Down to 180..got a few questions??

mommyweighless

Okay so as of April it will be one year since I joined MFP...yay me!

I have successfully lost 50 pounds, and I have 30-40 to go until I am at a good weight.

Is this still considered a significant amount...and is it okay to still eat at a higher deficit? I still have a bit of body fat to lose.

I am eating between 15-1900 calories depending on my activity level. According to FitBit my daily average burn is 2289.

I've noticed my loss has slowed...how can I speed it back up?

Looking for help from those that have been there! Thanks in advance.

CristinaL1983

Everything is a personal preference thing but I started MFP about where you are right now (almost a month ago) I had been losing weight a couple months before joining. I started with a 2lb/wk loss goal and have had success. I haven't experienced any slow downs with weight loss or anything like that. I did add more serious strength training when I started MFP and I think that has been helpful.

I like the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" idea. (Also had my BF% checked pretty recently and my LBM has gone up slightly so I know I'm not losing any muscle or anything like that). IF I do get to a point where things are looking sketchy, I will change what I do (by upping my calories or whatever is necessary).

At this point I have 12 pounds till I'm in my healthy weight range and about 22 until I hit my goal weight. So hopefully things keep moving along pretty well

ETA: you are obviously doing well for yourself and congrats!!

geebusuk

I've noticed my loss has slowed...how can I speed it back up?

I found that the fitter I got and the more weight I lost, the more weight loss slowed.

Your body becomes more efficient, while your weight loss means it's going to be burning less calories from daily activities.

I would have thought it's fine to have a reasonable deficit at 30-40lbs to go. I only started to taper off as I was getting towards single digit body fat.

For me, 'proper' strength training does seem to be making a good difference - I'm doing 4 of the 'big' moves with as heavy weight as I can manage for 3 x 5 reps (squat, bench press, deadlift and weighted pull up). Doesn't take a lot of time, but you do need access to the right kit; I made some stuff to set up at work, so I can do it while working and it thus hardly takes any time out of my day.
A lot is talked about the way such exercise continues to burn calories for some time as your body sorts it's self out - and of course on general body recomposition, even if the scales don't drop so much, you find you may be losing some reasonable fat.

Oh and - nice progress so far!