Six Months Completed - 16 kgs down!

wow congratulations.. I just joined MFP today.. and I wanna know how it helped you other than just counting calories ?


Thanks

Well first things first - Congratulations for coming here. The first and the most important thing is to realize that 'I have/ want to change'. Once you reach that step, its just a matter of time.

A few things that I followed were;
1) Start a regular activity - can be gym, running, swimming etc. Anything can work. I used to run 3-4 times a week in my last semester but I couldnt continue it regularly as my college exams always screwed up my workouts. But in such weeks I compensated by managing my diet perfectly.

2) Do not fall in the myth of eating 1200 cal everyday. It might work but it is not good in the long run. Calculate your daily calories by finding your BMR and TDEE and eating at a 10 to 20% deficit of TDEE (make sure this value is between the BMR and TDEE value). Basically you should eat higher than your BMR and lesser than your TDEE (check my profile description if you need any help on how I did my calculations).

3) People generally underestimate the food they eat and overestimate the workouts. Keep this in mind whenever you log your food and activities. I generally overestimate my food and underestimate my workout so that it balances out.