Weightloss

jessica98davey

Hi, my name's Jess and I was wondering if anyone has any good tips for losing weight, I've tried fasting but I don't think I'm doing it correctly. I wanna lose it as fast as possible as well. I'm struggling 😔 thanks

RunnerGrl1982

jessica98davey wrote: »

Hi, my name's Jess and I was wondering if anyone has any good tips for losing weight, I've tried fasting but I don't think I'm doing it correctly. I wanna lose it as fast as possible as well. I'm struggling 😔 thanks

Hey Jess. A good tip to keep in mind weight loss is a marathon not a sprint. Generally speaking you should be losing roughly 1% of your current body weight, which is normally 1 - 2 lbs a week. If you have less than 15lbs to lose, it would be even less, say .5lbs/week. Otherwise, you run the risk of adversely losing muscle from losing weight too quickly.

Take it a day at a time. You can set yourself up for disappointment, if you are expecting to see immediate results. I wish you the very best!

emmylootwo

Input honest info into MFP. Eat however many calories it gives you plus any calories you burn from exercise. Use food scale to log accurately (I.e. a tablespoon of peanut butter is 14 grams, don't just guess or use a measuring spoon.) Lose weight at a reasonable pace. Voila!

concordancia

Patience is one of the most important things in weightloss.

Chef_Barbell

concordancia wrote: »

Patience is one of the most important things in weightloss.

+1000

MichelleSilverleaf

jessica98davey wrote: »

Hi, my name's Jess and I was wondering if anyone has any good tips for losing weight, I've tried fasting but I don't think I'm doing it correctly. I wanna lose it as fast as possible as well. I'm struggling 😔 thanks

Whatever way you did fasting that resulted in the giant weight loss on your other thread is definitely not the right way. Use MFP as it's meant to be used: put in a reasonable deficit, eat to that number, and think long term. Short cuts lead to longer delays as the saying goes.

pinuplove

MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »

jessica98davey wrote: »

Hi, my name's Jess and I was wondering if anyone has any good tips for losing weight, I've tried fasting but I don't think I'm doing it correctly. I wanna lose it as fast as possible as well. I'm struggling 😔 thanks

Whatever way you did fasting that resulted in the giant weight loss on your other thread is definitely not the right way. Use MFP as it's meant to be used: put in a reasonable deficit, eat to that number, and think long term. Short cuts lead to longer delays as the saying goes.

Agreed. You've tried that and learned it doesn't work. Toss it out the window and take the word 'fast' out of your vocabulary. Replace it with 'sustainable' instead.

tulips_and_tea

Why do you think you aren't fasting "correctly"? And have you kept off the weight you lost? What are you current stats? We can't really help unless we have info to use.

quiksylver296

This thread is a great read to get you started! Good luck!

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

MichelleSilverleaf

BZAH10 wrote: »

Why do you think you aren't fasting "correctly"? And have you kept off the weight you lost? What are you current stats? We can't really help unless we have info to use.

She dropped roughly 56lbs according to her other thread in 3 months, and from the sounds of it she must have gained some or all of it back.

callsitlikeiseeit

eat less. move more.

this is not a fast process.