Is losing 10kg/22pounds a month a good goal weight loss for obese people?

[JasonB127]

I was over 300 pounds at the start and I have been losing 10kg a month and what feels like a lifetime has been 2 months of dieting for me. When do you think this rate of weight loss will slow down for me? I am currently 120kg or 265 pounds. I have been eating at 1500 calories for 2 months currently and it feels great looking at the scale go down as well as looking slimmer.

[Tucane]

Great start on your weight loss!

That's lightning fast IMO and likely by all standards. Now you won't be able to maintain that kind of weightloss for a mulitude of reasons... but it's a good motivational kickstarter i guess. Pace yourself if needed when you lean out, by 'if needed' I mean if you don't stall naturally.

You didn't mention lifting, but I hope you are doing it for bodycomposition reasons aswell as health.

How much have you lost /week for the last two weeks?

[Revvorc]

I used to be 318lbs like 6 years ago.

It slows down at a relative pace, the lower you get, the more difficult it becomes. Like now I am 168lbs, and losing 1 pound requires some pretty hard work. It all boils down to your basal metabolic rate lowering as you lose weight, your maintenance calories at 200lbs will be considerably lower compared to your maintenance calories at 300lbs. Hope that makes sense.

I will say though, prepare for it slowing down and don't let it demotivate you when it happens. It is inevitable and there's no way around it. Weight loss is a marathon, and permanent lifestyle change for the better, not a sprint.

I would certainly recommend lifting also because loose skin hit me hard, and lifting certainly helps with that.

[MikeWrightMPS]

I was over 300 pounds at the start and I have been losing 10kg a month and what feels like a lifetime has been 2 months of dieting for me. When do you think this rate of weight loss will slow down for me? I am currently 120kg or 265 pounds. I have been eating at 1500 calories for 2 months currently and it feels great looking at the scale go down as well as looking slimmer.

Your weight loss is really good, I am just concerned that you should also think about your strength and be consistent at least you got under 100 then focus on building strength and getting the body right, anyhow Best Of Luck!

[JayCutlerDaGOAT]

You should aim for half of that as an obese person. You will be losing muscle along with fat at that rate. You should strength train to maintain muscle and eat a high protein diet at a 1000 calorie deficit.

[Tommy W.]

If your energy level is ok then what you're doing is fine. As you lean out your loss will slow. Just stay on course. You'll probably discover, if you haven't already, is that as you lose you have more energy automatically as there is just less mass to move around. Your enemy may be lose skin however.