're going to look much better one stone heavier and unstarved.1 -
Thank you everyone for all your comments, I do have a lot of weight to lose (9 stone to be a healthy weight) 3 stone is the dream for my wedding but I'd obviously be happy just to lose, just don't want to feel uncomfortable on my big day, it's also a destination wedding so I will also be feeling very uncomfortable on a week in the sun with mine and my partners family, I just want to feel confident and comfortable in my own skin, I feel anything less than 3 stone won't be good enough xxx0
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Thank you everyone for all your comments, I do have a lot of weight to lose (9 stone to be a healthy weight) 3 stone is the dream for my wedding but I'd obviously be happy just to lose, just don't want to feel uncomfortable on my big day, it's also a destination wedding so I will also be feeling very uncomfortable on a week in the sun with mine and my partners family, I just want to feel confident and comfortable in my own skin, I feel anything less than 3 stone won't be good enough xxx
Losing weight at all should be good enough.
If you were to try for such a huge loss, you would more than likely be seriously damaging your body. You would lose fat and muscle, your hair would start to fall out, you would be so tired from burning so much more than you eat that you may not even get out of bed. I'm sure your fiance cares more about your health than you getting down to a specific size in time for the day. You didn't put it on quickly, so why the rush to get it off?
Set your deficit to two pounds per week and read the sticky threads around the community to see what you need to do. Even losing 10-20 pounds in two months will be a huge accomplishment, and you'll have the motivation and energy to continue on your journey after your honeymoon.0 -
Ive done it in my early 20s. I never knew exactly what i would lose but after the weight starting falling off i kept going until 2 months.
I decided to start cycling from Bradley Stoke in Bristol to Temple Meads train station to work daily 5 days a week there and back instead of catching the train.
It made sense as motivation was always there to not giveup cycling 7 or 9 miles a day when you have to get to work in 45 mins and try not to get fired. We had showers at work and it was part of the work culture which helped.
I never starved myself but i never ate out for 2 months and went on high protein diet for 6 days a week and had one cheat day which I ate a normal meal.
Below is my food plan and routine and this worked for me. I lost 3.5 stones in 2 months but I was massively dedicated
6.45am wake up and drink Green tea and add honey and Lemon.
6.50am Have 2 boiled eggs in the morning.
7am Cycle to work for 45 mins and then shower up.
12 ish have lunch.
1 small box of Chicken cubes and Steamed Veg
Apple or fruit
5pm Cycle home after work. didnt matter if it was pissing down with rain. I would come prepared with my backpack and have a raincoat and warm wear to stay warm.
6pm get home and shower and have dinner.
Lamb and fresh veg or Chicken and fresh veg and green tea and water.
I drank loads of water and green tea and never went to the gym once as i was cycling 5 days a week and that was enough for me.
Trust me i never felt better..it nevee killed me.and the shock on my friends and families faces up.north when i went to.see them was
priceless :-)
Im doing it again starting tomorrow but now.im.in the USA.
Wish me.luck. i wont be cycling but.will follpw.a strict plan
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@kiddiecarbeds , You might want want to start your own thread, this one is two and a half years old!! Wonder if the OP lost any weight and hope she had an amazing wedding anyway. @jquinn165 are you still out there?0
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firstly, congratulations in advance! A wedding can be a big deal, without the extra stress of an un-achievable weight goal. So let's reset that goal for starters. Aim for a stone, that can make a big visual difference on it's own, and you'll feel better in your wedding dress. If you manage more then that's great.
Next. Form a good diet plan. Meal plan for the week. Pre-log your food using MFP, so you know what you can have on each day, impulse eating can be avoided if you have a good plan. Never "treat yourself" with food. You have a wedding coming, treat yourself with a massage, facial, or a manicure instead.
A little tale for you. A cousin was so obsessed with looking great on her wedding photos she did one of those diets where they send you ready meals every week. She spent thousands of pounds on it, along with some cosmetic surgery. She looked a million dollars on her wedding day. And promptly put it all back on again afterwards. Get yourself fit for life, not fit for one day of it xx1 -
sytchequeen wrote: »firstly, congratulations in advance! A wedding can be a big deal, without the extra stress of an un-achievable weight goal. So let's reset that goal for starters. Aim for a stone, that can make a big visual difference on it's own, and you'll feel better in your wedding dress. If you manage more then that's great.
Next. Form a good diet plan. Meal plan for the week. Pre-log your food using MFP, so you know what you can have on each day, impulse eating can be avoided if you have a good plan. Never "treat yourself" with food. You have a wedding coming, treat yourself with a massage, facial, or a manicure instead.
A little tale for you. A cousin was so obsessed with looking great on her wedding photos she did one of those diets where they send you ready meals every week. She spent thousands of pounds on it, along with some cosmetic surgery. She looked a million dollars on her wedding day. And promptly put it all back on again afterwards. Get yourself fit for life, not fit for one day of it xx
She got married two years ago....0 -
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