70 Days / 20 Pounds Challenge
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Not to be a Debbie Downer but if you only have 20 lbs to lose you really should be aiming for about 0.5 lb/week loss and a deficit of 250 cals, to help preserve lean muscle and ease your transition into maintenance. 2 lbs per week is usually only feasible for those with a lot more weight to lose.
At this point maybe focusing on strength training with a slim deficit would help you reach your goals?
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I am finding with this challenge I can't do repetitive 1,000 calories a day deficits. I can do a few days, or only one day, then I have to up the calories to a 500 calorie deficit or eat at maintenance for a few days. I am combining two 500 calorie a day deficits into one day. Whatever, I will get there. :0)0
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Not to be a Debbie Downer but if you only have 20 lbs to lose you really should be aiming for about 0.5 lb/week loss and a deficit of 250 cals, to help preserve lean muscle and ease your transition into maintenance. 2 lbs per week is usually only feasible for those with a lot more weight to lose.
At this point maybe focusing on strength training with a slim deficit would help you reach your goals?
Thanks, I just posted my "reality" of this challenge at the same time you posted
. Getting to a 1,000 calorie a day deficit was pretty easy when I was heavier. Now? Not so much. I am going to combine days until they total a 1,000
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I think I'll give it a try...Does eating less calories cause your metabolism to slow down and conserve was been taken in???
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lisahaith42 wrote: »I think I'll give it a try...Does eating less calories cause your metabolism to slow down and conserve was been taken in???
No. Starvation mode as you are describing is a myth.
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Not to be a Debbie Downer but if you only have 20 lbs to lose you really should be aiming for about 0.5 lb/week loss and a deficit of 250 cals, to help preserve lean muscle and ease your transition into maintenance. 2 lbs per week is usually only feasible for those with a lot more weight to lose.
At this point maybe focusing on strength training with a slim deficit would help you reach your goals?
I'm 16lbs to a recomp weight.
My true goal weight is somewhere between there and 9 pounds less, depending on what my body does with recomp these days.
I'm not actually doing these days continuously back to back. Like PalWithMe, I do 2 days or so and then I have to have a day around 500 deficit to 200 deficit. This is actually because I can't handle that much exercise because I'm terribly out of shape. (I only get the deficit through a LOT of activity because my exercise counts for so little.)
I'm also doing circuit training to build enough strength and stability in my bad joints to be able to lift again. I love lifting, but I can't do meaningful lifting right now. It's very frustrating, but it's the reality of life with my condition(s). I will also never run two miles again. I might (quite literally) die. So I do other things that my body tolerates.
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lisahaith42 wrote: »I think I'll give it a try...Does eating less calories cause your metabolism to slow down and conserve was been taken in???
No, but you should average above 1200 calories.0 -
MamaBirdBoss wrote: »Day #5! I walked it!
My shoulders are trashed (don't ask) so no circuit training of any sort. Tomorrow I should be back on the wagon. I walked 25,000 steps today to get the deficit up. :P
Hope you feel better. 25,000 steps is amazing!
I do! All my joints hate me. LOL. But they're better. Gotta take it slow!
#7 completed!
And 6lbs down...0 -
Day #8! I'm hungry, so I'm going past 25,000 steps to try to see how many more calories I can squeeze out of this sucker by midnight.0
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Day 10 Completed0
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Okay, sooooo...
I decided to see if and how eating a 1000-calorie deficit could be bad.
For background, I count my weight as the lowest one I see on the scale as I go down, and I'm not recording again until I see a lower one because it gets awkward when I "lose" half a pound to a pound every other day on my feed (as the weight is bouncing up again on the other days!).
Current weight: 141.
Lean body mass: Right around 100lbs.
There's a maximum rate at which fat can be metabolized. Rounding down to a safe number (because as I go higher, my body will start to prefer to burn muscle), that's about 27 Calories per pound of fat that I'm carrying. This means that RIGHT NOW, I should be averaging no more than ~1100 Calories deficit.
I'm doing lower than that right now. But it means over time, my deficit will shrink--once I hit 137lbs, it has to, to not start losing muscle. So then I'll be counting additive 1000 calories.
I'm out for today. I stupidly had a ton of diary yesterday and a prescription strength NSAID for my shoulders. Forgot what that combo did to my stomach. :P So no NSAIDs or milk for me today...and not too much movement.0 -
Day 11 Completed0
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MamaBirdBoss wrote: »Okay, sooooo...
I decided to see if and how eating a 1000-calorie deficit could be bad.
For background, I count my weight as the lowest one I see on the scale as I go down, and I'm not recording again until I see a lower one because it gets awkward when I "lose" half a pound to a pound every other day on my feed (as the weight is bouncing up again on the other days!).
Current weight: 141.
Lean body mass: Right around 100lbs.
There's a maximum rate at which fat can be metabolized. Rounding down to a safe number (because as I go higher, my body will start to prefer to burn muscle), that's about 27 Calories per pound of fat that I'm carrying. This means that RIGHT NOW, I should be averaging no more than ~1100 Calories deficit.
I'm doing lower than that right now. But it means over time, my deficit will shrink--once I hit 137lbs, it has to, to not start losing muscle. So then I'll be counting additive 1000 calories.
I'm out for today. I stupidly had a ton of diary yesterday and a prescription strength NSAID for my shoulders. Forgot what that combo did to my stomach. :P So no NSAIDs or milk for me today...and not too much movement.
Interesting. Do you have a link or something to an article on this? I would like to read more about it.0 -
According to the calculation of 27 calories for every pound of fat, my max. deficit is 1,295 a day.0
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Day 12 Completed0
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Day 13 Completed0
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MamaBirdBoss wrote: »Okay, sooooo...
I decided to see if and how eating a 1000-calorie deficit could be bad.
For background, I count my weight as the lowest one I see on the scale as I go down, and I'm not recording again until I see a lower one because it gets awkward when I "lose" half a pound to a pound every other day on my feed (as the weight is bouncing up again on the other days!).
Current weight: 141.
Lean body mass: Right around 100lbs.
There's a maximum rate at which fat can be metabolized. Rounding down to a safe number (because as I go higher, my body will start to prefer to burn muscle), that's about 27 Calories per pound of fat that I'm carrying. This means that RIGHT NOW, I should be averaging no more than ~1100 Calories deficit.
I'm doing lower than that right now. But it means over time, my deficit will shrink--once I hit 137lbs, it has to, to not start losing muscle. So then I'll be counting additive 1000 calories.
I'm out for today. I stupidly had a ton of diary yesterday and a prescription strength NSAID for my shoulders. Forgot what that combo did to my stomach. :P So no NSAIDs or milk for me today...and not too much movement.
Interesting. Do you have a link or something to an article on this? I would like to read more about it.
You're friends with me! It's on my blog.
Latest post with the research article citation. 0 -
I'm cheating a bit and calling Day 9--2 days of 500 deficits + one day of 900 is close enough!
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I'd like to join in with you if it's ok. I have about 18lbs to my goal. Aint to sure how far into this you are along but i do have 62 days until my girls holiday break. So far ive been losing 1lbs a week which im happy about. Last week it was 2lbs as i was more stricter on my self. I still have treats i workout to p90x3. which ill have to do after dinner today.
My aimed is to see 130lbs on the scales im sitting at 147.5lbs as of today.
So if it's ok ill gonna tag along with you vc e 0 -
chrisssiex23x wrote: »I'd like to join in with you if it's ok. I have about 18lbs to my goal. Aint to sure how far into this you are along but i do have 62 days until my girls holiday break. So far ive been losing 1lbs a week which im happy about. Last week it was 2lbs as i was more stricter on my self. I still have treats i workout to p90x3. which ill have to do after dinner today.
My aimed is to see 130lbs on the scales im sitting at 147.5lbs as of today.
So if it's ok ill gonna tag along with you vc e
Great! And thanks for the friend request. Welcome to the challenge. Glad to have you with us.0 -
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Day 10. Massive bloating starting early this month. Not going to lose an ounce for weeks. :P0
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Day 14 Completed0
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Day 1 - I agree with the combined days strategy since it's not good to go hard core on exercise every day - at least not if you're trying to get back into shape. Gotta let your muscles recouperate. But I went swimming and played volleyball today so I had the 1000 calorie deficit. 0
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Crap.
forgot to log back here yesterday. may need to set this page as a favorite to my task bar lol
I've lost 1.5lbs so far this week so im gonna push my self today see if i can shred about 0.5 off for tomorrow.
On Day 3 now If i count 25th as day1 lol 0 -
Day 15 Completed0
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chrisssiex23x wrote: »Crap.
forgot to log back here yesterday. may need to set this page as a favorite to my task bar lol
I've lost 1.5lbs so far this week so im gonna push my self today see if i can shred about 0.5 off for tomorrow.
On Day 3 now If i count 25th as day1 lol
You are doing great.0 -
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Day 11, by the skin of my teeth.0
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