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  • Aug31st
    Aug31st Posts: 5 Member
    SW: 180
    ...used mfp for 3 weeks.
    CW: 170
    GW: 120
    5ft 6in, girl

    Eat 1400- 1600 per day. Burn 400 ckals per day running for 40 mins. One rest day per week (sat)
    Averaged 3.3lbs per week so far!

    Hope this continues :)
  • Untilproud11
    Untilproud11 Posts: 297 Member
    Aug31st wrote: »
    SW: 180
    ...used mfp for 3 weeks.
    CW: 170
    GW: 120
    5ft 6in, girl

    Eat 1400- 1600 per day. Burn 400 ckals per day running for 40 mins. One rest day per week (sat)
    Averaged 3.3lbs per week so far!

    Hope this continues :)


    Amazing :)
  • Untilproud11
    Untilproud11 Posts: 297 Member
    edited September 2015
    SW - 324 lbs
    CW - 212.2 lbs
    Goal - 180 lbs
    Started 7 1/2 months ago
    Lost - 111.8 lbs
    Started out 2300 calories and down to 1660.
    Height - 5' 7"
    Age - 50


    Wow :):)
  • bottemil13
    bottemil13 Posts: 21 Member
    1st round 178 (2 years ago, graduating and not having pizza and beer 4 times a week was most of my progress the first time around haha)
    (2nd round) SW 148
    CW 136
    goal 125 (my ultimate goal is to just loose enough to have a flat stomach, I am okay with some giggle everywhere else, I am just tired of my belly pooch!!)
    Ht 5'5"
    Age 24
    (Re)Started 4 months ago (16 weeks, with strict food measuring for 11 wks)
    Cals 1500 average for the week- = ~1lb/wk loss
    NO exercise. Well, I work out every once and awhile but I HATE it. haha. I am fairly active at work 3 days a week for 12 hour nursing shift.

    Good luck to everyone!!
  • mommarnurse
    mommarnurse Posts: 515 Member
    26/F 5'3
    SW 235
    CW 158
    1st GW 145
    Cardio, weights 3x/ wk 1600 cal/day
    For 15 months - just downed to 1500 cal/day hoping to not stall and finish the 13 lbs
  • DevDougan
    DevDougan Posts: 2 Member
    Starting weight 170 in June 2015
    Current 158
    Goal 145
    5'5"
    Age 53
    Calories set at 1200 but when I work out for 2 hrs I can go up to 1800 per day. I have a desk job also. I try to walk every night and get 2-3 nights of yoga in a week. Most days I stay under 1400 calories and work out 5-6 days per week. This seems to be working well for me :)
  • mousie1973
    mousie1973 Posts: 438 Member
    edited September 2015
    SW: 292
    CW: 264
    GW: 160
    Started May 20th, 2015
    Lost so far : 28 pounds
    Height: 5'8"
    Age: 42

    Started at 1780 , now down to 1620 per day... altho i rarely hit that... its usually between 1450-1500 per day...

    Doing Low Carb / Med Protein/ Higher fat (my macros are set to 10%/30%/60%)
  • dredremeg
    dredremeg Posts: 202 Member
    SW-210
    CW-162
    Height-5'7"
    Calories-2300
  • SCP0914
    SCP0914 Posts: 74 Member
    edited September 2015
    SW: 200 lbs
    CW: 140 lbs
    GW: 120
    5'3
    21 years old
    Started about a year ago at 1200 calories, with many many slip ups and a two month long plateau. It was very unattainable for me. I've recently went up to 1400 calories and it's been much easier and helped me break the 155 I was stuck at for a couple of months.
  • Untilproud11
    Untilproud11 Posts: 297 Member
    Thanks you guys r all truly inspiring !
  • 515000aa
    515000aa Posts: 10 Member
    SW 200.5
    CW 199.5
    GW 180.5
    2nd day on MFP....going beast mode!!
  • dogcatac
    dogcatac Posts: 124 Member
    Wow, so interesting to see the variety. Guess it's just a testament to the fact that every body is different.
  • luvwords1996
    luvwords1996 Posts: 90 Member
    SW 217
    CW 200
    GW 135
    1200 net calories - started July 26,2015. Losing about 1 pound every 5 days or so - and I'm happy with that!
    Walk three miles 4-6 x/week
    age 40, 5'6"
  • random5483
    random5483 Posts: 63 Member
    Height: 6'4"
    SW: 295 (295 was my SW in June, but I only joined MFP 8 days back and my weight was down to 285.7)
    CW: 278.5
    GW: 200
    Net Calories: 1890.
    Actual Calories Eaten: ~2400 a day.
    Exercise: Just walking for now. Getting ~10k steps a day which burns over 500 calories for me and brings my net calories right under my goal on most days.
  • duna_pruna
    duna_pruna Posts: 27 Member
    Sw - 142. body fat 31%
    Current - 135. Fat 23%
    49 yrs female. 5'4"
    Had to reduce net calorie intake to 1150 a couple months ago to keep from gaining fat
  • thintribe2014
    thintribe2014 Posts: 36 Member
    edited September 2015
    Height: 6'4" (49 Yrs)
    SW: 220 (23 ish % BF)
    CS: 205 (15 ish % BF(
    GW: 193
    2400 Cals high proton content (food diary open)
  • Jennak87
    Jennak87 Posts: 112 Member
    SW: 207 lbs
    CW: 191 lbs
    GW1: 155lbs
    UGW: 140 - 135lbs
    5'6"
    28 years old
    Calories - between 1200 and 1400 actually eaten most days, sometimes I eat back about half of my exercise calories. I go to spin class 3-4 times a week and burn 500 - 600 calories per class and I average around 7000 steps per day.
  • tinger12
    tinger12 Posts: 62 Member
    edited September 2015
    SW : 490
    CW : 445
    GW : 190
    Age : 53
    Height 6' 2"
    Started MFP use on July 6 2015. Expect to reach my GW in about 3-3.5 years.
    I eat 1800-2000 calories per day (far less than MFP says but I am quite overweight and will lose fast to start.) I do no exercise due to bad knees and hips from weight. I eat what I like and don't limit myself to a low carb, low fat, or any other fad diet. I also deal with clinical depression.
  • Untilproud11
    Untilproud11 Posts: 297 Member
    How long did you guys wait to change ur calories?
  • fletwock
    fletwock Posts: 5 Member
    edited September 2015
    Age: 26
    Female
    My job has me on my feet most days (mostly standing with a bit of light walking) and sitting for hours on end other days.
    Height: 5'2"
    SW: 168
    CW: 132
    GW: 115 (depending on how I feel when I get there I may increase or decrease my goal weight)
    Calorie intake: 900 - 1100 (five to six days a week)

    I intially started mid-February, lost a little over 30 pounds by the middle of May, plateaued, took a break for a few months (I gained 2 pounds in that time), and started again last week. My calorie intake is a little low but I have a hard time eating any more. Since the beginning I've eaten the above stated calorie amount and only had issues one day when work had me moving a bit more than I expected. (Eating an extra couple hundred calories fixed that issue.) I bike to and from work (an hour total) and walk briskly for an hour or two at a time. I get about 7 - 8 hours of sleep each night (an hour or two more on weekends if I don't have to work overtime). At least one day a week I don't count calories. I use MFP occasionally, mostly if I'm adding something new to my diet and am uncertain if the calorie amount will fit.

    I don't count the liquid medicines, cough drops, the occasional peppermint I might partake in, or the rare times that I share candy with my son. I also don't drink sodas, I've significantly decreased my consumption of red meat (I started getting really ill after eating it), I eat an obscene amount of boiled eggs, and the only things I drink are water, lemon or lime water or, rarely, unsweet tea.

    Overall, I feel much more happier and energetic than I used to.
  • JesseWeller
    JesseWeller Posts: 4 Member
    edited September 2015
    SW- 267 July 2015 MFP first time user.
    Highest Weight-320 2009
    GW-??? 10-15% BF possibly 180-190lbs
    CW-220
    Calories-1547
    Height- 5'11"
    Age- 41

    For the first 3 weeks all I did was change my eating habits, in week 4 I started walking an estimated minimum of 10000 steps average per week. This seems to be working for me.
  • Untilproud11
    Untilproud11 Posts: 297 Member
    fletwock wrote: »
    Age: 26
    Female
    My job has me on my feet most days (mostly standing with a bit of light walking) and sitting for hours on end other days.
    Height: 5'2"
    SW: 168
    CW: 132
    GW: 115 (depending on how I feel when I get there I may increase or decrease my goal weight)
    Calorie intake: 900 - 1100 (five to six days a week)

    I intially started mid-February, lost a little over 30 pounds by the middle of May, plateaued, took a break for a few months (I gained 2 pounds in that time), and started again last week. My calorie intake is a little low but I have a hard time eating any more. Since the beginning I've eaten the above stated calorie amount and only had issues one day when work had me moving a bit more than I expected. (Eating an extra couple hundred calories fixed that issue.) I bike to and from work (an hour total) and walk briskly for an hour or two at a time. I get about 7 - 8 hours of sleep each night (an hour or two more on weekends if I don't have to work overtime). At least one day a week I don't count calories. I use MFP occasionally, mostly if I'm adding something new to my diet and am uncertain if the calorie amount will fit.

    I don't count the liquid medicines, cough drops, the occasional peppermint I might partake in, or the rare times that I share candy with my son. I also don't drink sodas, I've significantly decreased my consumption of red meat (I started getting really ill after eating it), I eat an obscene amount of boiled eggs, and the only things I drink are water, lemon or lime water or, rarely, unsweet tea.

    Overall, I feel much more happier and energetic than I used to.

    Thats awesome !
    We have close stats except for the cw lol
    Did you start with 900-1100 from the beginning?
  • fletwock
    fletwock Posts: 5 Member
    mita271 wrote: »
    fletwock wrote: »
    Age: 26
    Female
    My job has me on my feet most days (mostly standing with a bit of light walking) and sitting for hours on end other days.
    Height: 5'2"
    SW: 168
    CW: 132
    GW: 115 (depending on how I feel when I get there I may increase or decrease my goal weight)
    Calorie intake: 900 - 1100 (five to six days a week)

    I intially started mid-February, lost a little over 30 pounds by the middle of May, plateaued, took a break for a few months (I gained 2 pounds in that time), and started again last week. My calorie intake is a little low but I have a hard time eating any more. Since the beginning I've eaten the above stated calorie amount and only had issues one day when work had me moving a bit more than I expected. (Eating an extra couple hundred calories fixed that issue.) I bike to and from work (an hour total) and walk briskly for an hour or two at a time. I get about 7 - 8 hours of sleep each night (an hour or two more on weekends if I don't have to work overtime). At least one day a week I don't count calories. I use MFP occasionally, mostly if I'm adding something new to my diet and am uncertain if the calorie amount will fit.

    I don't count the liquid medicines, cough drops, the occasional peppermint I might partake in, or the rare times that I share candy with my son. I also don't drink sodas, I've significantly decreased my consumption of red meat (I started getting really ill after eating it), I eat an obscene amount of boiled eggs, and the only things I drink are water, lemon or lime water or, rarely, unsweet tea.

    Overall, I feel much more happier and energetic than I used to.

    Thats awesome !
    We have close stats except for the cw lol
    Did you start with 900-1100 from the beginning?

    Technically for the first week I ate at 1500 calories but it was just so difficult trying to eat that many calories. I really felt like giving up. So I looked online to try and find what the acceptable amount of calories to eat for weight loss would be (1200 - 1500 according to unsubstantiated Google facts) and decided I would just eat a hundred or so below 1200.
    I expected to feel ill or lightheaded in the beginning but thus far haven't had to deal with those issues. I pay close attention to what my body is telling me and just listen. If I feel extra hungry and have already eaten my calorie allotment for the day then I drink a full glass of water first (about 16 ounces) then wait one hour. If I still feel hungry then I'll have a boiled egg and that usually does the trick.
  • JesseWeller
    JesseWeller Posts: 4 Member
    SW- 267 July 2015 MFP first time user.
    Highest Weight-320 2009
    GW-??? 10-15% BF possibly 180-190lbs
    July 6th: 267
    Aug 7th: 246
    Sept 27th: 220
    Nov 7th: 209
    Calories-1547
    Height- 5'11"
    Age- 41

    For the first 3 weeks all I did was change my eating habits, in week 4 I started walking an estimated minimum of 10000 steps average per week. This seems to be working for me.
  • JesseWeller
    JesseWeller Posts: 4 Member
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  • JesseWeller
    JesseWeller Posts: 4 Member
    The weight loss has slowed lately due to my lack of walking. Still headed in the right direction really happy with how well this worked for me. Hope this helps
  • ebouchie
    ebouchie Posts: 124 Member
    SW: 213
    CW: 155
    GW: 135
    Started 2/13/2015
    Lost so far : 58
    Height: 5'5"
    Age: 51

    1,200 net calories per day. Cardio 3-4 days per week. Yoga 1-2 days per week.
  • tcarp8
    tcarp8 Posts: 369 Member
    male
    5' 9"
    210
    56
    I've lost 20. I eat around 1,500 per day
  • Cheryl7777
    Cheryl7777 Posts: 258 Member
    Female age 64
    SW 390 in June 2014
    CW 325 Nov 11th
    Started MFP Sept 15, 2015 at 344
    Total loss 65
    Loss using MFP 19 in about 8 weeks
    Set to loose 2 pounds a week at 1520 calories
    Some chair exercise, but can not walk or exercise to put weight on my hip while waiting for hip replacement surgery in March 2016
    Use a Fitbit to keep track of steps anyway and average 2200 a day, sedentary job
  • kkooge
    kkooge Posts: 70 Member
    DevDougan wrote: »
    Starting weight 170 in June 2015
    Current 158
    Goal 145
    5'5"
    Age 53
    Calories set at 1200 but when I work out for 2 hrs I can go up to 1800 per day. I have a desk job also. I try to walk every night and get 2-3 nights of yoga in a week. Most days I stay under 1400 calories and work out 5-6 days per week. This seems to be working well for me :)

    We have almost identical stats! I swim instead of yoga though. Hope I am as successful as you, well done.
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