POST IF YOU ARE LOSING WEIGHT 1-2lbs a week!!!

I'm losing around 1.8 lb/week. I eat back most of my exercise calories, but try to end up with a 100-200 calorie surplus at the end of the day. I typically eat around 1500-1600 calories, and I allow myself 1 high-calorie meal (sometimes above my goal, but not above maintenance) per week. In addition to recording everything I put in my mouth, I drink tons of water (I try for 10+ per day) and exercise for at least an hour per day.

I've lost 20 pounds in 9 weeks so far. Love this site.

Losing 1-2 lbs a week...

How? - EXERCISE - I make sure I get in around 500 burned calories of exercise a day... I do not eat my exercise calories.. but I do not restrict myself of foods that I love either

Diet - Moderation - I eat Whole Grain Whole Wheat choices over high sugary foods, however, if I want something (ie Chocolate) then I have it, in moderation!! Eating one meal that is horribly bad for me did not make me fat... it was the 5 million other choices that went with it.

Understanding how your body works, and how well your body will adapt to the changes you have made, is the key to weight loss.

I'm about on par with 1 lb a week. I too drink a crap-ton of water, and I've cut down the sugar and milk in my coffee, and really focus on balanced eating everyday-even the ones where I plan to have take out.

Before I started MFP, I used this meal plan http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/six-week-weight-loss-meal-plan-week-1

I didn't follow it precisely, and only lost about 4 pounds over the summer (I did it 2x) but I feel it set the foundation for me not to just stick to my calorie in take without feeling hungry (its about 1500 cals a day) but also taught me how to grocery shop and cook healthy on a regular basis so that take out is really just an exception. When I started I told myself "its guidlines" and just let myself get closer and closer to the actual plan (save the tofu, I HATE tofu). I even printed the whole thing out (put in a binder) and with all the recipies and now its my go-to cook book.

Eating right and regular exercise. There is no magic bullet. The secret ingredient of the secret ingredient soup is... NOTHING! It's all you.

Great summary!

I typically lose 1 to 2 lbs per week - I eat very little processed foods, lots of veggies, legumes, eggs, nuts/seeds, lean protein... I'm having tons of fun making lots of home-made versions of things (ex. pumpkin pie, hummus, veggie burgers, nutella, etc.). I drink lots of water. I try to do some kind of exercise every day - even if it's just going for a short/easy 20 min. walk. My food diary is public for anyone who is interested.

To anyone just starting out - change slowly. I didn't get to where I am now overnight - it took about a year! I started by just watching calories, then eating more veggies, then cutting out processed foods (which helped with my sodium), then adding in more exercise.... slow, small changes add up to big wonderful change over a long period of time!

Edited to add: I love food and refuse to starve myself! I eat my full base calories (1200/day) plus 50-75% of exercise calories, occasionally more.

well I DID lose 3 lbs last week but it must have been water weight as I gained it back over one night of drinking tequlia, even though I made sure I stayed under my calories so now Im losing the same three lbs again >: /

Losing 1 pound per week. Eating about the same breakfast everyday (yogurt and low fat granola), Healthy Choice frozen meal for lunch (yes, yes, I know most of you hate these. Well they work for me), sensible dinner and tons of water. I work out 4-5 times a week and vary the workouts all the time. On the weekends I don't count calories very much. I try to be pretty good and only have one naughty meal on the weekend (which usually turns to 2) but I like my drinkie drinks and beer/football.

FYI: I am 5'6", started at 160 and I'm down to 142

Well, I have lost 9 pound so far in only 24 days, but i really watch what I eat and I started walking 3 times a week for an hour.

I lose on average 1-2 pounds a week.

I gave up carbonated beverages beginning of the year (including diet drinks), I only drink water, green and herbal teas.
Rarely use salt and limit my sodium intake, no fried foods and low number of carbs.
No refined sugars and limited canned foods.. no prepacked meals.
I've never been into red meat, so I only have it if my body feels it needs it.
Otherwise it is turkey, fish or chicken... no lunch meat or anything like that.
Maybe have bread once or twice a month and barely have processed foods.
Portion control has been a huge factor and eat smaller meals more often. Plus learning to eat until full and not stuff myself because something tastes good. Learning to indentify what hunger feels like and not eating out of habit.
I don't keep snack foods in the house... because if the food is not there... you won't eat it!
I bike on a stationary bike a few times a week, stay busy with mg dogs, gardens and yard work, etc.
I allow myself to eat food I like, but in 1/2 portion and fill in the rest with salads and vegetables.. that way you are not deprived and less likely to gorge on food you shouldn't.
Also, I don't drink alcohol.. period.
I adore cooking and making everything from scratch, so I find things I like and find ways to make them fit my dietary needs.
Once every couple weeks, I have a free day where I give myself permission to eat 1 portion of whatever I might be craving and be perfectly ok with it.
I garden and grow my own food as well.
For me, it is not a diet... it is a lifestyle change and being as natural as possible.
Just replace one bad habit at a time with a good alternative and slowly it becomes a habit and you move on to the next change.
It's not about being thin.... its about being healthy and doing what you can now to live a long active life in the future.

I have averaged one pound a week since I joined. At first I dropped weight a little too fast and I was pretty miserable, but I just kept at it and it leveled off. Then I thought I was stuck, but when I look at the length of time I have been doing this and how much I have lost, it still averages out to about a pound a week.

I have done nothing different except follow the calorie recommendations that MFP set out for me. I don't eat anything different and I don't not eat some things, but I have learned what is calorie dense and I now tend towards the foods that allow me more quantity. If I give in to the sweets that I love, I either have to walk a lot more to make up for it or go hungry.

I have to say that it took some getting used to, especially the hunger pains at night. But the results have been well worth it.

I have lost 45 lbs so far by doing cardo and weight lifting.


I started doing only cardio because i was afraid I'd bulk up. Once I injured myself and had to do less cardio and i picked up weights I found it to be fun. I also learned that you can't bulk up easy. And women who ***** about bulking up makes me laugh. Its hard enough for a man to get big with all of the testosterone we have. So for a woman its nearly impossible.

And women who ***** about bulking up makes me laugh. Its hard enough for a man to get big with all of the testosterone we have. So for a woman its nearly impossible.

YEP!!

Whoever thinks you will bulk from lifting weights--YOU WILL NOT unless you are taking steroids or something of that nature. Guys have testosterone which is what makes them bulk up. We do not. We get lean and ripped and still be small. So if you think you will get manly from lifting weights, well think again.

I was losing about 5 pounds a week for 2.5 months while I was doing Power 90. I am now leveled out on losing though. Oh and I ate a vegan diet.

27 lbs in 6 weeks..... simple