Any ideas/Words of encouragement??

kmb1282
kmb1282 Posts: 20 Member
edited September 30 in Health and Weight Loss
So, for the first time ever my doctor seemed concerned about my weight gain. I was always very active until the past year or two when I enrolled in grad. school and all I do is study, eat, and sleep. I have gained 31 pounds in the past 12-18 months and have increased my pant size from a 6 to a 10. :-( The upcoming year is my last year in grad. school but without all the studying so I am hoping I can use the afternoons and evenings to become active again. I own P90X, Insanity, Jillian MIchael's DVDs, Power 90, and a few random others. I have started all of these programs and never make it past 2 weeks. I eat pretty healthy but I will admit that eating out has become a very bad habit (Indian food, pizza, chipotle, etc.).
Any words of encouragement or tips out there? My fitness pal suggests a 1200 cal/day limit but I am presently consuming nearly 2200 cal/day. I was thinking about starting with 1700 cal/day and trying to do cardio for 30 min./day, 3x/week. I also just started a serving job which means my wknds will be filled with lots of walking!
Thank you everyone.
Kristen
Age: 28
Weight Loss Goal: 32 pounds= 130lbs.
Date Of Goal: January 2012--- is this realistic???

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  • Marcieb21
    Marcieb21 Posts: 127 Member
    Hi! Good luck on your journey. I know that MFP as definitely helped me to lose weight. Not only to lose weight, but to make healthy choices and to feel better about myself. As for your goal I think it is realistic, though it has taken be almost 4 months to lose twenty pounds because it took me along time to get the mentality that I actually had to log my calories every day to lose weight, and that I had to eat healthier.
  • AdrienneinTO
    AdrienneinTO Posts: 111 Member
    I think you have a great chance of losing most of the weight by January. It's a bit ambitious to lose 6 lbs per month, especially as you get closer to your goal weight. But as you start seeing the weight come off, you will feel so much better! Even if you aren't quite at your goal in January, you will be much closer!

    You have the right idea. Be careful with what you eat so it comes down to an average of 1600-1700 a day, and work your way up to doing enough exercise that you burn off an average of 400-500 a day. If you do that, you will see a change, I'm almost certain of it!

    Good luck! Feel free to add me as a friend if you would like :)
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