Seriously CONFUSED.

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  • Keliandra
    Keliandra Posts: 170 Member

    More than 75 lbs: 2 lbs/week

    I don't agree with that. I didn't put ON 2 pounds a week to become 115 pounds overweight. Those 115 pounds went on over a period of 728 weeks (14 years), and personally, I think that losing the weight in anything LESS than 2 years will just cause me to rebound and put it right back on again. That works out to a pound a week or a 500 calorie deficit a day.

    Too many people want to lose weight NOW. I know I did. I went on Medifast for 6 months. I lost 72 pounds. I couldn't sustain it and ended up gaining back the 72 plus another 12. Now I'm diabetic. I'm going slow and I will be patient. In spite of taking insulin daily, I have managed to lose 3 pounds since Jan 2.

    This time it's not just my appearance and self-esteem that depend on my weight loss, it's my health and my life at stake.
  • nikkihk
    nikkihk Posts: 487 Member

    More than 75 lbs: 2 lbs/week

    I don't agree with that. I didn't put ON 2 pounds a week to become 115 pounds overweight. Those 115 pounds went on over a period of 728 weeks (14 years), and personally, I think that losing the weight in anything LESS than 2 years will just cause me to rebound and put it right back on again. That works out to a pound a week or a 500 calorie deficit a day.

    Too many people want to lose weight NOW. I know I did. I went on Medifast for 6 months. I lost 72 pounds. I couldn't sustain it and ended up gaining back the 72 plus another 12. Now I'm diabetic. I'm going slow and I will be patient. In spite of taking insulin daily, I have managed to lose 3 pounds since Jan 2.

    This time it's not just my appearance and self-esteem that depend on my weight loss, it's my health and my life at stake.

    I'm 99% sure the original poster wasn't saying "Shoot for these numbers" they were saying don't expect more then... It's not about going fast, just a general rule of thumb for what to expect. However, people who are incredibly obese can lose much faster then people who are only 20-30 pounds over weight because of how our body responds. I don't feel like researching the science of it right now, but just wanted to point out that there was nothing right with that chart of expectations.
  • nikkihk
    nikkihk Posts: 487 Member
    *I meant nothing WRONG with* ...opps.
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,199 Member
    *I meant nothing WRONG with* ...opps.

    It certainly can be an individual thing... I wanted to make sure that you knew that it's certainly not necessary to shoot for mega-deficits, or mega losses... But, you certainly already seem to grasp that. :smile: Many newbies come, and just arbitrarily pick goals of 1200 calories per day, because that's as low as MFP will go.

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