Goal - Obese to Normal

becky6323

Hello everyone. I'm new here but looking for tips, encouragement and friends for my journey. I'm a 32 year old mother of 3 (age 5, 4, and 1-1/2) who is classified as obese. I'm 5'5" tall and my current weight is 216lbs. I would like to get down to 138lbs by my birthday at the end of May next year. Right now I am eating 1200 calories/day, getting in my 10,000 steps and have upped my water to 80-100oz/day. I have a desk job so my activities are limited to a 30 minute walk at lunch and chasing around 3 kids at night and maybe some treadmill walking after they go to bed. I am a week in and I have successfully GAINED 2.6lbs Please help me. Any suggestions or support would be great because 78lbs is so far away.

rsclause

Its a slow process. Don't pick an set number like 1200 calories. Plug your numbers into MFP and be honest about activity level and pick a 2 pound loss per week. MFP will pick your calories including the deficit for you. Then honestly log like a maniac. Exercise is a bonus but not required, better quality foods are also good but once again not required. Being honest and accurate in logging is required. I always looked for the highest calorie estimate not the lowest in the database or if I looked at my plate and thought "that's about 500" I would pause and move it to 800 calories. Beware if you go to low, you will feel bad or worse. Its not a diet this time, its your new lifestyle so embrace it!