Goal to lose 31 kg in the next 6 months

That is an extremely aggressive goal, and likely not possible to do in a healthy way, unless you are very, very obese.
What is your current height and weight?

Amriki wrote: »

Salaam alaykum
Im down 24kg in 140 days, it can be done. Without exercise. My wife is down 16kg in the same time.
No exercise. Really.
1) make dua for weight loss quickly, easily and safely. I did this on 25DEC during tawaf for umrah at 143 kg. (317lbs)
2) Carbs 25g per day to reset leptin. Its paleo but at 25g carbs its only what you get by accident from vegetables and dairy. So no biscuits....ok well we did have Al Baik a few days back but burned a ton of cals on another umrah so thats my story and Im sticking to it.
3) Fasting sunnah as you said, consider
adding "white days" but make your intention for deen

My account is open if you want to have a look, ribeye tonight again yella bismillah.

Because something can be done, doesn't mean it should. A fast weight loss can bring multiple health problems and should be done only under a doctors supervision. I would also point out that most people don't put on 31 kilos in 6 months. Why oh why do you think it's a good idea to lose it in that time frame? Patience and persistence for health.

Simplynim wrote: »

SuzySunshine99 wrote: »

That is an extremely aggressive goal, and likely not possible to do in a healthy way, unless you are very, very obese.
What is your current height and weight?

Hi,

I weight 89kg so yes I am obese and My height is 5 ft 6, and so I want to get down to 58 kilogram by November.

This means losing I don’t know 1.5 kg per week should be doable.

I'm 5'5", started at 83kg, lost to about 57kg, have stayed around that weight since (6+ years).

Staying at a healthy weight permanently is a good goal, IMO. That puts a priority on finding sustainable habits. Making yourself miserable temporarily is an entirely different path. Somewhere along the line, you'll need to figure out how not to "go back to normal" with eating and activity level, if you would like to avoid regain.

You get to choose your path, yes. There are downsides to fast lost. I lost the 26kg in just under a year. I lost some of it too fast, by accident. (I define "too fast" as something that felt fine and doable at first, but suddenly resulted in feeling weak and fatigued, taking multiple weeks to recover back to normal. No one needs that. In my case, I say "by accident", because it happened on account of MFP underestimating my calorie needs. That's not common, but it can happen.)

Amriki wrote: »

aint my first rodeo, been on here since 2013. Try or dont its up to her. My BP and pulse are both down as well.
Im a nurse also, since 1980.

Over 7000 posts?

If it "ain't your first rodeo", does that mean you've lost weight and regained it, since 2013? Just curious: That's a common story.

But I have over 20,000 posts over my 7 years here, which I guess you consider some kind of negative indication? 🤷‍♀️

OP, listen to the posters with thousands of posts, versus the one with two. These people have been here for years, and have been very helpful through my own substantial weight loss, and into maintenance.

My personal observation, having been here for nearly four years now, is that the people who post and participate regularly have the greatest chance of both success and maintenance, because they are wholly engaged. Many continue then to ”pay it forward” by providing solid advice and support,

You have a wealth of experience and knowledge at your fingertips, if you’re willing to take advantage of it.

Focus less on speed of loss, and more on quality of loss. Are you learning new habits, finding new foods, exercise? You don’t want to hit goal and fall back into old habits. If you need proof, look at all the “I’m back” posts here.

I'd say one of the biggest issues with this is an assumption that you will lose weight in a linear fashion over 6 months. You won't...it just doesn't work that way. Just by it's nature, losing weight isn't a linear process...it's up and down and all around. Aggressive weight loss goals also tend to invite greater adaptive thermogenesis, particularly down the road. Adaptive thermogenesis is something that occurs with aggressive calorie restriction where your body will attempt to conserve energy (affecting your calories out) by slowing down or shutting down altogether what it deems to be "non-essential" functions. This is where you hear stories of lost menstrual cycles, hair thinning or falling out, nails becoming brittle, etc. All of these functions require energy (calories). It often also results in greater fatigue and therefore less daily movement which again decreases your overall calories out.

You should also consider that you won't be able to sustain the same rate of loss as you shrink. As you get smaller, your TDEE (maintenance requirements) goes down...so as you go, the deficit shrinks and weight loss slows. Someone with a reasonable calorie deficit can adjust for this by dropping their calories a little lower or increasing activity...but if you're already at the bottom in regards to requisite calories you really have nowhere to go other than very low calories which again can affect your overall health.

I was never personally really into putting a time frame on my weight loss. It causes a lot of stress just due to the nature of losing weight, but also the necessary rigidity...there really isn't a whole lot of flexibility for things that just come up in life and will always come up in life...birthdays...holidays...anniversaries and other special occasions...vacations, etc. This is also a really good time to start cultivating healthy habits that you will need to take into maintenance. People tend to think of their goal weight as the finish line and they're done...the reality is that everything before maintenance has just been training and practice for the real race ahead. Goal weight isn't the finish line, it's the starting line of the real, forever race ahead.