Does this really work?

yoplait311
yoplait311 Posts: 56 Member
edited November 25 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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  • mylittlerainbow
    mylittlerainbow Posts: 822 Member
    Yes, it works, and yes, 20 pounds in at least 3 months is absolutely possible.
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    53 down! It works.
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose 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.
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag 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)
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    Tomorrow a year and down.......

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  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Only time will tell
  • extacymoon
    extacymoon Posts: 141 Member
    Yes if works. I have lost 35 lbs.
  • daniwilford
    daniwilford 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.
  • yoplait311
    yoplait311 Posts: 56 Member
    Good to hear. I have a food scale and hold myself accountable. :)
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    It works, I promise :]
    Trust in it, it's science!
  • misterdale67
    misterdale67 Posts: 171 Member
    185# down. It works!!
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