is 10 pounds a large amount of weight?

apullum · October 2019

MoKaaz wrote: »

It really depends on body type, best bet would to go for ten pounds and as you go decide when to stop. Your goal could also be a different amount of inches on your body which would likely be an easier thing to keep track of for what your goal is

OP is exactly 10 pounds from the lower end of their optimal BMI range. While they could probably lose 10 pounds safely if they really wanted to, there is no question about deciding when to stop. That is absolutely the point at which they should stop. Any further weight loss would make them underweight. It is worth asking whether losing 10 pounds is actually going to accomplish what OP wants in the first place.

apullum · October 2019

gracie8234 wrote: »

NovusDies wrote: »

It might also be worth pointing out that losing 10 pounds or even 5 pounds at your current stats will be a grind. A very long one at that. Your eating would have to be super controlled and you would need to take 2 week diet breaks about once every 6 weeks. Any attempt to go fast will likely leave you malnourished and cost you muscle which will undoubtedly worsen your appearance.

Alternatively in this case recomp might actually give you positive results faster than a deficit. If you have been losing weight up until now and you are not happy yet because of "skinny fat" it is because you need to tone your body.

so if i lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks that would be too much?

You cannot safely lose 10 pounds in three weeks. If you really wanted to lose 10 pounds—which may not even accomplish what you want—then you should be expecting it to take about 5 months at a minimum, assuming highly accurate logging, and it would realistically probably take longer.

Again, what are you hoping to accomplish by losing 10 pounds?

Goober1142 · October 2019

Visualize 10 pounds of hamburger..

Goober1142 · October 2019

It sounds like you're at a low weight for your height. I didn't catch that when I made my hamburger comment. Strength training will absolutely firm you up if that's what you're looking for. I started with New Rules of Lifting for Women and moved on to The Lean Muscle Diet workouts by the same guy. I'm 62 and in the best shape of my life.

snickerscharlie · October 2019

Why the goal to lose 10 lbs in 3 weeks to put you at borderline underweight? What you are talking about is unrealistic, unsustainable and unhealthy.

go52182 · October 2019

I think the majority of us think being that you're 5'6" and 125 lbs, losing 10 lbs is a -bad- idea. There's something going on here that's making you want to lose this weight and something tells me it's not good. You're at a perfect weight, some might say you're actually underweight...

is 10 pounds a large amount of weight?

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