5'5"ers...What did YOUR first 3 months consist of....

anjiemr
anjiemr Posts: 41 Member
in Motivation and Support
Hi 5'5"ers,
Struggling to find my nitch.

:smile: What did your first 3 months of MFP consist of...your story: meaning what was your calorie intake; general diet plan
and most of off did you start out walking (or walking only), videos, cardio w//weights right away...etc.

Anything you can share will help motivate.

Thanks :-)

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  • clareyoung80
    clareyoung80 Posts: 177 Member
    I can't really remember now!! It's been about a year since I started, and I've lost 49 lbs so far with 22 lbs to go. I know I lost around 20 lbs in the first 3 months, with hardly no exercise other than walking too and from work 30 min each way. I dud calorie count at around 1200 cals a day and clean eating at almost 100%. I think I found it easier to focus on one thing at a time, though I wished I'd started exercise at the beginning as I am quite soft ad flabby still! I do feel like that saying, "A year from now you wished you'd started today" is soooooooo very true, time went by so quickly and I'm so glad I started last year!!
  • james_scholte
    james_scholte Posts: 5 Member
    I'm 5'-5". I was 275 lbs. now I'm 185 lbs. I need to lose 35 more. My first few months, I was eating 1400 calories per day, and doing 30 minutes of moderate to brisk paced walking (3.0 to 3.5 MPH), about 6 days per week. I was eating a Low cheese stick, banana, 16 oz of black coffee, and 1 Splenda for breakfast. Lunch was 2 to 3 cups of steamed veggies, with a few ounces of lean meat (no beef or pork, no skin). Lunch didn't Exceed 300 to 400 calories. Then for dinner I would do a similar meal (low carb, fruit/veggies & protein only), using up the rest of my available calories. I began ramping up to 30 min of cardio exercise 3 times daily, then decreased my daily calorie limit to 1200. The pounds really came off quick at this level of exercise.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    For the first three months my cal intake was 1200-1400 and I worked out an average of 3-4 times a week for 60-90 minutes. Went from 174-159 in the first three months. Now it's been a little over a year, my cals are at 1450-1500 and my total loss is at 41 pounds :)
  • anjiemr
    anjiemr Posts: 41 Member
    Thank you. Congrats to you all for your weight loss!
    I have started and stopped and started and stopped...and so on...so many times on MFP. Therefore after posting this topic and reading your responses I understand, FOR ME, that I must be trying to implement too many changes at once.
    I now know that I need to focus mainly on healthy eating habits and only some walking 2-3 days a week. Hopefully that will help.

    Again, Thank you all!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Trying to remember, lol. Hmm first 2 weeks I just counted calories, and stuck to the MFP goal of 1550ish (I was 208lbs). I didn't exercise at all, just tried to get used to eating less first... I ate a lot of lettuce wraps, greek yogurt and strawberries. After 2 weeks I started some light exercise, I picked up Slim in 6 and did that, 6 days a week (not sure how many calories I burned really, but I was totally out of shape and it wasn't easy by any means). I didn't eat my exercise calories back. After that I started walking away the pounds and signed up at the gym and started bodypump, got a HRM and started eating calories back, and that's when I started to eat 'junk' again, but in small quantities within my calories.

    I lost 20 lbs the first 3 months, and been losing 6-7 lbs a month the last 3... I'm almost at 6 months.
  • mamadon
    mamadon Posts: 1,422 Member
    I've been at it for five months. I eat 1200 a day and have lost 58 pounds. I have about 60 to go. I walk or treadmill at the gym about twice a week for forty minutes ( not a lot I know). I eat those calories back.

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