can you lose this much weight?

Question

Hi. Dont tell me this is bad because i am not doing it. its for a paper in my health calss...

ok: if some one was 15 weighed 165 lbs and was 5ft 7in ...
if they only ate 1,200 cals a week & they excerceised every calorie they ate off each day.. how much weight would they lose in a month?? would they be considered anorexic if they only ate this much?
would they be able to weigh only 115 lbs by july if it is march now? or how long would it take them to be 115 lbs? how many months?

Answer 1

I'll say the same kinds of things I say in a non-academic context.

Everyone seems to have an insane idea that everyone of x age and y height is supposed to weigh exactly the same.

This is absurd. People have different builds and different amounts of muscle, thus, there are different ranges of healthy weights -- not one magic number.

Breast size, butt size vary -- this isn't about being too fat, it's just that different women have differently-sized breasts and butts; and width of their pelvic bones, hence width of hips varies a LOT.

A broad-shouldered person just has more mass, therefore, more weight, than one with a tiny frame.

People are not all identical to each other.

(Also, female's weights bounce around a bit during the course of their cycles, which is about water, not fat, and can't be avoided.)

Uh, do you mean 1,200 cals a WEEK, or a DAY? Cause 1,200 calories a week could kill you real quick. That much a day would at least be in the ballpark.

It also depends on metabolism and level of activity. If you do a lot physically, you need more calories than if you're a couch-potato. Marathon runners really burn it up.

115 is way too little for someone of that height -- the only way to get there would be to starve (I mean in a really unhealthy way) or to cut off a leg or two.

Someone that tall simply shouldn't weigh that little, even if they have a slender build and no muscles, no breasts to speak of, nor butt, nor hips.

A voluptuous girl of that height should weigh much more, without being over-weight.

What I'm saying is, you're looking at weight the wrong way. Too many things go into what makes for a healthy weight -- it's not just number-crunching.

Answer 2

Hey! I healthy time frame to lose the 50 lbs you want is about 25 weeks (meaning about 6 months)... BUT at 5'7" a healthier weight for you would be around 130 (I'm the same height and this is when I look my best!).. to get to this weight losing 2 pounds a week would be 4 months! So this is totally attainable by July if you work at it hard!

Good luck :)

Answer 3

lol 1200 a week, you are insanity, you should've died right after the week, if you means 1200 a day, it's still little for a person, you probably lose about 40 lbs in 4 weeks, included exercise, but it's not healthy at all......

Answer 4

foods with healthy fats such as olives salmon and walnuts help you feel satisfied

Answer 5

chew thoroughly chewing each bite 30 times before swallowing

Answer 6

eat soup

Answer 7

if you re cooking food in the microwave chances are you re eating unhealthy packaged foods if you must microwave consider soy chicken patties veggie burgers or steamer vegetables and brown rice

Answer 8

give your protein extra low calorie flavor by adding a salsa or chutney instead of a gooey cream sauce

Answer 9

1200 calories a week is about 171 calories a day, which would put you in a hospital.

Answer 10

a handful of unsalted pumpkin seeds make for a healthy mid day snack theyre rich in magnesium which helps lower blood pressure