How long does it take (women) to lose weight?
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I've been at it for two weeks. I stop eating a certain time every night, at least three hours before I fall sleep. I also reduced my unlimited intake of calories to a healthy amount for my activity level, causing me to eat healthier, more filling foods without as many calories. It's been two tempting weeks, but I haven't noticed a difference. Will I ever ? How long does it take for you ?
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Without seeing your diary, we really can't help you. Can you make it public? Chances are that you are eating more than you think0
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I commonly eat a hundred below my goal each day. There's been one day each week I've gone over, I find that it happens on the weekend. My diary is not an accurate representation because I've recently switched over from another app. How long does it take for you to notice a difference?0
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Are you weighing your foods? Or just measuring/estimating portions? If your not weighing, to the gram, everything that you eat, you may be eating more than you think.
Also, make sure the diary entries you select are accurate. Most are entered by members and people can make mistakes.
Most people, who are truly in a defecit, lose a 1-5lbs their first week, which then tapers down to .5-2lbs a week. A healthy goal is under 2lbs a week.0 -
How over arw you on the weekend? One day of really high calories CAN eliminate a weeks worth of defecit.0
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2 weeks is not enough depending on what else is going on... Most women see an increase in water weight either the week before, the week of, or the week following their period. For some - its multiple weeks. I gain 2 pounds after starting and it doesn't 'go away' til 2 weeks later. So the best thing to do? Give yourself 6-8 weeks and trust the science. If you're eating at a deficit, being accurate & honest about what & how much you're consuming and burning, then over time you will see a trend.
I lost ~52 pounds in 9.5 months. Started 12-25-13 and met my goal weight on 10-11-14. 178.5 to under 130, and now maintaining for 5 months around 125-128. How did I do it? No magic pills, cleanses, or whatnot. Just being more active (getting 10k plus steps per day) and tracking my food. Using a food scale, logging everything accurately. Ate 1400-1600 calories for 6 months, then 1600-1800 for the last few months. Occasionally taking a day off to eat at maintenance. Now I estimate more, but still use a food scale a good bit.I've been at it for two weeks. I stop eating a certain time every night, at least three hours before I fall sleep. I also reduced my unlimited intake of calories to a healthy amount for my activity level, causing me to eat healthier, more filling foods without as many calories. It's been two tempting weeks, but I haven't noticed a difference. Will I ever ? How long does it take for you ?
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Ps- the best way to look past the water weight issues is to compare your weight today to your weight a month ago.0
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I heard you can loose 100 lbs in one week on a lemonade detox
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2 weeks isn't a lot of time. Personally I take measurements and weigh myself every 4-6 weeks.
I've used MFP to lose weight after my babies (my 2nd and 3rd) and I've found weight loss quite slow in the beginning, but that may be due to post pregnancy hormones and so on.
Make sure your logging is accurate, that you weigh food, and if you are eating back exercise calories, make sure you're accurate in recording calorie burns.0 -
I commonly eat a hundred below my goal each day. There's been one day each week I've gone over, I find that it happens on the weekend. My diary is not an accurate representation because I've recently switched over from another app. How long does it take for you to notice a difference?
You need a 3500 calorie deficit to lose a pound of weight generally. So if you're only a 100-calorie per day deficit, it will take 5 weeks or so to lose a pound. To speed up your loss, you'll need to either move more (highly recommended for fitness benefits to boot) or eat fewer calories, or both, to kick start the weight loss. If you're happy to adopt a new healthier lifestyle and take it off over a longer term, that's perfectly acceptable. Just don't expect to drop a pound a week or more unless you increase your calorie deficit.0 -
StaciMarie1974 wrote: »Ps- the best way to look past the water weight issues is to compare your weight today to your weight a month ago.
Or, if you don't have that stat on hand, weigh yourself tonight before bed and then again first thing out of the bathroom tomorrow morning. I do that every night, just for fun...I lose at least a pound and a half overnight, one time it was 4 pounds! Fun with fluid retention and digestion, Whee!0 -
Thanks for all the replies, advice, and support!!
I'll make sure to enter the correct food and to measure everything, previously I've been guessing with intent of rounding up. My goal is 1320 (I don't currently exercise), the days I go over I had usually about 1,400-1,600 total. I will measure myself and weigh myself. I intend looking into and possibly trying the mentioned diets. I appreciate it all, thanks so much!!!0 -
Thanks for all the replies, advice, and support!!
I'll make sure to enter the correct food and to measure everything, previously I've been guessing with intent of rounding up. My goal is 1320 (I don't currently exercise), the days I go over I had usually about 1,400-1,600 total. I will measure myself and weigh myself. I intend looking into and possibly trying the mentioned diets. I appreciate it all, thanks so much!!!
good idea
and if it helps meal timing doesn't matter - just intake0 -
Thanks for all the replies, advice, and support!!
I'll make sure to enter the correct food and to measure everything, previously I've been guessing with intent of rounding up. My goal is 1320 (I don't currently exercise), the days I go over I had usually about 1,400-1,600 total. I will measure myself and weigh myself. I intend looking into and possibly trying the mentioned diets. I appreciate it all, thanks so much!!!
NO, DON'T DO ANY DIET THAT HAS A NAME.
Ahem. (but, seriously. don't)
There are about 3500 calories to a pound, meaning that you need to eat at a caloric deficit of 3500 calories in order to lose one pound of body weight. So, depending on your TDEE, it will take a number of days/weeks to rack up enough of a deficit to see actual changes in your body weight. As mentioned before, most fluctuations you see are water weight, you will start to notice bodyweight reduction in the TREND of your weight range. My weight range swings back and forth in roughly a 3 pound band, but as I weigh twice a day, I see the band slowly shifting downwards over time...about .5-.75 pounds a week for me. One week a month my band shifts back up or stalls out, sometimes swingin up HARD on the high end....and then Shark Week is over and the band wooshes down as abruptly as it went up.
Don't be impatient. And, try adding some exercise to "earn" more calories. If you are regularly going over, you might have set your deficit too high to achieve.0 -
I watch Scooby's videos and in one video he said that your weight could vary up to 5 lbs in just one day. Weight in the morning when you have not eaten anything yet is the most accurate measurement of your weight. Well assuming you weight at different time0
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TriShamelessly wrote: »I commonly eat a hundred below my goal each day. There's been one day each week I've gone over, I find that it happens on the weekend. My diary is not an accurate representation because I've recently switched over from another app. How long does it take for you to notice a difference?
You need a 3500 calorie deficit to lose a pound of weight generally. So if you're only a 100-calorie per day deficit, it will take 5 weeks or so to lose a pound. To speed up your loss, you'll need to either move more (highly recommended for fitness benefits to boot) or eat fewer calories, or both, to kick start the weight loss. If you're happy to adopt a new healthier lifestyle and take it off over a longer term, that's perfectly acceptable. Just don't expect to drop a pound a week or more unless you increase your calorie deficit.
Before I started, more than 2 weeks ago, I would normally consume about 2000 calories (no limits, most days I probably ate way more, or a bit less, I didn't consistently monitor or care, I really are ANYTHING however much I wanted usually junk) with little activity. Now I've been limiting myself to 1325. Should this not be a substantial enough of a difference?0 -
StaciMarie1974 wrote: »Ps- the best way to look past the water weight issues is to compare your weight today to your weight a month ago.
Or, if you don't have that stat on hand, weigh yourself tonight before bed and then again first thing out of the bathroom tomorrow morning. I do that every night, just for fun...I lose at least a pound and a half overnight, one time it was 4 pounds! Fun with fluid retention and digestion, Whee!
That's pretty cool, I will definitely try.0 -
TriShamelessly wrote: »I commonly eat a hundred below my goal each day. There's been one day each week I've gone over, I find that it happens on the weekend. My diary is not an accurate representation because I've recently switched over from another app. How long does it take for you to notice a difference?
You need a 3500 calorie deficit to lose a pound of weight generally. So if you're only a 100-calorie per day deficit, it will take 5 weeks or so to lose a pound. To speed up your loss, you'll need to either move more (highly recommended for fitness benefits to boot) or eat fewer calories, or both, to kick start the weight loss. If you're happy to adopt a new healthier lifestyle and take it off over a longer term, that's perfectly acceptable. Just don't expect to drop a pound a week or more unless you increase your calorie deficit.
Before I started, more than 2 weeks ago, I would normally consume about 2000 calories (no limits, most days I probably ate way more, or a bit less, I didn't consistently monitor or care, I really are ANYTHING however much I wanted usually junk) with little activity. Now I've been limiting myself to 1325. Should this not be a substantial enough of a difference?
What are your stats? (Age, current weight, height)0 -
I commonly eat a hundred below my goal each day. There's been one day each week I've gone over, I find that it happens on the weekend. My diary is not an accurate representation because I've recently switched over from another app. How long does it take for you to notice a difference?
More than 2 weeks, that's for sure.
But "noticing" a difference is going to be subjective. I have a hard time seeing changes in the mirror. Snap photos once a week in the same clothes and position, take measurements, pick some clothes to use as benchmarks, and--yes, for most people--weigh yourself regularly (daily if it doesn't freak you out that it will be up and down or weekly or monthly, all depending on you).
Beyond that, it depends on how much you have to lose and how much you can reasonably expect to lose. When I started it was because I'd hit something of a physical tipping point where I could feel the fat more than previously, and after 2 weeks I looked the same to me, but felt different, so I noticed a difference. But I was pretty fat, so even though I was losing 2-3 lbs per week I didn't notice any major differences beyond that (and no one mentioned seeing any differences) until I was down 30 lbs. Now, that I'm normal weight, smaller differences are noticeable, in terms of comparing photos or fitting into a different size jeans. What it takes for you depends on your specifics.0 -
Also, I agree with those saying don't do something goofy like the cabbage soup diet or other such diets. You want something that will be sustainable over time. Those diets basically just cut calories dramatically, and then when you stop you regain. They don't teach you anything about how to eat and lose or maintain in a normal fashion.0
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StaciMarie1974 wrote: »Ps- the best way to look past the water weight issues is to compare your weight today to your weight a month ago.
Or, if you don't have that stat on hand, weigh yourself tonight before bed and then again first thing out of the bathroom tomorrow morning. I do that every night, just for fun...I lose at least a pound and a half overnight, one time it was 4 pounds! Fun with fluid retention and digestion, Whee!
That's pretty cool, I will definitely try.TriShamelessly wrote: »I commonly eat a hundred below my goal each day. There's been one day each week I've gone over, I find that it happens on the weekend. My diary is not an accurate representation because I've recently switched over from another app. How long does it take for you to notice a difference?
You need a 3500 calorie deficit to lose a pound of weight generally. So if you're only a 100-calorie per day deficit, it will take 5 weeks or so to lose a pound. To speed up your loss, you'll need to either move more (highly recommended for fitness benefits to boot) or eat fewer calories, or both, to kick start the weight loss. If you're happy to adopt a new healthier lifestyle and take it off over a longer term, that's perfectly acceptable. Just don't expect to drop a pound a week or more unless you increase your calorie deficit.
Before I started, more than 2 weeks ago, I would normally consume about 2000 calories (no limits, most days I probably ate way more, or a bit less, I didn't consistently monitor or care, I really are ANYTHING however much I wanted usually junk) with little activity. Now I've been limiting myself to 1325. Should this not be a substantial enough of a difference?
What are your stats? (Age, current weight, height)
18, 165lbs, 5'5", about 35% body fat (measured using a machine)
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Before I started, more than 2 weeks ago, I would normally consume about 2000 calories (no limits, most days I probably ate way more, or a bit less, I didn't consistently monitor or care, I really are ANYTHING however much I wanted usually junk) with little activity. Now I've been limiting myself to 1325. Should this not be a substantial enough of a difference?
It is possible you are eating more than you think. If you would like more specific advice you should open your diary. Logging can take a bit of practice. Opening up your diary will let others give some advice on things like making sure you select the right entries, weighting your food, etc.0 -
to the OP it took me 18 months to lose 60lbs..I put 3 on over the holidays that are well stuck atm because I am still in my maintenance range so don't really care about them...
It takes time..think of it this way...you didn't put it on in 2 or 4 or 6 weeks it will take a while to come off.
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OK, OP, your BMR is 1532 according to this calculator, that's what you'd burn daily basically in a coma), your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure, I believe) is 1838 at a sedentary activity level. It is 2106 if you are lightly active...at 18 you are a student, I assume...go with lightly active if you walk everywhere, etc, stick with sedentary if you ride to class and ride home without walking all over campus, etc.
Now, recommended deficit is TDEE-20% for sustainable weight loss, that puts you at 1470 calories per day if you are not exercising, if you go with the more active TDEE (and can keep up your activity levels to meet it) it's 1684.
MFP has been giving wonky results on its calculator lately, so I used a different one to get the above numbers. Since you are struggling eating only 1325, (as evidenced by the fact that you go over regularly) I think you need to raise your calorie goal to 1450, and then if that's still too hard to consistently meet, raise slightly from there.
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OK, OP, your BMR is 1532 according to this calculator, that's what you'd burn daily basically in a coma), your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure, I believe) is 1838 at a sedentary activity level. It is 2106 if you are lightly active...at 18 you are a student, I assume...go with lightly active if you walk everywhere, etc, stick with sedentary if you ride to class and ride home without walking all over campus, etc.
Now, recommended deficit is TDEE-20% for sustainable weight loss, that puts you at 1470 calories per day if you are not exercising, if you go with the more active TDEE (and can keep up your activity levels to meet it) it's 1684.
MFP has been giving wonky results on its calculator lately, so I used a different one to get the above numbers. Since you are struggling eating only 1325, (as evidenced by the fact that you go over regularly) I think you need to raise your calorie goal to 1450, and then if that's still too hard to consistently meet, raise slightly from there.
For the past two weeks aside from two days I've been under, usually by 100 or more. I'm also not a student currently. I wanted to stay with a low calorie intake due to lack of activity. Those numbers are a huge difference compared to the ones I've found. Thank you for your input!0 -
I think you should give yourself more time. I just started not too long ago myself and although I am losing inches from what I am using, I am not losing fat yet. However, within the next week I will start working out again because we will finally be in our new house and my exercise equipment will be out of storage finally. I have already started dieting but the real weight loss will come when I start working out again. Just give yourself some more time and you will see results soon enough. Hope this helps!0
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It takes as long as it takes.
Be consistent. Be patient. Adjust your approach as necessary slowly and in a considered manner. It will happen.0
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