lose 16 lbs in 2 months...

[BigToque]

How likely is it to lose 16 lbs in 2 months?

I've set a goal that I will get to 199 lbs by July 19 (the day my GF leaves for her 5 month trip).

 

[RagingBITCH]

2 lbs a week. That's doable and safe enough. (The most you should lose is 2lbs a week anyway)

 

[911paramedic]

2 lbs a week is the accepted number for long term weight loss.

 

[MacBaine]

Go for it fatty

 

[blackdogdeek]

how tall are you?

 

[bmacd]

are you 215 now? Start running, stop posting. Bust out the jump rope...start doing sit ups, crunches, flutter kicks, and push ups. How much you lose depends on how hard you work. Cut out the crap in your diet too.

-=bmacd=-

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: MacBaine
Go for it fatty

lol

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
how tall are you?

between 5'9 and 5'10.

I'm also a bigger guy. I'm not just fat. I've got a big frame. I don't think my BMI is reflective of my overall health.

According to the charts, I should be between 120 and 165! I think my perfect body would be to get to 160, then add 10 lbs of muscle.

 

[Judgement]

Originally posted by: Stefan
How likely is it to lose 16 lbs in 2 months?

I've set a goal that I will get to 199 lbs by July 19 (the day my GF leaves for her 5 month trip).

Can't answer how likely it is because it all depends on how hard you work to achieve your goal, but it seems perfectly doable

 

[brigden]

I lost nearly 25 lbs over a two month period, but it was accidental. I got on this tuna train. All I ate was tuna sandwiches with cuccumber. I cut out all the grease, and drank less. I went from 190 to 168.

 

[dullard]

Doable: probably.
Safe: possibly.

A better goal may be 10 pounds in 2 months as people with quick weight loss are more likely to get it right back. They try too hard for the short term and cannot keep it up. I can easilly see this happening to you (lose for your GF then when she is gone, you gain it right back without any more reason to keep it off).

Remember too the conservation of mass: mass in - mass out = mass gained/lost. You cannot violate it. Eat less food or excrete more of it. That is all you can do.

Atkins is quite good in the short term (better than other diets) - but isn't very good long term (no better than other diets). But honestly I'd suggest a modified version of Atkins. Basically you need to avoid easilly digestable carbohydrates (thus you eat less) while adding fiber carbohydrates (thus you excrete more).

 

[hevnsnt]

Quit drinking pop, only drink water. At least a gallon a day.
Also don't eat any fast food & Run.

2lbs a week is doable.

 

[Schadenfroh]

i went from 210 to 153 in 2 months last year, atkins/exercising

 

[Chiropteran]

Originally posted by: Stefan
How likely is it to lose 16 lbs in 2 months?

I've set a goal that I will get to 199 lbs by July 19 (the day my GF leaves for her 5 month trip).

I lost 25 lbs in 2 months. It's simple.

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: MacBaine
Go for it fatty

hahahahaha. its definately doable. good luck

 

[Teliasen]

I've lost that much in 1 month before (no, i didn't have the flu) just work out, eat less, and cut out fast food, (as other posters have mentioned) oh, and if possible, restrict sweets.

 

[Riprorin]

I went from 175 to 155 in 7 weeks without any problem.

 

[Mo0o]

Do lots of cardio

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: brigden
I lost nearly 25 lbs over a two month period, but it was accidental. I got on this tuna train. All I ate was tuna sandwiches with cuccumber. I cut out all the grease, and drank less. I went from 190 to 168.

im 163lbs and I need to lose at least 20 lbs.
when i eat, i eat too much. its so hard to eat less and exercise. also I have a hard time sleeping if i dont eat a full meal. a bad habit thats going to be a tough one to break!
i have pizza, micranoni and cheese, loaded with high fat and cholesterol, going to throw them out in the trashcan..

 

[PunDogg]

yeah thats doable, most of that will be water weight anyway

Dogg

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: PunDogg
yeah thats doable, most of that will be water weight anyway

Dogg

It's easy to tell - just monitor body fat.

 

[Turkish]

i lost 64 lbs in 2,5 months. got the body fat down to 14% from 24% or something... I kept the weight off though, cause I simply changed my lifestyle rather than keto diets & etc. I lost a lot of strength though, but now that I have been going to the gym for the last 3 months, I got my strength back.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Jesus dood, 64lbs in 2.5 months? That can't be healthy.......do you have stretch marks?

Oh yea - how many calories are you eating a day now? I remember you're trying to get into the single digits for bf%.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Jesus dood, 64lbs in 2.5 months? That can't be healthy.......do you have stretch marks?

Oh yea - how many calories are you eating a day now? I remember you're trying to get into the single digits for bf%.

i have some tiny stretch marks on my stomach, but i am a hairy dude, so you can't see them unless you are in bed with me trying to lick my belly button

when i lost all that weight, i ate around 3500 calories, but i was doing 2 hours of cardio a day. burning around 2000 of it ...

now i have gained back my muscle, i don't want to do too much cardio, so i keep it to 1 hour, 4-5 days a week. i lilft 4 times a week as well, all different body parts and i eat around 2500-3000 calories a day.

 

[Klixxer]

The ONLY way to loose weight and keep it off is to change your eating habits and possibly your lifestyle too, if you don't you will just fvck up your metabolism and gain more than you lost every time you try.