ok, well i have a decent amount of experience in diet/ fitness, but the problem is, i kind of lose objective when it comes to myself. i havent weighed myself in YEARS, through flucuations, and hence i have no idea how much / how quick weight can go on and come off.



i want to ask you guys, those of you who have actual successfull experience, is it possible to SAFELY lose 20 pounds in 12 weeks?? through diet and exercise? im willing to dedicate lets say 1.5 hours to working out 4 or 5 times a week and work on a reasonable calorie level, kind of low for a bit if need be lets say like 1200. i dont want to do ANYTHING extreme or crash diet - like though. is this reasonable for someone willing to work hard?? you dont need to be wishy washy with me, if somethign feels extreme or unreasonable i'll stop doing it, but i want honesty and some striaght up adivce that you know works/ doesnt work.

after the holidays, and drawn out illness, plus some extra i was packing to start with, i need to lose about 20 pounds, eye balling it.


if it helps in your advice i'm b/w 5'1" and 5'2" and spprox 125 now. i need to be back to about 105 where i was. since i'm kind of petite i think maybe i can't burn it off as fast... what do you think?



and if you're gonna warn me that being candid like this on KR is a huge mistake... yeah i know, im risking it with this prior knowledge in mind

yes. I lost 22 pounds in about 3 months. I don't think it's unhealthy but everything depends of your body and your metabolism and everything. I didn't have to do anything for it. I gained about 18 pounds by living in America and when I moved back I just started losing all my America weight + a bunch of extra pounds.

I have a pretty fast metabolism so it wasn't really a problem for me + I have absolutely no appetite since I got back, but if you eat small/moderate portions of healthy food + work out it should work.

but remember that it's almost impossible to change your genetic body shape! so don't go overboard with the weight loss.

oh. and to give you an idea of my body type: I'm 1m74 (that's like 5ft7 I think?) And I now weigh 121 pounds.
I'm not really sure whether the fact you're pretty petite would make you lose the weight faster... again. every body is different....

good luck!

They say any where from 1 to 2 pounds a week is safe, but I think it also depends on how you go about it.

Good luck!

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congrats on that sara! i'm glad to hear it

thanks for the advice to both of you. i think im gonna go for it, starting monday

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