Possible?

Depends on how many calories you are eating per day. Normal and safe weight loss is 1-2 lbs per week.

You need to eat at least the minimum recommend calories. You may feel ok eating so little in the short-term, but it WILL catch up with you on the long run.

Be consistent and success will follow.

All the best

As noted, you want to do it healthy. If you keep weight loss under 1% per week and get enough nutrients then you can start off losing 2lb/week, but you'll have to slow it down as you lose weight (you probably won't want to continue at that rate anyways, since it is hard).

I personally lost 43.2lb in 30 weeks, but I started at 220lb and I'm a 5'11" guy so creating that 2lb/week deficit is slightly easier. The best you can do is create a smart healthy plan and stick to it and see what happens. Even if you only hit 20-30lb by summer it is still great progress. You can easily hit 40lb by the end of summer if you stick with it.

1250 cals/day - keeping carbs below 140.

Try not to build up a time line as super important in your mind. It can be very dispiriting to not meet time goals.

That being said, I think you could get to that point or relatively close. I'm a 5'5.5" woman. I started 2014 at 202.5. I was 176 by 3/31, 167.3 by 5/31, 154.5 by 9/30, and 150 by 12/31.

I am around the same size and height as you - although a lot older! I am hoping to lose more than that by the summer but only because I know the first few weeks will be a higher loss then it will settle down to a more consistent weight loss each week. Just try to make sure most of your food is fresh healthy food and try not to have too much processed stuff. A lot of my calories come from vegetables, with the occasional bit of chocolate or similar if I have enough calories left. By eating fresh food I am eating more than I did before I started losing weight.

kshama2001 wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

I started in January 3 years ago at 213 and I was 150 in the Summer. I'm older than you and never ate under 1650 either. So definitely possible.

@Francl27 How was it for you? Were you white-knuckling it and always hungry, or was it easier than that?

Honestly it was totally fine! I guess I was used to grazing on high calorie food and not really to eat big meals, so my stomach wasn't that big. I was *very* determined though (wish I could find that willpower again now). I used protein shakes, granola bars, and plain yogurt with fruit to help my sweet tooth. Worked out pretty much every day (started very slowly though because I was completely out of shape). My goal was to lose 1 pound a week but I lost 1.5 for a while.

But it's been 3 years so it's a bit blurred. Looking back at my diary, I was still eating pizza, Taco Bell (fresco tacos), homemade tacos, and my protein was probably too low!