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Question - 50 days

KobiHensley
KobiHensley Posts: 78 Member
in Food and Nutrition
If I have 50 days to lose weight before an event, how much weight could possibly lose if I stay on track with 1,200 calories and daily activity? Just a estimate.

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  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    edited March 2022
    Totally depends on what weight you are starting at. What is your current height and weight?

    Healthy weight loss typically averages between a half pound a week to 2 pounds a week depending on starting weight and goal weight.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited March 2022
    Estimates are best based on data.
    Assuming you are currently 600lbs and 6'6" you could lose a lot in 7 weeks......


    You could stick your stats in a TDEE calculator to get an decent idea of your weight maintenance needs, work out the difference between 1200 and that number over 50 days, divide by 3500.
  • xrj22
    xrj22 Posts: 218 Member
    I think the guideline of no more than 2 lbs per week is a good one. Possibly an additional 2 - 5 lbs of water weight loss in the first two weeks, depending on what sort of diet you are switching from. so 14 - 19 lbs -- And that is if you are really working at it.
  • Bridgie3
    Bridgie3 Posts: 139 Member
    KobiHensley wrote: »
    If I have 50 days to lose weight before an event, how much weight could possibly lose if I stay on track with 1,200 calories and daily activity? Just a estimate.

    I think the best you could do without the wheels falling off is a deficit of 500 cals a day from whatever maintenance level you have, assuming you're maybe 180lb or 190lb right now??? That's 500 x 50 days = 25,000 calories deficit, @ 3,500 per lb that's 7.14lb.

    at a guess. But if you were starting at 130 or 120lb, then no. The thinner you are, the less weight you can reduce.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,723 Member
    Do we win a prize if we're the closest to what you end up doing? :)

    My guess would be 10# the first week, followed by 1-1.5 # each week after. That's only a guess from my past experience when I had to lose 50-75#. Now I'm excited when the scale drops .5 # a week.
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    If the photo is recent, you are 240 and at 5'6" you can lose about 20 pounds.

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