How to lose like 70 pounds in a month

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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Cindyhillard922 wrote: »
    I'm type 2 diabetic and needing to lose around 70 pounds as soon as possible

    If you "need" to lose weight quickly, then perhaps there is a meal plan your doctor can PRESCRIBE to you. It will likely include vitamin injections and weekly check-ups to make sure you are okay. A diet this low in calories wouldn't be a do-it-yourself-project. Promoting very low calorie diets is also against MFP guidelines.

    If you "want" to lose weight quickly, set your weekly weight loss goal as high as MFP will allow and eat at the minimum calories (likely 1200). This number helps to ensure adequate nutrition. Then add exercise & eat back a portion of those calories too. This is healthy weight loss.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    The only way to lose 70lbs in a month is through liposuction or amputation.

    You should be aiming to lose .6-1% of your body fat per week. With 70lbs to lose, a 2lb/week rate of loss would be borderline aggressive but doable. You would then decrease that to 1-1.5lbs/week when you have about 50lbs left to lose, and decrease it again to .5lb/week when you have about 15lbs left to lose. So realistically, you're probably looking at a year, if not longer.

    She wouldn't be able to lose 70 lbs by liposuction because even surgically they understand that removing that much fat from the body at once is very dangerous, but yeah.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    - Apple cider vinegar
    - No carbs (especially sugar)
    - Swap all meals for shakes
    - Only eat when there's a full moon
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    cjs112176 wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    And then what happens after the month? You go back to eating the same way that got you 70 lbs overweight?

    Have you started learning about how to eat at your correct calorie limit yet?

    Not trying to high jack this thread but could you please elaborate on eating at ones correct calorie limit please? Im new to MFP

    We all have different calorie requirements based on height, weight, age, gender, and activity level. There is also a maximum weekly weight loss guideline .......1% of our current weight.

    OP - wants a number much higher than 1%. Really fast weight loss isn't healthy weight loss because she will not be meeting nutritional minimums.

    If you plug these stats into MFP you get your "personalized" goal. If you jack up the weekly weight loss goal, then you get 1200. 1200 is more appropriate for elderly, very sedentary, and very petite women. It's a default based on nutritional minimums.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Whoa girl. Lets get realistic here. 70 lbs in a month would be insane. I can't imagine what a toll that would take on the body. You'd probably damage your health more than the diabetes. Or it would cause all kinds of havoc with the diabetes. Have you considered visiting a registered dietitian who has experience with patients with your health issues?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Cindyhillard922 wrote: »
    I'm type 2 diabetic and needing to lose around 70 pounds as soon as possible

    You don't lose 70 Lbs in a month...even the most aggressive medically supervised program isn't going to allow that to happen.

    I seriously doubt your doctor expects you to lose 70 Lbs in a month...your doctor likely wants you to start losing weight and wants to see progress. I would suggest seeing if your doctor will give you a referral to a registered dietitian.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Whoa girl. Lets get realistic here. 70 lbs in a month would be insane. I can't imagine what a toll that would take on the body. You'd probably damage your health more than the diabetes. Or it would cause all kinds of havoc with the diabetes. Have you considered visiting a registered dietitian who has experience with patients with your health issues?

    The toll it would take would be to run 10 hours a day every day for a whole month while water fasting the entire time, and even that doesn't guarantee 70 lbs.
  • RaeBeeBaby
    RaeBeeBaby Posts: 4,246 Member
    Love these threads where someone posts a crazy question as their first post then never returns to answer any questions posed. Lots of good info here, though, for others to understand the dynamics of healthy weight loss.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    - Apple cider vinegar
    - No carbs (especially sugar)
    - Swap all meals for shakes
    - Only eat when there's a full moon

    Yeah. So sad my thread got shut down. Lots of good ideas in there.
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