lose 200lbs in less then a year ?
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It's going ok i say I'm losing a pound a day or close.10
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Rooting for you in Oklahoma.0
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I know slow is key and setting a time limit is not good and im more then likely setting my self up to fail.
Then don't set yourself up for failure, and do it right. At your weight, 200lbs in a year might be doable -- you're likely to lose a lot at the beginning, but this will slow down. The closer you are to your goal, the slower the loss.
If you believe what you're doing will set you up for failure, guess what -- that will always be in the back of your mind and you will fail. And if you set a "goal" of 200 lbs in a year, how are you going to keep from beating yourself up if you don't reach it?I know it my sound odd but i want to be able to start training for a spartan race next year if i can lose the weigt . i know its more then likely never going to happen but its a goal to try to work to all the same.
When I started my weight loss, my doctor suggested focusing on what I was eating and putting off exercise until later. At your weight, I wouldn't even attempt exercise without talking to my doctor -- and I suspect your doctor's answer would be, start out with slow walking and work up to something more vigorous. Ruin your knees or have a heart attack, and you may live with the consequences for the rest of your life.
The other thing is - if you want to lose and keep it off forever, that means making permanent lifestyle changes, not going on a "diet". Anyone who's dieted over and over again knows that if you believe the "diet" is over, you return to your previous habits - and the weight comes back on, sometimes putting you in worse shape than when you started. A healthier set of goals would be: log your calories, eat more whole grains and healthier fats, eat more veggies and fruits, but stay within your calorie budget.
Your calorie goal seems high because you're so heavy. The goal will go down as you lose weight. You can try different weights with your stats using this calculator and see how the maintenance calories change:
http://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html
I've lost 72 lbs, and have kept it off for 2-3 years now - by changing my lifestyle, not "dieting".6 -
I have dropped my calories from 2990 to 1648. I dont seem have gone over 1200 the last week so i dont think 1648 is a bad drop.6
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Have not went to much past 1200 so i dropped them.0
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I have dropped my calories from 2990 to 1648. I dont seem have gone over 1200 the last week so i dont think 1648 is a bad drop.
I'm 244lbs now, I'm eating 2000 a day and dropping 2.8lbs per week
you can easily eat 2000 dude and drop plenty of weight
absolutely no good reason to starve yourself and if you persist there are counterproductive hormonal changes
1200 is nowhere near enough13 -
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Have not been hungry. I dont see the point of eattng if I'm not hungry most days the last week I've been eatting to make mfp happy cuz it yells at me when i dont reach at least 1200 calories.1
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Iv moves them back up to 2400 still 590 less then where they where. If i get to the 2400 may be a different story but at least there are there if i need them.5
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Have not been hungry. I dont see the point of eattng if I'm not hungry most days the last week I've been eatting to make mfp happy cuz it yells at me when i dont reach at least 1200 calories.
the reason you are not hungry is because you have very high levels of a hormone called leptin
this will remain high for a long time yet as you have a lot of weight to lose - I am in exactly the same boat
I'm on day 88 and I'm still not hungry, not been hungry really yet.
However, not being hungry is not the only issue. You need to make sure you are nourished and that you are not in a catabolic state
when your deficit is greater than about 750 cals in one day your body 'eats itself' to provide the energy it needs to function - and it doesn't differentiate between fat and muscle mass. You need to maintain as much of your muscle mass as you can because it will take you a long time to lose your weight
So, what you need to do is maintain a deficit around 1000 a day, any more than that is counterproductive.
When you start increasing youractivity you could eat a few of those calories
You may not feel hungry but that does not mean you don't need food.
These pages explain plenty:
https://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-hormones-of-bodyweight-regulation-leptin-part-1.html
Not having a dig bj, just trying to help you get set up for long term success
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Have not been hungry. I dont see the point of eattng if I'm not hungry most days the last week I've been eatting to make mfp happy cuz it yells at me when i dont reach at least 1200 calories.
It's not about making mfp happy. It's about getting proper nutrition and about your long term success. You're a very big guy, there's lots of you to nourish as you lose weight. Sometime soon, you will be hungry, and you need to have learned how to eat by then, especially as there are others in your household who may not have the same dietary needs or interests as you. If you're able, see a registered dietitian. Did I see in this thread you have thyroid tumors? Thyroid tumors may or may not cause symptoms, but it's one more thing you may need medical help managing. Good luck from Portland, OR.
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Have not been hungry. I dont see the point of eattng if I'm not hungry most days the last week I've been eatting to make mfp happy cuz it yells at me when i dont reach at least 1200 calories.
did you stop and think about the reason why MFP doesn't let you log/eat less than 1200 cal?3 -
Have not been hungry. I dont see the point of eattng if I'm not hungry most days the last week I've been eatting to make mfp happy cuz it yells at me when i dont reach at least 1200 calories.
The point is to get adequate nutrition for your body... please listen to those who are telling you to eat more.
I know you're short of cash, but check out this list and see if there's anything there you can add to your diet to bump up your calories. Some of these options aren't too expensive.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
(Cheering you on from small-town Alberta, Canada!)3 -
I have dropped my calories from 2990 to 1648. I dont seem have gone over 1200 the last week so i dont think 1648 is a bad drop.I have dropped my calories from 2990 to 1648. I dont seem have gone over 1200 the last week so i dont think 1648 is a bad drop.
I havent done your maths but 1648 seems far too low - I can maintain my weight on 1710 and I am a shortish 50ish year old woman.
Even my losing calories were 1460.
I cant imagine, at your stats, that yours are only 150 more than mine were.
Plug your stats in to MFP and eat ( aproximately, on average) that much - dont get silly ideas of self customising your calorie level - there is nothing to gain by doing that.
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Iv moves them back up to 2400 still 590 less then where they where. If i get to the 2400 may be a different story but at least there are there if i need them.
Good job! You have a lot people rooting for you and caring about you. Listen to them, they want to see you succeed and not give up.4 -
Please, please eat more... seriously, you are truly setting yourself up for failure and future health issues in reducing your calories so low. You will have to drop them as you lose weight anyway and if you drop them too low now, you will literally have nowhere to go. Regardless of how obese you are, your body still needs a certain amount of nutrition to sustain it and you are more likely to end up binge eating eventually when this extreme deficit catches you up. Faster is not always better. I have seen it so often on here... people drop and drop their calories, say they are not hungry, then a year or two later, they are back here having regained all their weight and more because they could not sustain this sort of deficit.
Hungry or not, there are ways to get food in without it being too filling...peanut butter, full fat dairy, nuts, seeds and even small portions of the foods you have always eaten. You do not have to cut out all of the foods that landed you in this condition... just portion them out and fit them in and for goodness sakes, at least get in 2k calories.14 -
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Hey man, I hope life is treating you well this weekend. Read your first post and I trust that you have gotten a lot of good advice in these many pages and have learned a lot since the start of your journey.
Like I'm sure others have said...don't doubt yourself, make changes that you can live with in the long run. If you are continuously making effort imagine how good it will be in a year. I have been there...last year was rough for me and a year later now I may not be perfect in my life but I am not weighed down (literally) by that extra weight on my body. I haven't lost everything I wanted year but am so thankful that I stuck with it and lost anything at all because my mentality is so much better. Hoping this next year will lose the rest of it, even if it takes two years but I manage to do it I will feel accomplished. It's not a race, but a challenge for yourself and with yourself.
Listen to tons of awesome music, lift some weights and get moving, keep at it and you will do it!
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