# How Much Weight Are You Going To Lose By Thanksgiving? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299 "2015-09-07T22:42:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/61 "2015-11-20T02:35:49Z")
**jz78817** This is the second note I’ve given you about using a rude tone and being borderline insulting. Find a way to post in an appropriate way or you will be warned. > [@jz78817](#): > > I don’t know or care. at my highest I was 225. I got down to 150 and I was still a flabby piece of shit. > > don’t turn this into a competition. it’ll just end badly. bragging about how much weight you lost is just a sociopathic way to make other people feel like shit about themselves. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/62 "2015-11-20T03:02:45Z")
**Chefguy** Cool it, too. Take it to the Pit if you need to respond in kind. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Then why are you here, shitting in a thread that you think is garbage? Did you read the thread title or the OP? Go shit somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/63 "2015-11-20T03:14:21Z")
I seem to have lost 15 pounds in about a month, partially due to being too sick to eat more than soup for a week. ---
**Author:** ![EvelynSalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@EvelynSalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvelynSalt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/64 "2015-11-21T15:09:00Z")
I want to lose another 3lbs by my weigh-in on Wednesday. I quit drinking but that is it. It’s been almost two weeks, and in ten days I lost 3lbs. I need to step up with exercise and watching my calorie intake. I have been eating pretty healthy, but lazy and snacking. I am someone who needs to see results or I get discouraged. I need to start moving! ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/65 "2015-11-26T12:44:43Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > I’m down 7 since this thread was started, and down 16 since August 3. 13 more to go, more than halfway there! What a difference a week makes. I am down 14 with six to go. Of course the last four days have been nothing but a shit show, I do not recommend this as a weightloss regimen. At all. Happy thanksgiving! ---
**Author:** ![Clothilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Clothilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothilde)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/66 "2015-11-26T16:33:16Z")
I’m only down about a pound, not the 15 I’d hoped for, DANGED hashi’s! I’m going to stick with what I’ve been doing, though, and keep tracking what I eat. Congrats to all the big losers! Y’all’ve done very well! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/67 "2015-11-26T16:56:40Z")
I’m away from my scale, but before I left town, I was down two pounds more than my goal, so I’m off the diet today! Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/68 "2015-11-26T18:42:19Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Got my 15 lbs! If I could lose 2 more in the next 10 days I’d be at 233. Then 8 over the next six weeks until New Years (probably over optimistic, I know) would put me at my college weight of 225. > > Maybe 5-7 more after that and it’s maintenance mode! I actually gained two pounds (well, 1.6) in the last 10 days. Today is a free-for-all, then back on the wagon. Christmas isn’t nearly the gluttonous gorgefest Thanksgiving is at my house, but New Year’s Day tends to be a salty, fatty, snack filled day. Then it’s nose to the grindstone until at least my birthday in March. I’ve lost the easy weight. Now it gets hard. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/69 "2016-01-23T00:35:03Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I’ve dropped 20 lbs since July 4th and hope to drop at least another 15 by Turkey Day and not screw up my life style change with the holidays. So far so good. > > Before I started this I was at my heaviest weight ever. I would like to eventually see the south side of 200 again but that is a far off goal at this point. OK, many months later but I have now lost 30 lbs. I made it through the holiday season without gaining weight and actually lost a few pounds. So the life change is working but far slower than I hoped of course. I have been pretty careful on my intake of food and I keep trying to be active and bring up my activity level. I have to say 30 less pounds is good for my knees at very least. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/70 "2016-01-23T03:11:54Z")
Things didn’t go so well during the holidays, which can be expected, but I still only gained back three pounds. It’s really tough getting back on the program, so I’m plateaued at my present weight. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/71 "2016-01-25T13:51:35Z")
May I suggest updates fit better in this ongoing thread? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=779816](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=779816) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299/72 "2016-04-26T21:23:34Z")
As of today, I am down 45 lbs. I’m switching to a far cheaper Blood Pressure med that works out to a lower dose and all my numbers look good. Cholesterol was down to 185! Cutting back on Vitamin D to every other day. The life style change is working, as I am bad at exercise but good at throwing myself into projects like cleaning and fixing things up, I’m doing better and my house and yard has had some deep cleaning. Recent examples are my back patio is gleaming again after a really major bleach scrubbing job I did Friday and Saturday. Trees are trimmed, house and garage are de-cluttering and reorganized. I do ensure I get some walking in, even if it meant going to a store as the weather was crappy. I am mainly relying on sensible portion control and increased activity. I am also staying away from ice-cream and deserts and a certain all you can eat rib place which is awesome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-are-you-going-to-lose-by-thanksgiving/730299.md?page=3)