Weight loss with treadmill and eating right?

I've lost weight by eating right and exercising only about once a week. You'll see a difference. I bet you feel better just from eating better food; more even levels of energy, less craving for junk food. Use that as a motivation until you think the time is right to check in on a scale.

Wait you lose 1800-2000 calories from exercise? That's a lot. How much do you weigh now? Coz I walk/run at least 2 hours a day, that's about 18,000- 22,000 steps per day and I only lose about 800 - 1,500 calories at most, that's also if i include swimming and other exercises too. I'm 176lbs now but even when I was 215 I didn't lose as much as you do.

Although I am sticking to 1200 cal per day (per mfp), I still don't understand when people tell me to eat half the calories lost. I have a heart rate monitor/watch and every night I write down my days numbers. On average I am walking 10,000-11,000 steps, and losing between 1,800 and 2,500 cal a day. What should I be eating back and why? I don't want to lose 20 lbs, I want to lose at least 60 in the long run so I have a lot of fat on me. I've read on here people with a lot to lose don't "eat back calories" and people closer to their goal weight do?

So you're eating 1,200 calories a day and exercising 1800-2500 calories a day? And that seems healthy to you? What do you think your body is going to use to fuel itself? You know -- your basic functions -- brain, respiration, all the other fun filled things your body has to do just to survive. Your metabolism WILL slow down to compensate soon enough. And then what?

The advice to calculate your TDEE and eat 20% less than that is, to me, the best way. MFP is predicated on you eating back your calories. It is assuming the 1200 is the net calories. Because over a long period of time, that is what studies have shown your body needs to function.

You may lose weight your way -- for a while. But did those 60 extra pounds come on within a couple of months? Why do you think they can come off in a couple of months and why would you try?

I just think you are heading for long-term trouble doing it like that.

Yup, what Tigersword said. Exercise has a very small part in helping you lose weight - but it helps you look and feel better.

As to your original question though, that is pretty much what I did: diet and treadmill with a couple of days of weight training. A lot of my weight training in the beginning was focused on rehabbing my new knee which is, as of today, 363 days old. When I started in January I had just been released from physical therapy, and still had somewhat limited motion. I certainly could not walk very quickly. My leg muscles were very weak and needed to be "re-activated" as it were. But almost from the very beginning I have exclusively done HIIT type training on my gym's treadmill. And it is the best treadmill around I think. A LifeFitness treadmill. I could barely walk at 2.5 MPH and 6 or 9% incline. Slowly I built up the speed and incline. By the end of 3 months, I had lost 32 pounds and had gotten to my "initial" goal weight, where I stayed for 2 months to sort of re-evaluate where I was and where I wanted to go. Then I went on another weight loss period for 3 months and I've lost another 19 pounds -- intentionally more slowly. That is where I am now. Now I'm entering maintenance and I'm almost doubled my calories from where I started. Initially I was too aggressive. fortunately, I didn't do it long and there was no damage. But had I continued I don't think I would have been as lucky.

Now about 9 months later, with yesterday's tread session, on the high intensity part of the training on the treadmill, I'm up to about 3.7 MPH and a 30% incline. With my titanium knee, I'm not allowed to actually run (my surgeon would kill me and he has scalpels and knows how to use them). But at 30%, according to MFP's exercise database, it's the same as running at about 7 MPH on a flat surface.

So yes, you can lose weight with a treadmill and eating right. And you don't need to be aggressive in doing it. BTW, I'm 58 years old and my starting weight was only slightly below yours (I started at 203).

Yes, you can and will lose weight doing what your doing! Congratulations on your determination, keep it up! remember that
diet is the main part of losing weight. the saying is "lose weight in the kitchen, get fit in the gym" .
think about this. 3500 calories = 1 lb
. 1 mile on the treadmill = 100 calories.
to lose one lb on the treadmill
you run or walk 35 miles = 5 miles/day for a week, or go into calorie deficit 500 calories per day for a week.
or some combination of the two things. we will soon see your post in the "success" section, I know it !!!