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    Does this really work?

    Posts: 56 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    I've set my calorie/weight goal.

    My garmin is linked to my account, so I do eat back some exercise calories- not all but some.

    I'm finding that most days (when I plan, track, and exercise) it's very easy for me to hit my calorie goal (and have a deficit). I'm only slightly hungry, usually at night time, but not enough to make me eat.

    Can it really be this easy?
    I'd like to drop around 20lbs in 3 months or so.

    Thanks!

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    • Posts: 822 Member
      Yes, it works, and yes, 20 pounds in at least 3 months is absolutely possible.
    • Posts: 1,252 Member
      53 down! It works.
    • Posts: 8,523 Member
      I get very little exercise on a day to day basis, as I work an office job. I calculated my TDEE and the deficit at which I'd need to eat to lose 1lb per week, and have been doing this for just over 2 months now (~10 weeks). I've lost 11lbs so far, so almost exactly at the rate projected by MFP.

      As long as you eat at a deficit, you will lose weight.
    • Posts: 1,249 Member
      This does really work but only if you are honest with yourself and fairly accurate in your logging. 20 pounds is very doable! 3 months is probably a stretch but aim for something and best of luck to you! (20 mile neighbor)
    • Posts: 1,026 Member
      Tomorrow a year and down.......

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    • Posts: 2,696 Member
      Only time will tell
    • Posts: 141 Member
      Yes if works. I have lost 35 lbs.
    • Posts: 1,030 Member
      Yes if you eat fewer calories than you burn to create a calorie deficit you will lose weight. Every weight loss is accomplished in this way if calories are counted or not. Counting calories just helps us know if there is a deficit. Like anything else, it is only as accurate as the numbers you put in. Weigh your food, find the most accurate entries, and you will succeed.
    • Posts: 56 Member
      Good to hear. I have a food scale and hold myself accountable. :)
    • Posts: 4,142 Member
      It works, I promise :]
      Trust in it, it's science!
    • Posts: 171 Member
      185# down. It works!!
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