Lose 10 kilos in 2 weeks, in 3 weeks, in 1 month or in 2 months? What is most realistic and sustainable? A nutritionist gives us a concrete assessment of the time it really takes to lose 10 kilos sustainably.
If losing 1 to 2 excess kilos can go quite quickly when you start to rebalance your diet and limit your consumption of sugars and fats, when you seek to lose a lot of weight, like 10 kilos for example, it is sometimes difficult to know how long it will take us to lose weight. While some diets promise to lose 10 kilos in 14 days or lose weight in 21 days, Dr. Jean Michel Cohen, nutritionist and expert in weight loss, reveals to us how many weeks or months we can really lose these famous 10 kilos while ensuring safe weight loss which avoids gaining even more after having lost them, in a video posted on Instagram.
The doctor first reminds that each weight loss is different because “it depends a little on your age, your physical activity and your gender” first of all. That being said, he assures that “you can lose ten kilos quickly” and this does not prevent it from establishing an average, which will give you an idea of the duration of the dietary rebalancing necessary to lose your 10 kilos. For the expert, the best weight loss, “these are weight losses that are controlled” and which allows you to lose “between three and five kilos per month” he specifies. In other words, it would be possible to lose 10 kilos in 2 to 3 and a half months of diet on average, depending on your profile.
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Lose 10 kilos: how quickly can I really achieve it?
If you can hope lose between 3 and 5 kilos in 4 weeks only, the nutritionist insists on the importance of the type of dietary rebalancing envisaged and the sports expenditure carried out to refine his diet time estimates.
- You will need at least 3 months, or even 4 months to lose 10 kilos if you watch what you eat and get just moderate physical activity like most people.
- Losing 10 kilos in 2 months is possible if and only if you are one of these people “who diet diligently”but also who remain “assets”. In other words, if you respect a very strict dietary rebalancing and you also do sport.
Lose 10 kilos: how not to gain them back?
If you have successfully lost weight, keep in mind that it is just as essential not to regain the weight you lost. Only one solution to this according to the nutritionist, “after losing weight, you are obliged to control yourself, almost until the end of your days”. So don’t expect to lose weight drastically and then be able to eat fast food, sweets and meals that are not balanced again.
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