is anyone else just trying to lose a little bit of weight?
MissKitty9
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Hi guys-- I'm fairly new (so feel free to friend me) & I've seen so many inspirational stories of people losing 100s of pounds.. but I'm only looking to lose around 10-15. Anyone else out there?? Are you having difficulty? My calorie goal is 1200 per day, & I set my lifestyle to "sedentary" because I work a desk job (therefore, I've been logging simple activities such as walking)
Just looking for motivation/tips
Thanks!
Just looking for motivation/tips
Thanks! 0
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Hello, yes I started with a goal of about 14lbs, I have lost 7lb so far (in roughly a month). MFP put my calories at 1200 a day but I worked out my BMR and TDEE and adjusted my goal to 1311 from this so that I am at a 20% calorie reduction. Being fairly close to goal now it seems to be slowing down. I need more motivation to exercise - I am a lazy so-and-so!!0
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when i originally joined i had 18lbs to lose, which i did, maintained for a while (9months ish) and now i am trying to lose a couple of honeymoon pounds and reduce my bodyfat % further.
there is a 'not so heavy' group around here somewhere too!0 -
Very similar you you, I'm only trying to lose 2 kilos (lost 1 already). I've been warned that 1200 kcals is too little and can cause losing muscle... Anyway, feel free to add me if you want. And good luck! 0
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Me too! Trying to lose 15 pounds and its so hard! I've never had any weight issues before so this is fairly new to me. MFP has set a 1240 calories per day goal for me, and for the past two days, I've been under.
I've been trying different diet and exercise routines for the past 3-4 months but nothing seems to be having much of an impact. I joined MFP so I could keep track of what I was doing and what I needed to do lose that weight.
Adding you as a friend!0 -
Hi, I've got 12lbs to go. A year ago it would have been more but I wasn't introduced to MFP until August. My goal is to reach 125lbs or 120lbs depending on where my lovehandles are when I reach it. My other goal is to tone up and lose inches (or to reach a size 3/4). Feel free to add me and I wish you luck on your weight loss!0
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Thanks guys! It's good to know there are others with a similiar goal. I lost 3 pounds right away, but my weight seems to be staying put for now (although I noticed less flab in some areas, yay..haha) 1200 calories is hard on some days! I'm pretty good when I plan meals by myself, but eating with friends/family/boyfriend/ANYONE else sort of derails me. I think I should just try to get more exercise into my routine 0
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I only have like 10 I want to lose. I've recently decided that I am not weighing myself every week, i'm just going by how I feel! I think maybe when we get so close to our goal weight the scale doesn't want to show any progress? I had been doing GREAT for like a month, my clothes were fitting, I was working out a ton, eating REALLY clean, and feeling like I was making progress, I got on the scale and NOTHING. I was so disappointed I convinced myself I was in "starvation mode" even though I dont' believe in it, and had an AWFUL weekend. I know i really wasn't in starvation mode though, because I had lost inches. Clothes that hadn't fit in a year were fitting. So I decided I'm not going to torture myself like that anymore, I'm just going to eat at my goal, exercise a lot, incorporate some strength training, and hopefully my clothes will continue to tell me I'm doing good! I will keep my scale check ins to 2x a month instead of once a week and not take that number too seriously.0
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If you are starving, you can up your intake, but particularly if you are sedentary, need to add some exercise, especially if you want to firm up. Also, if you log your exercise, beware of the numbers MFP gives you for burn. Notoriously inaccurate. If you care enough to know what you burn, I'd recommend a HRM or one of the other devices--fitbit, BodyMedia fit, etc., but if you are only trying to do something short term, those are likely too expensive. I'm small, so my burn is tiny even on heavy workout days, but since I'm trying to maintain after a 40 lb loss, I can eat a lot more than 1200 calories. If you decide to increase your calories, go slowly, maybe 100 more per day per week (1300 next week, 1400 the next) until you aren't starving anymore.
Otherwise, might want to open your diary for better advice--it might be what you are eating rather than how much.
Good luck! You have taken a great first step by joining.0 -
I want to lose anywhere up to 10 lbs. Well, really, I want to lose whatever fat that is left on me that totally obscures my super-cool delts and makes my thighs look huge. I've been at it for the past 20-25 years, and did not know it. Well, I did not have cool delts, but I always had un-cool thighs.
As a girl I thought I wanted to be thinner (see thighs). Buzz. WRONG.
What I wanted to be was FIRMER (again, see thighs, now, closing to 40, see belly too). Buzzinga! Firmer, not thinner. Folks see that you are in a normal weight range, they think you ain't got no problems. Buzz. WRONG. Firmer is not self-indulgence. It's health and vibrancy, and being the Ageless Goddess.
My first priority is to stretch every day. Stretching is absolutely crucial and easily falls by the way side. BAD.
Calories, I need to be below 1,600 on the training days, below 1,300 on non-training days, and once a week I really gotta drop to about 1,000, but I am voracious, so I mostly don't do it.
Training, I gotta lift heavy and keep cardio short and HARD. And, of course, I need to walk in the great urban outdoors or swim and relax in the steam room for as many hours as I possibly can.
Above all, I gotta start sleeping more. Hard order. Family, work, all the stuff. Still, gotta work myself up to 8 hours one of this days.0 -
I'm on my last 5-10lbs to lose. I hit my original goal weight a few weeks ago, but want to go a bit past it. Hopefully by Christmas I'll be where I want to be, I"m not really in a big hurry. I know if I quit sneaking chips/pop/candy I would get there far faster.0
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Wow, great to hear that there are other people out there like me. I used to be a very happy and fit 125 and Whammo! 5 years at 4 pounds per year and I have teetered on the edge of 150! Scary to see that in print. I'm 5'4", not a huge frame and a pear shape, which stows the weight in the places you just don't want it! As with others of you, I have a day job sitting on my fanny and with work, family and running kids around there is not much time for working out. I miss it, but 5am just seems an impossible goal to achieve for when I can work out. Need a solid 8+ hours sleep or immediately catch whatever cold is hanging around. As with my mother, my knees are starting to bother me and I see her rheumatoid arthritis looming over my head. Good inspiration to lose! Like many of you, I don't need to be skinny, but heading on the down side of 45 I'd like to be firm and fit. Thanks MissKitty9 for starting this Message and I'd be happy to 'friend' any and all of you, as I need all the help I can get and would love to help pump up others. This is my 2nd try with MFP after a false start in early September. Friend warned me that its the toughest month of the year to try to start anything and that October 1, after all has settled down is much easier. so I've decided to start planning now.
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I need to lose 13 lbs of baby weight and then I would like to lose an additional 10 lbs to be at my ideal weight. It's been a slow process which is good. Losing weight slowly is a good thing. Feel free to friend me if you'd like.0
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I've only got about 7lbs left to lose, everyone feel free to add me! Already lost 53! x0
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Back-of-a-postage-stamp calculation says I've got maybe 3lbs to lose.Very similar you you, I'm only trying to lose 2 kilos (lost 1 already). I've been warned that 1200 kcals is too little and can cause losing muscle... Anyway, feel free to add me if you want. And good luck!
Google "adaptive thermogenisis". If you're slim already, you're going down the same path that I did (see my profile) and in for some frustrating times with few "wtf?" moments. Avoid the hassle/timewasting and stay motivated by eating more.0 -
Hello, I am like you, just trying to loose 10 pounds and finding it really difficult for some reason. I am gaining weight, slowly, instead of loosing it! This has never happened to me before so I am perplexed and confused. I'm still plugging away because I know the exercise and dietary changes are good for me anyway. We just have to stay motivated!0
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Hi there,
I have another 7 lbs to lose to get to my ultimate goal of 125lbs. After losing 60 lbs (from my highest at 192lbs the day I delivered my third child 1 year ago), the last few have been really tough. All the advice you have gotten is great. For me, I just try to cook as much as possible (Cooking Light has amazing cookbooks) and exercise at least 4 days a week (Chalean Extreme and Insanity). I wish I could sleep more but it's tough with 3 kids 3 and under and a dual income household (DH and I both have heavy jobs). Feel free to add me and good luck with your journey!0 -
Hi there, I'm trying to lose 10 pounds and every single day is a challenge. I'm also diabetic, which makes things ridiculously slow going, but I'm plugging away! Feel free to add me 0
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My original goal when I started MFP was to lose 5 pounds. I'm a shorty so those pounds come off slowly. I'm 5'1" and I was worried that my BMI was 25 (on the edge of being overweight) -- I'd like my BMI to be more like 23 or 22. The good news is that I am three pounds away from my goal and then I may set a new one then.
Feel free to friend me if you are in the same boat!! I do believe that losing smaller amounts of weight can be just as challenging as larger amounts. It takes the same amount of dedication.0 -
Hello, I am like you, just trying to loose 10 pounds and finding it really difficult for some reason. I am gaining weight, slowly, instead of loosing it! This has never happened to me before so I am perplexed and confused. I'm still plugging away because I know the exercise and dietary changes are good for me anyway. We just have to stay motivated!
Ditto. Same old 10lb but nothing is shifting and scales keep going up a few pounds then down 1 or 2, its a cruel world and hard to stay motivated as i often find myself wondering why put myself through this week after week :sad:0 -
I have probably about 10 lbs or so that I would like to lose. More importantly I have no desire to be "skinny". My goal is to be fit and fabulous. For one thing my husband isn't into skinny girls and with my body type I have never been and I will never be skinny without being unhealthy. I was on 1200 calories and lost 10 lbs very quickly. Since then I have gained and lost the same 4 lbs over and over for about 6 weeks. I have slowly increased my calories to around 1500 on workout days and about 1350 on non-workout days. I have also just started the BeFit 90 day challenge and I am looking forward to seeing some great changes in my body by christmas. I am always looking for new MFP friends. 0
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SAME! Lost a few pounds just by changing my diet and have 15 more to loose and it just won't come off! Luckily I haven't lost my motivation yet, just becoming discouraged. New to this too so feel free to add.0
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Hello, I am like you, just trying to loose 10 pounds and finding it really difficult for some reason. I am gaining weight, slowly, instead of loosing it! This has never happened to me before so I am perplexed and confused. I'm still plugging away because I know the exercise and dietary changes are good for me anyway. We just have to stay motivated!
Ditto. Same old 10lb but nothing is shifting and scales keep going up a few pounds then down 1 or 2, its a cruel world and hard to stay motivated as i often find myself wondering why put myself through this week after week :sad:
I am in the exact same position. Two years ago I got down to my lowest of 113 from pure starvation. I ate net calories of probably 500 a day. I hated myself every day for it and vowed to never do that again. Over the past two years I gained back 7 of those pounds, which may not seem like a lot but I am only 5'0 so every single pound is seen on my frame. I am really trying to get down to 110 the healthy way. I am doing the Insanity program and I have adapted to a low-carb lifestyle because of digestion issues and to see if it will help me out at all. But I have the same problem as you guys where I'm up one or two pounds one week, then down, then down again, then up. And it is hard to stay motivated when you aren't seeing consistent results on the scale.0 -
I'm not new to MFP, but I realized I finally needed to drop the 10 pounds I gained after being in a new relationship (eating out and socially drinking way more). I've always been relatively fit and could eat whatever I wanted, but all the dining out and wine flights finally caught up with me!
For me it's focusing on calories alone to drop the weight.. I've maintained my gym habits (4-5x/wk) of yoga, zumba, strength, cardio/circuits for the past 5 years. I'm 5'7" and 1200 is too low for me, I've been happy and able to drop weight if I eat/drink about 1500-1600/day on the days I work out. The other days I try to stick to 1250-1300. In the 8 weeks I've been actively tracking, I've lost 6 pounds. And that's with several nights of going out for events, traveling out of town for the weekend, etc. Hoping slow and steady keeps working!0 -
I only had 21 to lose.. Eating more than 1200 worked better for me. I stalled eating 1200 and upped to 1300, then 1350, then 1400.. Now I'm at 1500. Decided I would be more comfortable at 3-5 lbs less. I exercise at least 4-5 days a week and eat back all of my exercise calories (most of the time).0
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Yes! It's pissing me off! *ready yourselves for my much needed rant!*
I ONLY have 2-3" on my waist and hips that I want to lose but the fat doesn't seem to shift! Argh! Annoying. I've been trying to lose it for 12 months now. I've been coming in and out of plateaus but it just doesnt go. =( In the amount of time I've tried losing one dress size, people have reported losing 10! It makes me so sad. =( I would sell my freaking soul to lose this last dress size. I tried everything. I put myself through hell and had to fight to come back JUST so I could lose it. I would lose weight then gain weight then lose weight then gain weight. Nothing seems to happen! I've been at the same weight for 12 months! Argh! I need miracle.
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I'm not new to MFP, but I realized I finally needed to drop the 10 pounds I gained after being in a new relationship (eating out and socially drinking way more). I've always been relatively fit and could eat whatever I wanted, but all the dining out and wine flights finally caught up with me!
For me it's focusing on calories alone to drop the weight.. I've maintained my gym habits (4-5x/wk) of yoga, zumba, strength, cardio/circuits for the past 5 years. I'm 5'7" and 1200 is too low for me, I've been happy and able to drop weight if I eat/drink about 1500-1600/day on the days I work out. The other days I try to stick to 1250-1300. In the 8 weeks I've been actively tracking, I've lost 6 pounds. And that's with several nights of going out for events, traveling out of town for the weekend, etc. Hoping slow and steady keeps working!
You sound JUST like me-- I gained mostly due to new relationship/social drinking, as well (and I'm also 5'7") I'll try adapting your pattern (upping on days I work out-- of course, I have to work out more) 0 -
You guys are awesome! This is all definitely encouraging Someone said my diary wasn't open for viewing-- I thought it was, actually-- so does anybody know how to make it viewable? Thanks! 0
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I'm adding all of you to my friends list! Glad to know I'm not the only one out there! My diary is public, so those of you with more experience at losing the last couple of pounds and keeping them off, please please let me know what I should be doing to make things better! Would REALLY appreciate all your guidance and help! 0
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Feel free to friend me Miss Kitty. I'm in the same boat!!0
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Hi there! I'm fairly new, too, and looking to lose 14 lbs. I lost a whopping 3.5 the first week, all of which was water, most likely! Week two I dropped 1.6 (again, mostly water?). After a weekend away last weekend I'm not looking forward to jumping on the scale Friday morning, but it is what it is! Feel free to friend me, if you'd like:)0
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