Why am I losing weight?

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  • ImtheOnethatsCool
    ImtheOnethatsCool Posts: 212 Member
    The answer is "poutine". It's magical and stuff. For real. I read it in the Journal of Stuff I Made Up, issue 47. <pokerface>

    now I want poutine
  • SlimSumday
    SlimSumday Posts: 379 Member
    I think you are magic. :flowerforyou:

    Not because of the weight loss or anything, but just because YOU LIVE IN MY COMPUTER AND TYPE MESSAGES FOR ME TO READ OMG HOW WEIRD
    LOL!
  • smithntuck
    smithntuck Posts: 113 Member
    I think you have the right idea...you are doing what works for you! I, myself, have cut carbs and sugar way down, and have lost over 140 lbs, because that's what has worked for me. It's the only "diet" that has ever been sustainable and satisfying to me. However, I do cheat, not often, but I do :D
  • Exill
    Exill Posts: 155 Member
    I'm 5'4, 105 lbs, and no matter what I eat, if I overeat I gain weight, if I eat fewer calories I lose weight. It's that simple. I eat a lot better now than I did 4 years ago, but I don't follow any fad diets or pay much attention to sugar intake or specific nutrients. I just eat healthy foods without denying myself things I enjoy and I don't over eat. I don't know why people try to make it out to be so much more complicated.
  • kenj13
    kenj13 Posts: 39 Member

    Some background - I started at 320 pounds in October of 2012 and today I weighed in at 266. That's 54 pounds gone in less than 6 months -but...HOW? Based on this site, I'm doing everything wrong.

    I eat between 2000-2500 calories a day, my macros are set at 45carbs/35 fats/20protein. That leaves me eating between 200-300 grams of carbs a day.

    First of all, congrats on your weight-loss success! Second, I feel you might have stumbled into the BMR/TDEE or "Eat more to lose" strategy. Generally, MFP sets goals for you (i.e., I want to lose 2 lbs a week so it tells me I should eat 1200 cals). HOWEVER, this can be too little calories for more people's metabolism and our weight remains stagnant or shoots up. The gentleman has an interesting post: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12 that helps calculate how to eat the right amount of calories for your metabolism to burn weight. He never mentions food restriction, portion sizing, the like, just enter in numbers, to find your base metabolic rate and BOOM! More calories = weight loss.

    SOO! After that long winded statement all I really think is you're losing because your eating enough calories to help your metabolism burn fat and shed pounds. :smile:
  • amy1612
    amy1612 Posts: 1,356 Member


    I'm glad you have found your N=1. But your N=1 isn't the same as mine. or the next person...or the next person...and so on...

    This applies across the board...I gained weight eating primal. Granted, its not all fat, but it is possible that you can 'eat clean' and gain weight. I eat 100g of carbs a day or less, I should be burning fat like a motherb***h according to marks daily apple (which I love btw so not hating), but I'm not. Sometimes calorie tracking and macro tracking isnt a bad thing.

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