I want to lose 45 pounds

pottsa6
pottsa6 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm starting off at 185, 5'4. I want to get down to 140 reasonably quick. I have 3 kids and plan on walking with them. Any one have any suggestions for me on how long this should take.

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    1 to 1.5 pounds per week is around 30 or more weeks.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,249 Member
    I started at 165lbs about a month and a half ago. I want to get somewhere around 125lbs and at my current rate of 1lbs week this will happen around October. To keep at 1lbs per week on average I eat at ~1200cal/day and do no exercise (health issues).
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,787 Member
    Why the rush? If you're looking to make a lifetime change it shouldn't matter how long it takes you to get there.
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    Figure a year. Then if you manage more quickly it will be even better.
  • size102b
    size102b Posts: 1,370 Member
    It's true rushing = very low calorie = yoyo weight loss on and off
    Slow you won't feel deprived have energy etc

    Rome wasn't built in a day you didn't gain weight over night aim for 1lbs a week you'll have weeks oh 0 losses more than 1lbs plus an occasional gain

    I'd give it a year too tbh if you don't you could be 40lbs heavier instead it easily happens with yoyoing
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    allenpriest wrote: »
    Figure a year. Then if you manage more quickly it will be even better.

    I was thinking the same thing. As you get lighter, it becomes more difficult and slower to lose weight (because the margin of error between weight loss and maintenance/gaining is smaller).

    With only 45lbs to lose, I would shoot for 0.5-1lbs per week (1lb for the first 15ish lbs, 0.5lbs for the rest), which would take about 75 weeks. That gives more than enough time to learn how to maintain any dietary changes (because a quick fix would only result in a quick gain of all the weight once you return to your "normal" habits) and time to be a little loose in tracking every now and again without feeling guilty (vacations, holidays, etc).

    For comparison, for me to get to 170 to 130 (5'6), it took two years, but I know that I made changes that I will be able to use for life-long weight maintenance.
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    I started at 170 February of last year and just broke 129 last week. I am sure if you stick to it it will go a little quicker but, you have to take your time so it stays off.
  • MrsMud2011
    MrsMud2011 Posts: 1 Member
    Hi! I am at the same weight, same goal, but twice the kids! I just left my full-time day job last week so I'll be staying home with the kids this summer and working overnights part-time. I want to be active with them, walks every day, and just lots of outside time. I just added this app yesterday so I'm still learning but perhaps we can be friends on the app? Good luck!
  • BeaUtiful_1413
    BeaUtiful_1413 Posts: 200 Member
    Same. I'm 168 have 2 kids want to get down to pre pregnancy weight 135 then try to get down to 125 after. But I'm just doing 1 pound at a time
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