Any advice just starting out

kglenny

Do any of you mfp experts have some advice.Im currently 5 foot 7 and 11 stone - I would love to get down to 10 stone/10.5 stone.I dont have too much to lose but looking on advice to get this amount of - will keeping to my calorie count do it?Ive put down to lose 2lb a week so my daily calorie allowance is 1200 a day.Would love to get it off before crimbo?I started beg of the week and ditched my nightly choc bar as i thought this might be a good thing but I seemed to have gained 1lb.I walk about 45 mins - 1 hour each day commuting to work but I have a desk job and entered my activity as sedentary would that be a good amount of calories for me to lose successfully?Thanks

kommodevaran

When you don't have much to lose, loss will be slow. Aiming for 1/2 to 1 pound per week is better at your weight, because it will give you a bigger calorie allowance, which will be easier to stick to, and it's the sticking to it that determinines whether you'll succeed or not.

Weight fluctuates normally and naturally from day to day, and you can't really see a real trend before a month has passed. Exercise often makes your body retain water for muscle repair, and water has weight.

You can eat anything you like, but log it and stay within your calorie goal.

daviddaw9948

Losing that nightly chocolate bar is an excellent idea, but why not go a bit further and take a 15 minute walk instead of having that chocolate treat? Your walking commute is also a fantastic foundation to build on. I find that there is so much more value if one speeds up a little if one is not already getting the heart pumping faster than normal. If you find that doing that on the way to work makes you arrive in a bit of a sweat, why not try it on the way home?

We all have different reasons and motivations to lose weight, but doing exercise works for me. If I have been out for a brisk walk, then I have stronger resolve when it comes to cutting out the snacks. To me it seems a waste of my time to ruin a walk by negating the benefit with more calories.

oocdc2

1. A pound a week is a good pace. Anything more than that, you might feel too deprived and rage quit.
2. Log everything, every day.
3. Buy a food scale, weigh what you can.
4. Weight loss is 90% food, 10% exercise.
5. This is a journey, not a race.

Good luck!