Aiming for 2lb pw - eating 1200cals - getting 1lb pw if I'm

Bevbl3

Check out the Goals page.

I'm 202lbs and if I set to lose 2lbs a week it gives me 1200 calories a day but the Projected loss shown on the goals page says to expect 1.6lbs so 1200 is clearly not worth doing.

If I change to 1.5lbs a week it give me more calories and tells me to expect to lose 1.5lbs, same with 1lb a week etc..

The 1200 is not a magic number an will only be appropriate when you are close to goal.

Change your target loss to 1 or 1.5lbs a week and eat those calories and you will lose.

I am set to 1lb a week and consistently lose more. I like to have the comfort that if I'm a little under but still over 1200 I may lose a bit more but also if I'm a little over but still in the 0.5lb loss range then I may still lose but not as much - it give me a lot more flexibility and a lot less disappointment. My daily calorie goal is 1480 at present and I'm set as sedentary as I have a desk job .

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cantjustcant

I'm 224lbs aiming to get down to 154lbs and the weight's not shifting. I'm aiming for 2lb pw eating the recommended 1200cals pd - doing hard exercise and eating most of those cals back but only getting 1lb pw if I'm lucky. I was thinking about going up to 1400cals pd but then I might not lose anything!
Any ideas anyone? please

I am guessing you are probably around 5'6 (this is about my goal weight too for my height) I am at 194 now and my base calories have never been less than 1330!!! That is set on light active bmr and 1.5 pounds a week.

Clarevmb

Are you using a heart rate monitor to calculate your exercise calories? If you've just started working out, you may not be getting anywhere near the averages MFP calculates for exercise---and this seems to be especially true for the bigger people I work out with (and yes, they seem to be working HARD!) For example, I had a woman in my kickboxing class that MFP was calculating at over 1000 calories per hour, but when she finally got an HRM, it turned out to be more like 700....Her results had been like yours---doing everything right and more or less maintaining. Once she got her burn correct, she was able to hit the right intake and started losing "on schedule".

I agree MFP only gives an average value for exercise done. I have just bought a HRM and found that the 300cals I was claiming for 30DS is only 197-200 in reality. Thinking about it though I'm doing ok with level 1 on the DVD but this would be no where near someone who is doing level 3 competently!
I like the idea someone suggested to not do exercise but keep to 1200 cals per day for a week or eat fewer calories back if you don't have a HRM

jennbudden

my little story is kinda like yours i started at 228lbs after i had both of my kids. i saw a horrible picture of me and then began ti look through all my recent photo albums . ewww was all i could say. the next day i gore my gym membership and threw away all the junk food and stocked up on spinach for a salad every night and eggs and toast for lunch fruit and yogurt for breakfast. it was very repetitive but it worked so i stuck to what i know would work. i went to the gym 6 days a week and 2 hours a day. 3 months later i was 50lbs lighter then i hit a plateau and switched everything up i did herbal magic for 5 months to help loose another 25lbs. it was expensive but a change. then i did ideal protein for 1 week for 10 lbs it was hard to stick ti then i took off my summer gained it all back except my 50 lbs now important back into the gym cause the other stuff was not permanent. i uped my protein intake with protein smoothies mixed with raspberries. its working again its only day 2 for my gym days again but down 2 lbs already oh and i drink 3 liters of water every day. try what u can cause different things work for different people as we r not made the same. i hope this helped some. good luck on urn journey to a new and happy u. it will be rough but price to yourself. and everyone your strong and determined

sharleengc

I started at 208 with a goal of 2lb pw and 1200 calories. I went to the gym everyday and ate back at least some of my calories. I didn't always loose the 2pw that I wanted but it was at least a lb.

A few months into the 2lb pw, I changed it to 1lb pw and a goal of 1370. This works about the same for me as 2pw and I can eat a lil more without exercising (this is also good cuz I moved to an area with no gym)...I am still loosing which is fine with me.

Also, check your measurements...sometimes the scale does not move for me but I can move my belt to a smaller notch.