I'm having issues and not sure why.
AsylumTourGuide
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I'm a tour guide. I walk all day. I don't eat very much. I definitely feel like I should still be losing weight. I've lost 60lbs this year already. I'm 5'9 and 205lbs. Lots of my weight is in muscle but I know there is still about 25lbs in fat that needs to go. Any suggestions? Btw some fitness friends would be nice. I don't know anybody who likes to workout so I have been in this alone.
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AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I'm a tour guide. I walk all day. I don't eat very much. I definitely feel like I should still be losing weight. I've lost 60lbs this year already. I'm 5'9 and 205lbs. Lots of my weight is in muscle but I know there is still about 25lbs in fat that needs to go. Any suggestions? Btw some fitness friends would be nice. I don't know anybody who likes to workout so I have been in this alone.
What do you mean by these statements? Define "I don't eat very much," and how do you know lots of your weight is in muscle?
If you're not losing weight, you're not in enough of a calorie deficit to allow weight loss. It's really that simple.
Welcome to MFP.8 -
60 pounds in 6 months is very quick. How long has it been since you lost?4
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snickerscharlie wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I'm a tour guide. I walk all day. I don't eat very much. I definitely feel like I should still be losing weight. I've lost 60lbs this year already. I'm 5'9 and 205lbs. Lots of my weight is in muscle but I know there is still about 25lbs in fat that needs to go. Any suggestions? Btw some fitness friends would be nice. I don't know anybody who likes to workout so I have been in this alone.
What do you mean by these statements? Define "I don't eat very much," and how do you know lots of your weight is in muscle?
If you're not losing weight, you're not in enough of a calorie deficit to allow weight loss. It's really that simple.
Welcome to MFP.
Saved me the trouble. Also, if the majority of the activity is walking, you are not gaining muscle. Are you doing any weight training?
By way of saying hello, Welcome! I hope you came here to hear honest assessments.7 -
What is your caloric intake? Are you logging?0
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I know lots of my weight is in muscle because I can see it. I find my genetics a bit unfortunate because I'm a woman and women aren't supposed to be this muscular. I don't do weight training atm but I do repeatedly walk through 9 acres of floor space and up and down four flights of stairs all day. My legs...ugh...they're big. My arms are pretty defined as well but Idk why. I don't lift anything other than kids. Calorie tracking is something I've just started today. I have eaten less than 1500 calories so far today and since I've actually had time to eat today this is a lot for me.7
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I haven't had any notable difference in weight in a few weeks.0
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AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I haven't had any notable difference in weight in a few weeks.
Define noticeable.
Does that mean no loss at all, or a loss less than you were expecting?
You're on the right path by logging calories to start. I suggest doing that for a month then reevaluate where you are at. You should be looking for no more than about .5lbs a week with only 25lbs to lose.
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Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.0
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With the extra heat this time of year you may be holding on to some water weight.0
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AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.5 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese14 -
If you want to lose faster, eat less or move more. If you don't want to do either, accept the current rate of loss. You can't have it both ways.5
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RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
This is true given the starting weight to an extent, but even then, she's looking at about a pound loss per week to preserve muscle because she's doing no strength training.
However slow weight loss wouldn't be qualified as "horrible" advice. Just because someone doesn't want to be patient to lose the weight doesn't mean it's bad advice.
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vespiquenn wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
This is true given the starting weight to an extent, but even then, she's looking at about a pound loss per week to preserve muscle because she's doing no strength training.
However slow weight loss wouldn't be qualified as "horrible" advice. Just because someone doesn't want to be patient to lose the weight doesn't mean it's bad advice.
I think being in a calorie deficit for a year for someone who has 25 pounds they want to lose is indeed horrible advice. That is my opinion.
Eating enough protein will suffice in maintaining muscle mass. She didn't Weight train to put the muscle on, so not weight Training will not have an effect on her muscle if she's eating enough protein.11 -
Check what MFP tells you to eat at .5 lbs,1 lbs, and 2 lbs per week loss. You can then decide which calorie goal you want to use. It isn't really hard to lose if you keep in mind that the calorie estimates for exercise are probably too high (since they ARE just estimates). You also should eat normally for a couple of weeks to see exactly how much you are actually eating. Make sure you are weighing and measuring correctly and consistently.
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Congrats on the 60 lbs weight loss.
I sense you have some body issues.
.5 lbs per week is normal.
One thing to look out for is logging overestimated exercise. Be on the conservative side with that.
And I personally like strong women, so what you think people like, isn't always true.3 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.7 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.10 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
OP is ~35lbs overweight, so we are still only talking a pound a week.
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vespiquenn wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
OP is ~35lbs overweight, so we are still only talking a pound a week.
Why only a pound a week? Everyone is so convinced you have to drastically slow down your weight loss. If you're eating enough protein you will not lose muscle mass, if you don't change any muscle stimulus you've already been getting, while losing 1.5-2lbs a week until you get LEAN and then you can go down to 0.5-1.0lb per week when you're on your last 10-12 pounds of fat to get to essential fat/no subcutaneous fat, not when you're 35 pounds overweight7 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
she said she has about 25lbs of fat that has to go. your body can only safely lose so much bodyfat at a time. losing weight too quickly can result in lean mass loss,which is what I dont think you understand.you arent going to lose 2lbs of only fat per week if you dont have a lot of weight/fat to lose.
8 lbs a month for someone looking to only lose 25lbs is aggressive. That would make a 2lb a week loss a 1000 calorie deficit. we dont even know what her BMR/TDEE is. 1000 calorie deficit may put her under 1200 calories a day.now if she said well I really need to lose 50 lbs then she could go with a higher deficit.not to mention weight loss is not linear either.1 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
she said she has about 25lbs of fat that has to go. your body can only safely lose so much bodyfat at a time. losing weight too quickly can result in lean mass loss,which is what I dont think you understand.you arent going to lose 2lbs of only fat per week if you dont have a lot of weight/fat to lose.
8 lbs a month for someone looking to only lose 25lbs is aggressive. That would make a 2lb a week loss a 1000 calorie deficit. we dont even know what her BMR/TDEE is. 1000 calorie deficit may put her under 1200 calories a day.now if she said well I really need to lose 50 lbs then she could go with a higher deficit.not to mention weight loss is not linear either.
So depending on how much she WANTS to lose, that's how much of a calorie deficit should be used?
What does weight loss not being linear have to do with anything?4 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
she said she has about 25lbs of fat that has to go. your body can only safely lose so much bodyfat at a time. losing weight too quickly can result in lean mass loss,which is what I dont think you understand.you arent going to lose 2lbs of only fat per week if you dont have a lot of weight/fat to lose.
8 lbs a month for someone looking to only lose 25lbs is aggressive. That would make a 2lb a week loss a 1000 calorie deficit. we dont even know what her BMR/TDEE is. 1000 calorie deficit may put her under 1200 calories a day.now if she said well I really need to lose 50 lbs then she could go with a higher deficit.not to mention weight loss is not linear either.
So depending on how much she WANTS to lose, that's how much of a calorie deficit should be used?
What does weight loss not being linear have to do with anything?
OMG you are just wanting to argue. because others above also said the same thing I did above yet you are singling me out? please find someone else to argue with.4 -
vespiquenn wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I haven't had any notable difference in weight in a few weeks.
You should be looking for no more than about .5lbs a week with only 25lbs to lose.
Vespiquenn-just curious what your thoughts are on why half a pound per week and 25 pounds remaining go together? Why couldn't she strive for up to 2 pounds a week?0 -
I know lots of my weight is in muscle because I can see it. I find my genetics a bit unfortunate because I'm a woman and women aren't supposed to be this muscular. I don't do weight training atm but I do repeatedly walk through 9 acres of floor space and up and down four flights of stairs all day. My legs...ugh...they're big. My arms are pretty defined as well but Idk why. I don't lift anything other than kids. Calorie tracking is something I've just started today. I have eaten less than 1500 calories so far today and since I've actually had time to eat today this is a lot for me.
Welcome to MFP and congrats on your weight loss so far! I thought I'd convey a couple things I found helpful starting out.
First, and you'll hear it over and over again, is invest in a food scale (they are under 20$). Vast majority of people underestimate their caloric intake. Weighing every bite--to the extent possible--will help you get an accurate assessment of your intake. I find that I actually have changed my habits because I think twice about eating the leftover nugget or half slice of pizza on my kids plate, since I'd have to log it
Secondly, decide on the desired rate of loss. Since you've already lost at the rate of more than a # a week, seems like a goal of one lb is reasonable--but try it out and see how it goes. The less you have to lose, the slooooower it goes.
Third, do you have a fitbit or exercise tracker? Since you walk so much, it might be a great way of assessing your activity level. If you have one and connect it to MFP, then you would put your 'activity level' as sedentary but all your walking would be added in after the fact (took me a while to figure this out). MFP will then change your daily calorie goal depending on how much you burned through exercise. Some people find they do better when they eat back only about half your exercise calories.
Finally--there is NOTHING undesirable about muscles on women! You will see a lot of muscular fit women here (alas I am not one of them, but I'm trying).
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@AsylumTourGuide Have you used any quantitative method at all of measuring or calculating your body fat percentage? There are accurate methods which cost money, and free methods that are not particularly accurate. Any method, though, would give us enough information to then give well-informed advice.0
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AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I'm a tour guide. I walk all day. I don't eat very much. I definitely feel like I should still be losing weight. I've lost 60lbs this year already. I'm 5'9 and 205lbs. Lots of my weight is in muscle but I know there is still about 25lbs in fat that needs to go. Any suggestions? Btw some fitness friends would be nice. I don't know anybody who likes to workout so I have been in this alone.
OP, to bring your thread back into focus, here are my suggestions:- Set your goal to 1 lb per week.
- If you aren't using one already, get a food scale and start using as often as possible for all solid and semi-solid food - whole food, packaged food, fruit, grains, scanned or not. Everything.
- Make sure you are also logging beverages, condiments, nibbles, etc.
- Double check the database entries you are using. Many are user-entered and wrong. Don't use generic entries or recipe type entries (like stuffed shells) that you didn't create.
- Log accurately and consistently for 4 weeks and see if anything jumps out at you or if your weight starts to move.
- If you aren't losing weight you are eating too much, and most people start out underestimating how much they eat. When I started using a food scale, I discovered I was often eating 300-400 cals more than I thought!
Hang in there and good luck4 -
GemstoneofHeart wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I haven't had any notable difference in weight in a few weeks.
You should be looking for no more than about .5lbs a week with only 25lbs to lose.
Vespiquenn-just curious what your thoughts are on why half a pound per week and 25 pounds remaining go together? Why couldn't she strive for up to 2 pounds a week?
Not the quoted poster, but I will say that a 2 lb per week goal requires a 1000 cal deficit per day. Most women with only 25 lbs to lose (I don't think we can tell from the info we have whether this applies to the OP or not), simply don't have a high enough TDEE to have a 1000 cal deficit per day without eating a pathetic amount of calories. I would say at 25 lbs to go, a guy or a reasonably active woman could probably manage a lb per week. When I had 15 lbs to lose, my TDEE was @ 1800. I went with a goal of half-a-lb per week, because I was miserable eating at 1300 calories!4 -
"Calorie in, calorie out" and "eat less and move more" are antiquated approaches to weight loss and body conditioning. What you're eating and when you're eating it is very important? If you've got a 16-hour window for eating, you could be sabotaging your chances at additional weight loss.
Take a look at Dr. Jason Fung on Intermittent Fasting (IF) and the Diet Doctor, both on YouTube. Do you have any experience with the LCHF approach?
Also, I would take the muscle over fat any day. If what you have is truly muscle (definition in arms and legs), you should be burning calories big time. Something is amiss.
I hope this is helpful.41 -
tunablue5150 wrote: »"Calorie in, calorie out" and "eat less and move more" are antiquated approaches to weight loss and body conditioning. What you're eating and when you're eating it is very important? If you've got a 16-hour window for eating, you could be sabotaging your chances at additional weight loss.
Take a look at Dr. Jason Fung on Intermittent Fasting (IF) and the Diet Doctor, both on YouTube. Do you have any experience with the LCHF approach?
Also, I would take the muscle over fat any day. If what you have is truly muscle (definition in arms and legs), you should be burning calories big time. Something is amiss.
I hope this is helpful.
So much no.12
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