Opinions on pace of weight loss?
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vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »i would suggest 1 unless you have a lot to lose (somewhere over 50-75 seems to be the consensus).
you can always set it to 2 and see how you feel on that amount of calories, but it's a pretty aggressive cut. On a personal level i set it to 1 because i feel like i'm better able to stick with it at that rate. i don't feel deprived and i'm making slow but steady progress.
The reason I want to lose two a week is because I want to have my goal weight by the time I go on holiday next summer.I see thats a good idea also.Can I just ask you a question Its not related to this but do you stay within your carb fat and all the other macros daily to lose one pound a week and is it exactly 1 pound you lose?
i don't pay close attention to my macros, and it definitely isn't exactly a pound a week. some weeks it's smaller and some it's more and some depending on the TOM i gain. but i weigh myself every morning and track it on happy scale which smooths out the fluctuations and each month i lose a "moving average" of about 4 pounds (except July - when i had a 2 week vacation in prague and drank every pilsner i met)
So is it just as long as you keep within your calories you should be fine.I dont pay attention to macros either
The only macro that is really beneficial to watch is protein (unless you have a medical condition that calls for watching others). If you're not getting enough protein, your loss of muscle mass will be higher than necessary, causing skinny fat if you're not careful.
Okay thanks.Can you explain skinny fat to me ?
Skinny fat is when you are at a healthy BMI but your body fat percentage is high. The "ideal," and I use that term loosely because it can be subjective, is about 25% in females. But this is why many of us advocate for heavy weight lifting in order to best preserve muscle.
Here is a good picture to show what I mean. Both images are within a healthy BMI, but one is a lower than the other.
Still dont understand it sorry.So do you mean if i am at a healthy bmi .There could still be another problem that I might have to fix
The point is not that you have to fix it, but you may get to goal & be disappointed. Skinny fat is a smaller version of the current you (perhaps soft & doughy?). But keeping (more) lean muscle mass while losing weight leads to a smaller & FIRMER version of the current you. Who wants to jiggle (still) when they get to goal? I've heard it stated this way....lose "weight" to look good in clothes....lose fat to look good naked.
When I get to my goal weight that I want to be at I will have a good figure that im happy with .I dont want a figure where my ribs are sticking out .A layer of skin doesnt bother me
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vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »i would suggest 1 unless you have a lot to lose (somewhere over 50-75 seems to be the consensus).
you can always set it to 2 and see how you feel on that amount of calories, but it's a pretty aggressive cut. On a personal level i set it to 1 because i feel like i'm better able to stick with it at that rate. i don't feel deprived and i'm making slow but steady progress.
The reason I want to lose two a week is because I want to have my goal weight by the time I go on holiday next summer.I see thats a good idea also.Can I just ask you a question Its not related to this but do you stay within your carb fat and all the other macros daily to lose one pound a week and is it exactly 1 pound you lose?
i don't pay close attention to my macros, and it definitely isn't exactly a pound a week. some weeks it's smaller and some it's more and some depending on the TOM i gain. but i weigh myself every morning and track it on happy scale which smooths out the fluctuations and each month i lose a "moving average" of about 4 pounds (except July - when i had a 2 week vacation in prague and drank every pilsner i met)
So is it just as long as you keep within your calories you should be fine.I dont pay attention to macros either
The only macro that is really beneficial to watch is protein (unless you have a medical condition that calls for watching others). If you're not getting enough protein, your loss of muscle mass will be higher than necessary, causing skinny fat if you're not careful.
Okay thanks.Can you explain skinny fat to me ?
Skinny fat is when you are at a healthy BMI but your body fat percentage is high. The "ideal," and I use that term loosely because it can be subjective, is about 25% in females. But this is why many of us advocate for heavy weight lifting in order to best preserve muscle.
Here is a good picture to show what I mean. Both images are within a healthy BMI, but one is a lower than the other.
Still dont understand it sorry.So do you mean if i am at a healthy bmi .There could still be another problem that I might have to fix
The point is not that you have to fix it, but you may get to goal & be disappointed. Skinny fat is a smaller version of the current you (perhaps soft & doughy?). But keeping (more) lean muscle mass while losing weight leads to a smaller & FIRMER version of the current you. Who wants to jiggle (still) when they get to goal? I've heard it stated this way....lose "weight" to look good in clothes....lose fat to look good naked.
When I get to my goal weight that I want to be at I will have a good figure that im happy with .I dont want a figure where my ribs are sticking out .A layer of skin doesnt bother me
Okay, but you have options between high body fat and having your ribs stick out.
You'll have skin covering your body no matter what (I hope). What people are talking about is the level of body fat underneath that skin.3 -
janejellyroll wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »i would suggest 1 unless you have a lot to lose (somewhere over 50-75 seems to be the consensus).
you can always set it to 2 and see how you feel on that amount of calories, but it's a pretty aggressive cut. On a personal level i set it to 1 because i feel like i'm better able to stick with it at that rate. i don't feel deprived and i'm making slow but steady progress.
The reason I want to lose two a week is because I want to have my goal weight by the time I go on holiday next summer.I see thats a good idea also.Can I just ask you a question Its not related to this but do you stay within your carb fat and all the other macros daily to lose one pound a week and is it exactly 1 pound you lose?
i don't pay close attention to my macros, and it definitely isn't exactly a pound a week. some weeks it's smaller and some it's more and some depending on the TOM i gain. but i weigh myself every morning and track it on happy scale which smooths out the fluctuations and each month i lose a "moving average" of about 4 pounds (except July - when i had a 2 week vacation in prague and drank every pilsner i met)
So is it just as long as you keep within your calories you should be fine.I dont pay attention to macros either
The only macro that is really beneficial to watch is protein (unless you have a medical condition that calls for watching others). If you're not getting enough protein, your loss of muscle mass will be higher than necessary, causing skinny fat if you're not careful.
Okay thanks.Can you explain skinny fat to me ?
Skinny fat is when you are at a healthy BMI but your body fat percentage is high. The "ideal," and I use that term loosely because it can be subjective, is about 25% in females. But this is why many of us advocate for heavy weight lifting in order to best preserve muscle.
Here is a good picture to show what I mean. Both images are within a healthy BMI, but one is a lower than the other.
Still dont understand it sorry.So do you mean if i am at a healthy bmi .There could still be another problem that I might have to fix
The point is not that you have to fix it, but you may get to goal & be disappointed. Skinny fat is a smaller version of the current you (perhaps soft & doughy?). But keeping (more) lean muscle mass while losing weight leads to a smaller & FIRMER version of the current you. Who wants to jiggle (still) when they get to goal? I've heard it stated this way....lose "weight" to look good in clothes....lose fat to look good naked.
When I get to my goal weight that I want to be at I will have a good figure that im happy with .I dont want a figure where my ribs are sticking out .A layer of skin doesnt bother me
Okay, but you have options between high body fat and having your ribs stick out.
You'll have skin covering your body no matter what (I hope). What people are talking about is the level of body fat underneath that skin.
Yes but I dont mind because if im a healthy bmi i really dont care if im a little jiggly.If I dont like it I will keep losing but if I do ill keep it like that.The most important thing is that I will be healthy1 -
vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »i would suggest 1 unless you have a lot to lose (somewhere over 50-75 seems to be the consensus).
you can always set it to 2 and see how you feel on that amount of calories, but it's a pretty aggressive cut. On a personal level i set it to 1 because i feel like i'm better able to stick with it at that rate. i don't feel deprived and i'm making slow but steady progress.
The reason I want to lose two a week is because I want to have my goal weight by the time I go on holiday next summer.I see thats a good idea also.Can I just ask you a question Its not related to this but do you stay within your carb fat and all the other macros daily to lose one pound a week and is it exactly 1 pound you lose?
i don't pay close attention to my macros, and it definitely isn't exactly a pound a week. some weeks it's smaller and some it's more and some depending on the TOM i gain. but i weigh myself every morning and track it on happy scale which smooths out the fluctuations and each month i lose a "moving average" of about 4 pounds (except July - when i had a 2 week vacation in prague and drank every pilsner i met)
So is it just as long as you keep within your calories you should be fine.I dont pay attention to macros either
The only macro that is really beneficial to watch is protein (unless you have a medical condition that calls for watching others). If you're not getting enough protein, your loss of muscle mass will be higher than necessary, causing skinny fat if you're not careful.
Okay thanks.Can you explain skinny fat to me ?
Skinny fat is when you are at a healthy BMI but your body fat percentage is high. The "ideal," and I use that term loosely because it can be subjective, is about 25% in females. But this is why many of us advocate for heavy weight lifting in order to best preserve muscle.
Here is a good picture to show what I mean. Both images are within a healthy BMI, but one is a lower than the other.
Still dont understand it sorry.So do you mean if i am at a healthy bmi .There could still be another problem that I might have to fix
Skinny fat is basically looking fat while "healthy." At a high body fat percentage, you can still have the same health problems as you would overweight. I guess the best I can say is if you do not meet protein, you risk losing muscle. Weight loss does not just take from fat. It takes from everywhere including muscle. There's no way to stop it, but you can do things to retain muscle like making sure to get protein and if you can, weight lifting or using body weight work.
Oh that doesnt bother me though.As long as I am at a healthy weight I don't mind.Thanks for the tip though.I have to lose a lot of fat first
It's not fat first. The point is you will be losing fat+muscle.....not just fat. Unless you take steps to reduce lean muscle loss.
As long as I am at a healthy weight I don't mind.....it doesn't work like that. No one will know that you are at xx pounds because skinny fat makes you look like you weigh more. Only you know what the number on the scale says.0 -
I've never really been able to accurately control the rate at which I lose weight. I just kind of plug away as best I can and it comes off when it comes off. Everyone is different but in my own experience, I lost weight much more quickly the first 14593483 times losing weight and gained it back. This time I lost much more slowly and it has stayed off for 4 years so far, so my personal opinion is slow and steady.3
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janejellyroll wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »i would suggest 1 unless you have a lot to lose (somewhere over 50-75 seems to be the consensus).
you can always set it to 2 and see how you feel on that amount of calories, but it's a pretty aggressive cut. On a personal level i set it to 1 because i feel like i'm better able to stick with it at that rate. i don't feel deprived and i'm making slow but steady progress.
The reason I want to lose two a week is because I want to have my goal weight by the time I go on holiday next summer.I see thats a good idea also.Can I just ask you a question Its not related to this but do you stay within your carb fat and all the other macros daily to lose one pound a week and is it exactly 1 pound you lose?
i don't pay close attention to my macros, and it definitely isn't exactly a pound a week. some weeks it's smaller and some it's more and some depending on the TOM i gain. but i weigh myself every morning and track it on happy scale which smooths out the fluctuations and each month i lose a "moving average" of about 4 pounds (except July - when i had a 2 week vacation in prague and drank every pilsner i met)
So is it just as long as you keep within your calories you should be fine.I dont pay attention to macros either
The only macro that is really beneficial to watch is protein (unless you have a medical condition that calls for watching others). If you're not getting enough protein, your loss of muscle mass will be higher than necessary, causing skinny fat if you're not careful.
Okay thanks.Can you explain skinny fat to me ?
Skinny fat is when you are at a healthy BMI but your body fat percentage is high. The "ideal," and I use that term loosely because it can be subjective, is about 25% in females. But this is why many of us advocate for heavy weight lifting in order to best preserve muscle.
Here is a good picture to show what I mean. Both images are within a healthy BMI, but one is a lower than the other.
Still dont understand it sorry.So do you mean if i am at a healthy bmi .There could still be another problem that I might have to fix
The point is not that you have to fix it, but you may get to goal & be disappointed. Skinny fat is a smaller version of the current you (perhaps soft & doughy?). But keeping (more) lean muscle mass while losing weight leads to a smaller & FIRMER version of the current you. Who wants to jiggle (still) when they get to goal? I've heard it stated this way....lose "weight" to look good in clothes....lose fat to look good naked.
When I get to my goal weight that I want to be at I will have a good figure that im happy with .I dont want a figure where my ribs are sticking out .A layer of skin doesnt bother me
Okay, but you have options between high body fat and having your ribs stick out.
You'll have skin covering your body no matter what (I hope). What people are talking about is the level of body fat underneath that skin.
Yes but I dont mind because if im a healthy bmi i really dont care if im a little jiggly.If I dont like it I will keep losing but if I do ill keep it like that.The most important thing is that I will be healthy
Not necessarily. A lower number on the scale doesn't equate to health. There are many people at a "healthy bmi/weight" but that doesn't reflect their health internally. Higher body fat percentage still has more health risks than someone at the same (or higher) weight who has a lower body fat percent and more muscle.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »i would suggest 1 unless you have a lot to lose (somewhere over 50-75 seems to be the consensus).
you can always set it to 2 and see how you feel on that amount of calories, but it's a pretty aggressive cut. On a personal level i set it to 1 because i feel like i'm better able to stick with it at that rate. i don't feel deprived and i'm making slow but steady progress.
The reason I want to lose two a week is because I want to have my goal weight by the time I go on holiday next summer.I see thats a good idea also.Can I just ask you a question Its not related to this but do you stay within your carb fat and all the other macros daily to lose one pound a week and is it exactly 1 pound you lose?
i don't pay close attention to my macros, and it definitely isn't exactly a pound a week. some weeks it's smaller and some it's more and some depending on the TOM i gain. but i weigh myself every morning and track it on happy scale which smooths out the fluctuations and each month i lose a "moving average" of about 4 pounds (except July - when i had a 2 week vacation in prague and drank every pilsner i met)
So is it just as long as you keep within your calories you should be fine.I dont pay attention to macros either
The only macro that is really beneficial to watch is protein (unless you have a medical condition that calls for watching others). If you're not getting enough protein, your loss of muscle mass will be higher than necessary, causing skinny fat if you're not careful.
Okay thanks.Can you explain skinny fat to me ?
Skinny fat is when you are at a healthy BMI but your body fat percentage is high. The "ideal," and I use that term loosely because it can be subjective, is about 25% in females. But this is why many of us advocate for heavy weight lifting in order to best preserve muscle.
Here is a good picture to show what I mean. Both images are within a healthy BMI, but one is a lower than the other.
Still dont understand it sorry.So do you mean if i am at a healthy bmi .There could still be another problem that I might have to fix
The point is not that you have to fix it, but you may get to goal & be disappointed. Skinny fat is a smaller version of the current you (perhaps soft & doughy?). But keeping (more) lean muscle mass while losing weight leads to a smaller & FIRMER version of the current you. Who wants to jiggle (still) when they get to goal? I've heard it stated this way....lose "weight" to look good in clothes....lose fat to look good naked.
When I get to my goal weight that I want to be at I will have a good figure that im happy with .I dont want a figure where my ribs are sticking out .A layer of skin doesnt bother me
Okay, but you have options between high body fat and having your ribs stick out.
You'll have skin covering your body no matter what (I hope). What people are talking about is the level of body fat underneath that skin.
Yes but I dont mind because if im a healthy bmi i really dont care if im a little jiggly.If I dont like it I will keep losing but if I do ill keep it like that.The most important thing is that I will be healthy
The point is that there's such a thing as normal weight obesity (or skinny fat--bad name) where your body fat % is unhealthy even if your BMI is seemingly okay. I wouldn't worry about it now, as when you have lots to lose you will likely lose mostly fat anyway, but it's a reason to do what you can to maintain muscle. (Both photos seemed within the healthy BF% range, however.)
Other reasons to strength train or do weight bearing exercises for women is that it helps a lot with maintaining bone density.0 -
0-2 pounds is the healthy average, but as others have said, the less you have to lose, the less a week you'll likely lose.0
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Opinions? I've seen others express the (and it does seem well-reasoned) doctrine that 1% per week is the maximum safe rate of loss. Since I think that's a good idea, and have just crossed into onederland, I'm no longer willing to lose 2 or more lb per week. Rather, I'm now trying to lose no more than 1.5 lb per week.1
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I also think it matters whether you are trying to get back to the size you were just a few years ago VS have always been large and are trying to loose the weight.
I gained 40lbs over a 3 year period after getting an office job. It took 2.5 years to take it off and change my lifestyle but I lost the majority of it (30lbs) in 15 weeks. Although I am glad it is over, my cut when quickly for me.
I was undoing just a few years of damage rather than decades.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »i would suggest 1 unless you have a lot to lose (somewhere over 50-75 seems to be the consensus).
you can always set it to 2 and see how you feel on that amount of calories, but it's a pretty aggressive cut. On a personal level i set it to 1 because i feel like i'm better able to stick with it at that rate. i don't feel deprived and i'm making slow but steady progress.
The reason I want to lose two a week is because I want to have my goal weight by the time I go on holiday next summer.I see thats a good idea also.Can I just ask you a question Its not related to this but do you stay within your carb fat and all the other macros daily to lose one pound a week and is it exactly 1 pound you lose?
i don't pay close attention to my macros, and it definitely isn't exactly a pound a week. some weeks it's smaller and some it's more and some depending on the TOM i gain. but i weigh myself every morning and track it on happy scale which smooths out the fluctuations and each month i lose a "moving average" of about 4 pounds (except July - when i had a 2 week vacation in prague and drank every pilsner i met)
So is it just as long as you keep within your calories you should be fine.I dont pay attention to macros either
The only macro that is really beneficial to watch is protein (unless you have a medical condition that calls for watching others). If you're not getting enough protein, your loss of muscle mass will be higher than necessary, causing skinny fat if you're not careful.
Okay thanks.Can you explain skinny fat to me ?
Skinny fat is when you are at a healthy BMI but your body fat percentage is high. The "ideal," and I use that term loosely because it can be subjective, is about 25% in females. But this is why many of us advocate for heavy weight lifting in order to best preserve muscle.
Here is a good picture to show what I mean. Both images are within a healthy BMI, but one is a lower than the other.
Still dont understand it sorry.So do you mean if i am at a healthy bmi .There could still be another problem that I might have to fix
The point is not that you have to fix it, but you may get to goal & be disappointed. Skinny fat is a smaller version of the current you (perhaps soft & doughy?). But keeping (more) lean muscle mass while losing weight leads to a smaller & FIRMER version of the current you. Who wants to jiggle (still) when they get to goal? I've heard it stated this way....lose "weight" to look good in clothes....lose fat to look good naked.
When I get to my goal weight that I want to be at I will have a good figure that im happy with .I dont want a figure where my ribs are sticking out .A layer of skin doesnt bother me
Okay, but you have options between high body fat and having your ribs stick out.
You'll have skin covering your body no matter what (I hope). What people are talking about is the level of body fat underneath that skin.
Yes but I dont mind because if im a healthy bmi i really dont care if im a little jiggly.If I dont like it I will keep losing but if I do ill keep it like that.The most important thing is that I will be healthy
The point is that there's such a thing as normal weight obesity (or skinny fat--bad name) where your body fat % is unhealthy even if your BMI is seemingly okay. I wouldn't worry about it now, as when you have lots to lose you will likely lose mostly fat anyway, but it's a reason to do what you can to maintain muscle. (Both photos seemed within the healthy BF% range, however.)
Other reasons to strength train or do weight bearing exercises for women is that it helps a lot with maintaining bone density.
Yes, my 78 yo mother started lifting weights last year as her doctor is very concerned about her bone density. Unfortunately, the best time to start thinking about this is decades earlier.
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Normal weight obesity, or "skinny fat " is a medical condition characterized by specific metabolic markers caused by a disproportionate amount of visceral body fat (depositions around internal organs).
It does not mean "not at peak miracle tone and strength" or "flabby thighs and soft arms"1 -
To address the op, a resonable rate depends on your current weight, height, activity level, and amount of weight you want to lose. It can change depending on how carefully you are logging calories and how weep you ate dealing with hunger. It's not a blanket rate for everyone. We need more information to guide you.0
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I've never really been able to accurately control the rate at which I lose weight. I just kind of plug away as best I can and it comes off when it comes off. Everyone is different but in my own experience, I lost weight much more quickly the first 14593483 times losing weight and gained it back. This time I lost much more slowly and it has stayed off for 4 years so far, so my personal opinion is slow and steady.
Thanks .I think im going to stick with losing at 2 lbs per week.When im 14 lbs away from my goal I will lower it down to 1 lb a week0 -
vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »i would suggest 1 unless you have a lot to lose (somewhere over 50-75 seems to be the consensus).
you can always set it to 2 and see how you feel on that amount of calories, but it's a pretty aggressive cut. On a personal level i set it to 1 because i feel like i'm better able to stick with it at that rate. i don't feel deprived and i'm making slow but steady progress.
The reason I want to lose two a week is because I want to have my goal weight by the time I go on holiday next summer.I see thats a good idea also.Can I just ask you a question Its not related to this but do you stay within your carb fat and all the other macros daily to lose one pound a week and is it exactly 1 pound you lose?
i don't pay close attention to my macros, and it definitely isn't exactly a pound a week. some weeks it's smaller and some it's more and some depending on the TOM i gain. but i weigh myself every morning and track it on happy scale which smooths out the fluctuations and each month i lose a "moving average" of about 4 pounds (except July - when i had a 2 week vacation in prague and drank every pilsner i met)
So is it just as long as you keep within your calories you should be fine.I dont pay attention to macros either
The only macro that is really beneficial to watch is protein (unless you have a medical condition that calls for watching others). If you're not getting enough protein, your loss of muscle mass will be higher than necessary, causing skinny fat if you're not careful.
Okay thanks.Can you explain skinny fat to me ?
Skinny fat is when you are at a healthy BMI but your body fat percentage is high. The "ideal," and I use that term loosely because it can be subjective, is about 25% in females. But this is why many of us advocate for heavy weight lifting in order to best preserve muscle.
Here is a good picture to show what I mean. Both images are within a healthy BMI, but one is a lower than the other.
Still dont understand it sorry.So do you mean if i am at a healthy bmi .There could still be another problem that I might have to fix
Skinny fat is basically looking fat while "healthy." At a high body fat percentage, you can still have the same health problems as you would overweight. I guess the best I can say is if you do not meet protein, you risk losing muscle. Weight loss does not just take from fat. It takes from everywhere including muscle. There's no way to stop it, but you can do things to retain muscle like making sure to get protein and if you can, weight lifting or using body weight work.
Oh that doesnt bother me though.As long as I am at a healthy weight I don't mind.Thanks for the tip though.I have to lose a lot of fat first
It's not fat first. The point is you will be losing fat+muscle.....not just fat. Unless you take steps to reduce lean muscle loss.
As long as I am at a healthy weight I don't mind.....it doesn't work like that. No one will know that you are at xx pounds because skinny fat makes you look like you weigh more. Only you know what the number on the scale says.
Yes I know that but when I get down to my goal weight and if not happy I will continue to lose more .If I am happy the way my body looks I will keep it that way.After all im doing it for myself ,not to make others believe I am a certain weight0 -
I also think it matters whether you are trying to get back to the size you were just a few years ago VS have always been large and are trying to loose the weight.
I gained 40lbs over a 3 year period after getting an office job. It took 2.5 years to take it off and change my lifestyle but I lost the majority of it (30lbs) in 15 weeks. Although I am glad it is over, my cut when quickly for me.
I was undoing just a few years of damage rather than decades.
Im 10 pounds away from the weight I was 3 years ago but not stopping there i want to keep going .I want my weight loss to be quick because I have no patience for slow progress.When I am 14 lbs away from my goal I will lose at one lb a week but for now I think I am going to stick to 2 pounds a week.Amazing well done on your loss.Are you at maintainance now ?0 -
I also think it matters whether you are trying to get back to the size you were just a few years ago VS have always been large and are trying to loose the weight.
I gained 40lbs over a 3 year period after getting an office job. It took 2.5 years to take it off and change my lifestyle but I lost the majority of it (30lbs) in 15 weeks. Although I am glad it is over, my cut when quickly for me.
I was undoing just a few years of damage rather than decades.
Im 10 pounds away from the weight I was 3 years ago but not stopping there i want to keep going .I want my weight loss to be quick because I have no patience for slow progress.When I am 14 lbs away from my goal I will lose at one lb a week but for now I think I am going to stick to 2 pounds a week.Amazing well done on your loss.Are you at maintainance now ?
@Gibby349 I hit my target Friday. I am slowly working my way into maintenance. I went about 5 pounds lower than my ideal to give myself a buffer. This week I am eating 1300 per day, next week gets moved to 1400 and so on until I reach maintenance at 1650. I plan to start dead lifting in October to get buff up so I can increase my calorie intake more.0 -
I also think it matters whether you are trying to get back to the size you were just a few years ago VS have always been large and are trying to loose the weight.
I gained 40lbs over a 3 year period after getting an office job. It took 2.5 years to take it off and change my lifestyle but I lost the majority of it (30lbs) in 15 weeks. Although I am glad it is over, my cut when quickly for me.
I was undoing just a few years of damage rather than decades.
Im 10 pounds away from the weight I was 3 years ago but not stopping there i want to keep going .I want my weight loss to be quick because I have no patience for slow progress.When I am 14 lbs away from my goal I will lose at one lb a week but for now I think I am going to stick to 2 pounds a week.Amazing well done on your loss.Are you at maintainance now ?
@Gibby349 I hit my target Friday. I am slowly working my way into maintenance. I went about 5 pounds lower than my ideal to give myself a buffer. This week I am eating 1300 per day, next week gets moved to 1400 and so on until I reach maintenance at 1650. I plan to start dead lifting in October to get buff up so I can increase my calorie intake more.
Good job .Keep up the hard work1
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