How did YOU reach your goal?

mauswood

When I first started out I just kept my calories at 1,200 and rode an exercise bike almost every day whenever I watched tv or a movie - usually meant at least an hour of riding. What I found super helpful was that I only weighed myself once a month. I've been weighing myself every week lately and it's been super discouraging (I've been at a plateau I haven't been able to break for a very very long time now). But when I was weighing myself once a month the number was bigger and more encouraging. As long as you're eating conscientiously, getting enough protein and water, and exercising - the weight WILL come off. Just be patient

ohheyy125

Diet and exercise. I kept to about 1200ish calories for a while, then upped it when I upped my exercise. I'm not real awesome at adhering to my "limit", but I'm very hard on myself in terms of expectations, so I don't really have "cheat" days. Instead, I try to live in moderation. My diet isn't super clean, super fancy, or even super anything, and that's mainly because I'm changing my lifestyle to fit my needs and what I KNOW I can maintain going forward. But I'm under my calories, I get my nutrition, and the thing I miss most is all the Starbucks I used to drink!

I think the biggest thing is find something that works for you in both the short and long run. Each person is different!

Nice!

ohheyy125

Started out at 1200 calories and after about a month of starving and feeling awful, upped it to close to 1400/day-- which felt much better! Shared a personal trainer 3x a week, mostly resistance training and moderate weights, and have gone religiously.
I now have a flat belly, smaller hips and a hint of abs!

Lost about 28 lbs in 8 months, no real plateaus but the last 8 lbs or so came off much slower and with greater effort.
In all, I lost about a 3/4 lb - 1 lb a week. I'm 52 years old, 5"5.5 and now weigh about 124 lbs. I'm newly working on maintenance
and trying to stay in range of 124-126 and have upped my calories to about 1700/day.

I worked hard at it and was consisent and committed. I had the occasional splurge and cookie, but
overall greatly improved my diet to stay within calories and macros. Slow and steady.

Awesome thanks this was helpful. I agree that the extra 200 calories makes a huge difference

Chinadorian

bump

Slimat30

Hi there!
I started at 150lbs and am now at goal (126lbs). I'm 5'7"
To get here I ate 2000 cals every day and didn't eat back any exercise calories. I ran three times a week. Good luck everyone!
Feel free to add me :happy:

sweetpea129

I'm not at goal yet but im getting closer!

For me, the biggest thing was cutting out soda. I never really ate THAT much before, but use to drink 5 cups of pepsi a day for many, many years, almost 20 years maybe? Thats A LOT of freaking empty calories. So i cut out all drinks that werent water. I also stick to 1200-1400 cals, and eat a lot of chicken, fruits, veggies. But, yes, soda was my biggest success.