Just because you CAN have a 2 pound per week goal

banks1850
banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Doesn't mean you should.

I see it a lot. People with 10, 20, 30, even 40 lbs to lose with a 2 lb per week goal. And I know nobody wants to hear it, but it's important to know.

Please read this post guys, if you are setting a 2 lb per week goal and not in the obese category or higher, you could be sabotaging your own weight loss.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/12250-1000-calorie-deficit-not-for-people-with-healthy-bmi


The most important thing, BY FAR, that I or anyone else on here has ever said is that EVERY person is different, and the goals on here are just very, very rough guidelines. You need to tweak, adjust, and monitor your own status in order for this site to work.

best wishes all,

Banks
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  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Doesn't mean you should.

    I see it a lot. People with 10, 20, 30, even 40 lbs to lose with a 2 lb per week goal. And I know nobody wants to hear it, but it's important to know.

    Please read this post guys, if you are setting a 2 lb per week goal and not in the obese category or higher, you could be sabotaging your own weight loss.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/12250-1000-calorie-deficit-not-for-people-with-healthy-bmi


    The most important thing, BY FAR, that I or anyone else on here has ever said is that EVERY person is different, and the goals on here are just very, very rough guidelines. You need to tweak, adjust, and monitor your own status in order for this site to work.

    best wishes all,

    Banks
  • douganl
    douganl Posts: 283 Member
    What would we do without you Banks?????? :love:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    What would we do without you Banks?????? :love:

    hehe, a lot more research I'm guessing. :laugh:

    I'm such a dork!:ohwell:
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    I wish there was some sort of disclaimer that would pop up when people below a certain weight tried to set for 2 lbs. or something similar to advise or warn them. This one site I joined a while back (but left when I found MFP) had a warning pop-up for if you tried to set goals too unrealistic or if you entered you had health issues.
  • rogers8702
    rogers8702 Posts: 533 Member
    hey thanks for that info i honestly didnt know i changed my goal and got 90 more cals.:wink:
    im still in the over weight range but only by 3.5 lbs. so i figured i wold change it.

    your the man!!!! lol
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    I changed mine too, it was set at 1.5 pounds, I'm still 25lbs overweight but I think 1 pound a week will come off more smoothly. thanks:drinker:
  • icandoit
    icandoit Posts: 4,163 Member
    Thanks banks!!!! You are the best!!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Oh, the best is a stretch, but I do try. :happy:

    Thanks ladies.
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Bump
  • time2wrk
    time2wrk Posts: 773 Member
    Um, ok, I was gone for a while and now I've been back a few days. What is this "bump" thing???? :indifferent: I am sooo lost, I have seen it a few times now! :huh:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Um, ok, I was gone for a while and now I've been back a few days. What is this "bump" thing???? :indifferent: I am sooo lost, I have seen it a few times now! :huh:

    hehe, here ya go

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/7167-for-those-puzzled-by-the-bump
  • HappyathomeMN
    HappyathomeMN Posts: 498 Member
    Way to go Banks, VERY IMPORTANT info!!!!!!

    :drinker:
  • time2wrk
    time2wrk Posts: 773 Member
    Ah! I get it (I CAN be taught!) :laugh: Thanks!
  • Anna_Banana
    Anna_Banana Posts: 2,939 Member
    Bump
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    bumpity bump bump:yawn:
  • jenninsocal
    jenninsocal Posts: 419
    I have 100 to lose, and i am set at 2 lbs a week, BUT I completely agree with you, and once I am down to losing 50 lbs, I will probably change it. Right now because I have so much to lose, the pounds are coming off pretty quickly anyways.
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    :drinker:
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,451 Member
    bump
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    OMG! I soooo hoped he was back when I saw this thread. :drinker: then I opened it, and realized that it musta got bumped :sad: But good to keep in our attention, thanx. :happy:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    bumpin again:drinker:
  • jenifergotti
    jenifergotti Posts: 325 Member
    Yea, I only have about 10 more pounds to go and for fun, I put in 2 pds per week and it only gave me like 1000 cal's per day to eat! Yeah right, in your dreams. Food is still one of my best friends! I just know how to manage it now. :laugh:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    BUMPBUMP.gif
  • DjBliss05
    DjBliss05 Posts: 682
    Hmmm, haven't see this thread before.

    Good point though!

    I am in the dreaded "obese" category, but even for me 2lbs was too little. Someone suggested I eat closer to my BMR and I did much better. I am sticking with 1.5lbs/week for now!

    Definitely made a difference and I didn't feel the need to chew off my arm! Realistic goals seems like a better idea for me and 2lbs/week wasn't realistic.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,451 Member
    argh. eat people.

    thbumpphotobucketcaza_roll.gif
  • jennylynn84
    jennylynn84 Posts: 659
    Sooo true. When my weightloss stalled I checked out my goals and discovered that with setting a 2lb a week goal I couldn't even maintain the proper deficit. MFP would stop it at 1200 and it would result in a "You should lose 1.8 lbs a week."

    So instead of going the "I'll eat less!" route and manually changing my settings to less than 1200 I changed it to 1.5 lbs a week, giving me 1340 calories and WHAM - the weight started coming off faster again.

    2 lbs was great when I started and had 75 that I wanted to lose. Now that I'm 15 lbs from "healthy" and 30 pounds from my goal, it's just not realistic.

    Yay food!
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,236 Member
    argh. eat people.

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    Eat people? :noway: :laugh:
  • chgudnitz
    chgudnitz Posts: 4,079
    argh. eat people.

    thbumpphotobucketcaza_roll.gif
    Eat people? :noway: :laugh:
    :laugh: :laugh: I don't think that's how it was meant but your thought is sooo much funnier. :laugh:
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,451 Member
    argh. eat people.

    thbumpphotobucketcaza_roll.gif
    Eat people? :noway: :laugh:
    :laugh: :laugh: I don't think that's how it was meant but your thought is sooo much funnier. :laugh:

    I wasn't being grammatically correct?

    Okay. People, please eat your exercise calories. Thank you.:tongue::laugh:
  • neesey
    neesey Posts: 8
    Banks, I really appreciate reading your posts. Since you brought up the 2 pound per week....I was hoping you could help me figure out what I should be eating in calories. I am suspecting that I am under-eating (and over-drinking wine!)

    I am 42 years old, 5 foot 3 inches, I weigh 141, my BMI is 25.4, fat % is 35.3%. I am trying to lose 19 pounds (120) and I jog/walk for 3 miles 5 to 6 days a week. The treadmill says I burned 400 calories, but I know that is too high. I am currently set with MFP for losing 2 lbs a week (which is why your post caught me eye) and it has given me 1200 calories.

    I know you are not a medical doctor, but you sound like you have done your reseach and I would love to benefit from it.

    Thank you so much.
  • dj_stevie_c
    dj_stevie_c Posts: 270
    I have a lot of weight to lose, but as long as I'm heading in the right direction I'm not that bothered if it's 1lb, 5lbs, 8lbs, whatever.

    I'm training as well and I know my muscles react pretty quickly when I get my butt in gear so I know it's balancing. After 3 weeks I feel a lot healthier and I can walk up the stairs without feeling knackered.

    That's the right direction for me, the scales are there to let me know I'm still doing right, the rest will come.
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