advice and tips welcome

leora56
leora56 Posts: 17 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Started dieting and the path of trying to lose weight. I want to lose 56 pounds so I'm looking for excersises to begin with as well as help with food thank you so much

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Log everything in the diary. Eat below the calorie limit that you set with MFP. Eating less food is more important to weight loss than exercise is. You can exercise too but know that the weight loss will come mostly from eating less than you have been.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Losing weight comes from eating less than you burn. But exercise is really important to your health and wellbeing. Start by working up to walking for 30 minutes 5x a week and you will be more active than 38% of the population. Adding an additional 30 minutes 5x a week will result in you getting physically fit.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Weight loss starts in the kitchen, so eat at a caloric deficit to lose the weight. Strength training will help retain muscle mass while losing.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    When you cook use the mfp recipe builder and then your meal will be recorded easily for next time you have it. I only discovered the recipe builder a year after I started here!! It's been great.
    I agree with weight loss happens in the kitchen but I also feel moving more is a good habit to get into from the start. If you've lots to lose to you'll find you won't have as much loose skin if you do exercise. I would suggest 15 to 20 mins walking to begin with, increasing it over time to 30 mins minimum per day.
    Find an activity you enjoy doing, that's key to continued success.
    Wishing you every best for your journey ☺
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    edited January 2015
    Read these multiple times... They are good starting points.

    Calorie Counting 101

    The Basics Don't Complicate It

    Also, find a workout program you will like and one that incorporates both weight training and cardio. It can be at home or at the gym.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    edited January 2015
    1) Estimate maintenance needs. Since you don't have a current exercise routine, estimate your needs without exercise included the way MFP is set up to do.
    exrx.net/Calculators/CalRequire.html
    health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced

    2) Subtract 20% from that and set as your goal.

    3) Log and eat back 50-100% of exercise calories. I rec 100% and monitor for a few months, then lower the exercise calorie intake if you are not losing ~4lbs/month

    4) Ideally weigh your food

    5) Eat whatever you want. Do whatever exercise you want. Track and customize macros if you have specific body composition goals, but I'm suspecting you do not based on how you asked the question.
  • leora56
    leora56 Posts: 17 Member
    Thank you guys so much I truly appreciate all the advice and help I will take everything in to my daily routine it has been a challenge going into it blindsided and a little conceded but I want to do it right this time.. Thank you again everyone!
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    This could come across as bad or something, but don't deprive yourself of foods you like.

    If you instantly transition from eating whatever you like (I'll use cake as an example) and then just switch to bananas, you're probably going to crave cake and binge hard.

    Fit 'treat' foods into your macros... and +1 everything already said above.
  • leora56
    leora56 Posts: 17 Member
    No I firmly believe of having little treats in moderation I did the depriving thing before and it got me off track very fast I do think cheat days are all right but not In the sense of over eating everything you miss eating and stuff your face in that 24 hour period.. I'll treat myself to like a dark chocolate square sweet fruit if I'm really craving something sweet
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    get a food scale - and weigh/log/measure everything….

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