Everyones "method" to their weight loss
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Colorscheme wrote: »Ok, here's my friend:
tall [like 6 ft], obese [l300 something pounds]. She's losing weight just by reducing portions and moving more. She does not cook and doesn't log and weigh anything she eats. Apparently that works for her and I'm so jealous as she's lost almost 20 lbs in like a month and a half.
Me:
5'7", 158 lbs. Log and weigh everything. Bought a Fibit last summer and use that to track exercise. I'm not as successful as my friend because the exercise makes me hungry and I have a tendency to overeat. Not because I think I earned food, but because I am legit hungry even though I drink a lot of water. I also only realized that I was logging inaccurately which is why I wasn't making progress. Now I am a lot more diligent with weighing and I hope to start making progress soon.
I don't eat out often, maybe once or twice a month. My friend eats takeout or buys every meal.
Obese people have a higher TDEE than people who aren't, she'll plateau sooner than later with that method if she doesn't change her diet.
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I do 40 carbs, higher fat and protein. I like how I am feeling. I try to keep sugar out.0
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ubermofish wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Ok, here's my friend:
tall [like 6 ft], obese [l300 something pounds]. She's losing weight just by reducing portions and moving more. She does not cook and doesn't log and weigh anything she eats. Apparently that works for her and I'm so jealous as she's lost almost 20 lbs in like a month and a half.
Me:
5'7", 158 lbs. Log and weigh everything. Bought a Fibit last summer and use that to track exercise. I'm not as successful as my friend because the exercise makes me hungry and I have a tendency to overeat. Not because I think I earned food, but because I am legit hungry even though I drink a lot of water. I also only realized that I was logging inaccurately which is why I wasn't making progress. Now I am a lot more diligent with weighing and I hope to start making progress soon.
I don't eat out often, maybe once or twice a month. My friend eats takeout or buys every meal.
Obese people have a higher TDEE than people who aren't, she'll plateau sooner than later with that method if she doesn't change her diet.
Well, she said she hit a plateau and then spewed some fatlogic about having to drink kale shakes to break it. She was trying to convince me that kale has some magic metabolic boosting powers. Obviously it doesn't.
I'm more surprised is that she can lose weight without logging food or weighing it to see how much she's eating.0 -
Colorscheme wrote: »ubermofish wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Ok, here's my friend:
tall [like 6 ft], obese [l300 something pounds]. She's losing weight just by reducing portions and moving more. She does not cook and doesn't log and weigh anything she eats. Apparently that works for her and I'm so jealous as she's lost almost 20 lbs in like a month and a half.
Me:
5'7", 158 lbs. Log and weigh everything. Bought a Fibit last summer and use that to track exercise. I'm not as successful as my friend because the exercise makes me hungry and I have a tendency to overeat. Not because I think I earned food, but because I am legit hungry even though I drink a lot of water. I also only realized that I was logging inaccurately which is why I wasn't making progress. Now I am a lot more diligent with weighing and I hope to start making progress soon.
I don't eat out often, maybe once or twice a month. My friend eats takeout or buys every meal.
Obese people have a higher TDEE than people who aren't, she'll plateau sooner than later with that method if she doesn't change her diet.
Well, she said she hit a plateau and then spewed some fatlogic about having to drink kale shakes to break it. She was trying to convince me that kale has some magic metabolic boosting powers. Obviously it doesn't.
I'm more surprised is that she can lose weight without logging food or weighing it to see how much she's eating.
If your estimations are correct, assuming you're both like 25, her TDEE is something like 2700 cal, and yours is more like 1800. That's like 900 calories worth of orange chicken she can eat and still lose. Keep trying to get through to her and she'll see the light eventually
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i'm a creature of routine. i most prefer to eat the same things every day. i love the predictability. having said that, mostly i eat what i personally like, without much thought to macros and the like. i do make a conscious effort to get in some veggies and protein though.
i guess the biggest thing i have going for me is really preferring to eat the same things every day. i know a lot of people can't stand doing that and really like variety with their meals, i am 100% not like that. lol.1 -
I log everything & weigh most things, but I don't weigh everything I eat (to maintain my sanity). I purchased a scale about 6 weeks into my weight loss. While I did notice discrepancies in what I was logging prior to owning a scale, I found that most errors cancelled each other out, so now, I am more relaxed, and I trust my eyeballing when a scale isn't available. I think a scale is important, but it was not as crucial as it is made out to be on this website.
I exercise 6 times per week and it allows me to eat more while still losing weight. This is important because on non-exercise days, my TDEE is around 1600. So, I would have to eat 1100 to lose 1 pound per week, or 1350 to lose 0.5 pounds per week. The exercise calories are crucial to my sanity.
I forgive myself if I overeat and I don't allow it to be an excuse to initiate a downward spiral.
I try not to follow bad habits such as: eating leftovers, having a bite of my husband's dessert at night, etc. If I am craving something, I'll save up the calories & actually eat the brownie or whatever it is, rather than pick at leftovers or have a bite of something and not feel satisfied.
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ubermofish wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »ubermofish wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Ok, here's my friend:
tall [like 6 ft], obese [l300 something pounds]. She's losing weight just by reducing portions and moving more. She does not cook and doesn't log and weigh anything she eats. Apparently that works for her and I'm so jealous as she's lost almost 20 lbs in like a month and a half.
Me:
5'7", 158 lbs. Log and weigh everything. Bought a Fibit last summer and use that to track exercise. I'm not as successful as my friend because the exercise makes me hungry and I have a tendency to overeat. Not because I think I earned food, but because I am legit hungry even though I drink a lot of water. I also only realized that I was logging inaccurately which is why I wasn't making progress. Now I am a lot more diligent with weighing and I hope to start making progress soon.
I don't eat out often, maybe once or twice a month. My friend eats takeout or buys every meal.
Obese people have a higher TDEE than people who aren't, she'll plateau sooner than later with that method if she doesn't change her diet.
Well, she said she hit a plateau and then spewed some fatlogic about having to drink kale shakes to break it. She was trying to convince me that kale has some magic metabolic boosting powers. Obviously it doesn't.
I'm more surprised is that she can lose weight without logging food or weighing it to see how much she's eating.
If your estimations are correct, assuming you're both like 25, her TDEE is something like 2700 cal, and yours is more like 1800. That's like 900 calories worth of orange chicken she can eat and still lose. Keep trying to get through to her and she'll see the light eventually
We're both 32. My TDEE is 2100-2300 calories on average. Her TDEE is probably around 2700 something. She's like 350 lbs and has two jobs as a library worker.
I understand her TDEE is higher due to her height and weight. I guess I'm just slightly jealous that she's losing a lot of weight despite not logging or weighing, while I'm struggling.0 -
Colorscheme wrote: »ubermofish wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »ubermofish wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Ok, here's my friend:
tall [like 6 ft], obese [l300 something pounds]. She's losing weight just by reducing portions and moving more. She does not cook and doesn't log and weigh anything she eats. Apparently that works for her and I'm so jealous as she's lost almost 20 lbs in like a month and a half.
Me:
5'7", 158 lbs. Log and weigh everything. Bought a Fibit last summer and use that to track exercise. I'm not as successful as my friend because the exercise makes me hungry and I have a tendency to overeat. Not because I think I earned food, but because I am legit hungry even though I drink a lot of water. I also only realized that I was logging inaccurately which is why I wasn't making progress. Now I am a lot more diligent with weighing and I hope to start making progress soon.
I don't eat out often, maybe once or twice a month. My friend eats takeout or buys every meal.
Obese people have a higher TDEE than people who aren't, she'll plateau sooner than later with that method if she doesn't change her diet.
Well, she said she hit a plateau and then spewed some fatlogic about having to drink kale shakes to break it. She was trying to convince me that kale has some magic metabolic boosting powers. Obviously it doesn't.
I'm more surprised is that she can lose weight without logging food or weighing it to see how much she's eating.
If your estimations are correct, assuming you're both like 25, her TDEE is something like 2700 cal, and yours is more like 1800. That's like 900 calories worth of orange chicken she can eat and still lose. Keep trying to get through to her and she'll see the light eventually
We're both 32. My TDEE is 2100-2300 calories on average. Her TDEE is probably around 2700 something. She's like 350 lbs and has two jobs as a library worker.
I understand her TDEE is higher due to her height and weight. I guess I'm just slightly jealous that she's losing a lot of weight despite not logging or weighing, while I'm struggling.
But you also weigh like half of what she does! You're practically at her GW at this point lol. Keep it up, sounds like you're pretty much in the final stretch 1 -
I mainly just watch calories and don't have any other rules, except that I do try to 100+ grams of protein per day. I rarely cook anything except eggs and fish and my diet consists mainly of eggs, greek yogurt, fish, protein shakes and bars, berries, apples, carrots, and bananas. And, either 2 squares of dark chocolate, some popcorn, or a skinny cow ice cream each day. Plus, vitamins since obviously I'm not eating a ton of variety here. I hate to cook above all things and I'm not a big foodie (gained weight by drinking too much) so it's been working for me for the last eight months or so. I feel like I can stick to this. I'm close to goal and my plan is to continue to eat at a deficit during the week so I can have some drinks on the weekend. We'll see how that goes.
ETA: Oh, and I exercise 5-6 days per week; currently doing Body Beast + a lot of walking.0 -
ubermofish wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »ubermofish wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »ubermofish wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Ok, here's my friend:
tall [like 6 ft], obese [l300 something pounds]. She's losing weight just by reducing portions and moving more. She does not cook and doesn't log and weigh anything she eats. Apparently that works for her and I'm so jealous as she's lost almost 20 lbs in like a month and a half.
Me:
5'7", 158 lbs. Log and weigh everything. Bought a Fibit last summer and use that to track exercise. I'm not as successful as my friend because the exercise makes me hungry and I have a tendency to overeat. Not because I think I earned food, but because I am legit hungry even though I drink a lot of water. I also only realized that I was logging inaccurately which is why I wasn't making progress. Now I am a lot more diligent with weighing and I hope to start making progress soon.
I don't eat out often, maybe once or twice a month. My friend eats takeout or buys every meal.
Obese people have a higher TDEE than people who aren't, she'll plateau sooner than later with that method if she doesn't change her diet.
Well, she said she hit a plateau and then spewed some fatlogic about having to drink kale shakes to break it. She was trying to convince me that kale has some magic metabolic boosting powers. Obviously it doesn't.
I'm more surprised is that she can lose weight without logging food or weighing it to see how much she's eating.
If your estimations are correct, assuming you're both like 25, her TDEE is something like 2700 cal, and yours is more like 1800. That's like 900 calories worth of orange chicken she can eat and still lose. Keep trying to get through to her and she'll see the light eventually
We're both 32. My TDEE is 2100-2300 calories on average. Her TDEE is probably around 2700 something. She's like 350 lbs and has two jobs as a library worker.
I understand her TDEE is higher due to her height and weight. I guess I'm just slightly jealous that she's losing a lot of weight despite not logging or weighing, while I'm struggling.
But you also weigh like half of what she does! You're practically at her GW at this point lol. Keep it up, sounds like you're pretty much in the final stretch
Haha nope, haven't even really started. I'm only two pounds down. I want to lose 35 lbs total. I've done it before so I know I can do it again.0 -
CICO- tons of water, eat whatever I want as long as it fits in. Running shrinks my butt and thighs, heavy lifting takes off inches0
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The most helpful thing I read at the outset of my weight loss journey was the "Mayo Clinic Diet" book (break 5 bad habits, add 10 healthy ones). It made eating make so much sense!
That, coupled with free at-home workouts from fitnessblender.com = 44lb weight loss and counting!
I don't track my calories anymore (I moved overseas so it became very impractical) but with those general principles in mind and exercise 5 days of the week, I've been doing really well.
Like you say OP, we all believe in our own method and this combo of those two things is really working for me :-)0
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