# How quickly could you lose 150 pounds **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 13, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839 "2011-11-13T22:31:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/21 "2011-11-14T23:02:31Z")
I lost about 60 lbs in 6 months so I think I could sustain that for 15 months, perhaps a bit faster. The exercise would be a problem since that was a big component of my weight loss. But the first 30 lbs came off quite quickly, so with so much extra perhaps the first 60 would come of quickly. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/22 "2011-11-14T23:09:48Z")
How much does a head weigh? If it’s in the vicinity of 5-8 pounds, beheading me would be a quick way for me to lose 150 pounds, assuming “I” counted as the head, not the rest of the body. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/23 "2011-11-15T00:56:40Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Yes it would EVENTUALLY, but unfortunately, you are in a race with an unknown person. The first person to lose the weight wins the $100,000 Apropos of nothing, I just got your user name! ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/24 "2011-11-15T01:12:38Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Apropos of nothing, I just got your user name! 😕😕😕It’s just my surname backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/25 "2011-11-15T07:54:07Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Would the surgery help someone who already has good eating habits? If they ate healthily, but too much, yes. That was my problem. ---
**Author:** ![Deflagration](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/26 "2011-11-15T09:18:39Z")
> [@Jaxnative1210](#): > > i would try divorce… I concur… I did 100lbs in less than 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/27 "2011-11-15T11:30:18Z")
If I lost 150lbs, I’d be… 10lbs. Somehow I don’t think I can lose 150lbs given any amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/28 "2011-11-15T12:36:01Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > If I lost 150lbs, I’d be… 10lbs. > > Somehow I don’t think I can lose 150lbs given any amount of time. But for the purposes of the OP you wake up tomorrow weighing 310. Now how long for you to lose the 150? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/29 "2011-11-15T14:55:14Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Surgery is out, sorry, and even if it was, who would loose a limb for just 100,000 dollars A limb no, but given that I’ve spent over a week on water and not lost a kilo (out of over 4 weeks with gastrenteritis), I don’t know whether I’d be able to lose anything without lipo. I can lose sizes by watching my food and exercising, but the weight stays. Since surgery is not acceptable, I’d go for the lipo and find out whether there’s a way to sue this sonabitch for 100K, his pants, his left nut, right kidney and half the liver… ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/30 "2011-11-15T16:58:25Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > But for the purposes of the OP you wake up tomorrow weighing 310. Now how long for you to lose the 150? Couple of pounds a week, realistically. So 18 months or so. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/31 "2011-11-15T17:13:16Z")
I lost 135 in 5 months by going from whatever the hell I wanted when I wanted to 2000 calories, 185 carbs a day. That was rarely exercising at all. So 150 would be easy in less time if I started any kind of exercising and cut my calories and carbs back even more. 1200/130 to stay on the healthy side, 900/99 if I wasn’t worried about healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Snow\_Pea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/32 "2011-11-15T18:24:10Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > … lots of trips to the **sauna, diuretics, etc. to shed water weight** and you could have it off in a couple of months, tops. 😕 What does becoming dehydrated have to do with fat loss? ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839/33 "2011-11-16T21:17:04Z")
> [@Snow\_Pea](#): > > 😕 > > What does becoming dehydrated have to do with fat loss? Yeah, losing water weight will only help you with the final 10lb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-you-lose-150-pounds/602839.md?page=1)