I eat 1700+ and lost weight, real results

I genuinely love this thread. Great job everyone!!

I'm in the club too!

Very nice job! Great for you for losing the weight!

I'm 5'3 and was 123 when started losing and I'm now at 116.5 5 weeks after I started.

I eat around 1500-1700 calories a day too

You just lost water weight or a big poo. LOL!

good for you!

remember-everyone's TDEE is different so using that method (like I do) means some peoples calories will be lower.

Height: 5'3" tall
Age: 36
Starting weight: 221
Weight lost by eating 1200 calories: 33 lbs
Weight gained back when started eating normal again: 20 lbs
Starting weight AGAIN: 208
Current weight 153
Caloric intake: no less than 1700, up to 2300-2500/day
Maintaining and still losing now for over a year!

ETA: and I have hypothyroidism, you know, that medical condition that keeps you from losing weight. And yet here I am...

^^^^ This. Well done! I also have hypothyroidism and have given up smoking. I'm not long into this, but I have seen sense and am trying to eat back my calories burned - when I do I am eating between 1700 and 1800 calories gross a day (I have 42 lbs to lose as I was creeping up to the 13 stone mark!!) - I am losing atm and am chuffed to bits.

Well done all you people, this is the way to go!

Why be miserable when you don't have too. Great job everyone

Tagging in as this thread is awesome :drinker:

I'm 5'2 and losing on 1600 cals min a day :bigsmile:

In...

...for sensible plans, realistic expectations, and awesome results.

All of this. And doing it with the intent of kicking butt forever.

Fantastic! I agree completely. I consume close to 2000 a day by the time I eat back my exercise calories of 444 per day of walking and I lost a whole pound yesterday. It's really started to come off since I upped my calories. Your body will do what it is designed to to if you just treat it right! You look awesome girl!!

Great job everyone!

I'm 5'9 and at my heaviest I was around 205-210ish, I think I'm a little under 200 in this pic though.



As of this morning I weigh 158. My first goal is 145, then possibly a little lower. When I first started losing I wanted to get down to 130, but I don't have almost 30 pounds of fat left to lose lol. Anyway, the least amount I've eaten has been in the 1300-1400 range (not eating back exercise calories), but most of the time I eat between 1500-1700. My calories right now are set to 1600 and I'm not eating exercise calories back. I'm going to slowly increase that to 1800 starting next week. My current exercise routine consists of 3 days of full body weight lifting (moderately heavy 3x12), kickboxing bootcamp for 90 minutes 3 times a week (by far my favorite workout I've ever done! I've lost almost an inch from each thigh in less than 4 weeks and have signed up for the next session already.), and jogging 1-3 miles a couple times a week.



It's been a while since I've posted pics, so hopefully this works Ugh...sorry the pics are massive.

I love love love this thread! Congrats OP and everyone else on your success!

I started Sept 29th last year at 234lbs and as of today I'm 142 (down 92lbs). At the very beginning I was eating 1550 based on what MFP set for me and after a couple of months upped it to 1750. I now eat 2200-ish calories a day plus whatever I burn from running and I'm still losing about 3-4lbs per month. Sometimes I eat very healthy, sometimes I eat pure crap. I've cut nothing out. In the past year I've gone to Vegas, enjoyed the holiday season, my birthday, everyone else's birthday, dinners out. I ate what I wanted, stopped when I was full, logged everything and moved on.

Having lost weight many, many times in the past by undereating, this is the very first time I've done it by eating so much AND I have not plateaued once (unlike every other previous attempt at weight loss).

It actually boggles my mind that I'll be increasing my calories even more soon to maintain!

Ok, help me out here....I'm 5'3", 149#. My sedentary TDEE is just under 1700, lightly active is 1800. So if I ate 1700 calories I would maintain. I've been eating 1400, eating all my exercise calories back, & exercising 6 days a week. It's taken me 2 months to lose 5 pounds. What is the difference between you & me?

Not to derail this thread but it seems this person is perfectly on track to me.

We should use her sedentary number because she eats back her exercise cals. So (by whatever method she came up with 1700 for sedentary tdee) by netting 1400 she has a daily deficit of 300 cals. 300 cals a day for 60 days, {carry the five, throw out the 1, take the root of the day of the week} is....an 18000 calorie deficit. 18000 cals represents 5.14lbs of fat. So it seems to me she's pretty close in having a sedentary TDEE of 1700 and tracking both her exercise cals and her eating.

{shrugs} Makes sense to me...and, hey! that math stuff is useful from time to time! cool!

Now, I didn't really answer this person's question, I didn't go back and look up the person she is referring to and try and figure out the difference, but there it is, this person has lost EXACTLY what she should have with a nice, safe, modest, sustainable deficit, and no doubt increased her fitness at the same time. There's nothing to complain about, here. Well done, keep it up. It's a marathon, NOT a race.:flowerforyou:

Height: 5'3" tall
Age: 36
Starting weight: 221
Weight lost by eating 1200 calories: 33 lbs
Weight gained back when started eating normal again: 20 lbs
Starting weight AGAIN: 208
Current weight 153
Caloric intake: no less than 1700, up to 2300-2500/day
Maintaining and still losing now for over a year!

ETA: and I have hypothyroidism, you know, that medical condition that keeps you from losing weight. And yet here I am...

SIMPLY AMAZING!! ARE YOU TAKING ANYTHING FOR YOUR HYPOTHYRIODISM?

Congrats.. 1600 is a perfect calorie goal for a 5'11 woman, losing weight!! Great job.

I eat 1600 to 1900 depending on my day.

I am 5'11 and am 42 years old.

Before




after....or i guess you could say during




Oh, and in the top pics I was around 235 and 222
and in the bottom pics I am between 185 and 187

I dont know my body fat...i dont really care...just intend to keep kicking *kitten*.

I always feel like it gets much warmer in the room when you come through. What's that about?

/fans self

Height: 5'5"
Age: A few days short of 55
Current body fat: 27.6% (taken with Accu-Measure calipers)
I don't know my starting bf, but my starting weight was 201.
Current weight: 156
Goal weight: 150
When I started, my calorie goal was to net 1,650. Since then, MFP has reset it twice. It's currently at 1,430.
Since the beginning I've aimed to lose only a half-pound per week. Even with my current slowdown this close to goal, my average is still .78 lb/week.
I rely on fresh produce, whole grains, and lean proteins (with the occasional exceptions of cheddar and peanuts, consumed separately).
This is the lowest my weight has been in over a decade. :-)
I don't have a true "before" picture, but here's a series of "during" shots:

Hey congrats!! 1430 is a fantastic goal for a woman 5'5 losing weight!! Nice.