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Senior needs advice - lose 60 lbs

dreamonda
dreamonda Posts: 1 Member
edited February 13 in Introduce Yourself
I just joined this site to get serious about losing weight

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  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    Any specific subject you need advice on?
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    Hi and welcome!
    My biggest advise is to go slow & steady with your weight loss. drastic changes tend to be what causes people to give up more quickly. Start with just a small calorie deficit (before I started researching and doing trial & error I just set my MFP to lose 1/2 a pound a week) this will give you enough food that you dont feel like you're starving yourself while you make other adjustments to your diet & lifestyle.

    I'm not sure how active you are currently but increasing your activity a little at a time, and dont be afraid to set big goals (my ultimate goal is to run a 1/2 marathon and when I started I could hardly run for more than a minute at a time!!)

    If you need some inspiration check out Olga Kotelko: http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/q-on-sports/2014/01/16/olga-kotelko-runner/
    she's pretty much the bomb :)
  • melissabaillie2012
    melissabaillie2012 Posts: 15
    Best advice I can give you is set your activity level to sedentary and log your excersise.....with that being said MAKE SURE you eat your excersise calories. I tried to eat 1200-1300 cals a day and did excersise and for 3 weeks straight with NO cheats I stayed the same..n fact one week I gained a pound. As soon as I started eating my excersise cals I lost :)...mine gives me 1430 cals a day to lose 1 pound a week. BUT I walk everyday now and burn 300 calories from walking......(for my weight and height I burn 100 calories per mile) so as long as I walk 3 miles....I get to eat an extra 300 calories in food. :) so my 1430 turns into 1730 I can eat and still lose at a rate of 1 pound a week :)
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