People who were already athletic before you started MFP?

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sokkache
sokkache Posts: 220 Member
edited January 10 in Health and Weight Loss
So, I'm the person who was already pretty athletic before I started MFP, I have a decent amount of muscle mass and I exercise and play sports all the time. The only problem was really my diet and that I ate A LOT of bad foods. The only weight I'm trying to lose right now is 15-20 pounds, but I find that it is coming off VERY slowly.

Is there anyone else like this?

How long did it take you to lose what you have lost now?

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  • Hbazzell
    Hbazzell Posts: 899 Member
    I wasnt really "athletic" but I am in the military and I always make weight and scrape buy on pushups. I want to lose 20 lbs and it is coming off really slowly. It is super annoying. I lost 5, gained 5, lost 2...so I am down 3 after 20 days! I never went over my calories and I started working out again. My friend on here said when you start working out your bosy holds water to use it for your muscles. I think thats why i gained 5 back. She said set you goal to 1 lb a week since your calories arent that high to begin with. When I was at 2lbs a week i started gaining. She is in her 40s and has a bomb 6 pack and eats icecream so I took her advice haha.
  • devastation77
    devastation77 Posts: 233
    I've always been a gym rat for most of my life, and the decision to trim down was helped a lot by the app.

    I was built like a tank, always strong. But now I'm fit and strong. I like my current shape.
  • freddykid
    freddykid Posts: 265 Member
    I only planned on losing 20 lbs when I started. I lost consistently since I really started to push myself to log every thing. The one bad part about losing fat is I easily lost 10 lbs of muscle dieting too. I am ok with that though since I don't have a reason to be super muscular. But just something to note when you cut out calories you will probably lose some muscle as well.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    The amount of fat mass we can lose in a 24-hour period depends on our total fat mass. If you have a favorable body composition to start with - ie. low body fat - then you won't oxidize as much fat compared to someone with significantly more fat mass. After finishing a bulk, I had about 10 lbs of fat to reduce, so I just ate 250 to 300 calories below my actual TDEE of 2900. It goes by slow (0.5 lbs per week), but I like it that way since a larger deficit would lead to greater loss of lean body mass. I have about 5 more lbs to go and should hit my 7% body fat goal in another 7 weeks or so.
  • theologynerd
    theologynerd Posts: 264 Member
    I was always athletic in the sense that sports came more naturally for me. No matter what I tried, I had aptitude for it, and would win awards and stuff. However, now that I get enough protein, everything is WAY different. I am in far better shape than I ever was in high school, despite being 25 lbs. heavier. At 33, I look better and perform better than I ever did at 18, and it's all because of my protein intake.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    So, I'm the person who was already pretty athletic before I started MFP, I have a decent amount of muscle mass and I exercise and play sports all the time. The only problem was really my diet and that I ate A LOT of bad foods. The only weight I'm trying to lose right now is 15-20 pounds, but I find that it is coming off VERY slowly.

    Is there anyone else like this?

    How long did it take you to lose what you have lost now?

    there's me. i still got 80 pounds overweight too because of horrible eating habits which boiled down to eating too much too often :laugh: i started MFP at 224 with about 140-145 lean body mass

    i have to say it's good that you're getting a handle on this now because at your age i had the same habits and didnt really start picking up weight until my 30's when i really started working desk jobs.

    anyway, i'm still working on losing. i'm finding that the weight is coming off slowly in terms of the scale, but i'm losing a lot of fat so i'm slimming down. it's taken me a year to get to this point. i pretty much spent all of last year making better eating habits which resulted in losing 5 pant sizes but only 20 pounds.
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