Too drastic of a drop in calories?
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sdc20
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Hi guys!
I'm new to myfitnesspal. I'm currently 5 ft 2 and 132 pounds. I was super thin all through high school (around or under 110) with great health (both diet and exercise habits) but I came to college and built some really awful new habits and gained a lot of weight because of it. Now I'm graduated and trying to lose it. I'm having a really hard time going back to 1200 calories a day, even though I know my body should be comfortable with that since that was my around my intake in high school. Would a good solution be to try and do it little by little, first just aim to maintain my weight for a week and then after a successful week decrease my intake to a weight loss level?
Any suggestions on this or other ideas are really helpful! Thank you
I'm new to myfitnesspal. I'm currently 5 ft 2 and 132 pounds. I was super thin all through high school (around or under 110) with great health (both diet and exercise habits) but I came to college and built some really awful new habits and gained a lot of weight because of it. Now I'm graduated and trying to lose it. I'm having a really hard time going back to 1200 calories a day, even though I know my body should be comfortable with that since that was my around my intake in high school. Would a good solution be to try and do it little by little, first just aim to maintain my weight for a week and then after a successful week decrease my intake to a weight loss level?
Any suggestions on this or other ideas are really helpful! Thank you
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Why not try 1400 calories at first. The secret to this place is learning how to log accurately every bite. Just don't give up. I'm 5'3, and if I had to do 1200 a day, I would give up or binge.
I got a food scale and it turned my weight loss around. They are at walmart, next to the measuring cups.
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First you should find out what you need to eat to not gain or lose any weight. You can start by using iifym.com to kinda get a rough estimate. Then dial it up or down from there.1
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About a 10-15 percent decrease is on the high end in my opinion but safe0
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