Just starting my journey

shyanne1999
shyanne1999 Posts: 6 Member
in Introduce Yourself
Hey guys, im new here.
Just wanting honest advice and tips.
Im curently 85 kgs and wanting to get down to 65 kgs.
Within 3 months, is that reasonable? Any advice would be great :)

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  • mkkhoza1
    mkkhoza1 Posts: 45 Member
    Hi Shyanne....welcome to mfp
  • shyanne1999
    shyanne1999 Posts: 6 Member
    Thankyou heaps, thatd be cool.
    Have no idea how to use this app though aha
  • mkkhoza1
    mkkhoza1 Posts: 45 Member
    Hear you...haha
  • MysticGoalie
    MysticGoalie Posts: 328 Member
    edited July 2017
    20kg in 3 months is about 6,666666666666667kg / month, equals to 1,66kg a week weight loss.

    Highest deficit on myfitnesspal is to loose 1kg a week. Otherwise would be starving and eating to little, getting to little or no nourishment.

    20 Weeks or 5 months is more realistic at the highest deficit, if to hungry, possible to change the deficit / activity level any time.

    If allowed to less calories to eat at highest deficit, best to choose a lower deficit, will take longer reaching the goal, but at a more healthier approach. <3

    Have Fun
  • Cassondra2017
    Cassondra2017 Posts: 2 Member
    Hello I'm new here. Any encouragement is appreciated. Any advice will be great too. :) Add ME
  • mizroxy13
    mizroxy13 Posts: 466 Member
    Hey sister! I've been doing this for a long time and am happy to help! I know how it is to need support. I'll friend request you.

    Also, your goals are not impossible, but I would recommend slowing it down. We all have an ideal weight we'd like to get to, but I recommend figuring out how to make healthy eating and exercise a lifelong goal. I never started losing weight until I took the hurry to get to that ideal weight away, and focused instead on how to eat a balanced diet and exercise regularly without dreading it. One day at a time.
  • Sunna_W
    Sunna_W Posts: 744 Member
    Definitely agree that about 1 kg a week is "balls to the wall" pushing it.

    For the next week or so continue to eat normally BUT weigh everything before you eat it and record it.

    This gives you a baseline of what you are really eating. This is neither bad or good, it just is.

    You may be surprised how much you are eating. This also serves as a reminder later when you veer off your path that you probably don't even eat that much (as you did before) - your sugar and your carbs are what's going to get you.

    Some things to consider:
    • Losing the weight steady and slow avoids excess / baggy skin and ensures that you still feel pretty well while on this journey. This is a marathon, not a sprint.
    • Maintenance calories (for your target weight) can help you feel satiated and still ensure that you lose weight.
    • Also, give yourself permission to have the things that you like occasionally.
    • Just make sure that you weigh everything and record everything.
    • Even when you are having a bad day. If you are an emotional eater, make notes to yourself about what your triggers are and then work on them.

    When setting up your macros ("My Home" tab / Goals [edit]) try keeping your sugar / carbs low (at about 100 gms); and your fat grams just a little lower than your protein.

    This does several things:
    • Carbs / sugar are no longer your main source of fuel, (they are just high enough to nourish your thyroid). Note unless you are running marathons, you don't need a lot of them. They are quick fuel and if you don't use them they are stored on your butt, abdomen and arms! By restricting them, you will see the fat melt from those places pretty steadily.
    • Protein becomes your main source of fuel (and nourishes your muscles so that you don't lost muscle volume and your heart and lungs are nourished)
    • Good fats (animal fat, olive oil, coconut oil) make you "happy" and as you lose visceral fat (which is what you want) you are still nourishing your brain. You need good fat to burn the bad stubborn fat.

    Ref:

    https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/why-we-need-carbs/
    https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/shopping-guide-categories/
    https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/myths-truths-about-nutrition/

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