15 lbs

It is, but dont get frusterated of things go slower than that, it is harder to lose fast when you have a smaller goal because there is less room to make a deficit. Dont starve and torture yourself to get there because that is no way to live. I heard there is a group for people trying to lose smaller amounts, you should search for that, or maybe someone can share the link? Never hurts to have a few friends in your corner

4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »

It is, but dont get frusterated of things go slower than that, it is harder to lose fast when you have a smaller goal because there is less room to make a deficit. Dont starve and torture yourself to get there because that is no way to live. I heard there is a group for people trying to lose smaller amounts, you should search for that, or maybe someone can share the link? Never hurts to have a few friends in your corner

All of this.

It's possible, but it depends on your starting weight and how much you have to lose.

And, from personal experience, if you exercise (especially strength training) and eat right (not too little), you can LOOK like you lost a lot more weight. And when that happens, the number on the scale really doesn't matter.

It sure is. 31 May is 15 weeks away, if you start Monday morning that's roughly 3 months so if you target to lose over 1 lb a week thats a good basis.

From everything I have read calorie deficit is the key so recording everything in a food diary is important. I have lost 6kg (13.2 lbs) so far, I mix up everything but I always make sure I aim for 1,000 deficit and at worst make sure i have a 500 cal daily deficit.

To keep it simple this is what I have done so far:

1. Drink - only water, green tea or black coffee (mornings only)
2. Breakfast - a good breakfast to start - I have 3 eggs. When I can get good ones I start with a whole grapefruit, then shower, then have eggs (don't ask me why, it just seems to work).
3. Sleep - its important to have enough rest.
4. General activity - I aim for 10,000 steps average/day over the week as a rule.
5. Body type - I worked out I am a protein type so go heavy on protein, and have 5-6 days of low carbs and then a relax day (still lower cal but I relax the rules on what I eat).

I'm on the same mission lol and yes 1200 calories a day and you will loss about a pound a week

Ian_Davies wrote: »

5. Body type - I worked out I am a protein type so go heavy on protein, and have 5-6 days of low carbs and then a relax day (still lower cal but I relax the rules on what I eat).

Hi Ian, I'm relatively new to this - any chance you could give me some pointers on working out my body type, please? Thanks!

stefanie0116 wrote: »

I'm on the same mission lol and yes 1200 calories a day and you will loss about a pound a week

You can certainly eat more than 1200 calories a day to lose 1 pound a week. Now granted I'm a man but my intake is 1800 calories to lose 1.5 pounds a week. Out weight is likely different but still, don't kill yourself.

Eat better non processed foods if you can. Really makes a difference.

I'm also early in getting to my ideal weight, and this may not be the right mind frame but what helps me to get encouragement to exercise and easy better is this easy thought "Then I can eat more!"

When exercising you're burning calories adding to your overall intake budget, and w hen you eat healthily, you can typically eat more of what your eating. Not a rule of thumb, but good luck!