How many pounds can you lose a week with a high-protein diet?

June 28th, 2006 | by Jared |
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Aritza H asked:


Today is my first day trying a low fat/high-protein diet to lose 30pounds. I am 45 years old and consider myself obese. My weight is 154lbs and I am 62.5 inches tall. Any suggestions about this weight loss?
If you are also considering this weight loss program, i would like to hear from you for support. Thank you!

  1. 7 Responses to “How many pounds can you lose a week with a high-protein diet?”

  2. By Just Me on Jun 29, 2006 | Reply

    55-98 pounds per week.

  3. By prajwal on Jun 29, 2006 | Reply

    2 to 3. if you eat chapathis??????????

  4. By Brittney on Jun 30, 2006 | Reply

    If your on a diet its best to lose a little at a time. Too much what loss can cause serious issues in your health.

  5. By razor_cuts_4_me on Jun 30, 2006 | Reply

    Obese means 100 pounds or more overweight - you are probably barely 20 pounds overweight - what are you thinking!?!?

    So um, my suggestion is to just modify your diet slightly - eat less of the unhealthy foods and more fruit/veg. Drink your 64 ounces of water or more a day. And incorporate some physical activity (or some more) into your life.

  6. By frogand3taddies on Jul 4, 2006 | Reply

    I am not sure. I am on day 2. So, we’ll have to see. Make sure you enlist the help/support of people around you. So, when you have weak moments you can distract yourself. I have read initially you’ll loose quite a bit (30 lbs) in the first month or so. It’s maintaining after that period. Be sure to take a multivitamin as well to keep those vitamins and minerals up to par. I’d love to swap recipe ides if anyone has them. Good luck.

  7. By Roadkill on Jul 6, 2006 | Reply

    Here’s how it worked for me. I started the Atkins diet 3 years ago and weighed 274 lbs at 5′ 10″ tall. I ate no carbs but all the fat and protein I wanted for the first two weeks and lost about 12 lbs. After that I ate nuts and left the buns on my cheese burgers but didn’t touch potatoes. I lost about 20 lbs in the first month.

    By the end of the first year I had lost about 70 lbs. I’ve continued on the diet for the last two years. One day a week I eat what ever I want. The rest of the time except for holidays I stay away from carbs, (sugar, starch etc.).

    Today I still weigh 204 lbs but I’ve stopped binging on the weekends and intend to lose an additional 10 lbs or so.

    Low carb diets work and low fat diets work. My experience is that you can eat fat or you can eat carbs but you can’t have both.

  8. By Jennifer Anne on Jul 9, 2006 | Reply

    You can actually lose up to 1 or 2 pounds a week… however that is on the high end… Usually people lose 1/2 pound a week… the amount you lose depends on more than just your diet… it depends on how overweight you are too.

    The secret to being successful is to NOT supplement your diet–do not add in carbs to make up those fats–also, make sure that your high protein diet includes PLENTY of veggies, esp green leafy ones…

    WHAT TO EAT WHEN:
    Stick to proteins (nuts, jerkys, eggs, etc) in the AM & at lunch
    ~~this will kick start your metabolism & provide you long lasting energy all day

    If possible–make LUNCH your “big” meal of the day…. and make it low on simple carbs (white bread, rice, pastas, etc)

    Make dinner a small “lunch sized” portion… this is where you can eat your carbs… just dont go crazy…. since you are eating less carbs, when you do eat them your body may go into the “soar/crash” mode… if you limit carbs to evening, then you will “crash” when you should be going to bed…

    SNACKS: are important. Keep fresh fruits, bite sized fresh veggies, roasted nuts, & beef/meat jerkies around… at home AND at work…

    IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT DIETING:
    EXCERSIZE is important too. (My Dr would KILL me if I didnt mention that…)

    Eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, & snacks–eating small amounts all day is actually MORE effective for dieting

    DO NOT reduce your intake to below 1000-1200 calories a day without talking to your doctor

    DRINK PLENTY of fluids–especially water–

    SET GOALS: set goals in terms of weight loss & size loss–and live by them!

    Fat is larger, but weighs less, than looser… DONT PANIC

    Do NOT weigh in too often–studies have found that people who weigh in more often lose less weight & are more likely to do unhealthy things to lose weight–

    I personally alternate between weighing in and measuring… before I started dieting I wrapped pieces of curling ribbon around my waste, hips, upper arm, & theigh and cut them to length. Now I weigh in once a month and measure once a month… When I weigh in I CHART/RECORD my progress (in terms of LOSS… not how much is left to go.) Every time I measure I wrap new pieces or ribbon (different colors). I then hang the original ribbons with the new ribbons… those are REALLY good visual indicators of what your weight loss MEANS…

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