18 pounds in 2 months? Possible?

akankshakish
akankshakish Posts: 19 Member
edited November 25 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello guys,
Please suggest if there are any ways, diet changes etc. to lose 18 pounds in 2 months and how do I go about it? In dire need of help...
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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    If you're very obese, maybe.
  • ColinsMommaOC
    ColinsMommaOC Posts: 296 Member
    Is there a reason for the deadline?
    Also: without your stats, there is no way to know if a 9lb/month loss is appropriate for you. If you are obese then possibly. But by obese I mean more than 100lbs to lose. If you are only 18lb from your goal weight then that rate of loss is not realistic.
  • Bshmerlie
    Bshmerlie Posts: 1,026 Member
    If you're already 200 or less then probably not. But if you're 250 then maybe. Enter your stats into MFP and set your rate of loss and get started. You'll lose as much as you'll lose. Just do your best.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    When I weighed 250, I did lose that much weight in that amount of time.

    Now, in the 150s, I'd have to eat almost nothing. It would be so little that I couldn't function properly and lose that much. Although, technically, everyone who loses weight is starving themselves, I'd have to be seriously, really starving to do that. It wouldn't be healthy!

    So, I think that how fat you are plays a part. Did for me, anyway.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    Not likely unless you're really heavy to start. What's with the deadline?
  • daniwilford
    daniwilford Posts: 1,030 Member
    Your profile states you are female, and only 22 pounds away from your goal weight. If your goal weight is within the range of your recommended BMI, you can realistically expect to lose 5 pounds of fat at most, in a healthy way in two months. Any additional amount would likely be water and lean body mass.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    edited October 2015
    Let's look at the math. To lose 18 pounds of fat, you'd need to eat 18 pounds x 3500 calories less than your body burns every day for 60 days. That's 63,000 calories. Divide that by 60 days and you'll need to burn 1,050 calories more than you eat every day between now and then.

    Since you have about 18 pounds to lose I'm going to guess that you probably burn about 1700 calories per day just by getting out of bed, going to work and generally living every day but I could be off by several hundred calories in either direction depending on your height and current weight. If I'm right, that leaves you 1,700 - 1050 = 650 calories you can eat if you do no exercise. The fewest amount of calories a female should eat are 1200 per day so you'd need to do 550 calories worth of exercise every day to meet that minimum and still meet your weight loss goal. Surviving on 650 net calories every day would probably not be pleasant, though.

    So, if your TDEE is really 1700 calories it's marginally doable, but not really healthy or sustainable, and I think you'd be a very unhappy person in the process. If your TDEE is lower, I wouldn't even try it. If it's higher, you'd have a slightly better chance at success.
  • unfamiliar_with_impossible
    unfamiliar_with_impossible Posts: 3 Member
    Oh wow
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Not with so little to lose, sorry.
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    edited October 2015
    Not happening
  • jsa_mason
    jsa_mason Posts: 17 Member
    I did it, so yeah.
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    jsa_mason wrote: »
    I did it, so yeah.

    how did you do it
    where you obese at the time.
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    i agree with the others if you just have 22 left overall to lose.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    akankshakish wrote: »
    Hello guys,
    Please suggest if there are any ways, diet changes etc. to lose 18 pounds in 2 months and how do I go about it? In dire need of help...

    Put your details in to MFP diary, set the goal to lose 2lbs a week and see if you can live on the amount of calories it says.
    Personally I'd not rush it, set it to 1lb a week loss, eat at that amount plus half of any exercise calories back. You want this to become a sustainable way of eating until you reach your goal weight. You can lose 18lbs for sure, just take the deadline out of the equation :)
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    Gain 300 lbs first. Then at your new weight, it will be possible to lose 9 lbs per month :)
  • mumbles2013
    mumbles2013 Posts: 289 Member
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.

    yes thats right. there is nothing wrong with setting possibly unrealistic goals and then getting upset when you either fail or you dont like the end results.

    p.s i think the responses so far have been reasonable. What is probably needed is more information in the original post.
  • mumbles2013
    mumbles2013 Posts: 289 Member
    Therealobi1 wrote: »
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.

    yes thats right. there is nothing wrong with setting possibly unrealistic goals and then getting upset when you either fail or you dont like the end results.

    p.s i think the responses so far have been reasonable. What is probably needed is more information in the original post.

    Yes you're right about everything just like everyone else
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    edited October 2015
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.

    So, would you rather people give advice they didn't agree with? If someone asks for advice on how to do something from a bunch of people that those people consider dangerous and unhealthy, what do you think they should say? Should they say to go ahead and do it, or just stay silent?
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Therealobi1 wrote: »
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.

    yes thats right. there is nothing wrong with setting possibly unrealistic goals and then getting upset when you either fail or you dont like the end results.

    p.s i think the responses so far have been reasonable. What is probably needed is more information in the original post.

    Yes you're right about everything just like everyone else

    you sound upset about something
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    Hmm, someone sounds bitter about something...
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.

    Oh dear, so sorry you find it offensive that people here want to make sure that newbies are setting HEALTHY, realistic goals that will enable them to lose the weight in a HEALTHY way...
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.

    An OP with 22 lbs to lose cannot lose 18 of them in that short of a time frame - it's not about opinion or what anyone approves of - it's science.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited October 2015
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.

    So what would your advice be? @mumbles2013
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.

    I am well aware of the fact that I don't know everything or even most of everything. The more you learn, the more you realize how much you don't know! I don't even pretend to be an expert on nutrition or weight loss. I am, however, an expert on my experience. I'm the top, worldwide leading expert in Me.

    I do not believe there is One Best Way to lose weight and very much believe that everyone has to find the way that works for them. Part of finding one's way might include asking others, reading different ideas and trying different things until one finds what they like. So, when someone asks for ideas, getting many different ones is always a big plus and the best part of forums such as these.

    I was not "going for" the OP in any way and hope the OP didn't feel attacked in any way. It was never my intention.

  • kissedbythesunshine
    kissedbythesunshine Posts: 416 Member
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.


    I'm just trying to figure out why this comment was flagged. Like, you people seriously abuse the "flag" option here
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    _perfectlyflawed_ wrote: »
    mumbles2013 wrote: »
    Do not ask for any advice on losing weight quickly on here. People immediately go for you. If you are trying to lose weight in a way they don't approve of then it's apparently wrong because they know it all.


    I'm just trying to figure out why this comment was flagged. Like, you people seriously abuse the "flag" option here

    oh yes just went back and saw it. nothing in this post is flag worthy
  • Obnoxa
    Obnoxa Posts: 187 Member
    If you only have 22 lbs to lose overall, 18 isn't really viable in that time frame. If you are crashing hard because, I don't know... you're getting married or something, then you'd have to take a pretty drastic approach to pull it off; to which you would find little support outside of the Ana-Mia community because of the health risks/sacrifices involved.
    I'm sure there are things... shakes, wraps, whatever, that would get you a little closer faster, but as the community will be quick to tell you those things are only temporary and you are almost guaranteed to put the weight right back on when you stop using/taking them so if this is just to lose and maintain I wouldn't recommend them; they're fad crap.
    @SueInAz crunched some ball-park numbers for you and the info is sound, contrary to @mumbles2013 's opinion, it has little to do with community approval and more to do with those numbers.
    Whatever you're goal & whatever the reason, I wish you luck.

  • hajenna
    hajenna Posts: 1 Member
    akankshakish wrote: »
    Hello guys,
    Please suggest if there are any ways, diet changes etc. to lose 18 pounds in 2 months and how do I go about it? In dire need of help...

    Hi! I don't know if my case is very common, but I have lost 22 pounds in the past couple of months. I'm 5'10" and started at 162ish (maybe a little more) at the end of summer and now I'm 140. I have been sticking to the 1200 calories a day (with minimal cheat days) and I dance a few days a week & have just added in a couple nights of crunches, squats, leg raises, triceps dips, etc. I also walk a LOT. Honestly, truly sticking to my diet plan and cutting out all sorts of junk food has had a huge impact, at least for me. Good luck!

  • sakurablush
    sakurablush Posts: 104 Member
    The last time I checked there are plenty of people on the site who are both close to their goal weight and losing around 2 ibs a week. That would be 16 rather than 20 ibs in 2 months, but perfectly doable and safe if you exercise and/ or find a way of maintaining a 7k/ wk calorie deficit. It also depends a lot on the person, as bodies are all different and what works for someone else might not work for you.

    Not wanting to cause an argument or anything, but at the very least 2 ibs a week is doable if you go about it the right way.
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