39 DAYS...help me with this challenge

[WannaBeCutGirl]

So Ive been training for three weeks now and its time to step it up. I have quite the reward waiting for me if I can do it [besides looking better]. I know its crazy but is it possible to lose 25lbs in just five and a half weeks? I dont wanna use some silly fad diet but I need all the help I can get! Im currently 5'7 & 165lbs. Training 3x plus HIIT cardio. This week Im gonna bring it upto 5 days.

[Justin2009]

Don't eat.

[WannaBeCutGirl]

Originally Posted by Justin2009

Don't eat.

Awesome response, guy.

:/

[th3pwn3r]

Originally Posted by WannaBeCutGirl

So Ive been training for three weeks now and its time to step it up. I have quite the reward waiting for me if I can do it [besides looking better]. I know its crazy but is it possible to lose 25lbs in just five and a half weeks? I dont wanna use some silly fad diet but I need all the help I can get! Im currently 5'7 & 165lbs. Training 3x plus HIIT cardio. This week Im gonna bring it upto 5 days.

Losing 25 pounds of FAT is not going to happen in 5 weeks. Maybe if you completely starve yourself. I highly doubt you could pull it off even if you purged all of your water weight and dehydrated yourself. I'm very against you or anyone losing 25 pounds in 5 weeks. It's not healthy and you'll probably get sick. Do yourself a favor and forget about losing 25 pounds in 5 weeks, you'll stay out of the hospital that way. You got fat over time so get lean over time.

Also, your signature is a sign of a HUGE lack of self confidence.

"~ If you think you matter, you're giving yourself too much credit ~ " -What a trip.

[TechLady]

Velocity Diet


extreme, but it works.

[SFLUFAN]

Is it POSSIBLE for you to do it? Might be.
SHOULD you do it? HELL NO!

Sorry, this is something you should not even attempt. Furthermore, there is no way you could do HIIT five times a week. If you could, then you're not really doing HIIT.

[lyrics312]

Originally Posted by WannaBeCutGirl

So Ive been training for three weeks now and its time to step it up. I have quite the reward waiting for me if I can do it [besides looking better]. I know its crazy but is it possible to lose 25lbs in just five and a half weeks? I dont wanna use some silly fad diet but I need all the help I can get! Im currently 5'7 & 165lbs. Training 3x plus HIIT cardio. This week Im gonna bring it upto 5 days.

Technically it's possible because they do it on Biggest Loser.

You'll need to eat a very clean diet and work out 6-8 hours a day though. Basically, if you really want to lose that much in such a short time you'll need to approach it like a full time job and work on it 8 hours a day

[WannaBeCutGirl]

Originally Posted by th3pwn3r

Losing 25 pounds of FAT is not going to happen in 5 weeks. Maybe if you completely starve yourself. I highly doubt you could pull it off even if you purged all of your water weight and dehydrated yourself. I'm very against you or anyone losing 25 pounds in 5 weeks. It's not healthy and you'll probably get sick. Do yourself a favor and forget about losing 25 pounds in 5 weeks, you'll stay out of the hospital that way. You got fat over time so get lean over time.

Also, your signature is a sign of a HUGE lack of self confidence.

"~ If you think you matter, you're giving yourself too much credit ~ " -What a trip.

That sig is meant for the retards that think their opinion matters to me



Back to topic... I realize its a stretch but at the same time, Id like to really train/diet intensely to get as close to my goal as possible. In three weeks, I lost 5-7lbs and a dress size. I wanna keep it up as best as I can.

Im only doing HIIT for 30mins a day. Why wouldnt I be able to do it 5?

[SFLUFAN]

You lost 5 to 7 lbs over the course of three weeks, that's about 2 lbs per week which is the "healthy" level of weight loss. What you are asking to do is lose 25 lbs over 5 weeks which is 5 lbs per week -- that is an unhealthy level of weight loss.

You will not only lose fat, but you will also lose muscle as well.

As for your HIIT question, if you are able to do HIIT for 30 minutes, then I can honestly say that you probably are not doing HIIT. HIIT should be of such an intensity that your maximum should be 20 minutes. You should be completely spent at the end of HIIT with your legs screaming bloody murder.

Even well-trained athletes do not do HIIT five times a week because it is so physically draining.

[WannaBeCutGirl]

Originally Posted by SFLUFAN

You lost 5 to 7 lbs over the course of three weeks, that's about 2 lbs per week which is the "healthy" level of weight loss. What you are asking to do is lose 25 lbs over 5 weeks which is 5 lbs per week -- that is an unhealthy level of weight loss.

You will not only lose fat, but you will also lose muscle as well.

As for your HIIT question, if you are able to do HIIT for 30 minutes, then I can honestly say that you probably are not doing HIIT. HIIT should be of such an intensity that your maximum should be 20 minutes. You should be completely spent at the end of HIIT with your legs screaming bloody murder.

Even well-trained athletes do not do HIIT five times a week because it is so physically draining.

Hmm... Ill do a search on HIIT...

Like I said... I could use a fad diet and/or starve myself but that doesnt make much sense to me. I just want to maximize the next few weeks in the best way possible.

[th3pwn3r]

Originally Posted by WannaBeCutGirl

That sig is meant for the retards that think their opinion matters to me



Back to topic... I realize its a stretch but at the same time, Id like to really train/diet intensely to get as close to my goal as possible. In three weeks, I lost 5-7lbs and a dress size. I wanna keep it up as best as I can.

Im only doing HIIT for 30mins a day. Why wouldnt I be able to do it 5?

Well, you probably shouldn't ask opinions from people then. Anyhow, the best way you can go about it is losing 1-2 pounds of fat a week. Losing more than that could be a loss of lean body mass which is terrible for a long term body composition.

Originally Posted by WannaBeCutGirl

Hmm... Ill do a search on HIIT...

Like I said... I could use a fad diet and/or starve myself but that doesnt make much sense to me. I just want to maximize the next few weeks in the best way possible.

Best way possible is 1-2 pounds of fat loss, there's no other recommendation that is better.

[FloridaGator]

Losing more than 2-3lbs of weight a week is a fad diet.

You should really look at what HIIT actually is because if you are truly doing it 3 days a week right now and you want to up it to 5 days a week ... well ... you are not doing HIIT (in my opinion). HIIT isn't the end all be all ... it is a training technique to increase your VO2 max which has the side benefit of kicking your metab in for a day or so.

[iDrive]

Putting your stats into a calc I got:

Your BMR is roughly 1565cals/day
Multiplied by 1.55 for the HIIT 3x per week
Your adjusted BMR is roughly 2400cals/day

Multiply that by 7(days per week) = 16800cals/week to maintain
Divided by 3500(calories in a lb) = 4.8lbs/week

So if you ate nothing all week and still had energy to do your HIIT you would lost ~4.8lbs per week (fat and muscle). This doesn't even take into consideration other factors such as your metabolism slowing down. So it seems that in 5 1/2 weeks you COULD lose 25lbs if you went on a water fast. It would not be healthy and you would most likely gain it all right back.

Or there's always the other popular option that I'm surprised nobody jumped on yet which is cut off a leg

[WannaBeCutGirl]

Lol. Ok, ok. I get it. It cant be done but Im still going to try to workout as hard as I can and eat really well.


BTW, I think I need both my legs to...uhhhh...accept my incentive