Trying to lose weight tips?

LordofAssassins43
LordofAssassins43 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey so im new to this whole app and was just wondering if you guys have any tips or pointers that helped you lose weight.
Also how do i manage how much i eat in a sitting so i don't over eat?
Also can i eat below my set goal of 1650 or eat over it?

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited November 2016
    Hit your calorie goal every day - not over, not under (by more than 50 or so). You do this by logging correctly (weighing everything and making sure the entries you use have the correct values) and consistently (this means no cheating, no guessing, no forgetting).

    To avoid overeating, plan your meals in advance, and portion them out before you start eating. Make sure you have everything you need for your meals, including time to prepare and eat them, and don't buy foods you don't plan on eating.

    Losing weight is simple, but not necessarily easy. It can be made easier, and it can be made harder. You have to find out what makes it easier/harder for you. But at any rate, don't call it "trying" (not even to be modest), just do it.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    If 1650 is the number given by MFP for you to achieve your weight loss goal then eat to that number. What you eat and when you eat don't matter as long as at the end of the day you are at or just below your calorie goal.

    Undereating slightly is fine, undereating by a lot is not ideal, overeating will slow down your weight loss.
  • daffjr
    daffjr Posts: 3 Member
    Google 7 day meal plans. Cant go wrong with em. But do your research on them. I use Max's Weightloss Challenge diet. 17 pounds gone in 6 weeks.
  • Dogmom1978
    Dogmom1978 Posts: 1,580 Member
    Get a food scale and weigh your food. I eat under my calories often and over them once in awhile. I tend not to eat back excercise calories unless I am hungry. Personally, I set MFP to lose 1 lb a week and put that I am sedentary. If you say "active" I feel it assumes you burn a ridiculous number of calories. I'd rather err on the side of caution and lose more weight than less. I started at 205 and am at 165 now with another 30-35 to lose. Everyone's different with different goals, but without a food scale you can't know how many calories you are eating per meal and will struggle trying to lose weight.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    OP:
    Get a food scale, and weigh everything that isn't a liquid as mostly everyone has mentioned here. Weigh prepacked foods that already have the weight listed as they can be around 20% off from what the packaging states. Weigh butters and cooking oils. Make sure the food database entries match up with the food packaging. Log your drinks, log salad dressings.... log everything that has calories including fruit and vegetables.
    daffjr wrote: »
    Google 7 day meal plans. Cant go wrong with em. But do your research on them. I use Max's Weightloss Challenge diet. 17 pounds gone in 6 weeks.

    Uh, how about no to crash dieting?
    *facepalm*
  • angelxsss
    angelxsss Posts: 2,402 Member
    The pinned threads at the top of the forum have some good tips too
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    edited November 2016
    daffjr wrote: »
    Google 7 day meal plans. Cant go wrong with em. But do your research on them. I use Max's Weightloss Challenge diet. 17 pounds gone in 6 weeks.

    That is over two lbs a week and not healthy (unless morbidly obese).
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    edited November 2016
    slunburg wrote: »
    Get a food scale and weigh your food.
    This.
    slunburg wrote: »
    I eat under my calories often and over them once in awhile.
    This is good too.
    slunburg wrote: »
    I tend not to eat back excercise calories unless I am hungry. Personally, I set MFP to lose 1 lb a week and put that I am sedentary. If you say "active" I feel it assumes you burn a ridiculous number of calories.
    Nonsense. If you set yourself to "active", MFP assumes that you take about 10,000-15,000 steps/day which burns about 600 cals/day more than if you were sedentary. This is not a remotely ridiculous number if you happen to have a job that keeps you on your feet (including but not limited to teaching, waiting tables or raising young children).

    Sedentary is a fine starting point if you don't fall into that category, but very few people need to be as sedentary as MFP's definition (which appears to be ~3000 steps/day). Most people could easily get up to "lightly active" just by increasing NEAT (non-exercise activity) by doing things like parking at the far end of the parking lot, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, walking instead of driving for short trips, etc.

    Now, sure, if you have a lot of logging errors, choosing a low activity level will help counteract that - but if you're going to choose "sedentary", it's probably a good idea to pick a conservative weightloss goal (e.g. 1 pound/week) so that you don't overkill your deficit if it turns out that you spend less time on your butt than you thought.

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