Weekly goal set to???

Ctmikey1980

Lost 34 lbs since Jan 1st at 2 lbs a week goal. Def went over that amount each week. This gives me now about2,500 cals a day which I seem hungry most days when all
Used up. Afraid to change it to 1.5 or 1 lb as I dont want the weight loss to stall out or go much slower. Any suggestions on which weekly goal I should set? I still have about 100-120 pounds to lose to reach my maintenance goal weight. Thank you!

apullum

With that amount of weight to lose, you can safely set your rate of loss to 2 lb/week. However, you can always choose a slower pace if you prefer.

Many people find that eating more protein, fat, and/or fiber helps them feel full. Which one(s) work for you is a matter of personal preference that you would need to find out through trial and error. If you're feeling hungry, try eating more of these things to see if that helps.

You will need to go through your goals setup again after every 10-15 lb you lose. This is because your calorie needs go down as you lose weight, so you need to have MFP recalculate your calorie goal periodically. Doing this will help prevent plateaus, but keep in mind that your weight loss will eventually slow down the closer you get to your goal weight. That's completely normal.

Additionally, a lot of everyone's initial weight loss is water weight, so it's very common to lose a lot of weight quickly in the beginning and then slow down after a few weeks or so. Don't be surprised or worried if your pace of weight loss isn't quite as fast as it was in the beginning.

PAV8888

You're ACHIEVING a caloric deficit of MORE than 1450 Calories, A DAY!

ACHIEVING. Regardless of settings.

So count how many calories you LOGGED as eaten.

Average.

Add 1475 or so (depends on if your 34lbs are accurate and whether we are dealing with 80 or 81 or 79 days, the approximation used is 3500 Cal per lb)

That is your TDEE and the base calories from which your deficit eating takes place.

For each 500 Cal a day you eat below that, on average, over time, you will lose about 1lb per week.

In all probability you can eat a good extra meal a day which will slow but not stop your weight loss.

There is no prize for being super hungry and for making this more difficult than it has to be.

Time during weight loss is time to experiment and develop solutions to how you will eat and move in the future.

Getting to your goal a few months sooner is much less valuable than actually getting to your goal because you didn't make things too hard and staying there because you have figured out some things about yourself during the process.