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190 pounds hoping to be 165 pounds. Anyone else?

darciew2
darciew2 Posts: 50 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
Hey there tallish girls hoping to lose 30 pounds.... curious to know what's working for you? How many calories you're eating/ burning. Just dropped my calorie goal from 1500 to 1300 after 45 days of strictly 1500 and only 4 pounds down! Do you eat the extra calories from a work out? Anything helpful? Go....

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  • buffalogal42
    buffalogal42 Posts: 374 Member
    That's almost exactly me- I am 5'9, started at 284, now 190, hoping to get around 165. I am currently set around 1500 per day and I work out 5 days a week for 45-1hr pretty hard. I sometimes eat back half my exercise calories. I have kind of gotten "stuck" on my weight loss but I know it is because I have stopped meticulously weighing things and started drinking more alcohol. I have to get back on track to complete my goal!
  • becca_rup23
    becca_rup23 Posts: 396 Member
    I'm at 208 now, down from 271 and also 5'9. I'm trying to get to 169 right now and go from there. I exercise about 4 times a week and try to eat between 1500 and 1800 calories a day. Its been slow lately but I've been drinking/eating out more which puts me over a bit. I usually only eat back about 200 of my exercise calories, more if the workout was more intense.
  • eluvscats
    eluvscats Posts: 54 Member
    edited November 2016
    I'm pretty close to your stats except I don't consider myself tall... Only 5'6" here. :)
    SW: 255
    CW:199
    GW1:185
    UGW: 140
    I've been eating around 1400 cal/day for a loss of around 1.4 lbs/week for the last few weeks. I try to get my steps in and usually don't eat any calories from exercise, unless I'm hungry. I eat when I'm hungry. I've tried eating lower than 1400 calories a day and it's usually ok for the first week or so and then I get starving! So I don't eat less than 1400 on average... Don't be afraid to eat a little more if you find yourself ravenous. Um, and that's all I've got. :)
  • Morrigan_Momma1991
    Morrigan_Momma1991 Posts: 12 Member
    Hi there !!

    SW: 242
    CW: 221
    GW:180

    I try to stay around 1500 calories a day but it's hard when you have little kids and they want things you can't have ! The first week is always the hardest for me
  • NewGemini130
    NewGemini130 Posts: 219 Member
    Hey-
    I'm similar in stats but shorter- 5'7". I'm at 190 and my first goal is 159- top of the healthy bmi range for my height. Will see how things seem once there.; prob will want to be lower.
    SW:230
    CW:190
    GW:159

    I've been on 1200-1250/day & It's working for me. I'm used to it and have been losing. I walk everyday about 45 min. Feel free to add me (any of you in this thread!). I can't add from my phone (?)
  • alphastarz
    alphastarz Posts: 55 Member
    SW 260
    CW 187
    GW 145
    Height 5'7.5

    Currently eating 1350-1500 gross and more or less maintaining, or losing very very slowly. I don't eat back exercise calories regularly, but I do on "long" days. Aka, Saturday's I do higher mileage days (7 plus miles) and eat back 500plus calories, exercise deficit estimated at 700. I start shedding pounds easier when I stop exercising as much and go strictly to the 1300 calories, but I'm working on muscle and cardio goals as much as total weight. Lost a half inch from waist while maintaining total weight this past month.
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