Am I on the right track?

MamaTop
MamaTop Posts: 24
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi .. Im new here .. and fat.

I recently sat down with my doctor and talked about weight loss, she gave me some guidelines to follow and I am trying my best but unsure if I am on the right track or not ..

I am 30
5'5
245 pounds presently (started at 250)
Goal 175 (need to lose 75 lbs)

My doctor said I burn 1900 calories daily just being me. She told me to aim for 1700 daily with 120g of protein daily.

Right now my only exercise is walking (she recommended I take off 20 pounds before moving to a more exercise to avoid injuries)

For the last 7 days I have been using MFP to track what I eat .. typically I can reach my 1700 calories with 3 meals and 2 snacks and am not feeling hungry. But I was only averaging 80g of protein .. and that was with lots of high protein foods! Yesterday I made a homemade protein shake with whey powder and some homemade protein bars. I had the protein shake for lunch .. it ended up making a huge glass full .. I drank it all but I felt VERY full afterwords, that was around noon for lunch .. I felt full ALL DAY .. I ended forcing myself to have dinner at 6 simply because I knew it was dinner time. I reached my 120g of protein yesterday .. but ended up at 1500 calories because I was not hungry for an afternoon snack and had a smaller dinner.

I feel like hitting 120g of protein keeps me full enough I cant reach my 1700 calories .. and I read enough on here to know you cant run on a large calories deficit like that.


I am eating eggs, greek yogurt, nuts, quinoa, multigrain, oatmeal ... lots of high protein foods. I also drink half my weight in water, 120 oz a day.

I did lose 4.6 lbs last week! I know thats a lot for 1 week but I am sure it was mostly water weight or something .. I dont think it will keep up like that each week.

Am I on the right track??

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  • Griffin220x
    Griffin220x Posts: 399
    Hi .. Im new here .. and fat.

    I recently sat down with my doctor and talked about weight loss, she gave me some guidelines to follow and I am trying my best but unsure if I am on the right track or not ..

    I am 30
    5'5
    245 pounds presently (started at 250)
    Goal 175 (need to lose 75 lbs)

    My doctor said I burn 1900 calories daily just being me. She told me to aim for 1700 daily with 120g of protein daily.

    Right now my only exercise is walking (she recommended I take off 20 pounds before moving to a more exercise to avoid injuries)

    For the last 7 days I have been using MFP to track what I eat .. typically I can reach my 1700 calories with 3 meals and 2 snacks and am not feeling hungry. But I was only averaging 80g of protein .. and that was with lots of high protein foods! Yesterday I made a homemade protein shake with whey powder and some homemade protein bars. I had the protein shake for lunch .. it ended up making a huge glass full .. I drank it all but I felt VERY full afterwords, that was around noon for lunch .. I felt full ALL DAY .. I ended forcing myself to have dinner at 6 simply because I knew it was dinner time. I reached my 120g of protein yesterday .. but ended up at 1500 calories because I was not hungry for an afternoon snack and had a smaller dinner.

    I feel like hitting 120g of protein keeps me full enough I cant reach my 1700 calories .. and I read enough on here to know you cant run on a large calories deficit like that.


    I am eating eggs, greek yogurt, nuts, quinoa, multigrain, oatmeal ... lots of high protein foods. I also drink half my weight in water, 120 oz a day.

    I did lose 4.6 lbs last week! I know thats a lot for 1 week but I am sure it was mostly water weight or something .. I dont think it will keep up like that each week.

    Am I on the right track??

    Your doctor is 100% correct! Keep what you're doing protein should be a hug priority and it is suppose to keep you full longer it is has a huge amount satiety.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/941846-how-to-lose-fat-for-noobs-part-2-long-version

    What your doctor told you matches the three rules^^^ and that is how I lost fat.
  • MamaTop
    MamaTop Posts: 24
    I read through that post yesterday! I just wanted to make sure I was on the right track :)
  • eleniperez
    eleniperez Posts: 2
    You're doing great and I'll give you a tip I learned at the Wellspring weight loss camps. Try having less than 20 grams fats of fat a day :) good luck.

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