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fr3smyl

bgorum wrote: »

fr3smyl wrote: »

vivmom2014 wrote: »

Looks like you don't have much weight to lose. I would add more calories if I were you. Headaches and feeling miserable don't need to be part of this journey.

Oh, I have 60 pound to lose. I thought we were supposed to reset our goal every ten pounds. I started at 188 pounds and more I'm at 177 pounds. My goal weight is 128lbs, though.

Just for clarity: You stated you have been doing MFP for 3 weeks. Here you said you started at 188 and are now at 177. That is 11 pounds! I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and say you must have started losing weight BEFORE starting MFP. Because if you didn't, you are losing way more than 1 pound per week and clearly aren't taking in enough calories to fuel your activity and sustain a slow weight loss.

No I started losing weight only after joining MFP.

fr3smyl

emily2975 wrote: »

I also noticed that your diary shows some very high calorie foods that are taking away from your daily count but like not keeping you feeling full. For example, the other day you logged 1 slice of fried bacon for 240 calories. You're definitely going to feel hungry after eating just 1 piece of bacon, as opposed to a bowl of whole grain cereal with fruit for the same # of calories. Just a thought!

I have a lot of food allergies : wheat, soy, eggs, dairy, and my system doesn't digest others like chicken, lentils, and beef. The doctors say nuts as well but...I just take allergy medicine of in not sure of the ingredients.

I always combine the bacon with a smoothie of 200 cals (not blended together with bacon though). The bacon is a around 80 calories each I usually have 2-3 pieces.

fr3smyl

Francl27 wrote: »

First, it's supposed to be 1200 plus exercise calories.. you should eat back at least some of them. I'm 5'5" and 37 and never ate under 1650 calories total.
Second, if you're hungry, decrease your deficit. I never went over 'losing 1 pound a week'.
Third, log properly, it seems you're using a lot of generic/unprecise entries
Fourth, eat more protein, good fats, less carbs, and more fiber

I was already set at 1 pound a week at 1200cals.
I had raised it to 1250/day for .5lbs/week, but that only lasted for a week.

fr3smyl

fr3smyl wrote: »

bgorum wrote: »

fr3smyl wrote: »

vivmom2014 wrote: »

Looks like you don't have much weight to lose. I would add more calories if I were you. Headaches and feeling miserable don't need to be part of this journey.

Oh, I have 60 pound to lose. I thought we were supposed to reset our goal every ten pounds. I started at 188 pounds and more I'm at 177 pounds. My goal weight is 128lbs, though.

Just for clarity: You stated you have been doing MFP for 3 weeks. Here you said you started at 188 and are now at 177. That is 11 pounds! I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and say you must have started losing weight BEFORE starting MFP. Because if you didn't, you are losing way more than 1 pound per week and clearly aren't taking in enough calories to fuel your activity and sustain a slow weight loss.

No I started losing weight only after joining MFP.

But all except 3 pounds was within the first week so I'm guessing it's water weight.

lemurcat12

fr3smyl wrote: »

For my deficit:
I can lose 1 pound a week if I stick to 1300
To lose 1.5 pounds a week if I stick to 1200

Are you down as active based on the work you do outside, or at least lightly active? If you have a higher goal that's easier to meet it would probably result in more consistent losses than too low a goal where you end up going well over a lot of the time.

I'd increase the goal/adjust for activity and then take careful notes for a few days of how you feel, when you are hungry, when you have headaches, so on and see if you can find patterns.

BABetter1

No I started losing weight only after joining MFP.[/quote]

But all except 3 pounds was within the first week so I'm guessing it's water weight.[/quote]

Ok. Simple math says (throwing out the first week) you are currently losing at a rate of 1.5 per week. Your activity level is set wrong. If you are set at 1 pound per week, but you're losing 1.5, settings are off. You need more food. Eat filling, nutritionally dense food and a little more of it (calorie wise), and you should feel less hungry.

fr3smyl

I upped my daily calories to 1450 and plan on getting a fitbit. Thanks, all for your advice!