Anyone start out with not much weight to lose?

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  • A_Fit_Mom
    A_Fit_Mom Posts: 602 Member
    I did lose 35 pounds last year. But I took a 6 month break and now I am back wanting to lose the last 10 or so. Since it has been that long, it almost feels like a new journey for me. I am just starting at a much lower weight now.
  • ticribbs
    ticribbs Posts: 120 Member
    So if I increase my calories to lose .5 pounds a week my net is 1,430 and when I factor in exercise that's close to 2,000 calories! That can't be right?

    That's what happens to me too - I am NOT eating 2000 calories a day. I know I dont' lose when I do that. For reference I am 5'0" and started at 153 - currently at 138 and trying to get around 120. Maybe lower, maybe not - we will see when I get there, depends because I have added strength training to my routine now and maybe as the body recomps I'll change my mind.

    I try to keep it around 1200 and eat back exercise - I figure that means if i log something wrong or take a day off it won't kill the progress. I lost the first 10 pretty quick - but the last 3 have been a bit slower. I dont' care tho - as long as it keeps going down and the tape measure shows progress (which it has) I'll take it! I didn't get to 153 overnight and I haven't been below 120 since the summer of 2007! If it took 6 1/2 years to get here - its gonna take some time to get back there.

    So you net 1,200?
  • jlynnm70
    jlynnm70 Posts: 460 Member
    I net between 1100-1200 (because I only eat back part of the exercise calories- I don't totally trust MFP calorie burns) Also I figure it allows for errors if I don't weigh something (I weigh things at home, but not when out so cals could be off)

    I figure MFP gives me 1200 - If I eat back part of my exercise cals (look at my diary - sundays don't count because I roller skate with the kids and the calorie count for that is CRAZY and I don't believe it) and there are any errors in my weights and measurements - I probably net 1100-1200 or maybe even a little more. And some days I go even higher.

    At this point I am comfortable with it - It's a learning process - everyone has their own theory on the "too low" thing. I also am very short - so I know I don't need as many calories as someone 6" taller than me. I'm still working on the macros (that is something I've only recently started even looking at) Losing 1# a week isn't an unhealthy rate by any means - and as long as I keep seeing a downward trend, I'll take it. As I exercise more, I'll add more cals back in - but I'm not that active (desk all day) so I'm still working on the exercise thing.
  • ticribbs
    ticribbs Posts: 120 Member
    I net between 1200 and 1300, eating back my calories. I don't follow MFP calorie burns, I follow the machine I'm on at the gym. MFP is always high on those :-/. I might get a heart monitor in the future for a more accurate reading. It's so frustrating when you have around 10 pounds to lose, it seems like it never comes off :(
  • Junebuggyzy
    Junebuggyzy Posts: 345 Member
    I hear you on not trusting MFP calorie burns. I have heard that what you burn from exercise isn't that much and you shouldn't subtract it from the calories you eat. Last night I did the exercise bike for an hour, and it said something like 500 calories. The readout on the bike said about 200 calories.
  • ticribbs
    ticribbs Posts: 120 Member
    I hear you on not trusting MFP calorie burns. I have heard that what you burn from exercise isn't that much and you shouldn't subtract it from the calories you eat. Last night I did the exercise bike for an hour, and it said something like 500 calories. The readout on the bike said about 200 calories.

    I subtract my exercise calories to net 1,200. When I enter my exercises into MFP I just modify the number to what the machine said. Today I burned 570 total, which is quite a bit of calories, at least for me.
  • Zx14chick
    Zx14chick Posts: 255 Member
    I net between 1200 and 1300, eating back my calories. I don't follow MFP calorie burns, I follow the machine I'm on at the gym. MFP is always high on those :-/. I might get a heart monitor in the future for a more accurate reading. It's so frustrating when you have around 10 pounds to lose, it seems like it never comes off :(

    I would definitely invest in a HRM. I find that a lot of times, I am higher than MFP calculations and sometimes lower. It just depends on your intensity level that day. And I COMPLETELY agree that it seems to take forever to lose ten pounds.
  • flippy1234
    flippy1234 Posts: 686 Member
    Why were you told you cant get there again???
  • ticribbs
    ticribbs Posts: 120 Member
    Why were you told you cant get there again???

    Me? I was never told I couldn't get there. I just said it's been a really big struggle to get 10 pounds off.
  • PrincessEliNa
    PrincessEliNa Posts: 524 Member
    I can relate :( I was at 131 for the longest time, trying to get to 125. Then I didn't have internet (myfitnesspal) for about a year and quickly ballooned up to 146. Smh. I'm down to 140 now, but man oh man is it a struggle. Just gotta keep at it. I'm trying weights.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    I started at 190 and wanted to get down to 160. I hit 165 and can't seem to lose those last 5 pounds. So I decided to stop worrying about them and I started weight training instead. I'm not losing pounds but I'm losing inches rapidly. People are noticing those lost inches too. I feel stronger and I can tell a difference in my body. The added muscle has changed my body shape in a good way.
  • MikesGirl0692
    MikesGirl0692 Posts: 29
    I'm at 150 right now (highest weight ever without being pregnant), trying to get back to 140 (where I had been for years). I'm 5'6.
  • Zx14chick
    Zx14chick Posts: 255 Member
    Why were you told you cant get there again???

    Just because I'm not as young as I once was. Silly, right!?

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