PISSED OFF!!

LMMFAO

ALSO - so many people I know in the 100+ club lost it by eating between 1500 and 2000 calories a day. Wait - to clarify - they lost the first 30 or so with a 1200 calorie diet and then slowly added more as they lost weight and exercised harder...

there are those who only diet
there are those who only do cardio
there are those who only do weight
there are those who only do yoga and flexies
there are those who do all the things...

Guess which people are having the most success and not having trouble maintaining it.

That "MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST OVER 100 POUNDS" line is really just like when people say "IM NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE BUT" - you just know that the other side of that sentence is going to probably piss you off if the person saying it, hasnt been there.

I refused to post with most of the heavy losers here until I even past that mark, because I wasnt go to pretend I could relate.

the truth is, every single person is different and you have to find your own way.

Telling people to avoid one thing, wont help them. Itll be one thing they dont try. Why do that? what do you get out of telling someone, hey dont try this particular thing that so many people have had success with, because some people didnt have success with it.

To the OP - I know you already have a great attitude from your responses here - if someone tells you dont try something that other people have had healthy success with, dont listen to them. Try everything. Find what is awesome and special and uniquely awesome for you.

Who knows- you may be the chick that turns out to be the girl in vintage rollerskates, that does an obstacle run every summer, eat 1682 calories a day and is the only girl in the gym that can do 10 pullups in a row.

The fun is finding out.

:bigsmile:

This is a very intelligent post from someone who knows what she is talking about. She figured out what did and didn't work for her.

It was never my intent to tell the OP not to try eating more. My first post had nothing to do with the OP, and was only in response to another post made on here.

I do not encourage starvation diets.

The 'most people' comment was based on my interaction with people on here and by reading the success stories that have been posted.

What really irritates me is when so many people, NOT EVERYONE, but many of them, tell people that simply eating more will make them lose weight. You must create a calorie deficit to lose weight. If you increase your calories, then you must either increase your exercise, or lower your goal of how many pounds per week you want to lose.
There are also many people that simply recite the RoadMap plan, and swear that it works wonders, when they themselves have lost little to no weight since they have been on the site. Even the author of the road map, lost his weight eating at a higher than 20% deficit.

I want to hear from people who have actually lost weight, and how they did it. No, no one OWES me an explanation, or their plan secrets, but if we never hear stories of it actually working for those who are obese, then how do we know that it WILL work for them?
In theory, the plan should work, but real life doesn't always prove theories.

Yoovie, I have read your version of the road map plan and must say that it is very well written, easy to understand, and I like that it was written from your actual experience. I am amazed and impressed with your success in getting your health back together.
I also like that you point out that your plan works for the last 30 pounds or so you have to lose. You don't tell someone that is 200 pounds overweight to do that plan.

You are correct that we are all different. You are quite a bit taller, younger, stronger, and can work out a whole lot harder and longer than I can. I have never seen you tell someone else that they should eat the same amount as you do. I can't say the same for many others on here.

To the OP- I apologize for hijacking your thread, and creating such a stir. None of my comments were directed at you.

You have received a lot of good advice on here about being patient and to keep at it. We all get frustrated at times when the weight doesn't come off as quickly as we'd like. Sounds like you have a great attitude tho, and the motivation to succeed!

jesus christ, i spend spend time writing a compliment to the OP and she calls me a hater. fantastic. especially considering we've exchanged communication before.

and you have to take into consideration that too many people are already eating at a deficit that is FAR TOO BIG, so yeah - they need to eat more to lose weight. If you arent giving your car enough gas for work - you may get there on fumes, but youre not making the engine do any better. Youre hurting it.

my rule of thumb - dont tell anyone to eat more or less unless you actually know 1. how much they actually consume daily (not what they tell you they consume and 2. how much they actually burn on the daily (not how much they tell you they burn...

see what I mean?

What if a newcomer assumed she was eating about 1300 calories a day, but she got some brands wrong, several portions weren't whole servings, etc and it turns out she was only eating about 1100 calories a day. Now, what if she doesnt have an HRM or something and she just uses the estimations on MFP and she has been working out like CRAZYYYY lately and maybe even fudging a little bit of her weight while tracking - so she gets underestimations about how much she burns working out, AND she doesnt even track the mile and a half she walks to and from work twice a day.

So now she is probably taking in about 1100 calories a day and burning off another 500 calories - leaving her at about

600 calories for the day, net.

And she gets frustrated, and comes to MFP and says why am I not losing weight - and A MILLION PEOPLE tell her to eat less and move more.

and all the rest of us want to cry- cause we know she'll listen to them and not us.