150 Pds in 10 Months?

Donnamoltobella · September 2017

Are a hundred and fifty pounds doable?

kommodevaran · September 2017

gtsewel wrote: »

Are a hundred and fifty pounds doable?

Depends on how much you weigh now. What's the rush? If you can't give weightloss the time it takes, you don't have what it takes, period - sorry.

tiptoethruthetulips · September 2017

15lbs a month is a big ask....how about you provide some personal details, you are more likely to receive considered responses.

Gender, height, current weight, goal weight??

lorrpb · September 2017

Took me 2.5 years with losses every month. You can't control the time frame, only your own consistency.
You shouldn't even attempt to lose 15 lbs a months unless under VERY CLOSE medical monitoring. It's dangerous and unhealthy.

Alatariel75 · September 2017

That's a heck of a lot in a reasonably short time. If 150 will take you to your healthy weight, it's unlikely - while you can safely (and reasonably easily) lose a lot of weight per week while you're quite obese, it slows a lot the less you have to lose.

mitch16 · September 2017

With that much weight to lose--have you talked to your doctor about your weight loss plans? Your timeframe is probably unrealistic without medical intervention.

Donnamoltobella · September 2017

Thanks everyone for the quick responses....I was thinking that 2.5 pds a week is more realistic, but I am obese and thought about those 600 pd life shows, where people loose 50 pds in a month. I'm not 600, I'm 309 but I'm only 5'5". So I know that's not healthy. I want to lose weight for my wedding next year, and so I feel a bit rushed with Dress shopping only 3 months away.

Alatariel75 · September 2017

Donnamoltobella wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the quick responses....I was thinking that 2.5 pds a week is more realistic, but I am obese and thought about those 600 pd life shows, where people loose 50 pds in a month. I'm not 600, I'm 309 but I'm only 5'5". So I know that's not healthy. I want to lose weight for my wedding next year, and so I feel a bit rushed with Dress shopping only 3 months away.

With a total of 150 to lose, you're not going to be able to keep up 2.5lb a week the whole way through. The smaller you get, the lower your calorie expenditure, so the less you have to eat to lose the same amount. Result being, someone with not a lot to lose has to basically starve to lose the same amount per week an obese person can lose while still eating what seems like a lot of food.

Donnamoltobella · September 2017

I understand, as time goes by it'll get harder to lose weight. I guess, I thought if I found something that worked, shouldn't it work no matter what?

Ready2Rock206 · September 2017

Donnamoltobella wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the quick responses....I was thinking that 2.5 pds a week is more realistic, but I am obese and thought about those 600 pd life shows, where people loose 50 pds in a month. I'm not 600, I'm 309 but I'm only 5'5". So I know that's not healthy. I want to lose weight for my wedding next year, and so I feel a bit rushed with Dress shopping only 3 months away.

Those people on the show are also under close doctor supervision and their lives are in danger if they don't lose the weight quickly - so they can do things that would be unhealthy for the average person.

Alatariel75 · September 2017

Donnamoltobella wrote: »

I understand, as time goes by it'll get harder to lose weight. I guess, I thought if I found something that worked, shouldn't it work no matter what?

A calorie deficit will continue to work, it's the numbers that change.

Hypothetical.

To lost 2.5lbs a week, you need to eat 8,750 calories less per week than you burn, or 1,250 less per day.

At 5'5 and 309, your maintenance calories per day are roughly 2,724 (based on sedentary, but for this exercise lets go with that).

So eating 2,724 less 1,250 means you have 1,474 calories to eat a day. That's do-able, that's about my intake. It is less food, but it's still 3 decent meals and some snack.s

Now, lets say you get to 200lbs.

Now your maintenance is 2,153 a day. So to eat 1,250 less, you're suddenly on 903 calories per day - far below the recommended intake, hard to get nutrition and you'd be starving. It's not sustainable.

THEN, you get to 170. You have the last 10lbs to go. Your maintenance calories are now 1,990. To eat 1,250 less a day, your at 740 calories a day and literally starving.

See the issue? The number of calories LESS you have to eat per day to lose 2.5 a week doesn't change, but the number of calories you burn each day decreases a LOT as you lose weight (because the heavier you are, the more you burn moving around).

Does that make sense?

Donnamoltobella · September 2017

Wow! That's an awesome breakdown. I don't want to do anything that is unhealthy for my body, when the real purpose is to become healthier and decrease my chances of getting diabetes. Thanks Alatariel75! I've got a lot to think about.

xX_PhoenixRising_Xx · September 2017

Definitely listen to Alatariel, it's exactly what I would tell you.

I'm 5'7, started at 329 and got down to 172. It took me 2 years. In the beginning I averaged just over 1kg/wk weight loss (close to that 2.5lbs you mentioned) but that was sustainable for the first 6 months or so. I lost almost 100 lbs in one year, and then it slowed down as I got closer to goal.

I initially thought it would take 18 months or so, but then I realised it's not all about the number on the scale. I got healthier, I got fitter. I went from being the girl who couldn't walk up stairs to becoming a qualified Personal Trainer.

Set reasonable goals, eat reasonable calories and change will happen

ZhivagosGirl · September 2017

I started at 300 lbs in January so we'll be coming up on 10 months come October. I've lost almost 70 pounds (I'm up a few lbs this week due to TOM). Other than 1 vacation in August I've been pretty balls to the wall militant about being on plan.

nowine4me · September 2017

Really? No. That is not realistic. How about 1# a week. That's 40 pounds less than you are now. That's significant. Plan your wedding, have fun and knock out the other #110 in the few years after the wedding.

lorrpb · September 2017

It took me 2.5 years to go from 301 to 155, 5'7". First 50 lbs in 6-7months, next 50 in 8-9 months, last 50 in 1 year. I ate about 1700 the whole time and now that is my maintenance.
You prob can't keep losing all the to the wedding unless you get a dress that can be altered easily.

rnpnick · September 2017

I started my journey Jan 4th 2017 and as of today I am down 150 pounds. It has definitely slowed down to about 11 pounds a month now. However I have a new set of eating habits that is sustainable and not overbearing. I started as a 39 year old male, 6'9", and 585 pounds. I am now 430 with more to go obviously. No surgery but I did take back the control and feel like the battle is won.

jaci66 · September 2017

Back in 2009, I went from 350 lbs to 250 lbs in 7 months. It was no fad diet or stupid starvation act on my part. The first 3.5 months (roughly) was only in a change in eating habits. No fast foods, no sodas, etc. The other 3.5 months (roughly) I added walking to my change in eating habits. It only took a couple of years and I gained half of that back.

While you may be able to lose that amount of weight in a short period, but it isn't smart or sustainable. Slow and steady while building good habits is the best way to go.

jennifer_417 · September 2017

Doable? Probably.
Healthy? Not likely.
Smart? Not really.

There's no expiration date on your fitness goals, so unless there is some really, really compelling reason (think actual life and death, not your Hawaiian holiday or high school reunion), I wouldn't really wouldn't recommend it.

Donnamoltobella · September 2017

Again, thanks everyone. I'm trying to be more realistic and think long term success. I'm hoping to lose, but do so smartly.

gabriellejayde · September 2017

I was 252 five months ago. I've been militant about my diet and losing consistently. I'm down around 60lbs (currently 190.8). I suppose if I had been working out harder I could have lost a LITTLE more... but not much. I lost 20 the first month and around 10 each month after.

Krcarpenter201 · September 2017

I started July 23, 2017 and I weighed 310. Right now I'm 255. It's not easy to get these kinds of results on a VLCD (Very Low Calorie Diet) but it is doable. However, you need to take a Daily Vitamin and only ONE Potassium supplement. To much Potassium is dangerous, however, you can lose most of that weight, but it will be very difficult and you have to be on top of it completely.

bigjonb4116 · September 2017

its taken me 19months to lose 150lbs- (and i started out at 456lbs) that averages out about 1.9lbs a week, i would think that trying to lose that in 10 months is a hard ask. (I have been pretty focused on losing it for those 19 months too)

TavistockToad · September 2017

At you starting weight you should easily be able to lose 2lb per week for the rest of this year... start with that ahead of dress shopping.

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