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barrymotious26
barrymotious26 Posts: 1 Member
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Hi everyone, my name is Barry and my aim with the app is to loose 40kg by the time I turn 40 in 6 months.

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,398 Community Helper

    Hi, Barry, and welcome!

    I understand the impulse - we all want to lose weight fast - but that's a pretty aggressive goal, over a kilo and a half per week. There's a reason MFP's top weight loss rate on offer is a kilo per week. Each kilo per week of loss requires eating 1100 calories fewer than the number of calories it takes to maintain our weight - that's a lot, and can be hard to stick with long enough to lose the total wished-for amount of weight. A kilo and a half would be a cut of 1650 calories daily, a very large fraction of many men's maintenance calorie needs.

    You're smart to do this now, though: I didn't lose weight until 58-60, and had already experienced some health consequences from the excess weight. Sooner is better, for sure!

    Wishing you success in losing the weight, and keeping it off: If your experience is like mine, the quality of life improvement can be huge, more than worth the effort.

    Best wishes!

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