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WinoGelato

jamieturley wrote: »

Yh that's me in the picture. Before I was eating take outs quite often and lots of crisps etc I ate because I liked the flavour not that I was hungry. The diet I'm on isn't appealing to me but I've stuck to it because I'm seeing progress

You can do both actually. Many of the most successful people on this site have lost weight, transformed their bodies, achieved their goals without giving up things like take out, crisps and sweets. Variety and enjoyment is crucial to stick with any program.

My standard advice for new folks on MFP:
1. Set up MFP with accurate stats and a reasonable goal (total weight to lose and rate of loss) to obtain an appropriate calorie target.
2. Eat a variety of foods within that calorie target that provide nutrition (macro and micro nutrients), satiety (fill you up) and enjoyment (helps with sticking with the plan). A good mix is 80% nutrient dense foods and 20% foods you would consider treats.
3. Log all the food you eat consistently and accurately, ideally using a food scale
4. Exercise if you enjoy it picking a program that will help with your overall goals (sounds like resistance training may benefit you)
5. Be patient and stick with it.
6. Monitor and adjust based on actual results.


There is no reason for you to be eating such low calories. I'm a 5'2 female and I lose weight eating 2000 cals or less. You can certainly eat more food and different food and still be successful.

WinoGelato

jamieturley wrote: »

I only joined here yesterday in just stuck to what I know know strict diet and lots of cardio

This is a common misconception and why so many people ultimately fail at losing weight and keeping it off. Weight loss doesn't have to be punishment. You can eat delicious foods and don't have to kill yourself in the gym and still achieve results.

garpolky

I've noticed I'll stall for about 3 weeks then loose 3 weeks worth of weight in one week. I guess I'm retaining water for those three weeks. Maybe it's the same for you? Try to take weekly measurements, you might see a quarter inch of difference somewhere, even if you aren't losing weight.

I've also heard that the first ten pounds you loose is water weight anyways.

jamieturley

A few years ago I was 92kg and got to 77kg in about 6 weeks eating normally. This time I started at 15 Stone and now weigh 14.3 in about 6 weeks I did put on 5 pounds over Christmas but this time strict diet and not getting the same results would the lack of food be the reason for less progress?

jamieturley

I was like that a few weeks ago I lost weight then seemed to put some on but couldn't see it on my stomach etc so I chucked the diet and ate as much as I could then soon realised how much I actually lost so I started again this time for longer now I've started boxing so I have motivation to stay losing the weight

katorihanzo

Put some cheese on that chicken! Switch the rice out for potatoes sometimes. Have homemade tacos, burgers, pizzas, salads, sandwiches, ribs, roasts, soups, stews. Literally anything! You can eat *anything* you want and lose weight, as long as you are burning more calories than you are eating. It's a beautiful thing, really.

Not knowing your specifics I'd say eat at *least* 1500 calories a day and then eat back any calories you burn working out. That should ensure you're still at a deficit but not under eating so much that it's bad for you. Log everything you eat, eat when you're hungry and pay attention to your macro and micro nutrient intake on My Fitness Pal. Honestly, you're in the sweet spot - you don't have a ton of weight to lose, you are relatively active and a young man. You can eat more than a lot of people on here and still lose weight.

You need to stop paying attention to the scale. You already said you don't want to lose any specific amount of weight, you just want to look a certain way. The scale is going to go up and down, especially with your workout routine (gaining muscle usually means gaining weight). So take some pictures of yourself and some measurements and take them again in a month. Pay attention to how your clothes fit. Stick with a moderate calorie deficit and your workout routine and I promise you'll see and feel results. You want to find a new lifestyle, not eat the same boring stuff everyday, get tired of it and switch back to old habits once you reach your goal. You need to learn how to eat the right amount, of the right stuff. That's all. Stick with MFP and you will learn quickly.