Short Ladies

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I'm 5'1 and would like to loose 15 pounds which would put me at 115. I've lost 5 so far on MFP and I've been on here for about a month. My limit is 1200 caloriebut most days I'm hungry and seem to go over the 1200 which is why I work out up to 6-7 days a week ( I do love to work out though not just b/c of the extra calories. I haven't lost any weight in the last 2 weeks. I do have to admit that I cheat on the weekends- pretty much eat what I want and have some cocktails which I'm sure is the reason why I haven't lost any more. Alcohol adds up the calories really quick! I do tend to do longer workouts on Saturdays b/c I have the time so I end up burning b/t 600-700 calories. So even though I cheat I know I'm not going way over my daily intake on the weekends and I'm SO GOOD during the week. I'm thinking I may have to just allow myself one cheat day instead of two to keep me sane! (sorry I love food! and some drinks! ), maybe up my calories a bit during the week??? because my scale isn't moving!! I started JM 30 day shred on Monday as well so hoping to see some results! I'm really liking this plan but want to see my weight to start coming off a little quicker!!!
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Are you taking the time to put those extra calories in your MFP diary over the weekends? There was a day about 2 weeks ago where I said screw it and ate pizza and I big bowl of ice cream. I knew that I screwed up and didn't put the calories in my diary. When I went back about a week ago and put them in for that day and actually added that entry it told me something crazy like "W/this daily calorie intake you will weight 131.6 by April 16th Fatty! (j/k)" It was a big wake up call as to how I managed to gain the weight in the first place. I switched out the type of pizza I eat and the type of ice cream. The pizza is better nutritionally and 1/2 the calories. The ice cream bars are pretty tasty and only 80 calories. I treat myself to them after dinner if I have calories to spare.

I'm 5' 1/2". And I get 1,200. But that's with saying I work pretty hard during the day (not the highest setting, but medium) and saying I want to lose 1.5 lbs. per week. I actually like it because after lunch it may say I only have 400 calories left. Meaning I MUST exercise so I can eat dinner & have a juice bar!

My boyfriend does the same thing and it gets him to exercise. He hit the gym the other night because he wanted to be able to eat something after dinner. Even if it's just for those snacks after dinner the important thing is that he exercised. Whatever works as your motivation! Exercise is so important - not just for the weight loss - but due to the long-term health benefits you get with regular workouts.

@cooki3s I might try the alternating calories. Maybe look at how many calories I end up under through out the week until Sunday...then use Sunday to use up those calories so that I still end up with the -3,500 calorie deficit (which is really the most important thing to lose that one pound each week). I think it's a good attitude to have - to take it slow. That way you still lose weight but you don't starve yourself trying to lose it at 2 or more lbs a week, you know? I'm at a loss of 1 lb per week.

@girlinahat At a loss of 1 lb per week MFP put me at 1,000 calories per day, which I worry is too low. So I exercise to gain at least 300 extra burned calories per day so I can eat 1,300 calories per day but still be at that net 1,000. It gets confusing w/the different sites to know exactly which is your BMR. As a full-time student mine is lower than others. Unfortunately I'm often at a desk for a lecture, or at home studying or reading, and not at an on-your-feet job. This week my weight loss seems to be picking up. Two days ago I finally made it to 127 lbs when the scale read 127.8. This morning it read 127.2. So that's some definitely loss. I also need to take my measurements this weekend and start keeping track of that as well. But I sort of figure that I'll know anyway when my clothes start getting looser. Like cookiei3s, I think it’s a good attitude to have - to take it slow. That way you still lose weight but you don't starve yourself trying to lose it at 2 or more lbs a week, you know? If you do something too drastic you won't be able to maintain it in the long run, and you'll only gain it all back.

@healthyandthin This alternating calories seems to be a common pointer I keep reading. I think I'll try it next week to see if it helps. In the very least to make my body realize I'm not trying to live in famine-mode. That's no way to be healthy. It would be different if I was used to gorging myself every day which luckily I never have. Its just the choices I was making in what I was eating was packing on the lbs. I'm still eating the same amount of food - just better, more nutritious, lower calorie food. I'm pretty proud of myself.

@my3kidos Maybe if you go under your calorie intake on some of those days you can add those calories to Sunday? Just try it and see if it works? That's what I'm going to try. I'll let you know if I hit either a plateau or some weight gain (which I doubt I will since it's still the same calorie deficit over the week).

@kbdelarosa Thanks! I did look at that once before. Maybe next week I'll look into planning my intake around it though. It'll just be hard to plan for but I'll try.

@Starlage It sounds like MFP put you at the higher calories because you set it to lose 1/2 lb a week and because your at an active job. I'm at 1 lb per week and have am an inactive student w/o the daily workouts. So the active job is definitely on your side.

@CoilKinksCurls Holy cow, that's amazing! 20 lbs in alittle over 2 months! I'm jealous!

@Cbandelier I think I'm starting to get there myself, and I'm so happy! This morning my scale read 27.2 lbs when just a few days ago it read 27.8. Exciting!

@kmunis Very true. There are a lot of variables to take into account. But consistently I'm reading from that you just don't get the proper nutrition w/eating below 1,200. So I'm going to keep eating back my exercise calories so that I'm at 1,300 calories consumed but at 1,000 NET. I wonder what they do for seriously little people - like at 4 1/2 feet and under? I would think the nutrition would have to be different? Just a random thought.

@trhonda2011 Freedieting.com is nice. I use it too for some things. I'm definitely sedentary, LoL. But I eat back my 300 calories burned in exercise each because it freaks me out to only eat 1,000 calories per day - just seems to low.