Q AND A 'Is it Ok to lose up to 40 lbs in one month?'

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  • kayeroze
    kayeroze Posts: 146 Member
    I mean you can if your 600+ pounds. At less than 150, in one month, you're most likely going to lose between 6-10 lbs max healthily.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Mishtia wrote: »
    How much calories should i eat?

    My Fitness Pal's minimum recommendation for women is 1200 NET - that means if you add exercise.....you earn more calories. This 1200 will help you meet nutritional guidelines.

    How much do you weigh, how tall are you, how old are you? Weight loss isn't one-size-fits-all. Very obese people may be able to lose weight that quickly, because it takes a large(r) number of calories to maintain their size.

    But when you are closer to goal, your daily maintenance is smaller. You can't take a large deficit against a small number....it just doesn't work (while trying to be safe & healthy).
  • HeliumIsNoble
    HeliumIsNoble Posts: 1,213 Member
    BlueSkyShoal wrote: »
    I'm glad you came here to get info before jumping in and trying to lose 40 pounds in a month, which just is not healthy (and for most people, not possible).

    Yes, summer is just around the corner. My advice is: lose weight in a healthy, gradual way, but also don't wait around for your body to be "perfect" before enjoying the sun. The Bathing Suit Police aren't going to swoop in and arrest you if you wear a bikini while at an 'overweight' BMI, lol. Work towards being a healthier you, but in the meantime get out there and have some fun as the "you" that you are right now.

    And of course my final piece of advice, don't forget to wear sunscreen. :)
    This!

    But if you don't dare wear the bikini this summer, remember that you can buy a one-piece swimsuit with a tummy control panel!

  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Mishtia wrote: »
    From my first post i got people saying that it is "UNHEALTHY" to lose weight up to 40 lbs some say its "Ridiculous" (Might go easy on me because this os my first time) and i wanted to ask to the people who already lose weight,im not starving myself, i have been drinking green tea or sometimes apple cider then i go to gym or if im already done with those things i have a routine of workouts that i do at home before even i started gym and i limit my food and calories, is it natural or unatural or maybe my metabolisim is... Weird? Help me out please.

    Its not mathematically possible really. To lose 40 pounds of fat in a month you need a deficit of ~4700 per day. Meaning you'd need to be able to burn 6000-7000, eat 1300-2300. And with a burn that high you might not be able to survive on 1300-2300 without feeling total spent. THen there is the issue that such a large deficit (if it were even possible) would be more than most human bodies could process in terms of fat loss so you'd also lose lean body mass, and likely do damage to your organs.
  • jwcanfield
    jwcanfield Posts: 192 Member
    Mishtia wrote: »
    Im just 149 and now im 146 i just got my hopes high so i asked you guys, your comments are really helpfu and i will take it easy. :)

    So you want to weight 109? Even if you COULD lose 40 lbs in a month, at your height you'd be way at the bottom of healthy, right at the border of underweight. I need to lose weight (I'm substantially taller than you) but my aim is mid-range. There must be some value to the 40 lb number that I'm missing unless you're competing with someone else your own height. Even at the same height, body type would mean that what might good for her would not be best for you.
  • jwcanfield
    jwcanfield Posts: 192 Member
    Mishtia wrote: »
    Thanks for the opinions and answers! I got one more question, when do i have to eat a lot? After workout or before?

    Are you still hung up on the 40 lb. in a month business? If so, you don't get to eat ever. Sorry.
  • Hoshiko
    Hoshiko Posts: 179 Member
    BlueSkyShoal wrote: »

    Yes, summer is just around the corner. My advice is: lose weight in a healthy, gradual way, but also don't wait around for your body to be "perfect" before enjoying the sun. The Bathing Suit Police aren't going to swoop in and arrest you if you wear a bikini while at an 'overweight' BMI, lol.

    She's in Asia so her summer is just ending :) I like this advice, though!

    You should eat around your workouts based on when you are hungriest, and however helps you feel satisfied during the day. For some people this means eating smaller meals and snacks throughout the day, and other people like to save their calories for one big meal. It's just a matter of personal preference and to help keep you on track. This timing of when you eat in relation to your workout won't make much of a difference to your losing weight, as long as you stay within your calorie goal.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    edited May 2017
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    Also, to get near 40lbs lost, you'll have to chop off a limb in that time frame.

    Not true. She's young... say she burns 2000calories a day normally. If she works out for 4 hrs a day she could easily burn another 2000 calories (I burned about 1500 per day average when I was a teen when I'd go to the gym) and if she ate 500 calories she'd be losing way too fast.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    Mishtia wrote: »
    Thanks for the opinions and answers! I got one more question, when do i have to eat a lot? After workout or before?

    You can eat anytime...but you need 1200 net calories unless a doctor says you can eat less. NET means the amount you ate and did not burn off with exercise (you eat some of the exercise calories back)
  • HeliumIsNoble
    HeliumIsNoble Posts: 1,213 Member
    OP, if you're still around, don't bother with the apple cider vinegar. It's really bad for your teeth.
  • cyprant
    cyprant Posts: 14 Member
    edited May 2017
    I have to disagree with the naysayers... I am not a nutritionis or anything but here's my story how I lost 35 lbs in 23 days eating 1800 calories a day. I started at 275 and within about 3 weeks I lost 35lbs. I'm a 6'1" male 31 years old.

    Breakfast: 2/3 cup steel cut oats with cinnamon and stevia OR 4 eggs.

    Snack: 2 pieces of fruit.

    Lunch: 5 cups spring mix/spinach with 8 ounces grilled cicken seasoned with Mrs. Dash.

    Snack 18 almonds or protein bar.

    Dinner: 8 ounces turkey meatballs (homemade) seasoned with Mrs. Dash. 20 spears asparagus. Salad with whatever veggies I want.

    Snack: 3 cups skinny pop seasoned with mrs. Dash. Or sunshine frozen bar

    I cut out all dairy, gluten, and really watched my sodium. Drank 120 ounces of water a day (or more)

    I did not do any extra exercising at all.

    Is anything here unhealthy?

    I felt great, had more energy than ever, felt happier and was sleeping better. I also didn't have any cravings for bread, sugar, or fatty foods like I used to...
  • tiffaninghs
    tiffaninghs Posts: 200 Member
    it is NOT UNHEALTHy!! its probably acidic waste and water weight anyways!!!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    tiffaninghs wrote: »
    it is NOT UNHEALTHy!! its probably acidic waste and water weight anyways!!!

    Um, what?
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    tiffaninghs wrote: »
    it is NOT UNHEALTHy!! its probably acidic waste and water weight anyways!!!

    No, no, no, no. OP is barely overweight and with little to lose should NOT be aiming for 40lbs a month - that WOULD be unhealthy at her size.

    Acidic waste? What kind of junk woo is that?
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    tiffaninghs wrote: »
    it is NOT UNHEALTHy!! its probably acidic waste and water weight anyways!!!

    What's acidic waste?
  • Hoshiko
    Hoshiko Posts: 179 Member
    edited May 2017
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »

    How does that work? It's May, and almost all of Asia is in the northern hemisphere, and the bits that aren't are tropical, so not really "summer" and "winter."

    I dunno, ask OP. I have no idea where she's located but she mentioned it in her second post.

    WHY I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT: summer here on asia is almost done and classes are starting soon and i realize i don't want my body anymore and classes are going to start 2nd week of june. Time is running out and i don't want to seat down all day doing nothing.

    But I will add that tropical regions do have summer and winter, they just have less of a temperature gradient and more of a rainy season.
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    When I weighed 385 lb, and was eating under 1000 calories a day, I still didn't lose 40 lb in a month. It can't be done. It definitely can't be done at your current weight. It exceptionally definitely can't be done in a healthy way.

    It sounds like you're looking for a quick fix, but the only thing that works is a lifestyle change.
  • Erotyka
    Erotyka Posts: 82 Member
    I know I'm sort of echoing what's been said throughout - but scientifically, no, you won't lose 40 in a month. At my highest weight I lost about 25lbs in 5 weeks or so. But I was 224lbs, so that makes a lot of sense. Higher BMR and big water loss.

    Your stats are pretty similar to mine (I'm 161cm and 139lbs) and feasibly you can sensibly lose 5-10lbs at most in that time. I typically lose up to 8lbs/month at the moment. At our heights, even a few lbs is noticeable.

    Don't go below 1200 (you'll feel horrible, it's not worth it), and do remember that progress is progress - these things take time but they're worth it in the end.
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