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Weight loss help

oXGetFitBabeXo
oXGetFitBabeXo Posts: 341 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,
I would like some good and honest advice.

I anticipate losing approximately 20 pounds in 4 months (Possibly 4 or 5 per month)

I am 5'4 - 155lbs

I would like to be 140 (maybe 135)

I feel like this is a very legit goal but what is your best advice for how many calories and how long should I work out per day? The calorie part stresses me out ..

Do I seem pretty legit with goals?

Replies

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    If you put your goals and stats into MFP, it will give you a calorie goal. If you want to exercise on top of that, you can.

    Your goal seems a little ambitious -- you might lose that much at first, but as you get closer to goal, weight loss will probably slow down.
  • oXGetFitBabeXo
    oXGetFitBabeXo Posts: 341 Member
    Sounds pretty legit..

    I have workout anxiety to start but I just need to push through and start..

    I lost 10lbs last year.. gained 5 back..

    I've been pretty maintained since (water weight fluctuates a little)

    I'll be happy with 15lbs & some inches that's my real "goal"
  • daphnec1994
    daphnec1994 Posts: 71 Member
    I think MFP gives really low calorie goals. I would pick something not too low, and in a week see how you have changed. Then adjust accordingly if you need to. I am a similar weight and I lose at that rate, eating around 1450 to 1500 calories.
  • oXGetFitBabeXo
    oXGetFitBabeXo Posts: 341 Member
    Daphnec that sounds wonderful and not as stressful! - Do you eat the calories you exercise off or are you strictly following calories only.
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