200+ lbs ladies in gym

Not quite sure what your asking but keep in mind,

It's a marathon, not a sprint.

I don't think that anyone could really answer that question without a lot more information, but keep in mind that a healthy weekly weight loss would be between 1 and 2 pounds, probably closer to 1. I don't know how you have set up your MFP settings, but I suggest setting a 1 pound per week goal and follow the recommended calorie goal and see how you do. You can always tweak it later. Take your time and don't worry too much about how many calories you are burning. That will increase as you become healthier. Good Luck!

What most people are saying -- it takes time to build a habit. Exercise needs to be a habit and that means committing to it X times a week for at least 90 days. After 30 days it should become part of your life, but after 90 days, you're committed.

Don't burn yourself out by working out too much. If you're starting, a 30-45-minute session should be fine as long as you are working out during that time. Try to commit to 4 times a week. After a month you will up your sessions or intensity.

Easiest formula is to burn 3500 a week to lose 1 pound, whether that be killing 500 calories in the gym, or a diet reduction. If you want to lose 2 lbs a week, cut 7000 calories from diet a week. so maybe an hour of cardio everyday and eating a healthy diet of 1600-1700 or something like that.

3500 calories = 1 pound
500 calories burned each day x 7 = 1 lb weight loss a week

Wouldn't advise trying to lose over 2, if you do lose more, your body was ready for the change. Good luck!

I've always heard that you won't really start to see results for at least the first month or two. Especially because you lose weight but gain muscle. I think everyone is different, and it will take some time to find out what is working best for you. If you are making your best effort to stay under your calorie goal and exercising daily, you should begin to see results, even if they are small at first. If you're concerned about your caloric intake, share your diary, let your friends hold you accountable. MFP should set your goal, but I'd say 1200-1500 calories a day is ideal. I agree with what everyone has said as far as moderation. You shouldn't expect to see dramatic results right away, and I don't think there's really a formula for losing a large amount of weight quickly. When you burn more than 2 pounds a week, you can rebound and put the weight right back on. If you start losing too much weight too drastically or cutting yourself back too far on calories, your body will go into starvation mode and store everything it can to maintain your current weight. Eating healthy and staying active are always the safest bet. Don't be afraid to give yourself a rest day. You don't want to injure yourself, but if you're feeling the hurt, that's a good sign. Your body needs time to recuperate between workouts. It doesn't have to be the gym everyday. Give yourself an easy day once or twice a week and just take a walk or do some serious cleaning/gardening. Physical activity = burning calories. If you work up a sweat and get your heart rate up, you've done good. If there's a day you don't feel up to the gym, stay home and try finding an alternate activity that'll be easier on you. Youtube has tons of great fitness videos of exercises you can do at home, like these: https://www.youtube.com/user/runtasticFitness?feature=watch. Basic strength training can (sometimes) be less punishing, and it helps you build strength and endurance to push through your workouts. But any good cardio will help you kill calories, be it yardwork, dancing, a long walk.

Exercise 20-60 minutes, about 3-6 times per week. Find the balance point where it's sustainable. When you exercise, it's not about how many calories you burn. It's about becoming better, faster, stronger, fitter.

PACE YOURSELF!!!!
Don't burn yourself out early into the game..this is going to take a while...slow down, you don't have to go to the gym everyday, go 3 or 4 times a day...Try to build up to 225 calories, then 250 etc...every week.

Unfortunate, reducing is about 80/20 diet and exercise. Exercise is merely the fine-tuning, but the diet is doing the heavy lifting (OK, bad pun!)

Don't count on exercise for weight loss especially if you are eating the calories back. 90% of your weight loss will be from eating at a calorie deficit. That said, having your budget set at 1200 is ridiculously low for your stats. You might want to rethink your loss plan instead of trying to make up the difference with exercise. 1200 is as low as MFP goes so you must have chosen the 2 lb a week goal. You really shouldn't be eating below your BMR which is definitely going to be more than 1200.

also, your daily steps really add up. you mention you've been inactive, and that can change a little everyday by taking more steps which burns more calories. When I began I burned around 250 calories a day on steps alone (not counting exercise), now my steps can account for a calorie burn of anywhere from 400 to 800 caloriesa day all before I hit the exercise hour. Little things matter like parking the car a little farther away (it used to sound silly to me), jumping up to get something for someone else instead of having others do for me, etc. Best of luck, you're asking the right questions ;-)

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Chrissy_Ivers wrote: »

So maybe the real question is how to sustain yourself on healthy food with a ridiculously low budget? Keeping in mind that I need low carb and high protein foods. Anyone gone through the same situation in their college years? Any advice? Or specific foods or even brands of food for this situation?

eggs are cheap. check your dollar store for frozen veggies cheap. buy reduced produce. bone in chicken is also pretty cheap.