Thin In My Skin! (CLOSED GRP)
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So, according to MFP:
2460 Maintenance Calories
1964 BMR
496 deficit
That would mean, eating 1964 calories a day, I'd lose roughly 1 lb a week.
Usually I eat about 1600 calories a day, because that's what MFP suggested for me. So should I be eating 1964, and just exercising more? Is there a reason the deficit should never go over 1000? If possible, I would like to lose more than 2 lbs a week to start, just to get the ball rolling. And what about all these people who suggest eating 1200 calories for maximum healthy weight loss?
Gah, sometimes this weight loss thing is confusing.
tealighttrees - This is just a different method than what MFP does. This is the thread that started it:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/406319-a-different-way-to-set-up-mfp-goals-that-works
You can also do a search on it here at MFP. MFP's way will definitely help you lose also. For me, once I got within about 15 lbs from my goal, the Olivia method helped me much more. The 1200 calorie thing, that I know of, is to not ever eat under that amount. If a woman was very short, that could change also. So if I was really short, and super thin, I'd still use the BMI number.
If it is all getting confusing, ignore the Olivia method (for now). Just concentrate on having green MFP numbers every day, drink at least 4+ cups of water a day (more as you can work up to it), get 7 - 8 hours of sleep a night, and MOVE your body.
P.S. I think Olivia also mentions that this method is more for those that their maintenance calories are 2200 and under. For those that theirs is higher, it seems like losing more than 2 lbs a week is okay. Since I really like this method, once a person's maintenance calories reach 2200, I'd definitely switch. That's just my preference. There are many different ways to approach losing weight! This is just one of them...0 -
Looking forward to Monday weigh in. I had one bad day this week but thanks to the encouragement of everyone on MFP, I got back up, brushed myself off, and started fresh the next day. Probably wouldnt have got back up without the encouragement because it is so early in my journey.
Thanks to everyone on MFP
myjourney2 - That's what I LOVE about being part of the MFP community! Way to go!0 -
One more thing...
I just read this on MFP and thought I would share it also...
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"How quickly should you lose?
I like lyle's approach to this. He divides people in to categories based on body fat percentage.
Men Categories
Category 1: less than 15% bodyfat.
Category 2: 16-25% bodyfat
Category 3: 26 > bodyfat
Women Categories
Category 1: Less than 24% bodyfat.
Category 2: 25-35% bodyfat
Category 3: 35% > bodyfat.
You should lose about 1-1.5lbs a week. This is not based on weekly weigh ins, it's based on 2-3 week weigh ins. If you don't lose about 3.0 - 4.5lbs in 3 weeks. You reduce your calorie intake by 10%. If you're losing more than this increase your calories by 10%. People in category 2 and 3 and shoot for about 2lbs loss a week. People in category 1 should shoot for 1lbs a week.
TDEE + 3500
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Get your rest
Every 3 months take a week off. This will restore your hormonal levels to some degree. Help your body grow and get stronger after those 3 months. results are a 2 part equation, rest and recovery. Make sure you get your rest. The people who are in a plateau who exercise a ton, this is why... you're not recovering properly. and more than likely not eating enough as well. Food is needed for recovery.
If it ain't TDEE+3500 it ain't fat bro
This is my buddy's razi's quote i love it. It's so true. You gain a pound in a week, or 2lbs in week and people panic. To gain a pound you have to eat at your maintaince + 3500 calories, to gain 2lbs you need to eat 7000 calories. If your maintenance calories is about 2000 calories and you gain 2lbs in a week. Do the math. 7 days per week.
2000 * 7 = 14000, plus the 2lbs = 7,0000. This means you ate 21,000 calories in a week to gain those 2lbs. If you didn't eat what the math tells you, ITS JUST WATER stop stressing."0 -
*Updated with 4/23 weigh-in*
Name/ real name: GetFitE/ Elise M
Starting Weight: 201.8
Current Weight: 201.8
Challenge Goal Weight: 190
04/09: 201.8
04/16: 203
04/23: 203
04/30:
05/07: 197
05/14:
05/21:
05/28:
06/04: 193
06/11:
06/18:
06/25:
07/02: 190
Another week of weigh-ins and still no loss for me. I'm a little hope LESS right now. I'm frustrated with my weight and don't seem to be able to get AWAY from 200-205 for GOOD. I am taking measurements, but I still don't see a change in that either. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here AT ALL. But I've been doing Turbo Fire, and started incorporating my running back in. Next week will be FULL of some double-days. I incorporated a strict diet, but I don't feel it's realistic for my busy lifestyle and I've struggled to stick with it. A high protein and veggie/low carb diet just doesn't seem realistic for me. I REALLY don't have the time to cook for 5 meals for the week. So, I'm not sure what I'm going to do diet wise.
Anyone got any suggestions for quick/healthy meals for someone on the go???? (I'm LITERALLY eating out of my lunch box 5 days a week, if not more)
**Frustrated** >_<0 -
Name/ real name: Pbprincess/Crystal
Current Weight: 157
Challenge Goal Weight: 145
04/09: 157
04/16: 155.6
4/23: 154.5
Posting today as i am going out of town til monday night, not sure if i will have internet where i am going. We went cliff hiking yesterday. Nothing dangerous, we stuck to the inner route as the kids were with us. It was the 3 year old's first time as he is just big enough for the harness and he did phenomenally well.
I'm feeling rather special today, everyone else seems to gain during TOM, i've never had this problem. I wonder why that is?0 -
Name/ real name: howeasyisit/lissa
Current Weight: 176.6
Challenge Goal Weight: 159.0
04/09: 176.6
04/16: 175.0
04/23: 174.2
04/23:
04/30:
05/07: <<<mini goal weight>>>170.6
05/14:
05/21:
05/28:
06/04: <<<mini goal weight>>>164.6
06/11:
06/18:
06/25:
07/02: <<<challenge goal weight>>> 159.00 -
Another week of weigh-ins and still no loss for me. I'm a little hope LESS right now. I'm frustrated with my weight and don't seem to be able to get AWAY from 200-205 for GOOD. I am taking measurements, but I still don't see a change in that either. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here AT ALL. But I've been doing Turbo Fire, and started incorporating my running back in. Next week will be FULL of some double-days. I incorporated a strict diet, but I don't feel it's realistic for my busy lifestyle and I've struggled to stick with it. A high protein and veggie/low carb diet just doesn't seem realistic for me. I REALLY don't have the time to cook for 5 meals for the week. So, I'm not sure what I'm going to do diet wise.
Anyone got any suggestions for quick/healthy meals for someone on the go???? (I'm LITERALLY eating out of my lunch box 5 days a week, if not more)
**Frustrated** >_<
How many calories are you eating per day? I was going flat out and not losing anything then increased my intake from 1200 to about 1800-2100 and lost 3 lbs in the first week. As for quick healthy meals, I love to eat a small portion pasta or potatoes with chicken, or curry (I love it cold which is quite weird) or a healthy stir fry. I even took fruit to the cinema last night while all my friends stuffed their faces with popcorn.0 -
Current Weight: 187
Challenge Goal Weight: 170
04/09: 187
04/16: 186
04/23: 185
04/30:
05/07: <<<mini goal weight 181>>>
05/14:
05/21:
05/28:
06/04: <<<mini goal weight 175 >>>
06/11:
06/18:
06/25:
07/02: <<<challenge goal weight 170>>>
I have a slight confession, my weight is what I weighed on Thursday. I have the dreaded TOM at the moment and I get so depressed with my weigh in when I'm bloated and up a few pounds. Instead of dreading it and trying not to eat or drink much during that time I've decided to just skip my monday weigh in every four weeks and use one from a few days before instead. Hope this is ok, last month I gained 3 lbs of water weight during the TOM and actually cried (dam them hormones). Good luck everyone
I can safely say I have done loads of exercise this week, I've had 4 60 minute gym sessions and have another one today so that's a total of 300 minutes of exercise 
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Good Sunday Morning guys. :flowerforyou:
I have been playing catch up with the thread on here and I really like Kristen's post on the Olivia method. SO...I planned it out and have a 429 deficiency and plan on following it for the next week. Sounds interesting and makes a lot of sense.
I can be brutally honest and say that when I'm not losing weight it's due to the over-time hours I'm pulling at work. I don't sleep very well as it is and when I'm working I get 3-4 hours a sleep before I have to go back to work. I'm exhausted most of the time. Last week I pulled 73 hours and when I had last night off from work they were begging me to come in. I had last night and tonight off and I plan on cleaning this place up and relaxing!!! I went to see "The Lucky One" at the movie theater by myself last night (as a treat), came home, and went straight to bed getting 8 hours of sleep. I feel absolutely wonderful!!!
So far the scale is saying no loss, no gain...however I'm not weighing in until tomorrow because today is going to be a very active day for me and I want to see if the sleep I got has helped me lose any weight this week. I haven't eaten over my calories I'm supposed to have, but I have done nothing but WORK this past week so if I didn't lose I say it's because of the lack of sleep thing.
Thank you Kristen for posting the Olivia Method. I will be trying it for sure this week and will let you know how I did on that. I had some major A-Ha moments last night...amazing how you can focus when you aren't pulling a ton of over-time.
Congrats to those that have lost this week!!! Great job!0 -
Current Weight: 187
Challenge Goal Weight: 170
04/09: 187
04/16: 186
04/23: 185
04/30:
05/07: <<<mini goal weight 181>>>
05/14:
05/21:
05/28:
06/04: <<<mini goal weight 175 >>>
06/11:
06/18:
06/25:
07/02: <<<challenge goal weight 170>>>
I have a slight confession, my weight is what I weighed on Thursday. I have the dreaded TOM at the moment and I get so depressed with my weigh in when I'm bloated and up a few pounds. Instead of dreading it and trying not to eat or drink much during that time I've decided to just skip my monday weigh in every four weeks and use one from a few days before instead. Hope this is ok, last month I gained 3 lbs of water weight during the TOM and actually cried (dam them hormones). Good luck everyone I can safely say I have done loads of exercise this week, I've had 4 60 minute gym sessions and have another one today so that's a total of 300 minutes of exercise
Congrats on your 1 lb weight loss!!! I get the same way .... depressed when I'm bloated and it shows on the scale. ::sighs:: we women are doomed sometimes! And you did 300 minutes of exercise this week??? :noway: Whew!!! Girl you are seriously motivated!!! Great job!!! :drinker:0 -
Real name Jane
CW: 217.4
Weigh in for week or 23/4
04/09: 219.6
04/16: 219.6
04/23: 217.4
04/30:
05/07:
05/14:
05/21: <<214
05/28:
06/04:
06/11:
06/18:<<200
06/25:
07/02: <<1980 -
I have been where you are right now SO MANY times!!! I even went to the Dr. and begged him to put me on anti-depressants because I was getting so down that I would eat even more!!! I used to say the same thing you are saying right now....what made me think I could do it this time?Hey guys,
It's been a while since I posted anything because... well, things are pretty sucky right now. I had a plan for eating and exercising, and everything fell through. I've been eating horribly, and too much. I haven't been exercising AT ALL. And now I'm on my period, so I've got bloat and stupid cravings to boot. I have absolutely no doubt I will have gained an outrageous amount of weight come weigh-in day (some of it bloat/water weight, I concede), and that's just bringing me down SO MUCH and making me not want to bother continuing. I've tried and tried so many times to lose the weight, and never succeeded. What made me think I could do it this time?
I'm sorry, I really don't mean to be a downer. I'm just... in that place right now. I'm trying to make today better. I got up a bit earlier than expected (though not early enough to go to the gym), so I've had time to make a nice, healthy lunch (chicken ceasar salad, an apple, and a yogurt, yum!) and I'm going to try really hard to take in more water and green tea today.
I'm just so, so disappointed in myself right now.
You aren't a downer, you are telling us exactly how you feel and you know something? I'm pretty sure we have ALL been where you are right now. In fact if I was to sit a minute and dwell on this past week and all the over-time I have pushed myself to do, I would get absolutely totally frustrated!!!! Listen....
You seem like such a wonderful person...you are brutally HONEST and that is the most important thing about changing your life for the better...HONESTY. You did a great thing by admitting it and saying you are going to start over...EVEN THOUGH you are disappointed in yourself you are getting back up and doing it.
Don't quit. Stop beating yourself up and say to yourself that YOU deserve better. YOU need to be healthier and YOU are a beautiful person regardless of your weight....losing weight is HARD, but you have a great support system here....these people on here are wonderful!!! (*(*( HUGS )*)*) and if I can ever be any help to you, by all means let me know!!! Want to vent? Want to cry? Email me anytime...I've been there, I will vent and cry right with you! :flowerforyou:
Hang in there :smooched:0 -
tdamaska/ Terri:
Current Weight: 194
Challenge Goal Weight: 180 (for a total loss of 13 pounds!)
04/09: 193
04/16: 195
04/23: 1940 -
Caitlin
Current Weight: 157.2
Challenge Goal Weight: 145
04/09: 158.4
04/16: 157.2
04/23: 156.4
04/30:
05/07: <<<mini goal weight>>> 153
05/14:
05/21:
05/28:
06/04: <<<mini goal weight>> 149
06/11:
06/18:
06/25:
07/02: <<<challenge goal weight>>> 145
Well I weighed in a day early because Monday mornings are crazy enough as it is...and I'm pretty happy and surprised that I had a loss this week. This week was complete chaos as work, which can be good and bad...I work outside at a pretty physical job so when things are busy I definitely burn more calories...but I also tend to eat more and pick food that is not as healthy. I didn't even log every day but when I didn't I tried to be conscious of my choices.
Not sure I'm going to meet my mini goal for 2 weeks but I'm glad to be on the right track at least.0 -
Name/ real name: KaDazzle/Tara
Current Weight: 257.4
Challenge Goal Weight:
04/09: 257.4
04/16: 256.2
04/23: 258.6
04/30:
05/07: <<<250.4>>>
05/14:
05/21:
05/28:
06/04: <<<243.4 >>>
06/11:
06/18:
06/25:
07/02: <<<237.4>>>
Very disappointed in myself for the gain. I've been faithful with going to the gym, but not so faithful with logging what I eat. That's my mini challenge for the week, and then hopefully I will see a loss next week. Good luck to the rest of you!0 -
SW 291
GW 277
Name/ real name: Losing4life69/Trina
Current Weight: 291
Challenge Goal Weight:
04/09: 291
04/16: 285.4
04/23: 286.4
04/30:
05/07: <<<mini goal weight>>> 285
05/14:
05/21:
05/28:
06/04: <<<mini goal weight>>> 280
06/11:
06/18:
06/25:
07/02: <<<challenge goal weight>>> 277
I seem to be up a pound but I'm ok with that for now. I've finally gotten to the point I'm eating above my BMR this week, So now the fun really begins. I hope this is the magic number!! Good job everyone!!0 -
Here we go!!!
My name is Christine---aka--- trimformecmb
my starting weight is 179...
I REALLY want the 165!!!!!
14 lbs in 12 weeks........
4/9-start- 179.0
4/16 --181.3----ouch!!! lots of salt over the past few days.....good luck everyone!!!!
4/23- 178.8---( down 2.5)---have a great week everyone!!!
4/30
5/7 ( mini goal---174)
5/14
5/21
5/28
6/4( mini goal --170)
6/11
6/18
6/25
7/2 GOAL 165--0 -
Name/ real name: kristinkt/Kristin
Current Weight: 171.6
Challenge Goal Weight: 160
04/09: 171.6
04/16: 170.6
04/23: 169.8
04/30:
05/07: <<<mini goal weight 168>>>
05/14:
05/21:
05/28:
06/04: <<<mini goal weight 164>>>
06/11:
06/18:
06/25:
07/02: <<<challenge goal weight 160>>>
Ok 160s - It's me and you now! I don't want to see the 170s in my life anymore! And frankly, I hope that the 160s will not be a long term relationship either.
Earlier this week several were talking about loosing pounds but still fitting into the same clothes. I totally agree that I was wearing my clothes too snug as though the people I met could see the clothing size tag. One other reason I have come to is that when I lost my first 10-20 pounds I was starting at 228 so it was not as big of a % of my total body than it is now. It seems to come in spurts, and I notice the clothing not fitting more in my dresses since I don't wear them as often (usually just on Sundays to church). I have really appreciated reading the posts this week. I will try to add my 2 cents in more often, but usually I don't have the time to read AND respond and thus become a bit of a reader w/o responding.
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Name/ real name: Audrine / Audrey
Current Weight: 138.8
Challenge Goal Weight: 130
04/09: 143.6
04/16: 140.2
04/23: 138.8
04/30:
05/07: <<<138>>>
05/14:
05/21:
05/28:
06/04: <<<134>>>
06/11:
06/18:
06/25:
07/02: <<<130>>>
Very happy for the loss since I overate a lot on Friday and Saturday (boyfriend wanted brownies and... well I wanted them too!!:laugh: )
Weighing in a day early since I'm going to be out of town for work this week. Because of that, I expect this week to be quite a challenge diet-wise since my only dining options are going to be restaurants... I'll try to be good! I'm bringing my exercise clothes and will be using the hotel gym... Wish me luck!
Have a good week everyone
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4/9 309
4/16 308
4/23 309.8 I'm pretty sure it's the salt0
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