Loosing weight

chubbasophie1017

Lost 4 pound in 1 month? Been doing treadmill every night for jhalf an ahour and clean eating for 1 month lot of my friends have lost alot more than 4 pound just seems to be taking so long i know im in impatient, but surely i should loose more?

angelsja

1lb a week is a healthy weight loss do you weigh and log everything you eat/drink what is your calorie goal

livingleanlivingclean

4lbs sounds like a good rate of loss to me.... You are you, you are not your friends..

Depending on how much you have to lose, you could potentially lose at a faster rate. Fast doesn't necessarily mean better though.

chubbasophie1017

Yes i log it ok im hoping if i keep going i will loose within 2 months.

kommodevaran

How fast you can lose, depends on how much you have to lose, how carefully you have set your calorie target, and how faithfully you are sticking to it. Exercise isn't that important for weightloss, and clean eating can mean so many things that it practically means nothing, it just adds confusion and guilt to the simple, innocent and delightful act of eating.

Falklang

Slow and steady wins the race, you do you and forget about everyone else!

leggup

If you want to lose faster you can create a larger deficit. It should never be a mystery why you lost X amount of weight. It's math.
To lose 1 lb per week you have to create a deficit of 3,500 calories per week.. that's just 500 calories less than maintenance per day. If your maintenance calories are 2,000, that means you've been eating a net 1,500 calories per day. Use the MFP goals, log your calories, log your exercise, and it won't be a mystery.

chubbasophie1017

Im now 62.7kg i want to get to 55.2kg i have finally lost 1 pound within just over two weeks as i stayed at 63 for about 1 month and 2 weeks just seem to be taking so long, and i seem to loose motivation im hoping by summer il be bafk to normal what does people think i can be back to 55.2 by summer? Im still doing treadmill and eating clean x

kommodevaran

I don't think you can realistically weigh 55.2 by summer this year. Because your rate of loss will only decrease as you lose weight. What does normal mean? How old were you last time you effortlessly maintained that weight? Exercise and eating clean still won't make much difference.

chubbasophie1017

Normal back to what i was 55.2 last july i was 55 2kg and i gained thid weight end of august last year suddenly i put on stone anf a half? Why wont excercise and eating clean wont make a difference how else are u supposed to loosr weight?

LivingtheLeanDream

1lb a week is good going, well done. Forget about what others are doing, you do you. Keep going

kommodevaran

chubbasophie1017 wrote: »

Normal back to what i was 55.2 last july i was 55 2kg and i gained thid weight end of august last year suddenly i put on stone anf a half?

But how old were you? And did your environment/habits change?

Why wont excercise and eating clean wont make a difference how else are u supposed to loosr weight?

You lose weight through a sustained calorie deficit. Most of that deficit can be created through eating less. You can eat less eating anything. Clean eating can also mean anything. Exercise burns a few calories. It's easy to eat those back, especially if the exercise makes you more hungry or if you feel you've deserved a reward, and it's easy to be more sedentary on the daily if you're exhausted from exercise, or rely on exercise instead of being more active on the daily.

chubbasophie1017

Im 23 and i did eat a bit of rubbish last year

kommodevaran

Ok, that means you'll probably be able to go back to that weight, but not in a couple of months. The easiest is to just limit the amount of "rubbish", which you will have to do for the rest of your life anyway, if you want to stay that weight - that's why we're harping on patience.

chubbasophie1017

So when u say not couple of months you mean more like a year

LivingtheLeanDream

You gained 21lbs so realistically it will be 1lb a week and even 0.5lb a week when it gets to the last few pounds so it will take the best part of 6 months to lose but the good news is that is a relatively short period of time in the grand scheme of things.

chubbasophie1017

Okay thanks

kommodevaran

I agree to the above - half a year sounds realistic.

chubbasophie1017

Ok thankyou

FoodieMotion

It can help to make your diary public if you want advice with what you are eating and if you are logging your exercise. Are you eating back your exercise-earned calories?

chubbasophie1017

So i have made my diary public yes can u see what i have had? If you look on yesterday and today

chubbasophie1017

With the breakfast im havig bowl of fruit so apple, couple of strawberries and raspberries

KatieJane83

I took a look at your diary and went all the way back to January 31 and I only saw two days that were completely logged. So you don't actually know how much you're eating. I also suspect that you're not weighing/measuring everything you eat since you have things like '1 chicken breast' logged. How big was that chicken breast? Did you use any kind of oil or anything to cook it in?

Clean eating is a fairly meaningless term as everyone's definition of it is different. You can still gain weight eating 'clean' if you eat too many calories. Losing weight strictly comes down to having fewer calories going in than going out. For health/nutrition/feeling good purposes though, it is good to eat a nice, balanced variety of food.

lamariana2

I lose weight slowly too. Honestly track everything you put into you mouth, measure and weight your food, at least in the beginning, till you can eyeball it. Use measuring cups, spoons, and a kitchen scale( the little ones are about $5). For me, water retention was a real problem, make sure you are drinking at least 8 cups of plain water a day, and really watch your salt intake. That being said-you have lost 4 pounds, to appreciate that, carry a 4 pounds bag of potatoes when you do your treadmill. When you put it down, realize, that your body does not have to carry that exact weight around all day long, pat yourself in the back! it is a good accomplishment! losing weight is hard, and you are doing it

CharlieBeansmomTracey

lamariana2 wrote: »

I lose weight slowly too. Honestly track everything you put into you mouth, measure and weight your food, at least in the beginning, till you can eyeball it. Use measuring cups, spoons, and a kitchen scale( the little ones are about $5). For me, water retention was a real problem, make sure you are drinking at least 8 cups of plain water a day, and really watch your salt intake. That being said-you have lost 4 pounds, to appreciate that, carry a 4 pounds bag of potatoes when you do your treadmill. When you put it down, realize, that your body does not have to carry that exact weight around all day long, pat yourself in the back! it is a good accomplishment! losing weight is hard, and you are doing it

measuring cups and spoons for liquids only. scale for solids and semi solids

chubbasophie1017

Its so slow! Anyway thank you

kommodevaran

chubbasophie1017 wrote: »

So i have made my diary public yes can u see what i have had? If you look on yesterday and today

I had a peek. It looks a bit unbalanced. Are you hungry a lot? If so, we can come up with suggestions.

chubbasophie1017

No im not really hungry

kommodevaran

Good. Keep on doing what you're doing. It's slow, but you'll get there.

chubbasophie1017

Do u think im eating wrong stuff?

kommodevaran

Not wrong stuff, but in less than optimal porportions, imo. I would, for instance, spread the fruit out through the day instead of having three portions for breakfast, and have some starch with my dinner (like you did in January) - but that is unimportant, what's important, is that you can and will stick to a calorie deficit. Humans are resilient, and we can thrive on lots of different diets.