Started a diet on Dec. 1st. Nothing too extravagant; basically trying to consume around 1,500 calories a day. I did this about 2 years ago with my boss. He was getting married and wanted to lose weight before the wedding. I ended up losing 30lbs in about 75 days. Not too bad IMO. Especially since I didn't increase my exercise time (or lack there of) at all.

Well since 2 years ago I made it all the way back up to 253lbs. Way heavier than I wanna be. I'm 6'3" so I don't look like a complete fat ass but I know 253lbs is a lot of weight and it'll be easier to lose now than later.

So here's my real question. I've lost 12 pounds in 12 days. 253 to 241 since 12/1/05. I realize most of that is 'water weight' but is that a healthy rate to lose weight initially for someone my height/weight?

I'm far from starving myself; definitely not walking around hungry, I'm just eating healthier foods and I try to eat 4 times a day. Should I be taking any once-a-day vitamins or anything like that?

My goal is to get down to where I was 2 years ago which is 210lbs.

Any tips, advice?

 

12 lbs in 12 days is unrealistic.

You have seen my tips already. My big tip is to wait until the holidays are over to start....

 

unrealistic meaning?

And as for the holidays, I'm allowing myself one day to 'cheat' so that'll be Christmas day.

 

thats normal to lose that much weight in the first week or 2, but after that don't expect to see so much weight loss so fast

took me so far 2-3 months, but i have went from 162 to 138, but i am eating mainly lean protein and veggies with cover some carbs. i also do cardio for 30 minutes 2-3 times a day, and i workout lightly 3-4 times a week

 

10 lbs a month is realistic.

 

Well I'm not planning on continuing to lose a pound a day but in order for me to slow down to 10 lbs a month I would need to really, really, really stall considering I only have 31 pounds left to lose.

That would mean there would be a week or two where I wouldn't lose any weight.

 

3 months to loose 30lbs is very good.

 

That'll work for me

 

congrats

 

That is almost all water weight, it happens to everyone. Don't worry about it unless you still lose this fast for the next week or two.

 

is that why you started losing weight in jan? cause right now thats my goal is to start getting back into my full routine come jan 1st (im still running and lifting weights right now but i have a bad diet), gawddamn holidays and the food

 

I started as a new years resolution. I would not want to start during the holiday season - there is bad crap everywhere I go

 

thats what i figured as well...

 

I would agree it all water weight. I have been eating healthy and working out for the last 2 months and lost 15lbs. I have been lifting heavier weights though so i figured that IF i didn't lift and only did cardio 4 times a week I might be up to 20lbs.

Don't get discouraged if your progress slows down....keep at it and you will get there.

 

The most important thing is PORTION size. You can eat anything you want just don't go crazy on how much you take in. I'm telling you that you wont be able to keep up a diet for long because its too much of a drastic change from your regular lifestyle. Unless you plan to completely change your eating habits, it wont happen. Your doing good with reducing caloric intake, stick with that just dont diet.

 

That's exactly what I'm doing. I'm not eating all uber healthy food. I'm just not eating as much as I used to. I've been doing this for nearly 2 weeks now and I think I've had pasta w/chicken 4 or 5 nights. A serving of pasta is over 200 calories alone but now that I know what a serving is I realize that a serving is enough. I'm eating more fruit too, especially bananas. They are very filling and usually around 100-150 calories (depending on size).

The only thing I've really cut back on is milk. I used to drink approximately 8 servings of milk a day! That's 880 calories right there. I've only had milk once or twice in 13 days. I don't really feel like I'm on a 'diet' because I'm definitely not starving myself.

 

wow, thats a lot of milk! Try to switch to skim milk if you haven't already, this way you can get your protein without all of the fat and cholesterol. your're on the right track, your going to be losing a lot of weight, especially if you team this up with a good weight training program.