I have questions for those who have been successful.

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  • Yaya1976
    Yaya1976 Posts: 357 Member
    M/F? FEMALE
    Age? 36
    Height? 5'4
    Start weight? 155
    Goal weight? 125
    CURENT WEIGHT: 137 (half way there)
    Time it took? 3 months to get to my 1/2 way mark
    Aloted daily calories? 1210
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes, but I opted to not change it
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Sometimes, but very rarely


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  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    Female
    29
    5'3.75"
    229
    130s (currently 135)
    18 months to lost 85 lbs
    Started at 1800 for a while, slowly down to around 1600. Now I'm eating 2000 per day.
    I aimed for a 500-750 calorie deficit until I got to about 145 lbs, then I started aiming for about a 200 calorie deficit per day. (assuming set to 1 lb per week, then yes I ate my exercise calories, but what I did was set it to maintenance and aimed to have 500 remaining at the end of the day)

    THANKS in advance!
  • fstender
    fstender Posts: 165 Member
    Hahaha....that is my motivation to exercise too....I like eating...but then I base it on if im hungry or not...I've been following the DASH diet and im so full with eating healthy this hasn't been a problem. Great job on your weight loss!

    M/F?
    Age?
    Height?
    Start weight?
    Goal weight?
    Time it took?
    Aloted daily calories?
    Did your aloted calories change with loss?
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories?

    THANKS in advance!
    M
    42
    5'9"
    370+
    200?
    still going 12 months in
    2100
    yes
    every damn exercise calorie that I could(only reason to exercise)
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  • fstender
    fstender Posts: 165 Member
    This proves that ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY!

    GREAT JOB EVERYONE! :)
  • KodAkuraMacKyen
    KodAkuraMacKyen Posts: 737 Member
    Female
    28
    5'4
    192
    130 (10 lbs away)
    7 Months
    1500-2000
    Yes, it went up :) Eat more to weigh less baby
    Yup
  • Luandanielle1979
    Luandanielle1979 Posts: 747 Member
    Hi Im Luan
    female
    start weight 225lbs
    weight now 164lbs
    weight after inital weightloss 154lbs
    took me 11 months
    didnt eat my exercise cals back and there were quite a few.
    I ate 1200 calories 6 days a week and pretty much had a day off where I had what I wanted (within reason) and enjoyed my fave tipple Wine.

    I maintained for over 6 months but recently gained 8lbs due to taking my eye off the ball, moving house, working too much and general life getting in the way. Im back on it now.

    Good luck with yours it takes serious clout and dedication and love of yourself :O) xxx
  • Luandanielle1979
    Luandanielle1979 Posts: 747 Member
    Height 5ft 6'' I dont look good too skinny x
  • RandiLandCHANGED
    RandiLandCHANGED Posts: 630 Member
    23
    Female
    Heaviest: 170 lbs
    Current: 126
    Took 1 year
    Goal: 16 to 17% body fat
    I am breast feeding so I ate around 2200-2300 while exclusively nursing.
    I currently net 1700 to 2100 but have recently incorporated heavy lifting.
    I ate back breast feeding calories when exclusively nursing, now it varies.
  • beautsarah
    beautsarah Posts: 151 Member
    bump
  • Psalm17v22
    Psalm17v22 Posts: 168 Member
    M/F? Female
    Age? 40
    Height? 5'3"
    Start weight? 158
    Goal weight? 125
    Time it took? 5 months
    Aloted daily calories? started at 1300 and increased 100 calories a month until I reached my goal weight
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? No

    THANKS in advance!

    God bless,
    Karen
  • kirlia
    kirlia Posts: 81 Member
    M/F? f
    Age? 27
    Height? 5'5"
    Start weight? 134 lbs
    Goal weight? 112 lbs was my goal, but i decided to stop trying to lose at my current weight because i'm now satisfied :)
    Time it took? just shy of 2 and 1/2 months
    Aloted daily calories? i started at 1200
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? yes, i increased them as i lost - i'm now at 1500 now
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? hellllllllll yes
  • skcardiog
    skcardiog Posts: 316 Member
    M/F? M
    Age? Old
    Height? Tall
    Start weight? Heavy
    Goal weight? lighter
    Time it took? Less then a lifetime
    Aloted daily calories? less then a million
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? yes, give or take a million calories
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Ate back only when at Outback Steakhouse.
  • JaceyMarieS
    JaceyMarieS Posts: 692 Member
    M/F? Female
    Age? 44
    Height? 5'7"
    Start weight? 322
    Goal weight? 160
    Time it took? losing 116 had taken 13 months
    Aloted daily calories? 1250-1350
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? no
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? I may or may not eat around 100 exercise calories back, hence the allotted range for daily calories
  • yusineddy
    yusineddy Posts: 457 Member
    bump
  • drj1955
    drj1955 Posts: 31 Member
    Bump
  • Luvmykurvs
    Luvmykurvs Posts: 16 Member
    Bump
  • joneslnb
    joneslnb Posts: 14 Member
    Female
    Age 31
    5'5"
    Starting weight 150
    I didn't know my goal weight because I was training for my first Figure competition and had no idea what the end result would be since I have never pushed my body to the limits. I ended up at 121 as shown in my profile picture. Went from size 12 to size 1 at competition weight (not a realistic, maintainable weight by the way). I am training for my second competition and am at 143 right now but my body composition is completely different. I am a size 5 instead of a size 8, which is what I would usually be at that weight.
    It took four months.
    I ate 1,400-1,600 calories a day. This was based on my basal metabolic rate of 1,450 and we added a few hundred calories because I was exercising two hours a day, seven days a week.
    The calories did not change as I progressed because my basal metabolic rate changed only minimally. The thing that changed in my diet was the percentage of carbs, fat, and protein I ate. Started at 45%-20%-35% and ended up at 35%-20%-45% respectively.
    No I did no eat back the calories that I burned except for he extra couple hundred. I was burning about 1,000 calories from cardio an weight lifting every day.
    Evidence that you have to EAT to lose weight y'all.:smile:
  • sandkrain
    sandkrain Posts: 78 Member
    bump - great topic
  • geojeepgirl
    geojeepgirl Posts: 243 Member
    Bump
  • nehushtan
    nehushtan Posts: 566 Member
    M/F? Male
    Age? 49
    Height? 6'3"
    Start weight? 270
    Goal weight? 180
    Time it took? 14 months
    Aloted daily calories? 1800
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes, started at 2100 and dropped over time.
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Yes
  • Brandnewme150
    Brandnewme150 Posts: 43 Member
    F
    28
    5'6"
    234
    150 (currently at 172 62 lb loss)
    Took 30 weeks
    Started at 1200
    I am currently increasing my cals to tdee minus 20% will put me at 1900
    I ate back half my cals at 1200 but now I am not because they are already figured in.
  • Dougf90
    Dougf90 Posts: 95 Member
    Male
    22
    5'10"
    Starting 370lbs
    Currently 172lbs
    Goal 165lbs
    20 months
    Currently eating 2,400 calories for 1lb/wk loss
    I updated my daily calorie intake along the way
    Yes, eating back your exercise calories is how MFP is set up. I found creating a deficit through exercise to be the most helpful tool in losing the weight.
  • pienthesky32
    pienthesky32 Posts: 142 Member
    Female
    43
    5'5"
    306.8
    150 or less...never been there so we'll see!
    Currently down 92 pounds in about 13 months....about 60 to go.
    Currently 1600ish
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? I adjust them often and I don't use MFP settings.
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? I started with Weight Watchers and I ate all my extra points and activity points, and lost very well. Now that I understand calories, I figure my TDEE average for the week and stay under that with out going too low. I don't see a reason to be hungry all the time, so I eat.
  • sstephanrodriguez
    sstephanrodriguez Posts: 36 Member
    M/F? Female
    Age? 26
    Height? 5'2
    Start weight? 140.6
    Current weight: 120.4
    Goal weight? 118
    Time it took? 6 months
    Allotted daily calories? Started around 1200-1300, slowly graduated up to 1500-1600
    Did your allotted calories change with loss? See above!
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Not really. I always try to "net" around 1200-1300.
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    M/F? female
    Age? 50
    Height? 5'2
    Start weight? 165
    Goal weight? 135 ( I am currently at 126.4)
    Time it took? started July 5th 2012
    Aloted daily calories? I don't go by what any site tells me...I eat between 900 - 1350 a day)
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? No really.
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? nope ...I eat when I'm hungry
  • jmoorman83
    jmoorman83 Posts: 17 Member
    BUMP : )
  • M/F? female
    Age? 34Height? 5'11
    Start weight? 351
    Goal weight? 240 ( I am currently at 301)
    Time it took? started 2 years ago
    Aloted daily calories? (I try to, but I won't be too hard on myself if I don't make it now and again)
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes, I lose about 20 calories for every 2-3 lbs I lose.
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? Sometimes ...but usually not because I exercise at the end of my day so my body isn't expecting to eat again so late.
  • StefPayne
    StefPayne Posts: 126 Member
    bump for later:smile:
  • JanJan060
    JanJan060 Posts: 16 Member
    Hi. I started my new meal plan Jan3, 2013. The first ten pounds just fell off.yippi. But now I am stuck on 163.5 for about two weeks now. I would appreciate any advise . Thanks
  • kylejh
    kylejh Posts: 221 Member
    M/F? M
    Age? 41
    Height? 5'9"
    Start weight? 262
    Goal weight? 170
    Time it took? So far one year... I am getting close!
    Aloted daily calories? 1630 currently
    Did your aloted calories change with loss? Yes
    Did/do you eat back your burned/worked off calories? YES (most)
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