.5lbs a week or 1lb a week?

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madonifer
madonifer Posts: 30 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,

Just a quick question.... If I am trying to lose the 15-20 pounds what should i set my goal. When I say this i mean what is the reality of losing the weight is it at .5lbs a week or 1lb a week?

Thanks for the help.

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  • minizebu
    minizebu Posts: 2,716 Member
    edited February 2015
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    The reality? You set everything up for losing 1 pound a week and then hope you actually lose 1/2 a pound a week.
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
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    I'd stick with .5lbs/week myself. It makes it so you don't miss out, get frustrated because your hungry and give up.
  • jessiemjporter
    jessiemjporter Posts: 174 Member
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    I agree with the above, but i think do what you think is manageable.... depending on the calories you think you can eat, and if you know you can stick to 250 calrories below go for it!!~ (because then you know your not setting yourself to 500 calories below and feel bad if you go over).. ^.^
  • aubreyjordan
    aubreyjordan Posts: 276 Member
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    You can always try setting it for 1 lb/week and see how you do. If you're too hungry, change it to .5 lb/week.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,293 Member
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    Either would be fine, you may want to change it manually to something in between. i.e. add 100 cals to what it says when you put in 0.5 lbs/week
  • madonifer
    madonifer Posts: 30 Member
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    Great thank you guys for your help :)
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
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    Just so you know you can change the calories and MFP will calculate the expected rate of loss - mine is at .7/week.
  • madonifer
    madonifer Posts: 30 Member
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    sofaking6 wrote: »
    Just so you know you can change the calories and MFP will calculate the expected rate of loss - mine is at .7/week.

    ^ Really I had no idea. How do I do that?
  • madonifer
    madonifer Posts: 30 Member
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    Nevermind I just changed them. Thank you
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
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    madonifer wrote: »
    Nevermind I just changed them. Thank you

    You're welcome :)

  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
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    This is a good article but if it's too long to read, check out the table near the end, for ideas on how to pick the right deficit FOR YOU. :)
    http://evidencemag.com/fat-loss-deficit/

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