I have questions for those who have been successful.
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M/F? f
Age? 27
Height? 5'5"
Start weight? 134 lbs
Goal weight? 112 lbs was my goal, but i decided to stop trying to lose at my current weight because i'm now satisfied
Time it took? just shy of 2 and 1/2 months
Aloted daily calories? i started at 1200
Did your aloted calories change with loss? yes, i increased them as i lost - i'm now at 1500 now
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? hellllllllll yes0 -
M/F? M
Age? Old
Height? Tall
Start weight? Heavy
Goal weight? lighter
Time it took? Less then a lifetime
Aloted daily calories? less then a million
Did your aloted calories change with loss? yes, give or take a million calories
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Ate back only when at Outback Steakhouse.0 -
M/F? Female
Age? 44
Height? 5'7"
Start weight? 322
Goal weight? 160
Time it took? losing 116 had taken 13 months
Aloted daily calories? 1250-1350
Did your aloted calories change with loss? no
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? I may or may not eat around 100 exercise calories back, hence the allotted range for daily calories0 -
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Female
Age 31
5'5"
Starting weight 150
I didn't know my goal weight because I was training for my first Figure competition and had no idea what the end result would be since I have never pushed my body to the limits. I ended up at 121 as shown in my profile picture. Went from size 12 to size 1 at competition weight (not a realistic, maintainable weight by the way). I am training for my second competition and am at 143 right now but my body composition is completely different. I am a size 5 instead of a size 8, which is what I would usually be at that weight.
It took four months.
I ate 1,400-1,600 calories a day. This was based on my basal metabolic rate of 1,450 and we added a few hundred calories because I was exercising two hours a day, seven days a week.
The calories did not change as I progressed because my basal metabolic rate changed only minimally. The thing that changed in my diet was the percentage of carbs, fat, and protein I ate. Started at 45%-20%-35% and ended up at 35%-20%-45% respectively.
No I did no eat back the calories that I burned except for he extra couple hundred. I was burning about 1,000 calories from cardio an weight lifting every day.
Evidence that you have to EAT to lose weight y'all.0 -
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M/F? Male
Age? 49
Height? 6'3"
Start weight? 270
Goal weight? 180
Time it took? 14 months
Aloted daily calories? 1800
Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes, started at 2100 and dropped over time.
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Yes0 -
F
28
5'6"
234
150 (currently at 172 62 lb loss)
Took 30 weeks
Started at 1200
I am currently increasing my cals to tdee minus 20% will put me at 1900
I ate back half my cals at 1200 but now I am not because they are already figured in.0 -
Male
22
5'10"
Starting 370lbs
Currently 172lbs
Goal 165lbs
20 months
Currently eating 2,400 calories for 1lb/wk loss
I updated my daily calorie intake along the way
Yes, eating back your exercise calories is how MFP is set up. I found creating a deficit through exercise to be the most helpful tool in losing the weight.0 -
Female
43
5'5"
306.8
150 or less...never been there so we'll see!
Currently down 92 pounds in about 13 months....about 60 to go.
Currently 1600ish
Did your aloted calories change with loss? I adjust them often and I don't use MFP settings.
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? I started with Weight Watchers and I ate all my extra points and activity points, and lost very well. Now that I understand calories, I figure my TDEE average for the week and stay under that with out going too low. I don't see a reason to be hungry all the time, so I eat.0 -
M/F? Female
Age? 26
Height? 5'2
Start weight? 140.6
Current weight: 120.4
Goal weight? 118
Time it took? 6 months
Allotted daily calories? Started around 1200-1300, slowly graduated up to 1500-1600
Did your allotted calories change with loss? See above!
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Not really. I always try to "net" around 1200-1300.0 -
M/F? female
Age? 50
Height? 5'2
Start weight? 165
Goal weight? 135 ( I am currently at 126.4)
Time it took? started July 5th 2012
Aloted daily calories? I don't go by what any site tells me...I eat between 900 - 1350 a day)
Did your aloted calories change with loss? No really.
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? nope ...I eat when I'm hungry0 -
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M/F? female
Age? 34Height? 5'11
Start weight? 351
Goal weight? 240 ( I am currently at 301)
Time it took? started 2 years ago
Aloted daily calories? (I try to, but I won't be too hard on myself if I don't make it now and again)
Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes, I lose about 20 calories for every 2-3 lbs I lose.
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Sometimes ...but usually not because I exercise at the end of my day so my body isn't expecting to eat again so late.0 -
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Hi. I started my new meal plan Jan3, 2013. The first ten pounds just fell off.yippi. But now I am stuck on 163.5 for about two weeks now. I would appreciate any advise . Thanks0
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M/F? M
Age? 41
Height? 5'9"
Start weight? 262
Goal weight? 170
Time it took? So far one year... I am getting close!
Aloted daily calories? 1630 currently
Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes
Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? YES (most)0
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