What weight loss did you achieve in 3-4 months' time?
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Please share your 3-4 months progress details to motivate. What exercises & diet you followed?
I have about 4 months till I go on my next vacation and I'm finding it difficult to be consistent to work out & watch what I eat.
Thank you.
I have about 4 months till I go on my next vacation and I'm finding it difficult to be consistent to work out & watch what I eat.
Thank you.
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At my most dedicated I lost around 15 kgs (33 lbs) in 3 months, 100 - 85 kgs (220 - 187 lbs), 5'10. I ate once a day, and generally aimed to eat 1000 calories daily. I exercised quite a bit, but I didn't do much of the day-to-day activity. Lost another 15 kgs (33 lbs) over a longer timespan, with more food, and more activity. Everyone who wants to achieve something should have an overview of ones motivations for doing so.3
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I am just over 4 months in and have only calorie counted, minimal to no bodily movement/exercise (read: If you count once a month grocery shopping as exercise, I got exercise in there somewhere, and I'm also disabled/home 24/7). 1200 Calorie target, sometimes hitting under by a lot, sometimes over by a little bit. Two days I went waayyy over, 2 months apart. I'm down 37lbs so far and counting. 223 -> 186 at 5'5" for specifics.9
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About 45 pounds for me (x2). I lost 90 pounds in 8-9 months, but that was with no cheating and very strict dieting and exercise. This is faster than you really should lose. Unless you are very big, you probably wouldn't want to lose more than 30-35 pounds over 3-4 months, which is very achievable if your are overweight and consistent in diet and exercise.
Stop thinking about the future and just meet your daily goals, take it one day at a time and be consistent. Time will fly by and the pounds will fly off.6 -
I lost 29 pounds in the first 4 months.
That was by mid May, it’s slowing down considerably now as I get close to maintenance.
What I did was —stuck to my calorie allotment and logged every day. No special foods or diet, except that I watch sodium levels and avoid gluten for diagnosed health concerns.
I also walk and practice Pilates.1 -
I have lost 16 lbs in the last 4 months. Cut back on the amount of sweets I eat. No crazy diet, just counting calories and being more conscious about what I eat. For exercise, I go to crossfit and run. 4 more lbs to go to hit my goal weight. If I stay on track I will hit it by the end of September. Having started this in April, that will have taken me 6 months to lose 22 lbs. This was a rate with which I have been comfortable. I keep a good deficit during the week and eat close to maintenance or a small deficit on weekends.5
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I lost circa 35 pounds in around 3 months (100 days, if I'm recalling correctly) at my 'fastest'. That included the big initial 'whoosh' where I dropped 8 pounds in like two weeks and it was generally during a fairly slow moment in life where I had a fair amount of time and energy to devote to shopping, cooking, reading up, and of course exercising - I lifted 3 times a week fairly consistently, and added in swimming, cardio, hiking, dance, yoga, or something almost every day and generally stuck to 1300 calories or less with very partial eating back.0
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I'm at about 4 months. I have lost 53 pounds in that time strictly by counting calories on this app. My target is 1500 calories and I am a little under most days. Just a rare overage. I just started to walk because I can now, and was at a plateau.3
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I lost 36 in three months. .no counting calories... eating Whole Foods, no sodium or processed foods of any kind.....drinking water and eating six times a day all food groups.. like clockwork.0
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How much you lose is dependent upon how much you weigh. When I was in the beginning, I'd lose anywhere from 24-32 lbs in a 3-4 month period (roughly, averaging about 2lbs/week).
But as I shrank, that number shrank as well. Now, I'm good to get 12-16lbs in a 3-4 month period and soon enough, I'll be looking at half that when I cross the healthy BMI threshold.
I don't have a specific diet -- I eat whatever, just less of it enough to be roughly around where I need to be to hit my daily goal.4 -
I lost about 10 lbs in the first 3 month. ~12.5 by the end of the 4th month.
That was at the beginning, with 30lbs to lose.
Looking at the last 5 lbs, they probably took equally as long.
I exercised 3-5 times a week and ate back 200cals per hr.
My diet was consistent with the foods I ate before deciding to lose weight, but portioned according to my calorie requirements, nutritional needs and satiety.
My exercise was mainly aqua fit with walking, Pilates, bellydancing, swimming, etc, rotated on alternate days.
How much you can lose by your vacation depends on how much you have to lose to be in the mid range BMI.
The more you have to lose the greater a deficit you can have.
Under 50 lbs, ~1lbs a week.
Over 75lbs, ~2lbs a week.
Cheers, h.1 -
About 9lbs these past four months. It's a bit slow but I don't have a lot to lose and I am already within a healthy BMI, just trying to lean out after a bulk. I lift with some cardio and yoga.
It really depends how much you have to lose.
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2 months in, lost 25lbs
Working out and doing IF1 -
8kg in three months.1
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Not quite 3 months and lost 22#. Tracking calories with better food choices, trying not to go over amount given . Started walking , t25, and starting weights, at least 5 days a week,no gym. Im over 40 female and started at 215 postpartum0
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There were 4 month stretches where I lost 40 pounds and my exercise consisted of walking 5-10 minutes a day (in the beginning when I was super obese), and there were 4 month stretches where I lost nothing and my exercise consisted of running, walking, and resistance training (I was deliberately maintaining).
I think this is the wrong question. The amount people lose in any timeframe is different from person to person and depends on their weight and calorie deficit. If you're having a hard time being consistent, the question shouldn't be "what are your numbers so I can compare them to mine and feel bad about my results?". It should be "what can I do to make this easier and more sustainable?", or "how do I help myself care less about potential 4-month progress and realize that this is a lifelong commitment?".8 -
I like this thread and I like the way the question was posed. It leaves how to answer it open to interpretation of the reader. I enjoy reading the vastly different responses, most of which are substantiated with some background. Followed.
For example, based on my 1200 avg I was expecting to lose 2 pounds a week and hit my goal by December. Since I am in the 160s to begin with, I know now that I may not reach that number because many have said when they had less to lose, their weight loss fluctuated despite their goals and calorie intake.
So happy for this thread.3 -
I like this thread too
My goal is to lose 20kg in five months (wedding in January) and have wondered if it's realistic.
I'm logging my food, sticking to 1200 cals and upping my exercise.0 -
April 16th 2018 I was 370.4 pounds. This past Monday I was 305 pounds. So 65.4 pounds in just over 4 months. I still eat what I enjoy I just track it and move more. I eat anywhere from 2500-3300 calories on a daily basis while I lose and have a "cheat day" on Saturday.
As has already been mentioned, sometimes faster is not better especially in weight loss and depending on how much you have to lose (and how much skin you don't mind sticking around).1 -
I think that you will benefit from taking another approach! I see it's already been mentioned, but I want to chime in.
A person at a certain weight will lose a certain amount of fat at a certain calorie deficit. One pound of body fat equals 3500 calories.
You can expect to lose up to 1% of your bodyweight per week if your do everything right all the time. Normal water weight fluctuations are often greater than what you can lose in a week or even two.
Calorie counting is based on accurate logging, which means hitting your calorie target every day, or weekly on average, by weighing your food, using genuine database entries and the recipe builder. If you really stick to the calorie target MFP gave you, and you have set a realistic weekly goal, over time, you will lose weight.
What to eat, and whether and how to exercise, on the other hand, is completely up to you. Tips and tricks and other people's strategies and experiences are only of minor value to you. When you feel free to make your own decisions, you don't have a need for extrinsic motivation, and you have more mental energy to focus on you and your own process.
Most people tend to mix up those two aspects of weight management. It's important for success that you keep them separate.3 -
I don't remember, but all I did was consistently eat in a calorie deficit and exercise...discipline and consistency are the key...without those, nothing is going to happen regardless of what diet you're doing.5
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So far 10 lbs. lost in 4 weeks!!! 26 more lbs to go.0
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12 lbs 3 months. 1500 cal initially, 1250 now. Rate is slowing, as expected, and it’s now easier to move, so I recently added running/walking.3
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When I weighed over 350lbs, I was able to drop about 50lbs in 3 months. Now that I'm 185lbs lighter (I'm at about 165lbs), I'm hoping to just lose 2lbs a month.
How fast one can lose weight safely is related to how much excess weight you have to lose.3 -
cookiecat90 wrote: »I like this thread too
My goal is to lose 20kg in five months (wedding in January) and have wondered if it's realistic.
I'm logging my food, sticking to 1200 cals and upping my exercise.
@cookiecat90
It depends on how much you have to lose. I'm at 165lbs, my ideal range for my height is 135-155 (I have naturally wide hips so I'll probably end up closer to the 155 side). Because I don't have a lot to lose, it'll probably take me a good 6 months to a year to lose it. When I was 350lbs, I dropped 50lbs in 3 months easily.3 -
I can't remember where I read it, but I saw something recently about motivation that rang true with me.
It said that instead of saying what you want (I want to loss xxlbs, I want to look good on vacation etc) think of what you DON'T want.
(I DON'T want to spend my vacation feeling fat in a bathing suit, I DON'T want to miss out on activities because I'm too unfit)
Sounds counter intuitive, because we're always told to be positive, but personally I've found having an 'I DON'T WANT' in mind, makes it easier to say NO to things. I don't want cake/I don't want to be fat.
I think when we focus on what we want we get frustrated because we don't get it it straight away. Wanting things (like cake) is what go us in trouble. Whereas saying I DON'T WANT is saying NO to accepting the status quo, saying NO to being trapped in a fat future. Makes you a bit angry at how you are and how you got to this state. It keeps a bit of fight in you.
Anyway. I've set some I DON'T WANT goals, and they're helpful. But whatever works for you.
Good luck with your vacation. Hope you find what works for you.1 -
I didn't make any progress for a long time. I spent a good while just getting used to tracking, and making that a habit, and seeing what was really hurting me. The scale just recently started moving, but now that it is moving it is moving pretty consistently.
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