I am aiming for 4lb a week loss! Is this realistic

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  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    Well, I don't know that you'll make your target by Thanksgiving, but I wouldn't stress it. As long as you're losing, even if it's slow, that's still progress. Your best bet is to go slow and focus on changing your eating habits, not just losing weight. Changing your eating habits will make sure you don't put the weight back on later. It's hard to do and slow, but once you establish new habits, you'll do much better in the long run. There's lots of ways to do it, you may need to try a few things to figure out what works best for you, but you can do it. ^_^
  • smallfries78
    smallfries78 Posts: 6 Member
    No. Your body will go into starvation mode at that rate of eating/ exercising. Not healthy at all.
  • tinicia
    tinicia Posts: 20 Member
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    xbted wrote: »
    If it were realistic, everyone else would be losing 4 pounds a week.

    Everyone is different I lost 6lb last week and I always loose weight quickly. Last year I last 3 stone on 3 months with WW

    So why are you here then?

    Because I want to loose more before my holiday

    Then why are you posting questions if you have everything all figured out? :huh:

    I never said I had it all figured out, there's no need to be so rude I was just asking a question

    Unfortunately, that's the nature of some people on here.

    You can lose 4 lbs per week on a super low calorie diet... I can see the appeal in it if you're wanting to jump start your weight loss or you have only a few lbs to go until you reach your goal. But I wouldn't recommend doing it long-term. It's not worth risking your health for. :) Slow and steady wins the race.

    I hope this helps!


    Thanks for the advise, and I know right feel like I've joined a school playground but I'm to grown to get into that, i joined this to get advise and support and also intending to do the same in return
  • SconnieCat
    SconnieCat Posts: 770 Member
    No. Your body will go into starvation mode at that rate of eating/ exercising. Not healthy at all.

    There is no such thing as starvation mode as mentioned 4 other times PREVIOUSLY in this thread.

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  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    edited July 2015
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    xbted wrote: »
    If it were realistic, everyone else would be losing 4 pounds a week.

    Everyone is different I lost 6lb last week and I always loose weight quickly. Last year I last 3 stone on 3 months with WW

    So why are you here then?

    Because I want to loose more before my holiday

    Then why are you posting questions if you have everything all figured out? :huh:

    I never said I had it all figured out, there's no need to be so rude I was just asking a question

    Unfortunately, that's the nature of some people on here.

    You can lose 4 lbs per week on a super low calorie diet... I can see the appeal in it if you're wanting to jump start your weight loss or you have only a few lbs to go until you reach your goal. But I wouldn't recommend doing it long-term. It's not worth risking your health for. :) Slow and steady wins the race.

    I hope this helps!

    Telling someone it's okay to lose 4 pounds a week, is never good ideal and you should be ashamed of yourself!!!

    OP a pound week is a good healthy weight loss. Forget date setting, it never happens, just keep working at it and you will get to your goal. Good luck. :)
  • Camomilejane
    Camomilejane Posts: 55 Member
    I would prefer to lose weight slowly and keep it off. Slowly but surely wins the race!
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    xbted wrote: »
    If it were realistic, everyone else would be losing 4 pounds a week.

    Everyone is different I lost 6lb last week and I always loose weight quickly. Last year I last 3 stone on 3 months with WW

    So why are you here then?

    Because I want to loose more before my holiday

    Then why are you posting questions if you have everything all figured out? :huh:

    I never said I had it all figured out, there's no need to be so rude I was just asking a question

    Heya, doesn't look like you have been on here long, just ignore people that post crap like this that isn't helpful or informative it will happen a lot. Probably just hangry hungry+angry, or just a rude to feel better, it's easy to be a jerk when you can hide behind the internet. It's better not to feed them with replies.

    The others that are telling you it isn't healthy or realistic are correct, slow and steady wins the race.

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    watch this.......................see what I did there? Ok I'll show you just one more time..............

    What are you on about?

    Why do you ask? legitimate curiosity? or are you angling for a verbal spar for some reason? Gotta ask cause I can never tell these days.

  • caroldavison332
    caroldavison332 Posts: 864 Member
    My dear, eating that little food will damage your health in the long run. Going into starvation mode drops a few pounds quickly and then your meatabolism turns off and you need FEWER calories to maintain your current weight and even gain when you start eating again. I eat around 1900 daily and am losing through eating for life and exercise.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    erickirb wrote: »
    If you have 200+ lbs to lose, 4 lbs/week should be doable. Otherwise follow this:
    If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
    If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
    If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
    If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
    If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.


    oh good for me to know. thanks
  • Commander_Keen
    Commander_Keen Posts: 1,179 Member
    tinicia wrote: »
    Hi guys

    I'm aiming for a 4lb a week weight loss and trying to stick to approx 800 kcal a day but I do have the occasional treat :D do you think 4lb a week is realistic? I'm mostly living off fish and veg, fruit and go yoghurt bars any suggestions of fish/sea food recipes would be much helpful.

    Thanks for reading x
    My advice to you would be this:
    Set your goal for 1lb a week, and work your *kitten* off as if you want 4lb week loss.
    If you lose 1lb a week, that your on goal and you can be proud of yourself.
    If you lose 4lb a week, then you can gloat all you want to.
    You can accomplishing this, by eating 1500 calories as a base, then burn/work out as much or as little as you need to reach your goals.
  • SconnieCat
    SconnieCat Posts: 770 Member
    I dont know why everyone here is being so pessimistic about it.It's very much possible...BUT ON A HIGH CALORIE DIET.

    sounds contradictory ??? read along

    well, I just lost around 2 kgs this july on a 2100 calorie a day diet..
    The thing to keep in mind is you should NEVER go below 1200 cals as someone has already pointed it. You need to lose it MAINLY by creating a deficit through EXERCISE.

    Eat a 200 cals above your maintainence and do cario/ HIIT/ weight training to create a 700 deficit.
    I had posted my weight loss program of how I lost 2 kg in a month but many people tagged it too drastic and shut it down...Which is the same wave of emotion i'm seeing here..Please losers!!!! if you can't do it doesn't mean you should be pulling others down as well

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  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    I dont know why everyone here is being so pessimistic about it.It's very much possible...BUT ON A HIGH CALORIE DIET.

    sounds contradictory ??? read along

    well, I just lost around 2 kgs this july on a 2100 calorie a day diet..
    The thing to keep in mind is you should NEVER go below 1200 cals as someone has already pointed it. You need to lose it MAINLY by creating a deficit through EXERCISE.

    Eat a 200 cals above your maintainence and do cario/ HIIT/ weight training to create a 700 deficit.
    I had posted my weight loss program of how I lost 2 kg in a month but many people tagged it too drastic and shut it down...Which is the same wave of emotion i'm seeing here..Please losers!!!! if you can't do it doesn't mean you should be pulling others down as well

    No.
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    I dont know why everyone here is being so pessimistic about it.It's very much possible...BUT ON A HIGH CALORIE DIET.

    sounds contradictory ??? read along

    well, I just lost around 2 kgs this july on a 2100 calorie a day diet..
    The thing to keep in mind is you should NEVER go below 1200 cals as someone has already pointed it. You need to lose it MAINLY by creating a deficit through EXERCISE.

    Eat a 200 cals above your maintainence and do cario/ HIIT/ weight training to create a 700 deficit.
    I had posted my weight loss program of how I lost 2 kg in a month but many people tagged it too drastic and shut it down...Which is the same wave of emotion i'm seeing here..Please losers!!!! if you can't do it doesn't mean you should be pulling others down as well

    facepalm_zpsnbk1ec8m.gif


    One method isn't going to work for everyone. You're saying that calorie deficit is created by just exercising more? Yes, that does work, but it's not practical for everyone. You can create that same deficit by just eating less. How you create the deficit DOES NOT MATTER. Not everyone can hit the ground running on a serious exercise and weight lifting plan. I sure as hell couldn't! I still can't, to be honest. Yet I'm losing weight just fine and looking more like myself than I have in years. So you lost weight doing your plan? That's great for you, but don't be calling us losers for not being able to or not wanting to follow what you did. Everyone is different, so everyone has a different method to lose weight. It's a lot of different paths to the same goal; one path isn't more valid than any other just because you're on it.
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    edited July 2015
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    xbted wrote: »
    If it were realistic, everyone else would be losing 4 pounds a week.

    Everyone is different I lost 6lb last week and I always loose weight quickly. Last year I last 3 stone on 3 months with WW

    So why are you here then?

    Because I want to loose more before my holiday

    Then why are you posting questions if you have everything all figured out? :huh:

    I never said I had it all figured out, there's no need to be so rude I was just asking a question

    Heya, doesn't look like you have been on here long, just ignore people that post crap like this that isn't helpful or informative it will happen a lot. Probably just hangry hungry+angry, or just a rude to feel better, it's easy to be a jerk when you can hide behind the internet. It's better not to feed them with replies.

    The others that are telling you it isn't healthy or realistic are correct, slow and steady wins the race.

    post-18879-Jon-Hamm-Yeah-Ok-gif-1dnC.gif

    watch this.......................see what I did there? Ok I'll show you just one more time..............

    What are you on about?

    Why do you ask? legitimate curiosity? or are you angling for a verbal spar for some reason? Gotta ask cause I can never tell these days.

    I mean what's your point. Obviously.

    If I have to ask then it's not obvious, it was a legit question since I don't know if you were really curious or just someone trying to be an A-hole. This is the internet after all and I can't tell the tone you are coming off with.......well until you said "obviously" so now I know where you are coming from and to answer your question.....................................

  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I dont know why everyone here is being so pessimistic about it.It's very much possible...BUT ON A HIGH CALORIE DIET.

    sounds contradictory ??? read along

    well, I just lost around 2 kgs this july on a 2100 calorie a day diet..
    The thing to keep in mind is you should NEVER go below 1200 cals as someone has already pointed it. You need to lose it MAINLY by creating a deficit through EXERCISE.

    Eat a 200 cals above your maintainence and do cario/ HIIT/ weight training to create a 700 deficit.
    I had posted my weight loss program of how I lost 2 kg in a month but many people tagged it too drastic and shut it down...Which is the same wave of emotion i'm seeing here..Please losers!!!! if you can't do it doesn't mean you should be pulling others down as well

    Oh lawd.
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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    I dont know why everyone here is being so pessimistic about it.It's very much possible...BUT ON A HIGH CALORIE DIET.

    sounds contradictory ??? read along

    well, I just lost around 2 kgs this july on a 2100 calorie a day diet..
    The thing to keep in mind is you should NEVER go below 1200 cals as someone has already pointed it. You need to lose it MAINLY by creating a deficit through EXERCISE.

    Eat a 200 cals above your maintainence and do cario/ HIIT/ weight training to create a 700 deficit.
    I had posted my weight loss program of how I lost 2 kg in a month but many people tagged it too drastic and shut it down...Which is the same wave of emotion i'm seeing here..Please losers!!!! if you can't do it doesn't mean you should be pulling others down as well
    enough...
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  • 3bambi3
    3bambi3 Posts: 1,650 Member
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    xbted wrote: »
    If it were realistic, everyone else would be losing 4 pounds a week.

    Everyone is different I lost 6lb last week and I always loose weight quickly. Last year I last 3 stone on 3 months with WW

    So why are you here then?

    Because I want to loose more before my holiday

    Then why are you posting questions if you have everything all figured out? :huh:

    I never said I had it all figured out, there's no need to be so rude I was just asking a question

    Heya, doesn't look like you have been on here long, just ignore people that post crap like this that isn't helpful or informative it will happen a lot. Probably just hangry hungry+angry, or just a rude to feel better, it's easy to be a jerk when you can hide behind the internet. It's better not to feed them with replies.

    The others that are telling you it isn't healthy or realistic are correct, slow and steady wins the race.

    post-18879-Jon-Hamm-Yeah-Ok-gif-1dnC.gif

    watch this.......................see what I did there? Ok I'll show you just one more time..............

    What are you on about?

    Why do you ask? legitimate curiosity? or are you angling for a verbal spar for some reason? Gotta ask cause I can never tell these days.

    I mean what's your point. Obviously.

    If I have to ask then it's not obvious, it was a legit question since I don't know if you were really curious or just someone trying to be an A-hole. This is the internet after all and I can't tell the tone you are coming off with.......well until you said "obviously" so now I know where you are coming from and to answer your question.....................................

    Why do you keep responding to posts you've said you would ignore? You are derailing the thread with your pseudo-silent treatment nonsense.

    OP, along with adjusting your expectations in terms of the rate of loss, also realize that when you up your calories you will likely see a temporary gain in scale weight as your body adjusts. Don't let this discourage you. Be diligent with your logging, eat the appropriate amount of food to lose ~1lb/week and you'll be fine.
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  • ejb06070
    ejb06070 Posts: 261 Member
    I started actually losing weight in March (though I've been "dieting" since February). So far, I've lost 52.6 lbs, for an average of 2.63 lbs/week. 2 pounds per week is safe, but 3 per week is like "absolute max" weight loss weekly.

    I remember one of my teachers telling me that he went on the grapefruit diet and the acid from the grapefruit ate away his stomach lining so he had to have surgery. Drastic weight loss is usually unsafe and results in weight gain long term, meaning that maybe you lose the last 20 lbs in 5 weeks, but then you gain 40 lbs within the 2 months of quitting "dieting".

    While it's true that you cannot outrun your fork, you shouldn't throw your fork away either! I calculated your BMR using the height and weight you provided, but I used my age (22) since I didn't know yours. According to that, you should be consuming 1,627 calories daily just to function properly in like a comatose state. That means you should be eating about 1700 calories daily to lose weight safely. The rest of your calorie deficit should be from exercise. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/tools/bmr-calculator

    Remember that calories are energy for everything the body does.. breathing, pumping blood, sleeping, twitching your nose, walking... Everything you do requires some energy. For a person your size and my age, you'd need 1,627 calories just to have enough energy for your body to work right.
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  • Commander_Keen
    Commander_Keen Posts: 1,179 Member
    dubird wrote: »
    I dont know why everyone here is being so pessimistic about it.It's very much possible...BUT ON A HIGH CALORIE DIET.

    sounds contradictory ??? read along

    well, I just lost around 2 kgs this july on a 2100 calorie a day diet..
    The thing to keep in mind is you should NEVER go below 1200 cals as someone has already pointed it. You need to lose it MAINLY by creating a deficit through EXERCISE.

    Eat a 200 cals above your maintainence and do cario/ HIIT/ weight training to create a 700 deficit.
    I had posted my weight loss program of how I lost 2 kg in a month but many people tagged it too drastic and shut it down...Which is the same wave of emotion i'm seeing here..Please losers!!!! if you can't do it doesn't mean you should be pulling others down as well

    facepalm_zpsnbk1ec8m.gif


    One method isn't going to work for everyone. You're saying that calorie deficit is created by just exercising more? Yes, that does work, but it's not practical for everyone. You can create that same deficit by just eating less. How you create the deficit DOES NOT MATTER. Not everyone can hit the ground running on a serious exercise and weight lifting plan. I sure as hell couldn't! I still can't, to be honest. Yet I'm losing weight just fine and looking more like myself than I have in years. So you lost weight doing your plan? That's great for you, but don't be calling us losers for not being able to or not wanting to follow what you did. Everyone is different, so everyone has a different method to lose weight. It's a lot of different paths to the same goal; one path isn't more valid than any other just because you're on it.

    Although it's true, one method doesn't work for all but the bottom line is still the same, one has to eat less. and normally eating less will create a deficit. Now If the person is 400lbs of course they can create a deficit by eating less. But there is a limit of how low one can really go and still be healthy, has energy and motivated to keep going.
    I don't have any friends here that can eat 500 calories for the day, and still have enough energy to burn 2000 calories.
  • SconnieCat
    SconnieCat Posts: 770 Member
    Serah87 wrote: »
    I dont know why everyone here is being so pessimistic about it.It's very much possible...BUT ON A HIGH CALORIE DIET.

    sounds contradictory ??? read along

    well, I just lost around 2 kgs this july on a 2100 calorie a day diet..
    The thing to keep in mind is you should NEVER go below 1200 cals as someone has already pointed it. You need to lose it MAINLY by creating a deficit through EXERCISE.

    Eat a 200 cals above your maintainence and do cario/ HIIT/ weight training to create a 700 deficit.
    I had posted my weight loss program of how I lost 2 kg in a month but many people tagged it too drastic and shut it down...Which is the same wave of emotion i'm seeing here..Please losers!!!! if you can't do it doesn't mean you should be pulling others down as well

    No.

    don't listen to us OP. Listen to the facts (which I stated above)

    Please tell me you're joking...
  • ejb06070
    ejb06070 Posts: 261 Member
    Also, remember that the smaller you are and the less weight you have left to lose, generally the slower it will come off. I started out at 270 lbs (or 19 stone 4 pounds) and have gone down to 217.4 pounds (15 stone 7.4 pounds). I am only 5'2, so I am in the obese category, which means that I should generally have an easier time losing the weight (3 pounds per week is still safe for someone my size, generally, though 2 is still better).

    Someone your size is possibly slightly overweight, which means 2 pounds a week is plenty, but 1 pound a week is more likely.

  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    edited July 2015
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    randomtai wrote: »
    tinicia wrote: »
    xbted wrote: »
    If it were realistic, everyone else would be losing 4 pounds a week.

    Everyone is different I lost 6lb last week and I always loose weight quickly. Last year I last 3 stone on 3 months with WW

    So why are you here then?

    Because I want to loose more before my holiday

    Then why are you posting questions if you have everything all figured out? :huh:

    I never said I had it all figured out, there's no need to be so rude I was just asking a question

    Heya, doesn't look like you have been on here long, just ignore people that post crap like this that isn't helpful or informative it will happen a lot. Probably just hangry hungry+angry, or just a rude to feel better, it's easy to be a jerk when you can hide behind the internet. It's better not to feed them with replies.

    The others that are telling you it isn't healthy or realistic are correct, slow and steady wins the race.

    post-18879-Jon-Hamm-Yeah-Ok-gif-1dnC.gif

    watch this.......................see what I did there? Ok I'll show you just one more time..............

    What are you on about?

    Why do you ask? legitimate curiosity? or are you angling for a verbal spar for some reason? Gotta ask cause I can never tell these days.

    I mean what's your point. Obviously.

    If I have to ask then it's not obvious, it was a legit question since I don't know if you were really curious or just someone trying to be an A-hole. This is the internet after all and I can't tell the tone you are coming off with.......well until you said "obviously" so now I know where you are coming from and to answer your question.....................................

    I think you're looking for a fight/drama is what you're doing. Was that plain enough?

    Getting tired of the newbies getting railroaded for asking a question. They shouldn't be made to feel stupid or bad for trying to better themselves even if some of the ideas are misguided, I'm sure you wouldn't like to be treated that way. and why did you even ask me in the first place? Pretty sure it wasn't just curiosity by the way you asked the question.



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