NOONE can lose 2 lbs per week while Netting BMR...right?

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  • owlandolive
    owlandolive Posts: 10
    Thank you!
  • owlandolive
    owlandolive Posts: 10
    I was never that clinical/math-y about it, but I lost 2 pounds a week eating pretty generously. I didn't worry about TDEEs or BMRs or formulas.

    I started at 202 pounds (I was 39 at the time.) I'm female and 5'9". I set MFP to sedentary (I have a desk job) and lose half a pound a week. I ate my exercise calories, which meant I was always eating 2000-2200 calories a day.

    I should have lost about a half pound a week, but it reality I always lost between 2-3 pounds each week the first few months. Then it slowed down to about a pound a week. All in all, I lost 66 pounds in well under a year.

    I've kept it off for almost two years now. I eat anywhere from 2000-2500 calories a day now. I'm not a hardcore exerciser either. I lift weights for 45 minutes 2-3 times a week and go for lots of walks.

    Not sure why my weight came off at the rate it did, but it did.
    Thank you very much for replying with a real story. Also one that shows MORE loss than predicted.
  • owlandolive
    owlandolive Posts: 10
    Also, to those who think "there is more to just numbers," clear up any irrational claims at the link below. There's no mystery ingredients to losing weight, no magic. Only numbers.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1111515-for-the-nerds-in-you-tdee-estimation-with-graphs

    Ahhh...thank you. For nerds. Obviously what I need.:smile::smile:
  • owlandolive
    owlandolive Posts: 10
    Can you cite where you got the information that you can't healthily net under your BMR?

    Just MFP forums I read before reaching out with my own question. There seems to be a popular believe that when one nets below BMR for an extended period of time one's metabolism will decrease..."starvation mode."
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    First off, starvation mode is not something any dieter in a first world country who is not an anorexic need worry about.

    And then...math. Yeah.

    yep.

    starvation mode. eyeyeyyey
  • TriShamelessly
    TriShamelessly Posts: 905 Member
    Wasn't this same thread posted last week?!
  • owlandolive
    owlandolive Posts: 10
    "What the heck am I doing wrong???????"

    First of all - I smell a troll. First post, been a member since September and starting off with something that is going to be quite contraversial.

    Secondly - Relax. This isn't about maths, there are way too many variables to consider other than just calories in and calories out.

    Some interesting reading: http://live.smashthefat.com/why-i-didnt-get-fat/

    Summary: Sam Feltham did a N1 study on eating over 5000 calories a day - 2 versions of the "diet" plan that lasted 3 weeks each. The first time he ate low carb high fat and gained 1.3kg and LOST 3cm off his waist. The second time he ate high carb low fat, gained about 7kg and gained 7cm around his waist.

    It's NOT just about the numbers. There is more to it.

    Troll? How?

    Because I'm new and don't understand the math of BMR?
    Because after reading many forums (as not to waste anyone's time with a question that's been asked), I decided to post because I didn't find my answer?
    What am I supposed to do if I'm new, post a series of non-"controversial" questions for a certain amount of time?

    Hostile much?
  • owlandolive
    owlandolive Posts: 10
    Can you cite where you got the information that you can't healthily net under your BMR?

    I wish I could. That's why I put "starvation mode" in quotes. It's something I've only read about here. I've seen some links to a Minnesota VLCD study and some anecdotal evidence here. I don't claim to understand either side well enough to be an advocate or a detractor of this theory.

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