Want to lose 30 lbs by end of Feb

I'd recommend staying fairly consistent. If you workout particularly hard in a day, you might want to add an extra snack, but overall MFP gives reasonable targets and if you're consistent with exercise and creating that calorie deficit, you should see results.

800 is waaaaay to low. Please find a nutritionist in your area to talk to. They can help you set up a realistic goal and food plan.

Stella3838 wrote: »

I'd recommend staying fairly consistent. If you workout particularly hard in a day, you might want to add an extra snack, but overall MFP gives reasonable targets and if you're consistent with exercise and creating that calorie deficit, you should see results.

With that said, some fluctuation is okay. Don't get discouraged if you go a little (or a lot) over one day, or if you're a little under one day.

Stop with the fad diets - eat properly - vegetables, fruits, whole grains and YES your body "needs" carbs. Realistic loss is 1 lb per week. Speak to a nutritionist.. there are no magic pills, or potions... stop killing yourself.

Not only do you need your nutritional minimums, but a diet like that (with so little calories) is not sustainable. Sure, you may lose a lot of weight quickly, but you aren't teaching yourself how to eat for long term weight loss and maintenance so once you lost the weight and go back to eating what you'd consider "normally," you'll just gain the weight back again.

I think a lot of us have been there. I finally broke the pattern in December 2015 and started with MFP. I'm 5'5" and started at 170 lbs. It took me about 7-8 months to lose 35 lbs.

If you consistently eat below the nutrition minimums (1200 calories/day if you're a female and aren't under say 4'8''-4'10''), you will probably start to experience things like brittle hair and hair loss, dry cracking skin, poor hormonal response or loss of periods, fatigue, loss of tissue and poor organ function or damage. If you do eat less, you need to be closely monitored by a doctor who can help make sure you're getting enough vitamins, minerals, and other stuff your body needs to function. That is why people are telling you 800 calories a day is not enough.

Someone of your height and weight can safely lose around 1.5-1.8 pounds per week while staying at or above 1200 calories and shouldn't really lose more than 2 per week.

Things that affect your daily weigh-ins: hormones, sodium, new or increased exercise, not going to the bathroom regularly, time of the month, stress and poor sleep. An increase or staying the same on the scale does not mean you are not loosing fat. You might want to use a tape measure and also look at inches/cm lost - or only weight yourself once per week.

People very frequently overestimate the amount of calories they eat each day, and careful logging is required as you get closer to your ideal weight. If you find over a few weeks that you are gaining or not losing (not from one day to the next), you don't need to drop under 1200 calories but you might need to be more accurate and weigh portions of food.

Slow weight loss can be frustrating, absolutely. But you don't want to damage your health while dropping pounds, you want to be around to enjoy the benefits! Exercise can help here - you don't need it to drop pounds, but it can help change the shape of your body more quickly while you're doing it. You might see results (loss of inches or changes in how your clothes fit) more quickly while safely losing weight if you also exercise.

youre setting yourself up for failure.

TDEE calculator it will get you on the path you need. With info you put in the results will tell you how many calories you should be eating. You can google TDEE calculator. You might be surprised how many calories you should be eating. Good luck! You'll get the hang of it!!!!