Time taken for weight loss?

Question

i always last a week on healthy eating and exercise regimes but no weight loss takes place, how long generally would it take?

Answer 1

One Week!!!!!!! Nobody achieves anything significant in a week, especially not weight loss.

For weight loss to be healthy and safe it needs to be gradual.  We all want to lose weight fast but when this occurs it usually means loss of water and/or muscle. This is not good. Our body needs water and we gain it back fairly rapidly (which in turn means weight gain).

More importantly we need muscle in order to burn fat.Muscle is a very active tissue, so burns fat even while resting. You need to have a certain amount of muscle in order to burn fat efficiently. Every pound of muscle you have will burn 50 extra calories per day.

Two pounds (or 1 kilogram) of weight loss a week is generally considered to be healthy weight loss.

So by that scenario it should take you about 10 weeks to lose 20 pounds (9-10 kgs). This is taking into account you are eating healthy and have the appropriate exercise regime.

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Good luck and all the best with your weight loss goals

Answer 2

for me personally it took 1 month to make a dent in my weight, and it seemed very minimal, 5 pounds or something like that

The way I am measuring my weight loss is by seasons, Because any less time seemed like nothing was happening.

For me from the beginning of January to the End of march it was only 15lbs, and for the summer so far it has been 21lbs and I expect fall to be even more than that.

But again personally it seems easier to look at a longer time span than a week.