Lies about weight loss...

Helloitsdan

Eat more and sleep well.
Create a deficit using mild cardio and lifting weights 3 times a week.

Most women 5'2" and working out 3 times a week with 25-30% body fat can eat upwards of 1900 calories daily and lose fat.

Check my profile for information on how to obtain your proper numbers.

Hugs!

I am 5'10 !!!

I have my "proper" #s ...And have 48% body fat... and am eating 1600-2000 a day. Been doing all that you have suggested.

What else ya got?

How long have you been at a deficit?
When was your last diet break where you eat at maintenance and restore leptin levels?

mjn18

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_Kitten_Kate

Eat more and sleep well.
Create a deficit using mild cardio and lifting weights 3 times a week.

Most women 5'2" and working out 3 times a week with 25-30% body fat can eat upwards of 1900 calories daily and lose fat.

Check my profile for information on how to obtain your proper numbers.

Hugs!

I am 5'10 !!!

I have my "proper" #s ...And have 48% body fat... and am eating 1600-2000 a day. Been doing all that you have suggested.

What else ya got?

How long have you been at a deficit?
When was your last diet break where you eat at maintenance and restore leptin levels?

Since Jan 9th 2012....
I have had a few days of going over whatever set cals I had that day...
But a break and at maintenence of my current wt... which would be almost 3000 cals?...
uhmmm since before January 9th probably...?? I haven't attempted to eat that much.. I think I would be sick if I did.
I had chinese tonight .. (splurge),... and my belly is not happy.

Captain_Tightpants

But explain to me the science and the logic of someone eating cookies and cake burger from where ever .. and still having a 3+ lbs loss in a week. It baffles me.

Some things you should read:

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-energy-balance-equation.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/metabolic-rate-overview.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/lean-body-mass-maintenance-and-metabolic-rate-slowdown-qa.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/role-of-nonexercise-activity-thermogenesis-in-resistance-to-fat-gain-in-humans-research-review.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/insulin-sensitivity-and-fat-loss.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/all-diets-work-the-importance-of-calories.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-hormones-of-bodyweight-regulation-leptin-part-1.html (6 part series)

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-is-stubborn-fat-stubborn.html

_Kitten_Kate

But explain to me the science and the logic of someone eating cookies and cake burger from where ever .. and still having a 3+ lbs loss in a week. It baffles me.

Some things you should read:

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-energy-balance-equation.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/metabolic-rate-overview.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/lean-body-mass-maintenance-and-metabolic-rate-slowdown-qa.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/role-of-nonexercise-activity-thermogenesis-in-resistance-to-fat-gain-in-humans-research-review.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/insulin-sensitivity-and-fat-loss.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/all-diets-work-the-importance-of-calories.html

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-hormones-of-bodyweight-regulation-leptin-part-1.html (6 part series)

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-is-stubborn-fat-stubborn.html

Thanks for all the reading material.

AZackery

I don't compare myself to other people and I don't focus on their weight loss. I focus on myself. I'm not trying to lose scale weight. I'm focusing on losing pounds of fat. Scale weight loss and fat loss aren't the same thing. It's easy to lose scale weight, but it's not easy losing pounds of fat. Fat loss takes time and I'm glad that it does. It will take me a year or so to reach my fat loss goal and I'm happy about that. I love the slow road.

purrtypaws

katieblueiz, did you see my long long long comment (posted on Thursday) lol?

shawnabug

I didnt mean to add this here, i was trying to qoute and it posted as a reply. Sorry about that.

This is me!!! Before at mcdonalds I would eat a quater punder with cheese, a medium fry and a medium coke, possible refill on coke and then eat left overs that my kids have which could be either chicken nuggets, fries and or cheeseburger. So I can only imagine what my calorie intake was at that sitting. Now I get a small diet coke, small fry, and a mcchicken. By no means is any of this healthy lol but man it took that calorie intake WAY DOWN and I can still lose weight. I am all about a cheat/treat, when i deprive myself of the things i love I tend to over kill with it so I always allow me to have it if I want it, but portion control for sure!

shawnabug

Another thought is you don't know what their eating habits were like BEFORE. Sure maybe they are indulging in a big mac and fries but before they would have two big macs and fries with a shake and cutting down to one makes significant weight loss.

^^this. I ate Burger king last week and still lost 3 lbs, but I had a JR whopper, not even half the fries and no pop. The old me would have eaten a whopper, large fry and a large coke (with a refill) and probably would have stolen some of the kids chicken nuggets. Nothing is off limits to me on this journey, I just have to eat in moderation!

This is me!!! Before at mcdonalds I would eat a quater punder with cheese, a medium fry and a medium coke, possible refill on coke and then eat left overs that my kids have which could be either chicken nuggets, fries and or cheeseburger. So I can only imagine what my calorie intake was at that sitting. Now I get a small diet coke, small fry, and a mcchicken. By no means is any of this healthy lol but man it took that calorie intake WAY DOWN and I can still lose weight. I am all about a cheat/treat, when i deprive myself of the things i love I tend to over kill with it so I always allow me to have it if I want it, but portion control for sure!

_Kitten_Kate

katieblueiz, did you see my long long long comment (posted on Thursday) lol?

Yes I did! Thanks for taking the time to do all that....

My poo is good.. soft and I go everyday at least once if not 2x.

... yes I would like to be losing consistently 1-2lbs per week. I thought 3 mos in I would be down atleast 20lbs.
And yes I probably need to up my workouts. I am not too concerned about losing muscle because I build muscle pretty easily.

I am eating fruit one to 2x per week for now.. but will increase that in a month.

I don't want to keep going back and forth with what I am doing as far as eating and what not. Everyone has a different opinion.. and they are all different..... I have to figure out what works for me.
I think increasing exercise and decreasing intake just a tad will help.
I am attempting a small 16 hour fast....

Thanks again for all your input. I know it took you a long time to write all that.