one week of mfp

Winnersneverquitaimhigh
Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
edited November 16 in Getting Started
Hi all. Me new here and started with 65.5 kgs. One week on mfp and now 63 kgs and its so strange for me as 1200 calories of eating and eating watever i want and still lost so much of weight...unbelievable...just so strange for me that i cant believe and just don't know wat to expect next...so ppl please share ur experiences that i cud believe that wat is happening with me is for real and there much more good going to happen...hoping for replies..

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Most of what you lose in your first week is water.

    Then you settle on a steady but declining loss, provided you stick to your allotted calories (consistently eat less than you burn).

    You may want to revise your calorie goal. 1200 calories is the absolute lowest MFP lets you go and is meant for short, elderly, sedate women without much to lose. Undereating takes time to catch up with you, but it will.

    There is no magic involved in the weight loss process, only math.

    But consistently eating less than you burn is part mind game, part good habits, part practical solutions, part realistic expectations, and lots and lots of patience.

    The realization that weight loss isn't that difficult after all, can feel a lot like magic.
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    Thanks for ur reply.so that is the water weight that went off..i think i'll stay with 1200 calories as i m so fed up of that extra weight that i carry all the tym...i just love carbs..and i went on keto and the day i came off that diet all the weight came back gradually...in this diet at least i can eat wat i love in limited portions of course...so i feel i can stick to it..so now if i stick to 1200 calories wat should i expect in the coming week? Is it really that simple to loose weight?i went on keto, i went on atkins, joined gym,did yoga, did wat not ...but never ever thought like fueling the body properly...this time i m taking multivitamins, iron,calcium,omega 3 caps plus eating as per mfp...so sud i expect to loose weight successfully..am i on the right track?does this really work?please reply
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited March 2017
    arti075 wrote: »
    Thanks for ur reply.so that is the water weight that went off..
    Most of it water; depending on your height it could be 50/50 water and fat.
    i think i'll stay with 1200 calories as i m so fed up of that extra weight that i carry all the tym...
    Nobody likes being overweight. If you are overweight, it's good to get the excess weight off. But it takes time. You can't force it off. You can lose up to 1% of your body weight in fat per week. If you eat less than what creates a 1% weekly loss, that additional loss will be muscle, and you'll be hungry, hangry, lethargic, depressed, and just want to quit, which you will, maybe after some weeks of cheating and "forgetting" to log.
    i just love carbs..and i went on keto and the day i came off that diet all the weight came back gradually...in this diet at least i can eat wat i love in limited portions of course...so i feel i can stick to it..
    That is great. Don't cut out any foods for no good reason.
    so now if i stick to 1200 calories wat should i expect in the coming week?
    That depends on whether 1200 calories is a good amount of calories for you, and whether you log correctly or not.
    Is it really that simple to loose weight?i went on keto, i went on atkins, joined gym,did yoga, did wat not ...but never ever thought like fueling the body properly...this time i m taking multivitamins, iron,calcium,omega 3 caps plus eating as per mfp...so sud i expect to loose weight successfully..am i on the right track?does this really work?please reply
    Yes, it's that simple and it works if you do it right. All those things people try to lose weight (cutting out food groups, eating too little, eating food they don't like), is what makes losing weight so difficult. Eating less than you are used to isn't always easy, but it shouldn't feel hard all the time.
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    Wow such gr8 reply..thank u...wow..that i got such support and advice..thank u so much who ever u r..now coming to the point :) actually if i loose 1% of my body weight per week consistently that wud be gr8 for me..thank u so much for your support.. i feel motivated now..
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Yes, 1% per week is a good healthy loss if you have weight to lose, and it adds up over time.
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    i'll keep updating my progress..i'll need your support and advice in my weightloss journey...stay happy stay blessed :)
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Thank you :) It'll be great to hear how you're doing and if you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask :)
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    Sometimes i don't feel like doing exercise. is that ok? Is that going to adversely affect the weightloss? Or must i do that religiously every day?
  • thewindandthework
    thewindandthework Posts: 531 Member
    Diet will have more effect on weight loss than exercise. Exercise is important for health in general, but it's the food you eat (and amount of it) that will cause you to lose weight.

    I strongly encourage you choose your calorie goal wisely--1200 is really low for most people. Can I ask how tall you are?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh wrote: »
    Sometimes i don't feel like doing exercise. is that ok? Is that going to adversely affect the weightloss? Or must i do that religiously every day?

    MFP is set up so you lose weight without exercise. I wouldn't particularly do it every single day, but a few times a week should be sufficient enough depending on what your fitness goals are.
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    Thank u malibu for your reply..quite heplful i must say...actually i do exercise but wen i don't do i feel guitly for not doing..same as wen i ate something yummy i felt guilty.. :)
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    Diet will have more effect on weight loss than exercis
    This is wat i wanted to hear :)
    I m 154 cms tall that is 5 feet 1 inche
  • BeChill73
    BeChill73 Posts: 75 Member
    Almost 2 weeks on MFP for me. Started out 59kg... I'm not overweight but need to increase my iron and reduce my cholesterol so this seemed a good way to be more mindful of what I eat. Ifeally I'd like to feel more comfy in my current clothes as they are a little tight in the waist and arms. I felt good at 55kg so I guess thats my goal.

    Am 43, 5'2", and very sedentary to due having MS, depression, chronic insomnia, anaemia and laziness. :) Hoping the extra iron will help with the anaemia, depression and insomnia, and that should then raise my energy levels to combat the laziness. Can't do much about the MS
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    How much u lost in 2 weeks bechill73?
  • BeChill73
    BeChill73 Posts: 75 Member
    edited March 2017
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh wrote: »
    How much u lost in 2 weeks bechill73?

    Only 0.8kg LOL

    Hard to get an accurate weight though as I started iron supplements at the same time which makes my food take twice as long to pass through. Plus my scales were faulty and I hadn't realised until I was weighing flour for a bread dough recipe and it said the entire 1kg pack only weighed 500g... got new ones yesterday.
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    Ok so may be u hv lost more than that..i m not much experienced here..so can't say much on that..i started with 65.5 and after one week on 1200 calories now at 63.1 and i hear that is much of water weight.i had been to keto also and went to 61 kgs quite easily...so i feel wen i'll go below 61 then i'll feel that the real progress is coming..and for that i think i sud hv patience.those 2 kgs came off really easily..now it's stuck to 63.1..lets see..just hopeful..
  • BeChill73
    BeChill73 Posts: 75 Member
    Sounds like a great start!
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    Yeah gr8 start i must say...but i know this is going to slow down ..that was much of water weight but i m happy that it went off :D
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    I've got some other doubts as well.like wat r the nutrients that i sud aim at hitting the targets.as i understand till now is that i sud aim at reaching protien target.i try to do that very particularly.carbs and sugar anyways reach that levels without me trying hard to get there :D fiber goals i try to reach by adding flax seeds as i know it is going to help my hair and skin as well.but others hard to reach the goal...for potassium i take coconut water still the target is high to get there...i take multivitamins..so i need to know wat sud i aim at ?is it ok to target at the protien goals?
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited March 2017
    Focus on calories, that's what matters most. Eating well can make it easier to hit your calorie goal (because you'll probably feel more full). Hitting your protein goal will most likely mean that you're eating well. Don't worry about the other nutrients. Trying to hit all kinds of goal will make it harder to do what you need to do. Potassium in particular is usually not on the labels so you'll most likely get in a lot more than you think. A varied diet (you know, different foods from all the food groups every day) takes care of that.

    Don't start eating/buying lots of new (faddy) or particular/expensive stuff (like flax seeds, coconut water, multivitamins), it's not important. Instead, buy "normal food" - exactly what, depends on what you like and what you're going to make/cook/eat, but these things are traditional foods/ingredients in Western diets: fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt and butter, olive and vegetable oils, sugar, salt and spices, rice, beans, oatmeal, wheat flour, pasta, bread, nuts and seeds.

    Don't try to change everything at once, and don't bother changing what's already working. All suggestions are just that, not laws you have to follow. The only law you have to follow, is the first law of thermodynamics - "the total energy of an isolated system is constant; energy can be transformed from one form to another, but cannot be created or destroyed" - meaning, you have to have a calorie deficit to lose weight, but when you have a calorie deficit, you lose weight.
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    Thanks thats a gr8 help..so i sud concentrate mostly on the calories.. gr8.want to share my new love yogurt smoothie...thats so yummy and fulfilling :)
  • Winnersneverquitaimhigh
    Winnersneverquitaimhigh Posts: 37 Member
    edited March 2017
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  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    You may want to revise your calorie goal. 1200 calories is the absolute lowest MFP lets you go and is meant for short, elderly, sedate women without much to lose. Undereating takes time to catch up with you, but it will.

    :D:D you just described me lol (not the undereating part)
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