Can I loose weight without starving?

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,242 Member
    Use a moderate deficit and eat your exercise calories back (this means -250 which might be too slow for you; or -500... but not beyond that).

    Use a trending weight application and load at least one complete monthly cycle's worth of weigh ins before you fully trust the trends. This will help you separate water weight variation from the underlying weight level change over time.

    Realize that there is no special prize for getting there faster. Nothing new and exciting will happen when you hit maintenance... not if you've done this in a slow and methodical fashion.
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »

    Realize that there is no special prize for getting there faster. Nothing new and exciting will happen when you hit maintenance... not if you've done this in a slow and methodical fashion.

    ...Except when you want to get off certain meds (eg high blood pressure), heal your painful knees to get back in activities asap. :)

    Speed is one thing. Proving to yourself that you can do it is another thing which is important. It's common to hear people giving up when there's no progress. Be aware.
  • gl6h2
    gl6h2 Posts: 28 Member
    Maybe try no carb diet? You don't have to count calories in a low carb diet and you can eat whenever you want. I don't recommend it because I prefer to count calories and still eat carbs.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    gl6h2 wrote: »
    Maybe try no carb diet? You don't have to count calories in a low carb diet and you can eat whenever you want. I don't recommend it because I prefer to count calories and still eat carbs.

    You have to count on a low carb diet. Alot of people get fat thinking you don't have to. CICO is CICO.
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Realize that there is no special prize for getting there faster. Nothing new and exciting will happen when you hit maintenance... not if you've done this in a slow and methodical fashion.
    ...Except when you want to get off certain meds (eg high blood pressure), heal your painful knees to get back in activities asap. :)
    Speed is one thing. Proving to yourself that you can do it is another thing which is important. It's common to hear people giving up when there's no progress. Be aware.

    for everyone who gives up because of the lack of progress associated with a moderate deficit there are 10 who lose weight fast and then regain it + a bit IN PART because they only know how to either hard core diet or NOT diet at all...

    But they never use the time of weight loss to develop new LONG term relationships between food, movement, and exercise.

    ANYONE who puts in 3 hours on the elliptical and "diets" will lose weight.

    The question is have they created a sustainable lifestyle? Do they now have the tools they need to cope with adversity? Injury? Inability to exercise due to illness? Have they changed the way they think about food, movement and exercise? Have they explored emotional issues that may be attached to their eating? Had enough time to deal with relationships with people around them, relationships that may contribute to unhealthy eating habits?

    Losing weight is just the buy in into the long term game of not gaining the weight back.

    I happen to think that the most important aspect of weight loss is not the weight loss itself; but, rather how you use the process to position yourself for the long term game!

    So yes, people who are impatient will not do well with a moderate deficit. They will get discouraged and give up before they even learn how to use a trending weight app.

    The solution, however, is not a larger deficit that will gratify their desire for speed; the solution is for them to become more patient :smiley:

    Good post. One should be aware of all these points and probably a bit more to be successful.
  • idioblast
    idioblast Posts: 114 Member
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    mfmetsker wrote: »
    I'm 5'7, 175(+-) 32 y/0, desk job/ sahm

    I'm logging around 1600 per day now when I don't blow it on a binge day.

    Just to give you a comparison point, I'm an inch taller than you, a year older, and don't have kids to chase, but have otherwise similar stats. I lose a pound a week fairly consistently on 1700 calories/day. Play with your numbers, track as accurately as you can manage, and adjust as needed.

    Same here. I'm 5'8", 168 lbs, desk job 8-5, 37 YO and I rarely eat below 1700 when I am trying to maintain a 500 calorie deficit. Usually I eat closer to 2000 if I go to the gym that day. I use a FitBit and it helps A LOT with motivation to go on short walks throughout the day.
  • billglitch
    billglitch Posts: 538 Member
    I started low carbs 13 weeks ago. I am never hungry and have lost 46 pounds. look into it
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    Starving not an option.
  • mfmetsker
    mfmetsker Posts: 26 Member
    Update: I've competed almost the first week and have managed to count all my calories (even the bad ones that I would normally pretend didn't happen). I'm going for about a 500 calorie deficit. I'd rather it take twice as long to lose the weight and have it stay off.

    As for low carb- there are two reasons that it doesn't work for me:
    1. I tend to have an all or nothing personality and any slip off the HFLC diet meant a week to month of "YOLO" behavior.
    2. I operate on a low serotonin system and cutting the carbs was very dangerous for that.

  • mis1022
    mis1022 Posts: 109 Member
    Some days I feel like I am starving and some days not, I have been at it for4months now and still this cycle.
  • mfmetsker
    mfmetsker Posts: 26 Member
    Further update:
    2 weeks in... No loss:(
  • tlflag1620
    tlflag1620 Posts: 1,358 Member
    mfmetsker wrote: »
    Love the tootsie roll tip. Dark chocolate and wine sound very doable
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    mfmetsker wrote: »
    I'm 5'7, 175(+-) 32 y/0, desk job/ sahm

    I'm logging around 1600 per day now when I don't blow it on a binge day.

    I have a feeling that you'll be disappointed with that calorie per day setting.

    Is 1600 too low?

    I don't think 1600 is too low, or too high. I have similar stats as you (5'7" female, 35 years old, currently 145 lbs, stay at home mom of four, so I hear ya on the don't go pee by yourself or they'll end up playing traffic thing) and I ate between 1600 and 1800 per day to go from 185 to my current weight. I played with my macros (for me low carb works, but if you tried it and it didn't, maybe try focusing on fiber and protein to fill you up) to find satiety, and find I don't need to go hungry. And while I don't drink much more than a few times a month, and only lightly when I do (I've been either pregnant or breastfeeding or both for ten years running), I do find room for occasional indulgences (dark chocolate is actually on plan for me, so I eat that fairly regularly). I do think you need patience and to just try to stay the course, whatever you decide to do. Commit to something for at least six weeks, then you can reevaluate. Gotta give things time to work!

  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    mfmetsker wrote: »
    Further update:
    2 weeks in... No loss:(

    I went back in your diary a bit, and complements on your logging. If you've got everything you're eating and drinking, that's not the problem. I noticed that your protein is low everyday, and sometimes quite low. Now I love carbs--live in Italy, but perhaps upping your protein would help alot with hunger, and get some pounds off. Check out your calorie burns to make sure they're accurate. Sometimes you have to mix things up a bit to start losing. Good luck and do't give up.

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