Does Counting Calories ACTUALLY work

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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    jshupe71 wrote: »
    Take your desired weight & multiply by 10 (11 for men). This is the number of calories without exercise you would need to maintain that weight. So if a woman weighs 230 pounds, she would have to eat 2,300 calories per day. If she eats less than that she will lose weight.

    This would be far less than I would need to maintain my 118 lbs....

    You could just, you know, use MFP as it’s designed to get a calorie target based on a reasonable rate of loss... and follow that approach.
  • WillingtoLose1001984
    WillingtoLose1001984 Posts: 240 Member
    Mellykay88 wrote: »
    I’ve lost 147 lbs by counting calories and staying in a calorie deficit... so yes. It works!! The best plan for weight loss is a plan that you can stick too. Most people start out with plans that are too extreme/impossible to maintain and that is why most people aren’t successful with losing weight and keeping it off. Start with the calories that MFP gives you... stick to it for at least a month, and adjust(if needed) based on your results.

    Yeah, counting calories does work but it has to be sustainable. It seems like losing 1.5 lbs a week works pretty well for me and I don't feel like I'm starving.
  • SteamPug
    SteamPug Posts: 262 Member

    lutzsher wrote: »
    You defiantly need to change that mindset. I had the same one for a long time, decades, and that is what kept me fat. When you eat too low you ALWAYS will end up bingeing because you just can't sustain that. .

    I just wanna say that whilst I don’t in any way endorse super low calorie diets, it’s not a definite that everyone who does them will ALWAYS binge. I was stupid before, I ate very low calorie for a period of approximately 6 weeks and never followed that with a binge (it’s been 4 months).
    Statistically I’m sure you’re far more likely to binge, but let’s not make it out like that’s definitely gonna happen.

    Again, not endorsing the super low calorie diets, just saying that it’s inaccurate to say all who crash diet will binge.
  • mama_shakes
    mama_shakes Posts: 32 Member
    dsboohead wrote: »
    Also are you a "want to lose it fast" kind of girl or are you willing to adapt a mind set and change a lifestyle while losing slowly?
    I am 61yo and I lose about 1/2 a week with 1400 calories. Very comfortable with it and I work a full time job that has me on my feet.
    Think about changing your lifestyle not starving to lose weight just to gain it back ;)

    YES YES YES. Amen!!!
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