need to lose 35 pounds by Aug 1...any tips?

Good luck!! 35lbs in 2 months IS a lot to try to loose so quickly but anything is possible!! WHEN you do- tell me how you did it!

My best advice - revise your goal to a healthy weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds a week. You want to keep it off after you take it off.

I agree wholly. If you start losing more than 2lbs a week, you body can go crazy and you can start having serious health problems - especially digestive problems like gallbladder attacks and such. You don't want to end up hospitalized or something drastic like that. Aiming too high with weight loss can be dangerous. Aim reasonably...if you meet it, AWESOME! If you exceed it, then SCORE!

i guess i always feel the total opposite of everyone else when it comes to the whole 1-2 pounds a week thing. it's like, if i'm loosing 3 or more pounds a week i should stop exercising to slow it down? if you're truly eating healthy and exercising then sometimes you do loose more than the "recommended 1-2 lbs per week". but with that being said, i wouldn't say go overboard with what your body can handle and do some type of fad diet.


and for the record.. i also think that just because you loose more than 1-2 lbs a week doesn't mean you can't successfully keep the weight off. there's usually a lot more behind gaining the weight back other than just loosing more lbs a week than that.

ultimately i saw listen to your body, that's the only true judge of how you feel!

You can try the 17 Day Diet. You can lose 10-15lbs in 17 days. I tried it & i lost 10lbs.

A lot of diets / diet books can promis 10-15 lbs lost, but they are pretty strict. You will have to be able to "maintain" that loss by eating in a similar fashion after the 17 days or 3 weeks that you're on it. These diet regimes call for some days eating less than 900 cals. Other days around 1200-1300. It is doable, but ask yourself if you can maintain that.

Also think about if you can really commit to 5 lb losses each week. This requires constant checking that you are on track with exercise, diet, measuring foods, water consumption, nutrition supplements. If you can honestly say that you can be strict with all of these things every day until Aug 1, then I say yes, you can lose a lot by then. Maybe not 35 lbs exactly, but a significant amount, like 25-30. You really have to be strict with yourself, and mentally prepared. Your mind will go crazy on days that you will crave the food on your old diet, sweets, desserts, snacks, etc. If you are constantly busy and are away from food from work, etc, then you have better chances.

Personally, I started out wanting to lose 3 lbs per week, but ended up failing on so many ways, binging, going crazy, following the strict diets from books, and months later, now, I wish I had just committed to a modest 1-2 lbs per week and followed a sensible 1200-1300 cal diet with moderate exercise. I would be at goal by now had I done this!

Good luck!

My best advice - revise your goal to a healthy weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds a week. You want to keep it off after you take it off.

I agree wholly. If you start losing more than 2lbs a week, you body can go crazy and you can start having serious health problems - especially digestive problems like gallbladder attacks and such. You don't want to end up hospitalized or something drastic like that. Aiming too high with weight loss can be dangerous. Aim reasonably...if you meet it, AWESOME! If you exceed it, then SCORE!

AGREE WITH ABOVE. BE SENSIBLE AND LOSE SLOWLY AND KEEP IT OFF FOREVER, NOT JUST FOR A WEEK!!

sorry I meant to add my Dad used to try eating little and he just kept putting on weight as he would binge on high calorie stuff. He started this with me 9 weeks ago and has almost lost 2 stone. He has kept to his calories and done exercise (something which was strange to him!). He's the best advertisement for eating healthy and exercising

Congrats to Dad! Gave himself a great Father's Day gift.. health and happiness!

I think you should set a more realistic goal for yourself. You have basically 6 weeks until August 1st. I think realistically you can lose 2-3 pounds a week at MOST. So that's a loss of about 12-18 pounds. That is A LOT but it is do-able, if you stay on track. I think you should go for 10-18 pounds and be happy falling within that range if you can.

To do it, log EVERYTHING. Every splash of milk in your coffee, every bite. Try to eat as healthily as possible (lots of fruits and vegetables, protein, healthy fats, and keep your sodium and carbs low). Exercise every day. Don't burn yourself out though! Even though you're exercising every day, you should still have some "rest" days during the week where you just do something light like walking or light swimming. But it's important to keep moving as much as possible.

Best of luck!

My husband has, in the past, lost 20 lbs in a month... however, it wasn't a way of eating he could (or wanted to) maintain, and the moment he started eating more normally, he gained back the 20 *PLUS ANOTHER 20.* At the beginning, he had about 40 lbs to lose... he did the rapid weight loss + rebound three times over a couple years, and ultimately ended up 100 lbs overweight. He would not have gained that much weight if it hadn't been for the rapid weight loss with an unsustainable diet and exercise regimen.

I understand the urge to get where you want to be in time for an important occasion, but even if it can be done doesn't mean that five years from now you'll look back and be glad you accomplished it.

My suggestion would be to try something like the 30 Day Shred, and do what you can to take of inches as well as pounds, but to have a more realistic weight loss goal that won't potentially tank your metabolism. Losing 15-18 lbs, if you lose inches as well, can be a significant change in your appearance and how you feel!

Good luck!