Anyone lost weight with diet alone??

This should be interesting....I walked my weight off.

I lost about 13kg with diet alone. I started at 82kg and I'm 163cm. I was completely sedentary and I used the calorie goal recommended by MFP the whole time. I think I started at 1700cal and gradually went down to 1200cal.

I hit a plateau after that first 13kg. I decided I needed to change things up and began to include exercise. At first it was just walking (I was so unfit), but now I try to get a decent workout at least 3 times a week. I feel really good afterwards and it means I get to eat more of the foods I enjoy with less guilt.

So far, I've lost a little over 12 lbs in about 4 weeks just from diet. And I consider myself very sedentary - I work a desk job, I'm not big on walking, and except for today, I haven't done anything in the way of a workout (unless you count me stretching at work because sitting at a desk does get tedious).

And my diary's open.

I'm about 167cm and 26 years old. I started at 72kgs and lost my first 7kgs from diet alone. I was 65kgs when I decided to join a gym, which is how I've lost the other ~5kgs.

ETA: At first my calorie goal was 1450, then 1350, then 1280, then 1200. I recalculated every few kgs.

Diet alone doesn't give me enough to eat to be able to stick to it. I've seen body changes I wouldn't have achieved through diet alone too.

I don't get very much exercise, because of the lyme, I have lost 40 pounds since the end of April 2013, I lost 5 pounds before I joined MFP... I joined MFP in May of 2013 and really love it . I no the weight would come off quicker if I did more then diet alone, and a small walk when I can ... But you can lose from diet alone !

I set myself a loss rate of 1.5 lbs per week, I have a pretty sedentary lifestyle, I drive all day for a living, and don't get a lot of exercise after that.

My calorie goal is 1600 per day and very often includes a glass of red wine and occasionally a bit more.

I do try and get a walk in when I can but that isn't always that frequently, sometimes I do get a bit more exercise (particularly when staying at a hotel for work) but its not regular.

What I don't do is log housework, walking around a supermarket, cooking as I see some do. I only log what is out of the ordinary day to day routine and then I eat most of those calories back

Seems to have worked for 75 days so far and today I am officially over weight and not obese

I lost my first 60lbs or so without exercise. I'm sure I'd still be losing (perhaps even faster) if I wasn't exercising, but for me, this is not just about losing weight. It's about being fit enough to enjoy my life as long as possible, so the exercise is important to me.

In the beginning I did that, because I had a lot of health issues that limited exercise. I walked a little, but mostly I just restricted calories. My calorie goal was 1450.

You'll lose weight that way, but you may not be happy with the way you look. That's how I was-- I still had a higher body fat percentage because I hadn't done anything to prevent muscle loss while dieting down. Now I recommend doing at least some kind of strength training while losing weight.

I lost my first 40lbs or so by diet alone while recovering from surgery unable to exercise, 308lbs to 260lbs eating 1350 calories a day.

Then I lost the next 40+lbs with exercise and found it a lot easier because I eat anything I want and never manage to eat all my exercise calories.

yes. i did, and its literally just staying inside your daily cals.

as for how many, that depends on you're height, sex and weight.

best thing is go get your BMR, then times by 1.2 to get your maintenance calories, aka TDEE. then multiply that number by .75 or .80 which will give you a healthy deficit.

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

stick inside of that intake and you will lose weight.

any further question PM me.

I used to believe that you HAD to exercise in order to lose weight until a friend of mine whom had been heavy all her life and very LAZY to be nice.. LOL she lost 50 lbs by calorie restriction alone.. I know, I know a lot will disagree BUT it can be done.. Extremely heavy people can not do a Jillian Michael cardio routine ( I don't care what people say that is not a easy tape to do) for even the slightly over weight active people, when they are at there heaviest at best they can walk and usually it is very small distance's at a time..SO it can be done

They say weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise and I'd have to agree. Of course you can lose weight through diet alone, many have done it, but I don't recommend. Even if your exercise is minimal (walking, bike riding, basic toning), it will have a huge impact on your health and aid your body in recovering from the weight loss (like loose skin). It will make such a huge difference in how your body looks and how you feel. I do not get out much, I try a pitiful jog once a week and do arm work with my baby girl as it entertains her and gets rid of my jelly arms. I hope to get much more in later, but time is an issue and right now the one element I can control is my diet. But it has worked, 20 pounds in just over 2 months

Oh my god! Everyone responding here eats horribly, horribly low calories! I totally understand why most people gain all of their weight back. It isn't sustainable if you have to eat BELOW your BMR to lose weight,

That said, I've lost through lifting weights and diet while trying to get very lean. So zero cardio. I am 65.5 in tall and weighed 133 lbs at the time and got down to 124 in about 2 months eating 1600 cals per day and cheating occasionally on the weekends up to 2500 calories.
I just can't imagine eating only 1200-1400 calories per day long term. That's like a child's diet. I'd rather fast every other day and consume double calories on non fasting days so I at least felt full sometimes.

Sorry if I sound hypercritical, just didn't realize that people really ate that few calories.

I'm about 167cm and 26 years old. I started at 72kgs and lost my first 7kgs from diet alone. I was 65kgs when I decided to join a gym, which is how I've lost the other ~5kgs.

ETA: At first my calorie goal was 1450, then 1350, then 1280, then 1200. I recalculated every few kgs.

Too low. If you're exercising you need to eat more.

That's my net. I eat back pretty much all my exercise calories. Yesterday I ate over 1600 because I went for a jog and did some weights. My BMR is only ~1300 (TDEE ~1600 before exercise) so I don't really feel like this is too low for me. Thanks for the input though