First time posting, have I been losing weight too fast?
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Yes, you're losing weight too fast and I'd be concerned about long term negative consequences if I were you. You're absolutely underfueling your activity if you're losing that much that fast and it will catch up with you in time.
Having said that you can't go back and change things, so move forward with a better long term plan.
For what it's worth if I were in your position I'd lower my weight loss goal to 1.5 pounds/wk and increase my calorie intake. I'd also start using a weight trending app to get a better picture of your actual weight loss. And I'd start weighing daily or at least every other day so the trending app can get more data to make projections.
Like you, I've never been uber strict with my logging. The trending app helps me keep track of my progress over time so I don't need to be. I'm just not interested in weighing and measuring everything I eat. It's worked well for my over the last 8 months and 35 pounds.2 -
suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
Actually, it glitches sometimes and this has happened before.
OP, the 1200 is a glitch that occasionally happens in the MFP system. 1500 is the recommended absolute minimum for males and usually MFP doesn't let a male set his calories below that number. If your TDEE is 2450ish, then you shouldn't even be losing 2 pounds per week anymore. At your height and weight, it's time to start looking at 1 pound a week or so of weight loss for health purposes. You're only 40 lbs off of a healthy weight now.
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Mfp suggest anywhere between 1200 and 1770 for me, and that's what I've been waiting typically closer to the 1200 mark. Rarely ever lower
Did you go to the Goals page > View Guided Setup? Make sure all of your demographics are correct.
I'm 5'7", 145 lbs, 47 years old, and female, and my daily calorie goal is higher than 1200 calories. 1200 is the minimum it gives women, before any exercise calories. Men who are 6'1" and weigh over 200 lbs should be well above that.2 -
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Just hit complete diary on a day I hadnt put any food in yet. 1200-1500
That's because there are men in this world who are much shorter than 6'1" and weigh much less than 200 lbs.
But hey--what do we know?
You are undereating and several posters have told you such. But you do you.6 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »how does a 'random stranger' know how much you weighed 53 days ago, and now?
and, eat more you're under eating.
yeah I wondered about this too???
I play a lot of online video games, and I got into a conversation with a person about weight loss and we just got deeper into it.
So after doing research on this, it seems so back and forth. Some people say dont eat under 1200, some say dont eat under 1500, my TDEE is 2457 and 1000 less a day is 1457 so im not that much under at all.
Im really confused on what Im actually supposed to do since people seem so back and forth on this.
And for the person that asked "how do you know that piece of chicken weighed 4oz", that's another thing, Im betting a good deal of money that Im eating more than what I'm putting into MFP. Just figured it's better that im slightly lower than what I should eat that way it accounts for what I didnt weigh.
I feel almost like I'm getting attacked here lol.
Im genuinely concerned about my future health and someone wants to know more about this random stranger I discussed weight loss with.
You're losing an average of 4.25 pounds a week according to the info you provided (7.57 weeks and lost 32.2 pounds). If you are eating an average of 1200 calories a day that means that you are eating at a deficit of 2125 (4.25*3500/7) calories PER DAY which would put your TDEE at 3325 (1200 you're eating + your daily deficit of 2125) not 2457.
You want this loss to be for the long term, a deficit like that isn't healthy and will be very unlikely to lead to sustainable weight loss. Assuming the stats you provided are correct, even if you added 1000 calories to your diet per day (eating 2200) you should still lose over 2 pounds per week and will be much happier overall with your physique at the end of your weight loss because you'll retain so much more muscle.5 -
Yep, even if you're eating more than you're logging, you're still not eating enough.1
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Alright guys, thank you so much for the information, I really appreciate it. Im going to start eating a minimum of 1500.
I wanted to lose weight and be healthy, not just lose weight.
Thanks again for the awesome help and support!
Onwards and upwards7 -
Sounds like you've gotten good guidance, but here's an excellent thread on the topic:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p12 -
Alright guys, thank you so much for the information, I really appreciate it. Im going to start eating a minimum of 1500.
I wanted to lose weight and be healthy, not just lose weight.
Thanks again for the awesome help and support!
Onwards and upwards
Glad to hear you're going to plan to eat more and you can do whatever you want of course but i'd consider making your minimum closer to 2000 at least based on your current rate of loss. Take it from someone who has lost 80-100 pounds twice. The first time I did it exactly the same way your currently doing it, rapidly with a huge deficit. I ended up "skinny fat," very unhappy with my physique and I gained it all back almost as quickly. The second time I lost the weight I did it with a modest deficit of 1-2 lbs a week and lifted to retain my muscle mass. The second time I had great results as far as my ending physique and have maintained it for nearly three years.3 -
Gonna be a little long here.
Go to My Home > Settings > Diary settings and down near the bottom of the page you can set your diary private, public , friends only or locked with a key. Set it to public and we can see it.
Please don't feel that people are attacking you. people think that what you are doing is not in your best interest and can get a bit passionate about it, but no one is attacking.
Take the time to read through some of the getting started stickies in this forum. There is a ton of good information there.
But, in short, losing at the rate you are means you are losing more than fat. You think you are gaining muscle as they are more defined with less fat around them, but you can't lose at the rate you have been and not be losing muscle. You weren't that big to start with. And at ~230 and 6'1", I don't think 2 lbs per week is your best goal now. I'm 6" and ~225 and have scaled back to 1.5 lbs per week, thinking of dropping to 1 lb. I really want to retain my muscle as much as possible and slower weight loss will help this, as will my other activities. Remember, you needed a fair bit of muscle to carry the extra fat. It is easier to hold onto that muscle as the fat drops, then it is to lose both and try to get the muscle back after.
I'd suggest you put you stats into MFP, at 1.5 lb loss and see what it gives you. Eat at least that much and 1/2 your exercise calories, and see what your actual loss rate is for ~ 6 weeks.
As to how to get to 1500, have a beer now and then. Enjoy a Big Mac once a month. Don't be so focused on the weight loss that you stop doing things you like. Feel free to look at my diary if you like. Just know it was thanksgiving this last weekend and not my best 4 days (especially pub food Friday).7 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »Gonna be a little long here.
Go to My Home > Settings > Diary settings and down near the bottom of the page you can set your diary private, public , friends only or locked with a key. Set it to public and we can see it.
Please don't feel that people are attacking you. people think that what you are doing is not in your best interest and can get a bit passionate about it, but no one is attacking.
Take the time to read through some of the getting started stickies in this forum. There is a ton of good information there.
But, in short, losing at the rate you are means you are losing more than fat. You think you are gaining muscle as they are more defined with less fat around them, but you can't lose at the rate you have been and not be losing muscle. You weren't that big to start with. And at ~230 and 6'1", I don't think 2 lbs per week is your best goal now. I'm 6" and ~225 and have scaled back to 1.5 lbs per week, thinking of dropping to 1 lb. I really want to retain my muscle as much as possible and slower weight loss will help this, as will my other activities. Remember, you needed a fair bit of muscle to carry the extra fat. It is easier to hold onto that muscle as the fat drops, then it is to lose both and try to get the muscle back after.
I'd suggest you put you stats into MFP, at 1.5 lb loss and see what it gives you. Eat at least that much and 1/2 your exercise calories, and see what your actual loss rate is for ~ 6 weeks.
As to how to get to 1500, have a beer now and then. Enjoy a Big Mac once a month. Don't be so focused on the weight loss that you stop doing things you like. Feel free to look at my diary if you like. Just know it was thanksgiving this last weekend and not my best 4 days (especially pub food Friday).
Just checked what you said to check on my settings, and it is indeed to public.
And thanks for your other suggestions. The only reason I say that I am actually gaining muscle is because I'm developing a muscle in my arm that I've for sure never had before, at least not to the extent that it's showing now. And my arms are indeed thicker and more pronounced than ever before. Even when they had more fat on them, they are actually bigger, if not the same size or slightly larger, than they were whenever I first started losing weight. And this has only started to develop in the past month of lifting weights.
What I think is the most likely suspect here is that since I'm not actually weighing every single thing I eat (Things like peanut butter, miracle whip, ketchup, condiments in general, I ALWAYS weigh those) is playing a slight factor into all of this and I'm actually eating closer to maybhe 1300, or 1400.
All of that being said, I appreciate everything that you guys have offered, and I look forward to future of my journey!2 -
Bonus; you've lost a significant amount of weight in fifty days, and you are feeling a lot better about yourself.
Danger; the weight loss and ultra low calories is not sustainable. Don't be confused about this. Many have told you that 1,500 a day is your minimum.
Watch that you get your minimum for protein daily too, so you can be healthy and show off those beautiful muscles you are building.0 -
Bonus; you've lost a significant amount of weight in fifty days, and you are feeling a lot better about yourself.
Danger; the weight loss and ultra low calories is not sustainable. Don't be confused about this. Many have told you that 1,500 a day is your minimum.
Watch that you get your minimum for protein daily too, so you can be healthy and show off those beautiful muscles you are building.
Yep! And i fully plan on heeding the advice everyone here as kindly given to me!
And yes, I've made sure, if anything, to make sure I always hit my protein for the day!0 -
1500 calories is the absolute minimum for a guy. If you're using the app go on settings> profile , and ensure accurate information about yourself is in the system.
Secondly, click on goals, and double check the information that's listed as well. I can't imagine someone whose 6' something eating 1500.
Is 1500 the amount MyFitnessPal gave you after performing the actions listed??2 -
Lesscookies wrote: »1500 calories is the absolute minimum for a guy. If you're using the app go on settings> profile , and ensure accurate information about yourself is in the system.
Secondly, click on goals, and double check the information that's listed as well. I can't imagine someone whose 6' something eating 1500.
Is 1500 the amount MyFitnessPal gave you after performing the actions listed??
This, exactly was my question.
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Gonna be a little long here.
Go to My Home > Settings > Diary settings and down near the bottom of the page you can set your diary private, public , friends only or locked with a key. Set it to public and we can see it.
Please don't feel that people are attacking you. people think that what you are doing is not in your best interest and can get a bit passionate about it, but no one is attacking.
Take the time to read through some of the getting started stickies in this forum. There is a ton of good information there.
But, in short, losing at the rate you are means you are losing more than fat. You think you are gaining muscle as they are more defined with less fat around them, but you can't lose at the rate you have been and not be losing muscle. You weren't that big to start with. And at ~230 and 6'1", I don't think 2 lbs per week is your best goal now. I'm 6" and ~225 and have scaled back to 1.5 lbs per week, thinking of dropping to 1 lb. I really want to retain my muscle as much as possible and slower weight loss will help this, as will my other activities. Remember, you needed a fair bit of muscle to carry the extra fat. It is easier to hold onto that muscle as the fat drops, then it is to lose both and try to get the muscle back after.
I'd suggest you put you stats into MFP, at 1.5 lb loss and see what it gives you. Eat at least that much and 1/2 your exercise calories, and see what your actual loss rate is for ~ 6 weeks.
As to how to get to 1500, have a beer now and then. Enjoy a Big Mac once a month. Don't be so focused on the weight loss that you stop doing things you like. Feel free to look at my diary if you like. Just know it was thanksgiving this last weekend and not my best 4 days (especially pub food Friday).
Just checked what you said to check on my settings, and it is indeed to public.
And thanks for your other suggestions. The only reason I say that I am actually gaining muscle is because I'm developing a muscle in my arm that I've for sure never had before, at least not to the extent that it's showing now. And my arms are indeed thicker and more pronounced than ever before. Even when they had more fat on them, they are actually bigger, if not the same size or slightly larger, than they were whenever I first started losing weight. And this has only started to develop in the past month of lifting weights.
What I think is the most likely suspect here is that since I'm not actually weighing every single thing I eat (Things like peanut butter, miracle whip, ketchup, condiments in general, I ALWAYS weigh those) is playing a slight factor into all of this and I'm actually eating closer to maybhe 1300, or 1400.
All of that being said, I appreciate everything that you guys have offered, and I look forward to future of my journey!
So since MFP gave you 1770 as a goal, why are you aiming for 1500 or 1400?1 -
collectingblues wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »Gonna be a little long here.
Go to My Home > Settings > Diary settings and down near the bottom of the page you can set your diary private, public , friends only or locked with a key. Set it to public and we can see it.
Please don't feel that people are attacking you. people think that what you are doing is not in your best interest and can get a bit passionate about it, but no one is attacking.
Take the time to read through some of the getting started stickies in this forum. There is a ton of good information there.
But, in short, losing at the rate you are means you are losing more than fat. You think you are gaining muscle as they are more defined with less fat around them, but you can't lose at the rate you have been and not be losing muscle. You weren't that big to start with. And at ~230 and 6'1", I don't think 2 lbs per week is your best goal now. I'm 6" and ~225 and have scaled back to 1.5 lbs per week, thinking of dropping to 1 lb. I really want to retain my muscle as much as possible and slower weight loss will help this, as will my other activities. Remember, you needed a fair bit of muscle to carry the extra fat. It is easier to hold onto that muscle as the fat drops, then it is to lose both and try to get the muscle back after.
I'd suggest you put you stats into MFP, at 1.5 lb loss and see what it gives you. Eat at least that much and 1/2 your exercise calories, and see what your actual loss rate is for ~ 6 weeks.
As to how to get to 1500, have a beer now and then. Enjoy a Big Mac once a month. Don't be so focused on the weight loss that you stop doing things you like. Feel free to look at my diary if you like. Just know it was thanksgiving this last weekend and not my best 4 days (especially pub food Friday).
Just checked what you said to check on my settings, and it is indeed to public.
And thanks for your other suggestions. The only reason I say that I am actually gaining muscle is because I'm developing a muscle in my arm that I've for sure never had before, at least not to the extent that it's showing now. And my arms are indeed thicker and more pronounced than ever before. Even when they had more fat on them, they are actually bigger, if not the same size or slightly larger, than they were whenever I first started losing weight. And this has only started to develop in the past month of lifting weights.
What I think is the most likely suspect here is that since I'm not actually weighing every single thing I eat (Things like peanut butter, miracle whip, ketchup, condiments in general, I ALWAYS weigh those) is playing a slight factor into all of this and I'm actually eating closer to maybhe 1300, or 1400.
All of that being said, I appreciate everything that you guys have offered, and I look forward to future of my journey!
So since MFP gave you 1770 as a goal, why are you aiming for 1500 or 1400?
Worse, only hitting 800-900 many days.0
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