Am I on the right track?
malindor_
Posts: 5
I've been working on weight loss over the past few years using dietary changes only. I've been pretty successful. I've gone from somewhere over 380 lbs. down to 285 lbs. in about 4 years. The changes were nothing major, cutting out sugary drinks, cutting down portion sizes, eating more frequently so I wasn't coming to a meal starving and the like.
I decided I wanted to step up the weight loss and really take control this year. My goal is to drop 2 lbs. a week. After reading quite a bit of information, and understanding only about half of it, this is where I am at.
1) Limiting calories to no more than 1,800 per day net
2) Daily walks of at least 30 minutes
3) Less processed foods, more home cooked meals
4) More raw fruits and vegetables
I'm using a couple of tracker applications and using an average of them to determine the calorie burn for the exercise. I want to get a fitness monitor sometime soon because as I understand it heart rate effects calorie burn. I know that I will need to include some strength training at some point but finding the time is difficult right now.
My question is, am I approaching this correctly? I have an appointment with a doctor in a couple of weeks (earliest I could get in) and I have some questions for her as well but have I wanted to know if it seems I've at least partially understood all that I have been reading.
Any advice is welcome, even no you moron you have it all wrong.
Thanks!
I decided I wanted to step up the weight loss and really take control this year. My goal is to drop 2 lbs. a week. After reading quite a bit of information, and understanding only about half of it, this is where I am at.
1) Limiting calories to no more than 1,800 per day net
2) Daily walks of at least 30 minutes
3) Less processed foods, more home cooked meals
4) More raw fruits and vegetables
I'm using a couple of tracker applications and using an average of them to determine the calorie burn for the exercise. I want to get a fitness monitor sometime soon because as I understand it heart rate effects calorie burn. I know that I will need to include some strength training at some point but finding the time is difficult right now.
My question is, am I approaching this correctly? I have an appointment with a doctor in a couple of weeks (earliest I could get in) and I have some questions for her as well but have I wanted to know if it seems I've at least partially understood all that I have been reading.
Any advice is welcome, even no you moron you have it all wrong.
Thanks!
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#1 is the important point. The rest are good for health, but only peripheral issues for weight loss. Don't go crazy - get #1 solid then work on the rest.0
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Thanks for the reply. I didn't think I was too far off but I really want this to work and it is easy to start doubting.0
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Shoot, the hardest kind of weight loss (and the healthiest) is the slow-and-steady kind. 100 pounds over the course of four years is awesome. If you could do that, going the fast route will be easy -- and when you get further down the road and need to downshift to a slow weight loss curve (the closer you get to goal weight, the slower you have to go to lose at a healthy rate), you'll already know how to do it.0
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