Should I update my goals every month if I lose more than the set goal?

ravensoundslikejoy

Right now I'm trying to lose 3% per month for a couple months, then eventually move down to 2%.
So far this month I've lost close to 6%, so I was wondering if I should change my goal to be 3% of my weigh in this month, or just keep a rough copy of the amount I wanted to lose per month for the next year.
Sorry if this is confusing haha. I just want to be sure I'm not pushing myself too much, but if I can lose more weight in a shorter amount of time by increasing the goals a little bit, I'd be pretty happy.

megomerrett

I'm just going day by day.

Just make sure you're getting the right amount of calories and keep up the fitness.

KateTii

Is this your first month? If so, I wouldn't worry - half of the 6% could be "Beginners losses".

If it's not your first month, I would recommend to slow down. While knowing you're losing that fast is great, weightloss is a really, really good example of "slow and steady wins the race". You shrink slower, giving your skin a little time to shrink with you, you have more energy, less likely to crash and burn and you get to eat more! Win, win & win!

terbusha

I would sit tight for now. If you're in the 0.1-2 lbs/week rate of weight loss, then you're doing great! Just be sure that you're eating enough. For sure, you shouldn't eat less than 1200 cal/day. If you're loosing weight at a good pace above that, you're in good shape. You don't have a terrible amount of weight to lose, so keep on rocking it!

If you are eating ~1200 cal/day, then I would work your calories up some and see if you can't make similar progress eating in the 1400-1700 cal/day range.

ravensoundslikejoy

This is my first month, so I'm sure a lot of it just water weight at this point. But I'm eating 1550 calories a day, so I'm not quite at 1200. But I also eat about 1/4-1/2 of my exercise calories back every day that I do cardio. I guess I'll just stick with my current goals then. Thanks guys.

tomteboda

I update every 20-25 lbs. It's been working so far.

kshama2001

ravensoundslikejoy wrote: »

Right now I'm trying to lose 3% per month for a couple months, then eventually move down to 2%.
So far this month I've lost close to 6%, so I was wondering if I should change my goal to be 3% of my weigh in this month, or just keep a rough copy of the amount I wanted to lose per month for the next year.
Sorry if this is confusing haha. I just want to be sure I'm not pushing myself too much, but if I can lose more weight in a shorter amount of time by increasing the goals a little bit, I'd be pretty happy.

Where'd you get the 2% and 3% goals from? The number I read here is 1%.

I see you only have 54 pounds to lose - losing around a pound a per week is a reasonable goal for the next 30 pounds.