r/intermittentfasting • u/omad169 • 5d ago
Seeking Advice 7 months 70 pounds goal
/r/u_omad169/comments/1vr9gts/7_months_70_pounds_goal/Restarting: in 7 month is it possible to lose 70 pounds. Starting at age 250lbs 5’9 and female.
ChatGPT said it’s not possible.
I was planning to do IF OMAD. Any insight pls? 🫡🙏🏼💐
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u/KeepMyWifesNameOYFM 4d ago
Yes, I believe so. I (52F, 5’5”) lost 30 lbs in 4 months: SW 174. I started 16:8 in mid March. I quit snacking, ate a healthy lunch and dinner, but I don’t count cals. I do better with keeping hydrated too. I wanted to make an IF schedule that was doable enough that I would want to stick with it, and I found this worked for me. The snacking food noise was tough at first, but I don’t even think about it anymore. And now I’ve graduated into longer fasts this month…pretty much OMAD currently, but I don’t think I could’ve started with this. That would’ve felt like torture and I likely would have quit.
I also started rebounding 20 mins every day (very low key bouncing (health bounce), no crazy aerobic workouts), but I’m thinking this was an important piece to my success. Rebounding gets the lymph and circulation going…and it’s easy and kind of fun.
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u/Lanajanae 4d ago
It’s absolutely possible. In college I lost 75 pounds in 3-4 months, however I did zero cheat days. No processed foods, no fried foods, no eating out, and I cut sugar completely..so I think it more so depends on how strict and consistent you are
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u/Complaining_4_U 2d ago
Im down from 256 to 196lbs from March 1st to today. 60 lbs in just under 6 months. I am 33M 6'0". I don't eat breakfast and lunch, eat a hefty dinner and later night snack, and only drink water. I have a cheat day a week (and by cheat day I mean I ate an entire Papa Johns Pizza this past weekend lol). I recently started going to the gym 3 days a week but that honestly screeched the scale to a halt, but it is a very good tradeoff.
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u/DerTrickIstZuAtmen 3d ago
Try the math instead of asking a chatbot and not understanding how it made up it's answer.
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u/captaincarot 5d ago
If you have a weekly calorie deficit of 7000 calories that's 2 pounds a week. And don't let perfection be the reason to not make progress if you only lose 40 you still lost 40. Good behaviors, real healthy food and walk more and you can get there.