Loosing weight

fiona2lbs
fiona2lbs Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Hi im new to dieting can anyone give me some good tips on what to eat or not eat please

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  • amtbhatnagar
    amtbhatnagar Posts: 94 Member
    hi , few points that might be helpful
    1) get your body stats checked
    2) food scale
    3) water recently started using app plant nanny
    4) if you keep updating ur mfp diary will help u
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,170 Member
    edited May 2017
    fiona2lbs wrote: »
    Hi im new to dieting can anyone give me some good tips on what to eat or not eat please

    There is no magical type of food that makes people lose weight, eat in a calorie deficit (MFP has given you a calorie goal that includes a deficit) and you will lose.

    Focus on meeting your calorie goal first, then you can focus on nutrition (not necessary for weight loss but important for health and to combat hunger pangs).

    Read through some of the helpful posts pinned at the top of this forum, particularly

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1399829/step-by-step-guide-to-losing-weight-with-myfitnesspal

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1235566/so-youre-new-here/p1
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Eat the foods you enjoy in the appropriate quantities to hit your goals, focusing primarily on nutrient-dense foods. Don't eat foods that you don't like, have expired, or make you ill.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    1. Buy a digital kitchen scale. Absolutely essential. They're cheap on Amazon, between 10-20 bucks. Some measuring spoons and cups are helpful too.

    2. Calculator your TDEE here: http://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/ Choose your activity level modestly.

    3. Decide on your deficit. If you want to lose approximately 1 pound per week, you'll want to subtract 500 calories from your TDEE and eat that amount each day. So if your TDEE is 2000 calories, you will want to eat 1500 calories a day to lose 1 pound a week.

    4. Track your calories as accurately as possible with your scale and measuring cups. Use your scale for solids and your cups for liquids. Track everything. Every little pat of butter, sip of pop, half a cookie - it all counts. The more accurate you are the better results you will have.

    That's really all there is to it. You could eat MacDonalds for every meal and still lose weight.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    fiona2lbs wrote: »
    Hi im new to dieting can anyone give me some good tips on what to eat or not eat please

    There really isn't a list of food not to eat. Measure & log everything. Only you can decide whether something is worth it or not. That's the beauty of logging "regular" food. You learn portions for everything (maintenance tools).

    Foods to eat: protein, fiber and fat are satiating. Different combos for different people. Because you are reducing calories you want to make a larger % of calories count. I find sticking to more whole foods helps here.

    You will learn as you go and you may make lower calorie swaps along the way. Tweaking things is about your tastes and your preferences.
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