How am I going to lose 100lbs!?

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  • mysteps2beauty
    mysteps2beauty Posts: 493 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Take it a step at a time.

    1. Buy a food scale and liquid measuring cups and spoons.
    2. Weigh and measure everything, and I mean everything.
    3. Set up your MFP to your preferred loss.
    4. Just log what you are eating now. This will be a good reference moving forward. You will be able to see what you eat and where you can cut back.
    5. Reduce to your calorie goal, 100-150 cals per day each week until you are at your MFP recommended calories. This is easier mentally and physically than dropping your calories suddenly.
    6. When you have your calorie counting established consider doing some exercise, both cardio and resistance work.
    7. Exercise isn't needed to lose weight.
    8. If you use the MFP data base to log your exercise, eat back 50-75%, always. (MFP overestemates calorie burns)
    9. Always eat as much as you can while losing at your calculated rate. Your body needs fuel.
    10. Make it as much fun as you can.

    Cheers, h.


    Love this....gonna put it in my backpack for my journey. :wink:
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    edited October 2015
    7. Exercise IS needed to stay healthy, to feel good and to age well, so do it anyhow. :)
  • jasmine3012015
    jasmine3012015 Posts: 24 Member
    mysteps2beauty wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Take it a step at a time.

    1. Buy a food scale and liquid measuring cups and spoons.
    2. Weigh and measure everything, and I mean everything.
    3. Set up your MFP to your preferred loss.
    4. Just log what you are eating now. This will be a good reference moving forward. You will be able to see what you eat and where you can cut back.
    5. Reduce to your calorie goal, 100-150 cals per day each week until you are at your MFP recommended calories. This is easier mentally and physically than dropping your calories suddenly.
    6. When you have your calorie counting established consider doing some exercise, both cardio and resistance work.
    7. Exercise isn't needed to lose weight.
    8. If you use the MFP data base to log your exercise, eat back 50-75%, always. (MFP overestemates calorie burns)
    9. Always eat as much as you can while losing at your calculated rate. Your body needs fuel.
    10. Make it as much fun as you can.

    Cheers, h.


    Love this....gonna put it in my backpack for my journey. :wink:

    Yaaaass ! Helping each other out is so amazing!
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    edited October 2015
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    7. Exercise IS needed to stay healthy, to feel good and to age well, so do it anyhow. :)

    I was talking about losing weight not staying healthy. :)

    7. Exercise isn't needed to lose weight.

    Cheers, h.
  • swim777
    swim777 Posts: 599 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    blkandwhite77 wrote: »
    1 pound at a time. Figure out how much you want to lose per week .5-2lbs, set your goal to that and weigh your food and track all of your calories. I day at a time you can do it! I've lost 70lbs so far and have 30-40 more to go. It seems overwhelming at first but you can do it

    Agreed.

    I focused on 5 pound goals. Work on one, hit it, pat yourself on the back, look to the next. It seems overwhelming at first but you can do it. There's a folk song that goes "inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow..." Just keep that in mind and you'll be good.

    That also helped me. Setting reasonable goals for each month.... I also tried to exercise early before "life happens," and prevented me. Just a routine that has now become a habit. Keeping a journal of my progress, reading success stories, and realizing I could do this!!! You definitely can do this!!
  • MsBrit2Fit
    MsBrit2Fit Posts: 2 Member
    You've gotten some great advice on here! The one thing I would add is to take advantage of all of the support you have on MFP. When I first started, I got a push notification saying that people who had friends on MFP lose 3 times more weight than those who don't. We're all on the same journey and it's nice to have people cheering you on, giving you advice, and motivating you to keep on going. They are the reason I worked out today! You can do it girly :)
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    7. Exercise IS needed to stay healthy, to feel good and to age well, so do it anyhow. :)

    Amen!

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