I'm having issues and not sure why.
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RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
she said she has about 25lbs of fat that has to go. your body can only safely lose so much bodyfat at a time. losing weight too quickly can result in lean mass loss,which is what I dont think you understand.you arent going to lose 2lbs of only fat per week if you dont have a lot of weight/fat to lose.
8 lbs a month for someone looking to only lose 25lbs is aggressive. That would make a 2lb a week loss a 1000 calorie deficit. we dont even know what her BMR/TDEE is. 1000 calorie deficit may put her under 1200 calories a day.now if she said well I really need to lose 50 lbs then she could go with a higher deficit.not to mention weight loss is not linear either.1 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
she said she has about 25lbs of fat that has to go. your body can only safely lose so much bodyfat at a time. losing weight too quickly can result in lean mass loss,which is what I dont think you understand.you arent going to lose 2lbs of only fat per week if you dont have a lot of weight/fat to lose.
8 lbs a month for someone looking to only lose 25lbs is aggressive. That would make a 2lb a week loss a 1000 calorie deficit. we dont even know what her BMR/TDEE is. 1000 calorie deficit may put her under 1200 calories a day.now if she said well I really need to lose 50 lbs then she could go with a higher deficit.not to mention weight loss is not linear either.
So depending on how much she WANTS to lose, that's how much of a calorie deficit should be used?
What does weight loss not being linear have to do with anything?4 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
she said she has about 25lbs of fat that has to go. your body can only safely lose so much bodyfat at a time. losing weight too quickly can result in lean mass loss,which is what I dont think you understand.you arent going to lose 2lbs of only fat per week if you dont have a lot of weight/fat to lose.
8 lbs a month for someone looking to only lose 25lbs is aggressive. That would make a 2lb a week loss a 1000 calorie deficit. we dont even know what her BMR/TDEE is. 1000 calorie deficit may put her under 1200 calories a day.now if she said well I really need to lose 50 lbs then she could go with a higher deficit.not to mention weight loss is not linear either.
So depending on how much she WANTS to lose, that's how much of a calorie deficit should be used?
What does weight loss not being linear have to do with anything?
OMG you are just wanting to argue. because others above also said the same thing I did above yet you are singling me out? please find someone else to argue with.4 -
vespiquenn wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I haven't had any notable difference in weight in a few weeks.
You should be looking for no more than about .5lbs a week with only 25lbs to lose.
Vespiquenn-just curious what your thoughts are on why half a pound per week and 25 pounds remaining go together? Why couldn't she strive for up to 2 pounds a week?0 -
I know lots of my weight is in muscle because I can see it. I find my genetics a bit unfortunate because I'm a woman and women aren't supposed to be this muscular. I don't do weight training atm but I do repeatedly walk through 9 acres of floor space and up and down four flights of stairs all day. My legs...ugh...they're big. My arms are pretty defined as well but Idk why. I don't lift anything other than kids. Calorie tracking is something I've just started today. I have eaten less than 1500 calories so far today and since I've actually had time to eat today this is a lot for me.
Welcome to MFP and congrats on your weight loss so far! I thought I'd convey a couple things I found helpful starting out.
First, and you'll hear it over and over again, is invest in a food scale (they are under 20$). Vast majority of people underestimate their caloric intake. Weighing every bite--to the extent possible--will help you get an accurate assessment of your intake. I find that I actually have changed my habits because I think twice about eating the leftover nugget or half slice of pizza on my kids plate, since I'd have to log it
Secondly, decide on the desired rate of loss. Since you've already lost at the rate of more than a # a week, seems like a goal of one lb is reasonable--but try it out and see how it goes. The less you have to lose, the slooooower it goes.
Third, do you have a fitbit or exercise tracker? Since you walk so much, it might be a great way of assessing your activity level. If you have one and connect it to MFP, then you would put your 'activity level' as sedentary but all your walking would be added in after the fact (took me a while to figure this out). MFP will then change your daily calorie goal depending on how much you burned through exercise. Some people find they do better when they eat back only about half your exercise calories.
Finally--there is NOTHING undesirable about muscles on women! You will see a lot of muscular fit women here (alas I am not one of them, but I'm trying).
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@AsylumTourGuide Have you used any quantitative method at all of measuring or calculating your body fat percentage? There are accurate methods which cost money, and free methods that are not particularly accurate. Any method, though, would give us enough information to then give well-informed advice.0
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AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I'm a tour guide. I walk all day. I don't eat very much. I definitely feel like I should still be losing weight. I've lost 60lbs this year already. I'm 5'9 and 205lbs. Lots of my weight is in muscle but I know there is still about 25lbs in fat that needs to go. Any suggestions? Btw some fitness friends would be nice. I don't know anybody who likes to workout so I have been in this alone.
OP, to bring your thread back into focus, here are my suggestions:- Set your goal to 1 lb per week.
- If you aren't using one already, get a food scale and start using as often as possible for all solid and semi-solid food - whole food, packaged food, fruit, grains, scanned or not. Everything.
- Make sure you are also logging beverages, condiments, nibbles, etc.
- Double check the database entries you are using. Many are user-entered and wrong. Don't use generic entries or recipe type entries (like stuffed shells) that you didn't create.
- Log accurately and consistently for 4 weeks and see if anything jumps out at you or if your weight starts to move.
- If you aren't losing weight you are eating too much, and most people start out underestimating how much they eat. When I started using a food scale, I discovered I was often eating 300-400 cals more than I thought!
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GemstoneofHeart wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I haven't had any notable difference in weight in a few weeks.
You should be looking for no more than about .5lbs a week with only 25lbs to lose.
Vespiquenn-just curious what your thoughts are on why half a pound per week and 25 pounds remaining go together? Why couldn't she strive for up to 2 pounds a week?
Not the quoted poster, but I will say that a 2 lb per week goal requires a 1000 cal deficit per day. Most women with only 25 lbs to lose (I don't think we can tell from the info we have whether this applies to the OP or not), simply don't have a high enough TDEE to have a 1000 cal deficit per day without eating a pathetic amount of calories. I would say at 25 lbs to go, a guy or a reasonably active woman could probably manage a lb per week. When I had 15 lbs to lose, my TDEE was @ 1800. I went with a goal of half-a-lb per week, because I was miserable eating at 1300 calories!4 -
"Calorie in, calorie out" and "eat less and move more" are antiquated approaches to weight loss and body conditioning. What you're eating and when you're eating it is very important? If you've got a 16-hour window for eating, you could be sabotaging your chances at additional weight loss.
Take a look at Dr. Jason Fung on Intermittent Fasting (IF) and the Diet Doctor, both on YouTube. Do you have any experience with the LCHF approach?
Also, I would take the muscle over fat any day. If what you have is truly muscle (definition in arms and legs), you should be burning calories big time. Something is amiss.
I hope this is helpful.41 -
tunablue5150 wrote: »"Calorie in, calorie out" and "eat less and move more" are antiquated approaches to weight loss and body conditioning. What you're eating and when you're eating it is very important? If you've got a 16-hour window for eating, you could be sabotaging your chances at additional weight loss.
Take a look at Dr. Jason Fung on Intermittent Fasting (IF) and the Diet Doctor, both on YouTube. Do you have any experience with the LCHF approach?
Also, I would take the muscle over fat any day. If what you have is truly muscle (definition in arms and legs), you should be burning calories big time. Something is amiss.
I hope this is helpful.
So much no.12 -
AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I know lots of my weight is in muscle because I can see it. I find my genetics a bit unfortunate because I'm a woman and women aren't supposed to be this muscular. I don't do weight training atm but I do repeatedly walk through 9 acres of floor space and up and down four flights of stairs all day. My legs...ugh...they're big. My arms are pretty defined as well but Idk why. I don't lift anything other than kids. Calorie tracking is something I've just started today. I have eaten less than 1500 calories so far today and since I've actually had time to eat today this is a lot for me.
Love, woman are supposed to have muscles. otherwise we'd not be able to stand upright. Plus muscles are good! They need more energy than fat. And more importantly, they keep your bones strong and prevent osteoporosis. Apart from that: Women tend to store fat on their thighs. I'm sure you don't have bigger thighs due to muscles but a combination of both.5 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
she said she has about 25lbs of fat that has to go. your body can only safely lose so much bodyfat at a time. losing weight too quickly can result in lean mass loss,which is what I dont think you understand.you arent going to lose 2lbs of only fat per week if you dont have a lot of weight/fat to lose.
8 lbs a month for someone looking to only lose 25lbs is aggressive. That would make a 2lb a week loss a 1000 calorie deficit. we dont even know what her BMR/TDEE is. 1000 calorie deficit may put her under 1200 calories a day.now if she said well I really need to lose 50 lbs then she could go with a higher deficit.not to mention weight loss is not linear either.
So depending on how much she WANTS to lose, that's how much of a calorie deficit should be used?
What does weight loss not being linear have to do with anything?
OMG you are just wanting to argue. because others above also said the same thing I did above yet you are singling me out? please find someone else to argue with.
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tunablue5150 wrote: »"Calorie in, calorie out" and "eat less and move more" are antiquated approaches to weight loss and body conditioning. What you're eating and when you're eating it is very important? If you've got a 16-hour window for eating, you could be sabotaging your chances at additional weight loss.
Take a look at Dr. Jason Fung on Intermittent Fasting (IF) and the Diet Doctor, both on YouTube. Do you have any experience with the LCHF approach?
Also, I would take the muscle over fat any day. If what you have is truly muscle (definition in arms and legs), you should be burning calories big time. Something is amiss.
I hope this is helpful.
It is very, very, very, unlikely that OP has turned into a muscular she-hulk by NOT lifting weights and only going for long walks in the forest. it may be (slightly) more believable if she was talking about lower body muscle, but she is saying her arms are overly muscular as well - this just doesn't make sense. Women have to work super hard and work for years to put on an overly muscular physique. it is even less believable if she is still that overweight that muscle would be coming through so much. something definitely not adding up....10 -
tunablue5150 wrote: »"Calorie in, calorie out" and "eat less and move more" are antiquated approaches to weight loss and body conditioning. What you're eating and when you're eating it is very important? If you've got a 16-hour window for eating, you could be sabotaging your chances at additional weight loss.
Take a look at Dr. Jason Fung on Intermittent Fasting (IF) and the Diet Doctor, both on YouTube. Do you have any experience with the LCHF approach?
Also, I would take the muscle over fat any day. If what you have is truly muscle (definition in arms and legs), you should be burning calories big time. Something is amiss.
I hope this is helpful.4 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
she said she has about 25lbs of fat that has to go. your body can only safely lose so much bodyfat at a time. losing weight too quickly can result in lean mass loss,which is what I dont think you understand.you arent going to lose 2lbs of only fat per week if you dont have a lot of weight/fat to lose.
8 lbs a month for someone looking to only lose 25lbs is aggressive. That would make a 2lb a week loss a 1000 calorie deficit. we dont even know what her BMR/TDEE is. 1000 calorie deficit may put her under 1200 calories a day.now if she said well I really need to lose 50 lbs then she could go with a higher deficit.not to mention weight loss is not linear either.
So depending on how much she WANTS to lose, that's how much of a calorie deficit should be used?
What does weight loss not being linear have to do with anything?
OMG you are just wanting to argue. because others above also said the same thing I did above yet you are singling me out? please find someone else to argue with.
ahh ok.kinda noticed that in other threads.the ignore button was engaged on that one.0 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're eating enough protein you will not lose muscle mass
Is this correct? I'm 6'1" and currently 250lbs and looking to get to 185lbs. If theory, could I lose 2lbs of fat per week and if I eat 200g plus of protein per day I can retain lean muscle mass all the way to 185lbs?
I suspect this is not going to be correct but I am no professional.
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RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're eating enough protein you will not lose muscle mass
Is this correct? I'm 6'1" and currently 250lbs and looking to get to 185lbs. If theory, could I lose 2lbs of fat per week and if I eat 200g plus of protein per day I can retain lean muscle mass all the way to 185lbs?
I suspect this is not going to be correct but I am no professional.
A huge oversimplification. On the other hand, you have 65 lbs to lose. You can afford to be aggressive for a short time. Adequate protein and strength training would be essential for preserving lean mass and keeping the focus on fat loss. If you can stand that level of restriction and remain compliant, you could do it for 25 or so lbs.
Also, a key to the process of getting to a healthy body weight and composition is learning the right habits so that you don't regain the fat.2 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »vespiquenn wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
1% of your total weight is sustainable until you're getting into single digit bf% for men and under 20% for women.
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Just because someone's goal is to lose 25lbs, doesn't mean that's the amount of weight they can lose and still be healthy.
I could be 60 pounds overweight, and my goal is to lose 25-30 pounds, so according to what you're saying, I should lose 0.5lbs/week when in reality, I can very easily lose 2lbs/week. Just because my goal is 25-30 pounds doesn't mean anything in terms of the speed of weight loss.
OP is ~35lbs overweight, so we are still only talking a pound a week.
Why only a pound a week? Everyone is so convinced you have to drastically slow down your weight loss. If you're eating enough protein you will not lose muscle mass, if you don't change any muscle stimulus you've already been getting, while losing 1.5-2lbs a week until you get LEAN and then you can go down to 0.5-1.0lb per week when you're on your last 10-12 pounds of fat to get to essential fat/no subcutaneous fat, not when you're 35 pounds overweight
there's a cap on the amount of body fat you can lose in any given time frame. so even if OP has 50 pounds she 'could' lose, unless she's super focused on protein intake and serious about strength training she's going to lose lbm at a high rate along with fat. not ideal.1 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »AsylumTourGuide wrote: »Means nothing notable. My weight fluctuates normally and on average there has been no loss in the past few weeks. .5 lbs a week doesn't seem like very much at all. I would rather lose more than that.
if you need to lose 25lb 0.5lb/week is about right. anything more than that would most likely be too aggressive. you wont lose every week either sadly its how weight loss works because weight loss is not linear.you cant lose a small amount of weight quickly and safely.The less you have to lose the slower it is and should be.if you are losing 0.5lb/week it means you have a 250 calorie deficit.
She's 5'9" and 205. Losing more than 0.5lb/week is perfectly fine. Just because her goals is to lose 25lbs doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss per week. Telling someone to diet for another year to lose 25 pounds which wouldn't even put someone in their ideal weight is horrible advice. Literally telling her to lose 1% of her weight a month when realistically it could easily be more like 1% of your weight a week if you're overweight or obese
first of all the less weight you have to lose, the less per week you should be trying to lose. especially if you dont have the fat stores like you did at a larger weight. so no its not bad advice.so you are saying 2lbs a week is ok with so little to lose?.
yes it could be more if you are obese and have more to lose(like more than 75lb) . but clearly she said she needs to lose 25lbs.she already lost a lot in 6 months time and with that fast of a loss,I'm sure there was a decent amount of lean mass lost as well. to safely lose weight you are only supposed to lose a percentage of your weight.saying large and rapid weight loss is ok when you have so little to lose is what is horrible advice.
At her stats 5-9, 205,she's got a LOT more than 25 lbs of fat to lose. So just because she may only think she needs to lose 25 lbs, she's no where near that zone of needing to lose slowly at 0.5 lbs per week. She's very very likely to have much less muscle than she's claiming. All one needs to do is some simple bf%calcs to see how much lean body mass she'd have to have to only need 25lbs lost. For a women who doesn't strength train, she'd have more LBM than most men who do strength train.5 -
AsylumTourGuide wrote: »I'm a tour guide. I walk all day. I don't eat very much. I definitely feel like I should still be losing weight. I've lost 60lbs this year already. I'm 5'9 and 205lbs. Lots of my weight is in muscle but I know there is still about 25lbs in fat that needs to go. Any suggestions? Btw some fitness friends would be nice. I don't know anybody who likes to workout so I have been in this alone.
Your thread has unfortunately turned into a bit of a battle among other posters. It happens here sometimes. Please do not let the behavior of a few discourage you.
A short logic trail for you to follow:
1. Eating at a deficit is the way to lose weight over time.
2. Your body is always using energy, 24-7.
3. Eating less than what your body is using = deficit. In general, a 500 calorie deficit daily should average 1 pound lost per week.
4. Different people use different amounts of energy daily. This depends on their stats (gender, height, weight, age), activity level and exercise habits.
So what about you? Based on the information you provided (height, weight, daily activity) a conservative estimate is that you use about 2250-2450 calories per day, without any intentional exercise. Really, this is the starting point for determining a reasonable weight loss goal (per week). While 2 pounds might be a bit aggressive (eating 1250-1450) - aiming for 1.5 pounds would be pretty reasonable in my opinion for a calorie goal of 1500-1700.
For comparison, daily I burn about 1850-2000 calories most days based on my size, activity level, exercise habits. It WOULD NOT be possible/reasonable for me to try to average 2 pounds lost per week as that would mean eating 850-1000 daily.
But what else do you need to know? Weight loss does not happen every day or even every week. As you know already your body's weight fluctuates naturally. Weight loss is thus a trend and happens over time. So accurately & honestly log your food, eat 1500-1700 or so calories per day, and be patient. You should see results. But those 3 things are the keys: accuracy of your food logging, honesty to log everything you take in, and patience.5
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