Lose 10-15lbs before 4th of July
Teisha21
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Starting a 21 day challenge on June 12! We will finish the challenge the day before the 4th! Does anyone want to do this with me? My goal is to lose 10-15lbs 
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Absolutely! I'm game 0
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Sorry if I'm intruding here, but that would mean you're losing 5 pounds a week, right? How much do you intend on eating to sustain that? That doesn't seem terribly safe to me, even if you go with 10 instead of 15. It's rather excessive for someone so small already. Even eating a base of 1200 won't lose you 3 pounds a week, and eating under that is borderline starvation. Starvation is one way to guarantee you're going to gain your weight back and more.
Whatever you end up doing, I hope you'll do it safely. If you started right now, you could safely lose 8 pounds by July 4th.0 -
uhhhhhhh lol
2-4 lb per week
now if you said "lose 4 lbs before 4th of july", that would be a decent thread0 -
Yeah, I feel like losing 4 pounds is a much more reasonable, attainable goal.0
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Thank you for the concern but I've done the program and lost 10lbs in the 3 weeks. I eat the right amount of food and I workout everyday. So no I'm not starving myself nor am I working out hours at a time.
What's the net calories # required for the plan?
I'm guessing that the first time through you had water weight (5-6 lbs) to lose. If you've been going steady since, fat loss won't come as easily.
10 lbs in 3 weeks = -3.3 lbs per week
15 lbs in 3 weeks = -5.0 lbs per week
To lose 5 lbs/week for 3 weeks you must be morbidly obese and even then, a huge deficit.0 -
I am totally in!0
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I am absolutely on the for the challenge. Is there a regimen your going to be doing?0
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I'm in!0
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I'm in! Since you've done this before, would you mind sharing how you did it!?0
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Unless a person has a lot to lose, maintaining a 2 pound a week loss is nearly impossible. And that is the low end of this challenge. I hope you aren't setting yourself up for disappointment.0
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Why wait until the 12th to get started? you could get a 10 day head start, it might make hitting your goal easier.0
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I believe that it can be done, 4 lbs a week seems manageable, it's all just about taking out the wrong things and putting in the right things. Perhaps figuring out what makes you bloat too could be helpful.
So I'm IN! What's the plan you're doing?? I have a 20-something day work out plan set up too, and I might add a diet plan to that, not just keeping to the calories & carbs.0 -
All of you beautiful ladies wanting to do this, please take into consideration that it is not physically possible to do this unless you are not eating enough. Or if working out to the extreme and not eating enough. You can not keep your calorie intake at 1200 if you are working out at a high intensity. When your body goes through starvation mode, it will start storing more fat and when you reach your goal Your body will start gaining back even more than you lost. Now 15 pounds by Labor Day?! Go for it!! And also if you would like to burn more calories a day, start lifting those weights! I'm not trying to knock your goal, I've just seen this first hand in my own fitness journey!
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I am in! Is there a diet and an excercise plan that I can follow?0
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kikomansauce wrote: »I believe that it can be done, 4 lbs a week seems manageable, it's all just about taking out the wrong things and putting in the right things. Perhaps figuring out what makes you bloat too could be helpful.
So I'm IN! What's the plan you're doing?? I have a 20-something day work out plan set up too, and I might add a diet plan to that, not just keeping to the calories & carbs.
4 lbs a week means losing .57 lbs per DAY. One lb is approximately 3,500 calories. As in, if you net 3,500 calories under maintenance for a week, you lose 1 lb. So you want to lose .57 lbs per day? That means you need to eat .57*3500 cals = 1995 calories under maintenance every day. So if you maintain at 2,000 calories, You need to eat 2,000 calories - 1995 calories every day. Yes, that's 5 calories. My maintenance calories are 1,900 calories. I would have to eat zero calories and burn off 95 calories EVERY DAY to lose 4 lbs per week.
Take your maintenance calories. Subtract 1,995 calories. That's all you can eat to lose 4 lbs per week.0 -
I finished doing the 21 day fix about a week ago. I started at 259.8 and ended at 250. It's an awesome and safe program. The exercise are for my taste hard, so I kind of put them to the side after my first week. But somehow I managed to keep my self active.0
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4lb a week seem pretty extreme. I struggle to keep it at 2lb and most people already consider that unhealthy for my weight. Since you probably weigh a lot less than me, I'd really reconsider this.kikomansauce wrote: »I believe that it can be done, 4 lbs a week seems manageable, it's all just about taking out the wrong things and putting in the right things. Perhaps figuring out what makes you bloat too could be helpful.
So I'm IN! What's the plan you're doing?? I have a 20-something day work out plan set up too, and I might add a diet plan to that, not just keeping to the calories & carbs.
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kikomansauce wrote: »I believe that it can be done, 4 lbs a week seems manageable, it's all just about taking out the wrong things and putting in the right things. Perhaps figuring out what makes you bloat too could be helpful.
So I'm IN! What's the plan you're doing?? I have a 20-something day work out plan set up too, and I might add a diet plan to that, not just keeping to the calories & carbs.
4 lbs a week means losing .57 lbs per DAY. One lb is approximately 3,500 calories. As in, if you net 3,500 calories under maintenance for a week, you lose 1 lb. So you want to lose .57 lbs per day? That means you need to eat .57*3500 cals = 1995 calories under maintenance every day. So if you maintain at 2,000 calories, You need to eat 2,000 calories - 1995 calories every day. Yes, that's 5 calories. My maintenance calories are 1,900 calories. I would have to eat zero calories and burn off 95 calories EVERY DAY to lose 4 lbs per week.
Take your maintenance calories. Subtract 1,995 calories. That's all you can eat to lose 4 lbs per week.
Well, not really. You also forget:
About a third of that weight loss is water weight.
It also has an significant increase in activity for about 400-600 calls per day.
It corresponds to a 1000 calorie deficit, a high protein replacement meal. So for you it would be a diet of 1200-1400 cals. 700 cals less food and say 300 from exercise.
It might work if you experience no swelling or water retention.
But, you'll gain the water loss as soon as you eat normal again.
Yeah, gotta pay for those shakes doe. OP you selling?
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ahahahhaha, sorry. Wrong thread.0
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EvgeniZyntx wrote: »kikomansauce wrote: »I believe that it can be done, 4 lbs a week seems manageable, it's all just about taking out the wrong things and putting in the right things. Perhaps figuring out what makes you bloat too could be helpful.
So I'm IN! What's the plan you're doing?? I have a 20-something day work out plan set up too, and I might add a diet plan to that, not just keeping to the calories & carbs.
4 lbs a week means losing .57 lbs per DAY. One lb is approximately 3,500 calories. As in, if you net 3,500 calories under maintenance for a week, you lose 1 lb. So you want to lose .57 lbs per day? That means you need to eat .57*3500 cals = 1995 calories under maintenance every day. So if you maintain at 2,000 calories, You need to eat 2,000 calories - 1995 calories every day. Yes, that's 5 calories. My maintenance calories are 1,900 calories. I would have to eat zero calories and burn off 95 calories EVERY DAY to lose 4 lbs per week.
Take your maintenance calories. Subtract 1,995 calories. That's all you can eat to lose 4 lbs per week.
Well, not really. You also forget:
About a third of that weight loss is water weight.
It also has an significant increase in activity for about 400-600 calls per day.
It corresponds to a 1000 calorie deficit, a high protein replacement meal. So for you it would be a diet of 1200-1400 cals. 700 cals less food and say 300 from exercise.
It might work if you experience no swelling or water retention.
But, you'll gain the water loss as soon as you eat normal again.
Yeah, gotta pay for those shakes doe. OP you selling?
Since OP has already lost 6 lbs on her profile, I assume she's already lost the initial water weight we all lose in the beginning. You still have to net a VLCD level of calories to hit the deficit needed for 4 lbs lost/week.0 -
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My friend just took this "21 day challenge"... isn't it Advocare? .... hmmm... she initially lost weight; but she put it back on. 1-2lbs a week is really pushing it...eating clean and working out everyday. Too many people want to sprint to the finish line when in reality it's a marathon...and a lifestyle change. Good luck on your challenge...I hope you stick with it. But I would really pick something more reasonable and stay consistent for a real life change.0
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Why is it easy/ normal for someone who is obese to lose fat a lot faster?Thank you for the concern but I've done the program and lost 10lbs in the 3 weeks. I eat the right amount of food and I workout everyday. So no I'm not starving myself nor am I working out hours at a time.
What's the net calories # required for the plan?
I'm guessing that the first time through you had water weight (5-6 lbs) to lose. If you've been going steady since, fat loss won't come as easily.
10 lbs in 3 weeks = -3.3 lbs per week
15 lbs in 3 weeks = -5.0 lbs per week
To lose 5 lbs/week for 3 weeks you must be morbidly obese and even then, a huge deficit.
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Jonestiarra2013 wrote: »
Why is it easy/ normal for someone who is obese to lose fat a lot faster?Thank you for the concern but I've done the program and lost 10lbs in the 3 weeks. I eat the right amount of food and I workout everyday. So no I'm not starving myself nor am I working out hours at a time.
What's the net calories # required for the plan?
I'm guessing that the first time through you had water weight (5-6 lbs) to lose. If you've been going steady since, fat loss won't come as easily.
10 lbs in 3 weeks = -3.3 lbs per week
15 lbs in 3 weeks = -5.0 lbs per week
To lose 5 lbs/week for 3 weeks you must be morbidly obese and even then, a huge deficit.
Two reasons:
One - someone who is morbidly obese has more water weight to lose, which makes their rate of loss in the initial weeks look huge. Depending on how big someone is, you could be talking up to 5 pounds or more per week just of water for the first 1-3 week or so. For the super morbidly obese (think 500-600+ pounds) it can even be more than that - 10-12 lbs per week.
Two - someone who is morbidly obese naturally burns more calories per day. The bigger you are, the more your maintenance calories are. It's just science. So, it's a lot easier to create a big daily deficit. If someone who is 150lbs cuts down to 1500 calories per day, that's probably a 250-500 calorie per day deficit, maybe a little more if they're REALLY active. If someone who is 350lbs cuts down to 1500 calories per day, that's probably a 1500 or more per day deficit. You know?
It all slows down as people lose, though.0
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