Fitness/weight loss
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all depends on how much you "have to lose." the more fat you have, the easier it will come off.
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There are many factors that can contribute, as galaxy said, the more weight there is the easier it is, what you're doing to lose the weight (excersising or just dieting, and including the details of what excersize and diets), your calorie intakes.. etc.. if you gave more info the more accurate an answer could be. The average healthy weight to lose a week is between 1 - 2 lbs so in sixth months following a basic weight loss program healthily losing the weight after six months you could expect between 30 - 60 lbs, but it also depends on whether you're doing muscle training too, because you might lose fat but stay the same weight due to muscle. If you have any more details I'd be happy to research for you but that's all I got.
tl;dr 30 - 60 lbs depending on what you do.
tl;dr 30 - 60 lbs depending on what you do.
Depends how you diet. Realistically anyone can starve themselves and lose a lot of weight but that is unhealthy obviously. Just eat as few calories as possible while getting your required nutrition.
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You would lose weight by starving yourself but there would be a point where you would have to continue eating and you'd inevitably put the weight back on if not more, also the whole it'll make you ill thing, so I wouldn't recommend that. Just research calorie intakes and how much you need personally to find out what sort of a deficit you should eat at.
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Could easily lose 10 pounds a month, so about 60 pounds.
can't "easily" lose 10lb a month, with diet and good exercise 3-5 times a week, maybe.
I've been on a weight loss journey since i quit RS and have dropped around 25-30lb since july, losing 1-2lb/week, with exercise(sometimes p90x) and 1000-1500 cals/day
Bare in mind that 1lb of fat equates to 3500 calories, you have to burn 3500 calories to lose 1lb of fat. so if you deficit your calories by 500/day you'll lose 1lb a week, 1000/day and 2lb a week, 1250 cals a day for 2.5lb/week or 10lb a month would be pretty tough.
I've been on a weight loss journey since i quit RS and have dropped around 25-30lb since july, losing 1-2lb/week, with exercise(sometimes p90x) and 1000-1500 cals/day
Bare in mind that 1lb of fat equates to 3500 calories, you have to burn 3500 calories to lose 1lb of fat. so if you deficit your calories by 500/day you'll lose 1lb a week, 1000/day and 2lb a week, 1250 cals a day for 2.5lb/week or 10lb a month would be pretty tough.
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10 is easy if you're not looking to gain any muscle. I've personally lost a bit on my waist but I put on a couple pounds from muscles gained. But 10 could be hard depending on how much fat you have left, you can only lose so much weight. Congrats on that weight loss, 25lbs is impressive.
My friend was on the same boat as you OP, he was also preparing for a wedding. He thought that losing more weight would mean he could fit into his wedding attire. Don't base your shape on purely your weight like he did. He ended up fine even though he didn't reach his goal, he just didn't account for the muscle he was getting. Do cardio and take up a hobby that will make you sweat. Your weight loss will depend on how fat you are and how much muscle you will put on. Your shape shouldn't, but can, purely depend on how much weight you will have to lose.
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You should also take into account your gender and your height because that affects your BMR (Your metabolism). If you use a BMR calculator to find out how many calories you're meant to take a day then subtract 500 for 1lb a week or 1000 for 2lb a week (Obviously make sure you are getting enough calories to survive and be healthy)
Just make sure you're on a caloric deficit and you will lose weight. My advice is to keep track of how many calories you are eating. If you want to lose 1lb/week, I'd say eat 500 calories less than the maintenance for your height and weight.
Obviously you could do more, eating 1000 calories or 1500 below your maintenance will = more lost weight. Add cardio into that and you'll lose even more. Goodluck