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Realistic monthly weight loss goal?
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:05 am
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:05 am
8 lbs? Not trying to do a crash diet, just eating healthier and working out. I am currently limited to my only exercise being swimming due to injury.
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Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:12 am to thadcastle
Depends how overweight someone is honestly. If you are extremely heavy it will shed off faster. If you are at a reasonable weight 1lb/week is considered a healthy way to do it.
You can lose as much as you want though you can just stop eating all together! Joking, of course, but losing 1lb/wk is considered healthy and not too taxing/extreme. You can lose more than that by just eating less, but it won't be very fun.
You can lose as much as you want though you can just stop eating all together! Joking, of course, but losing 1lb/wk is considered healthy and not too taxing/extreme. You can lose more than that by just eating less, but it won't be very fun.
This post was edited on 3/4/21 at 9:13 am
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:13 am to thadcastle
If I lost 8 lbs this month I'd have to not eat. If a 350 lb'er lost 8 lbs this month it'd be easy. More context is needed
Posted on 3/4/21 at 11:52 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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If I lost 8 lbs this month I'd have to not eat. If a 350 lb'er lost 8 lbs this month it'd be easy. More context is needed
exactly. It depends on what BF% you are at.
In general for those that are in the BMI severe overweight to obese catagories the following would be realistic goals
month 1- 10-15lbs
month 2- 6-8
month 3- 5-6
from there 2-4.
I recommend taking a diet break every 8-12 weeks unless you are way obese.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 1:18 pm to thadcastle
in 2018 when it finally hit me that I was getting overweight in a bad way, I was 6'1 230. Committed to it, ran and worked out 5+ times a week. Ate clean and didn't drink. I dropped 20lbs in February. I kept that off. By September I was down to 195lbs.
It's all diet
It's all diet
Posted on 3/4/21 at 1:37 pm to thadcastle
I did weight watchers and lost 49 pounds in 7 months so 7 per month.
Some months were more and some less.
4 months later I am at my goal weight by continuing with it.
For those who don’t know WW is a fad diet where you eat less and better and exercise more.
Edit: BMI is a bullshite measuring process. Unless you are a 20 something Belgian soldier in the 1800s. Seems there was some statistical (not medical) relevance for those guys.
Some months were more and some less.
4 months later I am at my goal weight by continuing with it.
For those who don’t know WW is a fad diet where you eat less and better and exercise more.
Edit: BMI is a bullshite measuring process. Unless you are a 20 something Belgian soldier in the 1800s. Seems there was some statistical (not medical) relevance for those guys.
This post was edited on 3/4/21 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 3/4/21 at 1:46 pm to Tigertown in ATL
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BMI is a bullshite measuring process. Unless you are a 20 something Belgian soldier in the 1800s. Seems there was some statistical (not medical) relevance for those guys.
explain? and if you say it wants you to loook like a twig...no it wants you to be a healthy weight and essentially below 20% bodyfat.
BMI is a great way to measure groups of people and is pretty accurate for 95% of the population
before you come and say yea well I know it says an NFL player or body builders are obese, you need to realize less than 10% of americans do any form of resistance training. About half of that(being very lenient on this) do any serious form of training to even come close to building enough muscle for the bmi to be off.
before you come with whole I would look like a twig comment, go look up a soccer or tennis player that is your height and the weight bmi tells you to be and let me know if that person is "skeletor"
Posted on 3/4/21 at 1:48 pm to Tigertown in ATL
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BMI is a bullshite measuring process. Unless you are a 20 something Belgian soldier in the 1800s. Seems there was some statistical (not medical) relevance for those guys.
You're right, America doesn't have an obesity epidemic, BMI is just bullshite
Posted on 3/4/21 at 1:59 pm to lsu777
According to BMI, at 5’10” I could be as low as 129 and be in the healthy. Range.
Above 173 and I’d be overweight.
How many 5’10” soccer players do you know that weight 129?
There’s nothing wrong with using a body mass index to track health and obesity.
Just quit using a method developed 200 years ago by measuring 20 year old Belgian soldiers.
According to BMI I’m guessing a lot of you are fatasses.
I of course was a fatass at 208.
Above 173 and I’d be overweight.
How many 5’10” soccer players do you know that weight 129?
There’s nothing wrong with using a body mass index to track health and obesity.
Just quit using a method developed 200 years ago by measuring 20 year old Belgian soldiers.
According to BMI I’m guessing a lot of you are fatasses.
I of course was a fatass at 208.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 2:06 pm to Tigertown in ATL
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According to BMI, at 5’10” I could be as low as 129 and be in the healthy. Range.
That's the very bottom range anything lower is dangerous, it's not advocating weighing 130.
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How many 5’10” soccer players do you know that weight 129?
5'10 150 and he's nowhere near famished.
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There’s nothing wrong with using a body mass index to track health and obesity.
Correct
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Just quit using a method developed 200 years ago by measuring 20 year old Belgian soldiers.
Why? It's still accurate and almost every time
Posted on 3/4/21 at 2:14 pm to thadcastle
Very reasonable goal in my opinion. Unless you are already pretty lean. If you are 20 or 30 pounds over weight, I don't see a problem losing 8 lbs in four weeks if you are eating properly, and exercising consistantly.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 2:23 pm to Tigertown in ATL
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Edit: BMI is a bullshite measuring process. Unless you are a 20 something Belgian soldier in the 1800s. Seems there was some statistical (not medical) relevance for those guys.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 3:04 pm to Tigertown in ATL
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How many 5’10” soccer players do you know that weight 129?
Nobody is saying you need to be at the very bottom of the range.
And sure 173 to 180 isn't overweight in a lot of people that lift. But please remember less than 10% of the population lifts at all and prolly less than half seriously train.
But let's take your comments at face value, would you consider Jason statham as too skinny? Because he is 5'10 170.
You wouldnt, what about Brad Pitt I'm fight club? He is 5'11 165ish in it
When we talk about fat acceptance, this is what we are talking about. It's not the whale model on the cover of a magazine, it's normal guy that's is 25-30 lbs overweight who thinks he is normal because he lifted weights in high school 10+ years ago.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 4:15 pm to lsu777
I’m the one saying that BMI is not a realistic barometer for everyone.
Your pics make that point. Those guys are not overweight. Nor is your soccer player underweight.
There’s lots of guys 5’10” and 210 that are not overweight.
When I was that weight I was a fat arse. And if someone is using BMI to measure where RJ they are they may be or they may not be.
Heck I don’t care what someone uses. You can tell yourself if you are fat without that index.
Your pics make that point. Those guys are not overweight. Nor is your soccer player underweight.
There’s lots of guys 5’10” and 210 that are not overweight.
When I was that weight I was a fat arse. And if someone is using BMI to measure where RJ they are they may be or they may not be.
Heck I don’t care what someone uses. You can tell yourself if you are fat without that index.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 4:57 pm to Tigertown in ATL
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There’s lots of guys 5’10” and 210 that are not overweigh
bullshite there are. If you are not juice or a pro athlete, you are fat at that height and weight.
Pretty much your absolute max fat free mass at that height is around 170 lbs give or take a lbs or two. That is based off perfect genetics pretty much. So at 210 they would be 23.5% bodyfat which is overweight no matter what they look like. Consider maybe 1-2% max kf the population can truly max their genetic potential and hit those goals....well that is a rare individual to be that height snd weight and be under 25% bodyfat.
That's exactly what we are talking about when we talk about fat acceptance.
This post was edited on 3/4/21 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 3/4/21 at 5:16 pm to Tigertown in ATL
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I’m the one saying that BMI is not a realistic barometer for everyone.
Everyone, no. Everyone that doesn't get paid to be in shape, pretty much always yes.
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There’s lots of guys 5’10” and 210 that are not overweight.
No there's not, not even 1% of guys that fall into this category wouldn't be overweight
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You can tell yourself if you are fat without that index.
Go to the OT and you will find this is absolutely false
Posted on 3/6/21 at 8:19 pm to lsu777
I can’t even tell what you are talking about.
You are the one bringing pro athletes and these super fit people into the mix. In actual fact I think we are saying many of the same things.
Yes, the normal guy that is 5 10 and 208 is a fat arse.
But if I am 175 I’m not overweight despite what BMI says.
At 160, which is where I am now I’m fine. As I run, bike, swim and lift I could be 175 and look and be in great shape. But BMI would put me overweight.
If I was at 140 I’d look like a refugee. And would be 11 pounds above the underweight range.
You are the one bringing pro athletes and these super fit people into the mix. In actual fact I think we are saying many of the same things.
Yes, the normal guy that is 5 10 and 208 is a fat arse.
But if I am 175 I’m not overweight despite what BMI says.
At 160, which is where I am now I’m fine. As I run, bike, swim and lift I could be 175 and look and be in great shape. But BMI would put me overweight.
If I was at 140 I’d look like a refugee. And would be 11 pounds above the underweight range.
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