Eating Numbers: Can I have your thoughts please guys?

2323FatBoy

Hi all can I get your constructive thoughts on my numbers so far below please:

Weekly Achievements So Far:

Wk No +/- (lb) Weight
Wk 0 Start 18st 13lb
Wk 1 - 4lb 18st 9lb
Wk 2 - 7lb 18st 2lb
Wk 3 - 4lb 17st 12lb
Wk 4 - 4lb 17st 8lb
Wk 5 - 3lb 17st 5lb
Wk 6 - 5lb 17st 0lb
Wk 7 - 2lb 16st 12lb
Wk 8 - 1lb 16st 11lb
Wk 9 - 1lb 16st 10lb
Wk 10 - 2lb 16st 8lb
Total - 33 lb

Body Mass Index:

At start: 35.8 (Obese)
Current: 31.4 (Still Obese)

Basic Metabolic Rate (BMR) and Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) Figures (Deficit based on daily max intake of 1660)

Start Now
BMR 2344 2144
TEE 3223 2949
Deficit 1563 1289
Est Loss 3.1 lb wk 2.5 lb wk

Starting to slow down now weekly but I can see why due to changes in my BMR and TEE

I’d love to hear your thoughts ?

Thanks

David

erickirb

I would say you are aiming to lose too fast, you should be aiming to lose no more than 2 lbs/week, you risk a larger % of your loss coming from muscle if your deficit is too large.

2323FatBoy

erickirb wrote: »

I would say you are aiming to lose too fast, you should be aiming to lose no more than 2 lbs/week, you risk a larger % of your loss coming from muscle if your deficit is too large.

Thank you mate. Yes I would have slowed down and aim to going forward

lgfrie

you've put up some truly stellar numbers!! I recall you were here at week 4 when you were deep into a kind of honeymoon-period weight loss rate of 4-7 pounds a week, wondering what was up with that, and some people here said that around week 6 the pace would slow down. Looks like you've become yet another data point in support of the "you get 6 weeks, so enjoy it while it lasts" theory LOL You're doing fantastic. As your current loss rate is 1-2 lbs / week, you're losing an appropriate amount of weight per week now that it's slowed down but keep an eye on that decficit, 1289 is pretty high. > 1000 is not a great idea over long periods of time. Maybe it's time to add a lil more food to the plate. Like you I started at 1600-1650 but now I do 1850.

At 10 weeks you are now well past the "hmm am I really going to do this?" stage so you should definitely feel good about that.

Your #s look a lot like mine did after 10 weeks. The main difference being that I did not get a Week 6 mega-swoosh. Other than that, though, you could overlay your chart with mine and they'd look pretty much the same for the whole 10 week period.

kshama2001

I see you are 232 pounds - how tall are you (in feet and inches please) and what is your goal weight?

PAV8888

Your numbers indicate to me that you are taller than me. My BMI at your current weight was only .4 lower than your starting BMI.

Your current weight is just about when I started tracking on MFP several months into losing weight.

I started tracking because I realized that yes, I was losing weight. But I was doing so in a way that was not likely to result in long term weight management.

Sure I was eating "healthy" "diet" foods like I was supposed to. And losing fast (at times). And (thankfully) alternating with periods of maintenance due to pre planned trips.

But, I just *knew* deep down inside that as soon as I let go of the diet mindset I was going back to old habits because what I was doing and the way I was eating were just not long term options for me.

So I started on MFP and learned a couple of things by reading
the stickied posts and lurking in the forums (and subsequent to that reading the occasional research paper) and went on to lose to the top of normal BMI over the next 12 months. While eating over 2500 Cal a day on average and creating a 695 Cal a day effective deficit.

And learning about myself.

I didn't get to the high 200's by accident. There were long periods of overeating that took place to get there.

If you asked me 10 years ago if I was an emotional eater I would have genuinely laughed at you. Of course not.

And yet, invariably, when I'm pissed during a phone conversation I pop M&M's (or nuts, or crackers, or chips, or... ) while trying to set the *kittens* straight!

And, often, when I'm done working on something and ready to get up from my chair I discover that I'm hungry. In part because I've been too absorbed to worry about eating and food is overdue. In part because of the reward, relaxation, and social aspect. By not allowing myself to get too hungry I can partially short circuit this.

And I also discovered after a full year on MFP losing weight (plus the previous 11 months of increasing activity and then starting to try and lose weight) was that even 1.5lbs a week for a year was almost too fast for my little brain to keep up with!

I spent another 12 months losing just over 11 lbs and bringing me well within the higher end of normal BMI (23.x to 24.x). And it was only during this time that I finally stopped worrying whether my second leg would fit in my pants. Or disbelieving that my t-shirt would fit. Or that the other person could fit in the doorway with me.

Point being that I think, as I believe I've said before, that you're going too fast.

You need to discover new foods, strategies to control and handle and work around the situations that cause(d) you to overeat. You should put in place new habits and structures around movement / activity and exercise.

These things take time. And the time is not, in my opinion, once your suppressed hormones trigger rebound overeating at the end of a hard restriction. But rather while your hunger is relatively suppressed during an extended restriction.

Slow down and profit from your time losing weight to set yourself up for weight maintenance and management.

lorrpb

You've shown terrific consistency. Congrats! Keep that part up but just slow down the lbs per week a bit. This will help you preserve muscle and energy levels.