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Mikehluszti
Mikehluszti Posts: 26 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Sorry but i would not of even known the calorie count until i loaded this app a week ago and was baseing the discussion on what i was eating and the app was telling me the count . Until a few people respnded i did not know minimum was 1450 and i sure as heck dont purge because i am used to eating mostly meats and drink beer which that is probibly why most of the weight loss is not having beer for months so thank you for those who did answer back helps me understand a little more of what i am doing

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  • wkelleyconstruction
    wkelleyconstruction Posts: 27 Member
    edited March 2016
    I started at 295. I am down to 268.
    I have only been eating about 1250 calories a day.
    I have lost 27 lbs in 25 days.
    The first week I lost a lot and have averaged a half a pound per day after the first week. (3.5 lbs a week)
  • Mikehluszti
    Mikehluszti Posts: 26 Member
    Thank you for the input really was not looking for rapid loss just some type of diet and until i loaded this app did not know what i was doing or not doing thanks again for the feed back
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited March 2016
    leut_underpants wrote: »
    Perhaps because both of those caloric amounts are lower than is advisable for men of your size.

    Look, weight loss is great. Rapid weight loss? Not so much. The powers that be likely don't want to be promoting such rapid loss as the norm, because it isn't generally attainable (men lose faster than women) and because it's unhealthy and not sustainable.

    If the only two things you have in your weight loss arsenal are how to be fat and how to crash diet, how valuable are your skills to others, really? And yet others will look at your numbers and your (very short term) results, and think that they should follow suit and should expect your results. Neither is true.

    This^

    Slow & steady weight loss helps you make real changes to your lifestyle.

    I've done crash diets in the past....all they prove to me is I know how to lose weight. But losing the weight is just the first step. THIS TIME, I'm losing weight the right way. So I can learn new habits to keep the weight off.

    WKelly - fast weight loss (unless you are currently obese) does not help your body support existing lean muscle mass. You end up losing fat+muscle when you eat very low calorie. Healthy weight loss lowers your body fat %.

    Pound per week goals
    75+ lbs set to lose 2 lb range
    Between 40 - 75 lbs set to lose 1.5 lb range
    Between 25-40 lbs set to lose 1 lb range
    Between 15-25 lbs set to lose 1 -.50 lb range
    Less than 15 lbs set to lose 0.5 lbs range
  • Mikehluszti
    Mikehluszti Posts: 26 Member
    Thank you looks like i was expecting to much from what i need to loose about 25 lbs so i shouldnt expect to lose more than .5 or 1 lb per week that helps alot to where maybe only weigh once a week also
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    On this site, people are into healthy, sustainable weight loss. If you start following the discussions on the boards, you will quickly pick up alot of information about successful weight loss. This is a long term deal--no quick fix. So many have been successful and share their knowledge--for free. Follow the posters with alot of posts, normally they've been around the longest and know more. Don't give up, just start to follow the guidelines given by MFP. You'll do fine.
  • Mikehluszti
    Mikehluszti Posts: 26 Member
    Yes sounds good I need to figure out how to navigate around the app a little bit better thank you for the input it is good advice
  • Mikehluszti
    Mikehluszti Posts: 26 Member
    I am learning quite a bit from the discussions today already thanks to all so far
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,053 Member
    What thread? The 1,000 calorie per day thread? Not sure why that thread vanished, but when it was still here there was a message from a moderator explaining that it was being locked due to violating the no promotion of Very Low Calorie Diet guidelines. See # 3 here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines
  • Mikehluszti
    Mikehluszti Posts: 26 Member
    Ok thanks
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