need to lose weight, help!

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  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
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    trigden1991 wrote: »
    dariusshaw wrote: »
    I'm going to get scale today but I been drinking gallon of water started Monday and it kind of control my hunger so I plan on doing it everyday. But my question is let's say the app says to eat 1600 calories and I only eat 1200 or less will that affect my weight loss. I try to eat the goal calories but the water helps me control my hunger and I thought it felt right since I'm feeling full. Also I can meet almost all of my macros except carbohydrates. Goal is 50 but I eat 30 and the rest of my macros ate ok but it is eat a carbohydrate that will increase the other macros over lol sighh.

    If you eat less, you'll lose more weight. That's how the maths works. 1200 is the minimum recommended so you have no room to decrease calories when/if your weight loss stalls.

    1200 is the minimum for a woman. its 1500 for a male.
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
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    I agree with the above posters. Use a food scale. You'll be surprised how inaccurate guesstimates based on volume can be. I wouldn't eat less than 1200, but I wouldn't be surprised if you're eating far more than that based on how you are logging/measuring things. Food scales are cheap on Amazon.com, you can find them under $15 and really nice ones under $30. I think mine was $20ish delivered and has a nice removable glass top which can go in the dish washer or be washed any time I want.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
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    dariusshaw wrote: »
    I'm going to get scale today but I been drinking gallon of water started Monday and it kind of control my hunger so I plan on doing it everyday. But my question is let's say the app says to eat 1600 calories and I only eat 1200 or less will that affect my weight loss. I try to eat the goal calories but the water helps me control my hunger and I thought it felt right since I'm feeling full. Also I can meet almost all of my macros except carbohydrates. Goal is 50 but I eat 30 and the rest of my macros ate ok but it is eat a carbohydrate that will increase the other macros over lol sighh.

    You'll lose "weight" faster but it will be a higher percentage of muscle instead of fat...which will lower your metabolism and sabotage your self in the end.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
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    Plus, once you are weighing your food...I doubt you'll want less than you're allowed.
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    edited September 2016
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  • ogtmama
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    Katester7956 wrote: »
    This system may or may not be for you

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  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,750 Member
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    If you are going to use the app, use the app. If it tells you to eat 1600, eat 1600. 1200 is too little for a man.

    You are already a healthy weight. Any weight you lose from here is a question of slowly shaving it off and taking care not to undereat as you can easily end up malnourished if you do that. You should not be aiming to lose faster than than half a pound a week and you may lose even slower than that. Two pounds a week is for very obese people who have a lot of fat to spare - you cannot afford to do that or you will harm yourself.

    At the moment I suspect you are not tracking your food accurately enough.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
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    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

    1200 is the minimum for a woman. its 1500 for a male.

    I am fully aware of that. As the username was "celina" I assumed that it was a woman.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
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    trigden1991 wrote: »
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

    1200 is the minimum for a woman. its 1500 for a male.

    I am fully aware of that. As the username was "celina" I assumed that it was a woman.

    actually the dariusshaw part on your profile is what I was commenting on above(it was part of your comment at this time-September 21, 2016 9:41AM)
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
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    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

    1200 is the minimum for a woman. its 1500 for a male.

    I am fully aware of that. As the username was "celina" I assumed that it was a woman.

    actually the dariusshaw part on your profile is what I was commenting on above(it was part of your comment at this time-September 21, 2016 9:41AM)

    I quoted someone but was responding to the OP's question

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