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Honeyacid
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I'm giving myself 6 months to lose at least 20-30lbs. Do you guys think this is possible?
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What's your starting weight? How much do you have to lose total? What kind of exercise are you doing? What's your diet like?....Are you willing to amputate a leg
Hard to answer that question without more info!
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“Possible” Yes. Advisable? Depends on your starting weight and height.9
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I'm giving myself 6 months to lose at least 20-30lbs. Do you guys think this is possible?
What happens in 6 months if you don't lose 20-30 pounds?
It might be possible to lose 20 pounds in 6 months but if you are that close to goal it will be a challenge.
I suggest making a plan that involves the next 5 years not the next 6 months. Find a sustainable path that helps you get it off (no matter how long it takes) and keep it off. Some people will say the rest of your life but a lot of people change over time and they need to adapt their plan so I say 5 years is a good place to start.
Setting a deadline can lead to making unhealthy decisions.10 -
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you keep posting about finding quick fixes with the singular goal to lose SUPER fast - which are often dangerous to lose fast.
why not start with a reasonable plan as was recommended repeatedly to at least start safely losing VS spending weeks trying to come up with unsafe "lose fast" plans.
Start by reaading this and setting a reasonable goal in MFP. not sure how tall you are but you posted you were 150 so depending how tall you are 2lb/week may be too fast (or may be ok for the first 5-10 then go down).
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
get a food scale, weigh your food, log accurately.
more helpful posts here
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10742156/arm-fat-and-24lbs-11kg-in-a-month
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/43824406#Comment_43824406
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10749125/whats-keto-like
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I'm giving myself 6 months to lose at least 20-30lbs. Do you guys think this is possible?
Maybe, maybe not. I don't believe you've ever posted your height, but I believe you've said in other threads that you are 150 lbs. I am 5'4 and started at 145 lbs. I lost the first 10 lbs in 5 months, it took me a year to lose the second 10.
Weight loss deadlines are useless. Set your goal here to lose 1 lb per week, log accurately and consistently, include your favorite treats, exercise moderately incorporating adequate rest days, and it will come off when it comes off.
You can try to force this process into your exact parameters as many different ways as you want, but there are a million variables, most of which you can't control. The time is going to pass anyway, focus on eating well and improving your relationship with food and your body image while eating the right amount of calories. And a year from now you'll be lighter and healthier than you are today.
ETA: Now that I see your height, even 1 lb per week might be too much. But it's certainly better than the other plans you've been considering.10 -
NovemberSkye wrote: »What's your starting weight? How much do you have to lose total? What kind of exercise are you doing? What's your diet like?....Are you willing to amputate a leg
Hard to answer that question without more info!
I'm currently 150lbs, and I want to lose 30-40lbs. I mostly do cardio, such as walking, jogging, running and dancing. I also do crunches, squats, push ups and a few other exercises for toning. I binge a lot on junk food sometimes, which is unfortunate. But, I've opted for both a vegetarian lifestyle, and a gluten free diet.
Is there a reason you are going vegetarian and gluten free? In the past when I have been really restrictive I have rebelled and gone off the rails.9 -
I know it is probably frustrating not to get a simple answer but the reality is no one knows for you. It can take weeks and for some people a couple of months to nail down logging accurately, getting past all the normal mistakes, and finding a way to eat that leaves them full and happy-ish each day.5
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You cannot lose weight at that pace in a safe way.
You are five pounds above the optimal BMI range for your height. At this point, 0.5 lb/week would be a reasonable pace of weight loss.8 -
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NovemberSkye wrote: »What's your starting weight? How much do you have to lose total? What kind of exercise are you doing? What's your diet like?....Are you willing to amputate a leg
Hard to answer that question without more info!
I'm currently 150lbs, and I want to lose 30-40lbs. I mostly do cardio, such as walking, jogging, running and dancing. I also do crunches, squats, push ups and a few other exercises for toning. I binge a lot on junk food sometimes, which is unfortunate. But, I've opted for both a vegetarian lifestyle, and a gluten free diet.
Is there a reason you are going vegetarian and gluten free? In the past when I have been really restrictive I have rebelled and gone off the rails.
I've been on the gluten free diet ever since I was little. Eating food with gluten often makes me sluggish and lethargic. The main reason I wanna go on a vegetarian diet is so that I can lose weight quicker. Plus I just feel bad for eating eat.NovemberSkye wrote: »What's your starting weight? How much do you have to lose total? What kind of exercise are you doing? What's your diet like?....Are you willing to amputate a leg
Hard to answer that question without more info!
I'm currently 150lbs, and I want to lose 30-40lbs. I mostly do cardio, such as walking, jogging, running and dancing. I also do crunches, squats, push ups and a few other exercises for toning. I binge a lot on junk food sometimes, which is unfortunate. But, I've opted for both a vegetarian lifestyle, and a gluten free diet.
Is there a reason you are going vegetarian and gluten free? In the past when I have been really restrictive I have rebelled and gone off the rails.
I've been on the gluten free diet ever since I was little. Eating food with gluten often makes me sluggish and lethargic. The main reason I wanna go on a vegetarian diet is so that I can lose weight quicker. Plus I just feel bad for eating eat.
You need to stop obsession with FAST. eat healthy (enough protein and fat) foods you like and log accurately. select a rate of loss of no more than 0.5lb/week.
that is still 0.5lb/week more than you are doing now and will be sustainable over time.7 -
NovemberSkye wrote: »What's your starting weight? How much do you have to lose total? What kind of exercise are you doing? What's your diet like?....Are you willing to amputate a leg
Hard to answer that question without more info!
I'm currently 150lbs, and I want to lose 30-40lbs. I mostly do cardio, such as walking, jogging, running and dancing. I also do crunches, squats, push ups and a few other exercises for toning. I binge a lot on junk food sometimes, which is unfortunate. But, I've opted for both a vegetarian lifestyle, and a gluten free diet.
Is there a reason you are going vegetarian and gluten free? In the past when I have been really restrictive I have rebelled and gone off the rails.
so that I can lose weight quicker.
Please please please let this part go. This is why nothing seems to work. This is most likely why you have a problem with bingeing.
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Could it happen...maybe? Will it happen...probably not and would probably not be sustainable after the fact if you did manage it. I am 5'4" and went from 170 to 130 over about 10 months. Then slowly crept back up to 138 and have been trying to lose that 8 pounds and possibly 10 more with an ultimate goal weight of 120. It is a pain when you get down close to your goal weight. You have to weigh and log everything as you have very little wiggle room. Also to note I am vegan but was an overweight vegetarian or vegan for 10 years before I lost weight so that is not a magic bullet.3
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[/quote] I've been on the gluten free diet ever since I was little. Eating food with gluten often makes me sluggish and lethargic. The main reason I wanna go on a vegetarian diet is so that I can lose weight quicker. Plus I just feel bad for eating eat.[/quote]
Just to say a) I agree wholeheartedly with the above and b) I'm a veggie. I'm the same height and I've both lost weight and put it on being a veggie. I'm currently my heaviest ever. Calories in <Calories out really works. Regardless of what those consist of (though healthy calories are obviously better than 1200 cals of kit kats... 😋)3 -
Short answer, no, not safely.1
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Sure, it's possible. My husband just 21lbs in 3 weeks. Of course, he's 6'3" and started at over 300lbs. That doesn't mean that it is advisable.
You seem fixated on a quick fix. There is no quick fix. Just eat in a calorie deficit and the weight will come off. Whether it takes 6 weeks 6 months or 6 years, the end result will still be weight loss.7 -
How much and how fast one can lose weight in a healthy way varies a lit, based on the factors others have mentioned above. The key is to follow a healthy eating plan that you can see yourself following forever. Your body will pretty much determine how that translates into weight loss.
Too often, highly restrictive, aggressive approaches cannot be sustained and people gain the weight back quickly. That said, following a very balanced eating (higher protein with moderate carbs and fat) and exercise plan, I lost 50 pounds in 6 months and am now in my 6th months of maintenance. That actually surprised me, but I found a strategy that worked for me and stayed very consistent. My body just decided to cooperate 2 -
Here is a breakdown of the math if it interests you.
To lose twenty pounds in 2 months would equal a deficit of approximately 1,167 calories a day. As a 5'4" woman (pardon me if you are actually a man) who weighs 150lbs and sedentary your BMR is about 1650 calories a day. If you are lightly active you are looking at closer to 1950 (these numbers will vary based on what equation you use).
Let's assume you are lightly active and burn 1950 + exercise. Then IF you ate 1200 calories a day (which I would NOT recommend), you would still have to burn 750 calories a day through exercise. That is A LOT day in and day out. At this rate you would burn out, set yourself up for binging, risk injury, and a host of other issues.
I suggest you shift your focus to long term, lifestyle changes that are sustainable even once you reach your goal weight.2 -
NovemberSkye wrote: »What's your starting weight? How much do you have to lose total? What kind of exercise are you doing? What's your diet like?....Are you willing to amputate a leg
Hard to answer that question without more info!
I'm currently 150lbs, and I want to lose 30-40lbs. I mostly do cardio, such as walking, jogging, running and dancing. I also do crunches, squats, push ups and a few other exercises for toning. I binge a lot on junk food sometimes, which is unfortunate. But, I've opted for both a vegetarian lifestyle, and a gluten free diet.
Is there a reason you are going vegetarian and gluten free? In the past when I have been really restrictive I have rebelled and gone off the rails.
I've been on the gluten free diet ever since I was little. Eating food with gluten often makes me sluggish and lethargic. The main reason I wanna go on a vegetarian diet is so that I can lose weight quicker. Plus I just feel bad for eating eat.
Vegetarianism is completely unrelated to weight loss. Weight loss is about calories.
Nutrition is important, but vegetarianism is also mostly unrelated to nutrition. (Vegetarians need the same nutrients as anyone else, they just eat slightly different food patterns to get that nutrition, and a few nutrients require more attention to be sure to get enough of. Otherwise, it's just the same, whether you're vegetarian or omnivorous.)
What makes me think this? I've been vegetarian for 45 years. First I was a thin vegetarian, then I became a fat vegetarian, then an obese vegetarian (for several decades), then a very athletically active and pretty fit obese vegetarian, then a still-pretty-active but thin vegetarian again at age 59-60. Now 63, I'm still a healthy-weight, quite active vegetarian.
Vegetarianism really has no particular bearing on weight loss, unless you hate vegetarian foods so much that you undereat calories when you're vegetarian.
Why not just pick a reasonable, enjoyable, practical way of eating, and eat routinely at a sensible calorie level? That will work.8 -
I know several overweight vegetarians.. being a vegetarian does not equal being thin/losing weight.0
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Cake, chocolate, peanut butter and crisps are all vegetarian.2
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