I want to lose 9lb in four weeks anyone any tips

ashleighroy7
ashleighroy7 Posts: 21 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
I want to lose 9lb in four weeks anyone any tips
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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    You may not be able to depending how much you have to lose. And even less likely to lose that much fat in that period of time.

    What are your stats, workout routine, calories?
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    4 pounds is doable but 9? What is your starting weight?
  • FreyasRebirth
    FreyasRebirth Posts: 514 Member
    Cut off an arm? If your profile picture is recent, there is no way you're going to be able to lose 2 lb of fat per week. If you attempt a very large deficit to lose at that speed, you're going to be burning off muscle too, which would make you look worse in the long run.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Set a more realistic goal. Unless you've got a lot more than that to lose.

    Now to lose 2-4 lbs in 4 weeks - set up your MFP profile. Eat the amount of calories it tells you. Log as accurately as you can. Use a food scale, use the recipe builder, be careful with exercise calories, log everything that passes your lips, use accurate entries. Try and get some extra movement in.
  • vivelajackie
    vivelajackie Posts: 321 Member
    I'm always curious when people want to lose a certain, usually odd number, of pounds in a certain amount of time -- usually a relatively short one.

    The closer you are to your goal the slower it'll come off. 2lbs per week is agressive and more sustainable IF you've got the pounds to lose. I'm at a decent heft, so 2lbs a week is alright. The smaller you are the less you should try to lose, so between .5-1lb per week. What are your stats?
  • Rammer123
    Rammer123 Posts: 679 Member
    Losing 2lbs per week is very sustainable with the proper nutrition and workout routine until you start to get sub 7-8% for men and about 16-17% for women. I would suspect most people at those levels would be fairly happy with their body unless they were trying to do some sort of competition or hit some specific weight.
  • edwardlewis5642
    edwardlewis5642 Posts: 8 Member
    Short term look at the Harcombe Diet and stick to it!!!
  • itsmyvwbeetle
    itsmyvwbeetle Posts: 272 Member
    Keep to a lower amount of calories, avoid higher carb foods such as bread, pasta, rice and simple sugars like candy etc. Increase your activity level by at least 500 calories burned.
  • suhashmi
    suhashmi Posts: 22 Member
    It is doable. I did it once. I just stuck to 1200 calories a day . All the best
  • Muana1005
    Muana1005 Posts: 172 Member
    It's doable just set up your profile to the maximum weight loss.
  • ashleighroy7
    ashleighroy7 Posts: 21 Member
    Thanks everyone I'm five foot for and 149 lbs I've just started walking 4.4 miles everyday I'm not fit tho and I'm trying to reduce my calories to 1200 as I was eating very big portions and snacking a lot
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    lol @ losing 9lbs in 4 weeks at 149. Should have thought about this about 12-16 weeks ago.
  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,917 Member
    why 9lbs in 4 weeks though? what happens after the 4 weeks? you didn't put the weight on in 4 weeks so why do you expect it to come off that fast?
  • ashleighroy7
    ashleighroy7 Posts: 21 Member
    I lost 3lbs last week tho I was constantly hungry and wouldn't be able to stick at it
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    1200 net....or 1200 gross?

    You're just outside the range of a healthy BMI, it's really doubtful you'll lose 9 lbs in 4 weeks.
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    ashleighroy7 wrote: »
    I lost 3lbs last week tho I was constantly hungry and wouldn't be able to stick at it

    half of that was likely water if it was your first week, you won't see that water fall off again going forward.
  • ashleighroy7
    ashleighroy7 Posts: 21 Member
    Why not is it not healthy to lose 2lb a week? I put 7lbs on in four weeks just as I was comforting eating want to get back to feeling better
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    You might just do it with the initial water weight loss but it won't be fat you are losing.

    To lose 1lb of fat you need to eat 3500 calories less.
  • sebastiansteinmann
    sebastiansteinmann Posts: 56 Member
    ashleighroy7 wrote: »
    I lost 3lbs last week tho I was constantly hungry and wouldn't be able to stick at it

    Keto works great here because you do that get as hungry. Combine that with fasting and you could do it.

    What are your plans in 4 weeks tho? Lifetime of pizza and burgers? That won't work.
  • ashleighroy7
    ashleighroy7 Posts: 21 Member
    No just a wee kickstart so if I'm supposed to eat 2000 cals a day but I only eat 1200 not exercise will I not lose 2lb a week?
  • ashleighroy7
    ashleighroy7 Posts: 21 Member
    And exercise sorry
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    edited June 2017
    ashleighroy7 wrote: »
    No just a wee kickstart so if I'm supposed to eat 2000 cals a day but I only eat 1200 not exercise will I not lose 2lb a week?

    No. It would - theoretically - be about 1.6 lb. Which is close to 1% (a standard advised threshold) of your bodyweight (1.49 lb). So 1200 isn't necessarily a terrible goal for you.

    This, of course, is provided your TDEE actually is 2000.

    eta: If you're going to exercise, eating only 1200 Cals is then quite a bad idea. You'll want to eat - most, or at least some of - your exercise Calories back.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    edited June 2017
    ashleighroy7 wrote: »
    No just a wee kickstart so if I'm supposed to eat 2000 cals a day but I only eat 1200 not exercise will I not lose 2lb a week?

    Have you worked out your TDEE on a calculator?

    2000 is high unless you are very active or have a lot of muscle at 5ft tall.

    https://tdeecalculator.net/
  • ashleighroy7
    ashleighroy7 Posts: 21 Member
    I'd be happy with 1.6lbs was only looking some tips not to be slated
  • ashleighroy7
    ashleighroy7 Posts: 21 Member
    No I've never heard of tdee I'm very new to this
  • ashleighroy7
    ashleighroy7 Posts: 21 Member
    Five foot four I was meant to write sorry
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    ashleighroy7 wrote: »
    Five foot four I was meant to write sorry

    That's very different, I added a link to the calculator to my above post for you.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    ashleighroy7 wrote: »
    No I've never heard of tdee I'm very new to this

    In that case, I'll make it very simple for you. Assuming you've input your stats (height, age, weight, gender) correctly into MFP, go to your goals page and tell it you want to lose 1.5 lb per week. Eat however many Calories it tells you to eat, including 50-100% of the Calories you earn from exercise. Take whatever weight loss you get.
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