Looking for others to share encouragement and motivate

clloyd567

Hi All,

I'm looking for others who are currently losing weight or maintaining their desired weight, and that are keen to share encouragement and/or tips they may have.

I'm looking to lose 11% body fat over a 3 month period in a sustainable manner. This will take me back to my desired 14% body fat total.

My first concern with this app is that it's advising me to reduce my calories drastically to 1200 per day. That seems counter productive to me, so I've manually increased it to 1500 per day and i'll be monitoring my measurements (rather than weight), and my energy levels closely initially to make sure that is a suitable calorie intake. Would you agree that 1200 calories is too few to provide sustainable fat loss? If I adopted this model would I plateau too soon or suffer metabolism slow down and fatigue? I'm keen to hear your thoughts.

I recently began working out 5 days a week - 3 days strength training and 2 days cardio, and make sure I get plenty of rest in between. I'll be maintaining this throughout the next 3 months. I used to follow this exercise regime up until 2 years ago, and it worked well. I mix my routines up monthly to make sure my body is always guessing!

The main change I'm making is to my diet. I'll be significantly reducing the amount of alcohol and chocolate I consume and I'll be increasing my daily protein intake. As a vegetarian I sometime struggle to eat enough protein, filling instead on plenty of 'bad' or 'uncomplicated' carbs (whatever the technical phrase is!).

I'll be sharing my progress with anyone who is interested to help keep me motivated, and would love to meet like-minded people to help encourage them also.

Go4it1985

Hi Feel free to add me Happy to provide mutual support. I'm from Australia (right now is my evening). I'm looking to reduce my body fat percentage too but not specifically until I get to my goal weight. My body fat percentage is already reducing as a byproduct of losing weight but later I intend to focus more nutritionally.

pinkaeryse

i am like minded. i do want to encourage, support and provide accountability, and would like the same. i do not starve myself, and i try to eat fewer processed foods. i engage in plenty of activity, i dont schedule or structure it, however. please feel free to add me.

maryjay52

feel free to add me too... i eat 5-6 times a day but healthy as i can .. processed foods are a thing of the past for me .. i like fresh cooked most the time .. the food i eat is filling and i am not starving at all from it ., actually my doctor is thrilled with my lowered cholestrol and lowered blood pressure .. cant believe the difference in me and my heart is strong as an ox .