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What is a healthy amount of weight loss per week, when i want to lose 2 stone?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

2 Stones: For a 28 pound (stone weight loss) would aim for 1 to 1.5 pound loss per week. (.45 to .68 kg/week).

Answered 4/21/2013

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2 stone wt. loss.: For a 28 pound weight loss, we'd generally recommend no more than two pounds per week, so fourteen weeks at the quickest for healthy and sustainable weight loss.

Answered 11/8/2015

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