Want to loose 13lbs in one month.

vik00786
vik00786 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
:D:o:D:D I am vegetarian.

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    That's more than 3 pounds a week. It will be difficult to do safely unless you're starting at a pretty high weight.
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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Why?
  • dwilliamca
    dwilliamca Posts: 328 Member
    Sorry, but your goal is a little too aggressive but 8-10 lbs. could work for the first month including the initial water loss you will have. I started with 2 lbs per week and now I'm down to 1 lb per week, which has worked well for me. It is important to stay within the calorie range given to you by MFP which is calculated based on your age, weight, activity level, and pounds per week you request to lose. The most important thing you will do is to weigh and log all of your foods for accurate accounting. Add exercise and eat those calories back as you please. Your goals should include eating well, eating enough, eating healthy, and not reducing so fast that you put it all back on again the next month.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    edited November 2017
    toxikon wrote: »
    Assuming you're not obese... You could cut off an arm. Or fast for a whole month and enjoy the slew of terrible side effects that would come with it.

    OR you could stick to a reasonable calorie deficit and lose the weight slower and not kill yourself in the process.

    Beat me to it.

    Barring doing something dangerous or unhealthy it's almost impossible unless you're starting over 300 lbs.

    And yes Amputation qualifies as unhealthy and dangerous.

    There are all sorts of ways to lose 13 scale pounds in that timeframe. That doesn't mean that the scale weight in any way correlates to anything meaningful.
  • onematch
    onematch Posts: 241 Member
    Honestly, if you're just starting out this should be fine, assuming you are significantly overweight.
    I easily lost 5+ pounds my first week of eating healthier and lighter, and did lose about 13 pounds in the first month. I was not 300 pounds to start with. I just went from a crap-filled diet with no exercise, to a healthy one with exercise.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    OP, if you provide your stats (height, current weight, goal weight) we can give you an idea of a realistic and safe weight loss goal.
  • batorkin
    batorkin Posts: 281 Member
    edited November 2017
    I lost 14 pounds my first month.

    14 pounds of fat though? No.
  • alondrakayy
    alondrakayy Posts: 304 Member
    I lost 13 lbs in about 3 months and it was hard work. I say set more realistic goals.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    tyrindor wrote: »
    I lost 14 pounds my first month.

    14 pounds of fat though? No.

    I lost 15 lbs a month for my first 3, and it was mostly fat by my guess. But I was 330+ lbs at the time.

    Note, I don't recommend this. I haven't had any ill effects (that I know of) but reading about fast weight loss and gallstones has me wishing I took more time at first.
  • donjtomasco
    donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
    I wonder how hard it is to get overweight being a vegetarian?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    donjtomasco wrote: »
    I wonder how hard it is to get overweight being a vegetarian?

    Not hard at all. There are tons of calorie-dense foods that aren't meat.
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    donjtomasco wrote: »
    I wonder how hard it is to get overweight being a vegetarian?

    pretty darn easy.
  • jaci66
    jaci66 Posts: 139 Member
    vik00786 wrote: »
    :D:o:D:D I am vegetarian.

    I want to lose 60 lbs in a month and win the lottery. But, not realistic. And it doesn't matter if you are vegetarian, vegan or whatever.

    Now, if you weigh over 400 lbs, you might be able to, but you need to provide some numbers to us like height, current weight, etc, we might be able to help you figure out a healthy amount to lose.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    donjtomasco wrote: »
    I wonder how hard it is to get overweight being a vegetarian?

    Pastries, donuts, pies, brownies, cookies... need I go on? :D
  • azironasun
    azironasun Posts: 137 Member
    donjtomasco wrote: »
    I wonder how hard it is to get overweight being a vegetarian?

    I worked in college food service management years ago. Whenever the group representing the vegetarians would meet with us, they appeared to be one of two types of people.
    1. Scrawny and malnourished looking, from protein deficiency, or
    2. Obese from too much cookies, cake, candy and a high sugar/carbohydrate diet.
    Vegetarian or not, it's easy to get overweight by taking in too many calories.
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