I guess it's time to get moving..

DanniB423
DanniB423 Posts: 777 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
I am 27 years old and have 100 lbs to lose.
Right now with goals set to sedentary and 2 pounds loss per week MFP has me eating 1290 calories. That seems so LOW for someone who weighs so much. I'm sure the fact that I'm 5'0 doesn't help. Time to get moving to bump up to lightly active so I do not go insane from "hanger" and bite heads off. Define lightly active? I am not against exercise at all.. Just barely ever have. I have started walking in the evenings and making a point to get going more.

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  • andreamulhall
    andreamulhall Posts: 81 Member
    Hi . Maybe set your goal to -1lb a week , mine is always set to that and in the beginning I lost more than the 1lb a week,.gives you a few extra calories . Good luck :smiley: everybody's gotta start somewhere :smiley:
  • skbrodie
    skbrodie Posts: 81 Member
    I started with 75 lbs to lose and I'm now at 60 lbs to lose. I have been eating around 1500 calories daily and I'm set to 1.5/week. Sometimes I lose more. I would recommend keeping your settings set to sedentary even if you become active and just logging your exercise and eating back 1/2 of those calories, this way you can customize each day and not over eat on days when your activity is low.
  • DanniB423
    DanniB423 Posts: 777 Member
    andreamulhall wrote: »
    Hi . Maybe set your goal to -1lb a week , mine is always set to that and in the beginning I lost more than the 1lb a week,.gives you a few extra calories . Good luck :smiley: everybody's gotta start somewhere :smiley:
    Thank you!! Good idea.
  • DanniB423
    DanniB423 Posts: 777 Member
    I set it to the most you can lose in a week because I am just feeling overwhelmed by 100 lbs as it is! The good news is 16 is already gone!
  • MoonCatKDT
    MoonCatKDT Posts: 33 Member
    I'm there too. Started with 100 to lose, and currently am at about 80 to lose. I have mine set to 'lightly active' because I do chase my kids all day, I work (retail), and I'm truly not sitting on the couch all day every day. Maybe I'm wrong in that setting though? I still log my workouts that are over and above my daily activity though :)
  • Tubbs216
    Tubbs216 Posts: 6,597 Member
    I understand the feeling of urgency, but it would be better to lose 1lb a week consistently rather than be too aggressive with your calories and find it unsustainable.
  • DanPonting
    DanPonting Posts: 25 Member
    That seems way off the amount of calories you should be consuming. Google 'benedict Harris forumla' it's a Basal Metabolic Rate calculator that works out how many calories your body needs to function, then you can further the calculation to workout how many calories you should add for activity you do.

    A good starting point is to eat 20% less calories than what the Total Daily Energy Expenditure part comes out with.

    Overweight people don't need to make drastic changes to their diet to lose weight. Initially you can easily lose weight just from making smarter choices with food.

    Good luck
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    Tubbs216 wrote: »
    I understand the feeling of urgency, but it would be better to lose 1lb a week consistently rather than be too aggressive with your calories and find it unsustainable.

    Totally agree. If the deficit is too steep, it'll make you miserable, which will set you up for failure. Slow and steady gets the job done!
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    DanniB423 wrote: »
    I set it to the most you can lose in a week because I am just feeling overwhelmed by 100 lbs as it is! The good news is 16 is already gone!

    So set your goal to ten pounds. When you reach that, set it for another ten pounds. And so it goes until, miraculously, you are at you goal weight!
  • d1664256
    d1664256 Posts: 18 Member
    Two pounds per week is a lot! Maybe slow it down, give yourself more breathing room with calories, and find a balance that you can live with for many, many years. Walking is the best; you can do it until you're old as dirt!
  • deniztuzu2
    deniztuzu2 Posts: 77 Member
    When starting out, you don't need to make too drastic a change. Pick a number to begin with, say if 10x your weight in lbs as calories is to be maintenance( totaly guestimate but all TDEE formulas are anyway), start with 8x and eat that amount.So if you were 200 lbs, 1600 calories would be your initial calorie goal. Keep at it for at least 3-4 weeks and evaluate your results. If you are losing at the rate you like, keep at it. If you aren't, adjust it down, if the loss rate is too much, adjust up.
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