slow weight loss

notwhatyouthink
notwhatyouthink Posts: 17 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Losing weight very slowly. What's the trouble? How do I reset my set point?

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  • JennyHollyHansen
    JennyHollyHansen Posts: 40
    what are you doing differently to lose the weight?
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    How slow is very slowly? You can change your weekly weight loss goal in your "settings"
  • QAPmom
    QAPmom Posts: 458 Member
    Me too! I have been at it since March 3rd and I am only down 10 lbs give or take. I do a ton of walking and wii zumba and my calorie intake stays around 1200....
  • simplydelish2
    simplydelish2 Posts: 726 Member
    Your diary is closed so it's tough to help. However, since you only have nine pounds to lose, if you are losing at a rate of .5 pounds a week - that would be a great loss. The closer to ideal weight we are, the slower the loss.
  • mymodernbabylon
    mymodernbabylon Posts: 1,038 Member
    I'm very happy to be losing slowly. I have lost on average about 1/2 lb a week but I'm able to eat around the same amount I normally would for life w/o depriving myself. When you don't have a lot to lose, 1/2 lb is a good idea. It's taken me months and months to lose 16 lbs but I wouldn't do it any other way (as I've tried and gained back that weight as it wasn't sustainable).
  • notwhatyouthink
    notwhatyouthink Posts: 17 Member
    Getting 500 calories a day. Light excercise. Once a month i have 700. Calories.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    Getting 500 calories a day. Light excercise. Once a month i have 700. Calories.
    that better be a joke
  • tinkbaby101
    tinkbaby101 Posts: 180 Member
    Slow loss isn't necessarily a bad thing. It depends on how much you have to lose, and how much weight you're referring to as being a "slow weight loss." How much per week are you losing? How many pounds are you aiming to lose overall?
  • Goldilukes
    Goldilukes Posts: 45 Member
    Getting 500 calories a day. Light excercise. Once a month i have 700. Calories.
    that better be a joke

    What he said.

    Do you have a pulse? No seriously though that's too few calories, you need to eat more.
  • notwhatyouthink
    notwhatyouthink Posts: 17 Member
    Oh and i have a disability which makes it hard to excercise. Going to buy Leslie Sansone walking DVD s. Will be better.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Getting 500 calories a day. Light excercise. Once a month i have 700. Calories.

    How do you even have the energy to type this?! There is just too much wrong with this.... If this is true you really should get some professional help before you end up in the hospital or dead.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    Getting 500 calories a day. Light excercise. Once a month i have 700. Calories.

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  • tinkbaby101
    tinkbaby101 Posts: 180 Member
    Oh and i have a disability which makes it hard to excercise. Going to buy Leslie Sansone walking DVD s. Will be better.

    You can lose weight without exercising at all, by being in a caloric deficit. According to your profile, you only have 7lbs left to lose, which makes a weekly loss of 1/2lb completely acceptable and normal. How slow is "slow" to you?

    Also, if you're getting 500-700 calories a day, that's dangerous to your health. You could make yourself very sick doing that.
  • jwooley13
    jwooley13 Posts: 243
    I feel like this has to be a troll.

    If it's not, OP please get help. 500 calories per day is dangerous to anyone of any size and any activity level.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Getting 500 calories a day. Light excercise. Once a month i have 700. Calories.
    that better be a joke

    It could be.We hope it is.
  • PinkCupcakes84
    PinkCupcakes84 Posts: 235 Member
    Getting 500 calories a day. Light excercise. Once a month i have 700. Calories.

    Welp I'm outta this thread

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  • Asherah29
    Asherah29 Posts: 354 Member
    Getting 500 calories a day. Light excercise. Once a month i have 700. Calories.

    There's your problem. I know it sounds amazing, but if you eat food you will lose weight.
  • notwhatyouthink
    notwhatyouthink Posts: 17 Member
    Cant compete?
  • hearthwood
    hearthwood Posts: 794 Member
    10 pounds since March is good. I think everyone tends to forget that a pound equals 3500 calories. If you're close to your goal weight, or to put it another way if your daily requirement is 1300 to 1700 calories a day, it's very difficult to eat 3500 calories less in a week, as we are all required to consume 1200 calories a day to keep our bodies from going into starvation mode.

    So the next option is to burn through exercise 3500 calories in a week, which also is going to be hard to do.

    So if you're losing a half pound a week, that's fantastic, it still equates to 25 pounds lost in a year.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    Cant compete?

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    You just mad we eat AND lose weight. Boo-ya!
  • hearthwood
    hearthwood Posts: 794 Member
    Agreed we are all required to eat 1200 calories a day to keep our bodies from going into starvation mode, making it even harder to lose weight. On the flip side of a too low caloric consumption our bodies will turn every calorie into fat and store it, as our metabolic rate slows down to survive.
  • jwooley13
    jwooley13 Posts: 243
    Cant compete?

    Nope, sure can't. And proud of it.

    Now, please excuse yourself, troll. You're so obvious it hurts.
  • notwhatyouthink
    notwhatyouthink Posts: 17 Member
    Im not a troll. I just had a sarcastic moment. Im not normally like that.

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