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MISSNYA92
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Hello! My name is Nya. I’m a 25yr old business student and part-time hostess at Chili’s Grill and Bar. I moved home with my aunt after a breakup last year, and have since been working on creating/accepting my purpose and identity. I found Christ after a long phase of rejecting the faith and religion I grew up with, and kind of living on the edge to test literally EVERYTHING there was. I learned a lot, lost a lot, grew a lot, and ultimately came full circle.
Emotionally, I’m in a pretty good place! I feel like I have a great support community and potential to build a successful career and finish school.
Now I’m interested in regaining control of my body and lifestyle habits. I need a plan.
Growing up, I wasn’t taught how to eat well, so I’m kind of starting from scratch figuring out what I need and what works for me.
CW: 166.4
Height: 5’4
GW: 140
I came here to meet people on similar journeys, so we can offer each other encouragement and support as well as motivational tips and planning hacks.
Please tell me who you are, where you’re from, what you’re working on, and if you’ve ever maintained a very low calorie diet for weight loss.
Emotionally, I’m in a pretty good place! I feel like I have a great support community and potential to build a successful career and finish school.
Now I’m interested in regaining control of my body and lifestyle habits. I need a plan.
Growing up, I wasn’t taught how to eat well, so I’m kind of starting from scratch figuring out what I need and what works for me.
CW: 166.4
Height: 5’4
GW: 140
I came here to meet people on similar journeys, so we can offer each other encouragement and support as well as motivational tips and planning hacks.
Please tell me who you are, where you’re from, what you’re working on, and if you’ve ever maintained a very low calorie diet for weight loss.
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VLCD plans are against this website's Guidelines, so you won't get support for it here.
You can lose weight eating a lot more than 800 calories, AND that is the way to be healthy, not starving yourself.
Set your goals and eat the way you can sustain your energy and health.8 -
Are you under a doctor's care? A VLCD probably isn't going to teach you how to regain control of your body and lifestyle habits... You're not THAT overweight--set up mfp the way that it is meant to be used, choose a reasonable, sustainable weight loss goal (hint: it's not 2 lbs a week), and go from there.2
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Why are they against the rules? I don’t understand... I’m obviously overweight and interested in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but my schedule with school, work, and church doesn’t offer much flexibility for daytime workouts, so I’m not very active at all.
Wouldn’t a low activity level require a higher calorie deficit for weight loss?0 -
You should not be eating less than 1200 calories per day. Your current calorie goals are neither healthy nor necessary for weight loss. Your post is going to be locked by a moderator because promotion of extremely low calorie diets is not allowed on the forums.3
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I’m not sure I follow...
With my height, weight, measurements, and activity level, 800 calories is what I would need to consume to lose 2lbs/wk.
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Put you stats in mfp, set activity level correctly and shoot for 1lb loss per week. Without your activity level I'm guessing it would give 1500 + calories to eat, no need to be so aggressive.0
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I’m not sure I follow...
With my height, weight, measurements, and activity level, 800 calories is what I would need to consume to lose 2lbs/wk.
At your height/weight, you aren't really overweight enough to aim for a 2/lb per week loss. I am shorter than you by 2 inches and heavier by nearly 100 pounds and am still at ~1300 calories/day and experiencing steady loss.
ETA: Even if 800 calories/day wasn't heading into dangerous territory, it isn't something that most people could even DREAM of maintaining without turning into a monstrous hungerbeast after a week or two.0 -
I’m not sure I follow...
With my height, weight, measurements, and activity level, 800 calories is what I would need to consume to lose 2lbs/wk.
No, it's not. I'm shorter than you are, had more weight to lose, and lost it eating 1200 calories per day plus exercise calories. Whatever calculation you used to arrive at 800 calories per day is incorrect. 2 pounds per week is not a realistic goal for you as you only have less than 30 pounds to lose.0 -
Okay, so... I’m hearing everyone say that a 2lb/wk weight loss goal is “bad”, but not why. If one pound is good, two pounds is great! That’s why it’s a goal! It’s s challenge.1
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I am almost 5'3
I weight around 157 lbs.
I eat at the minimum of 1200 a day without working out.
You may not be moving much but even walking during the day, you are burning calories.
On days I workout, I am eating closer to 2k.
I lose weight.0 -
Okay, so... I’m hearing everyone say that a 2lb/wk weight loss goal is “bad”, but not why. If one pound is good, two pounds is great! That’s why it’s a goal! It’s s challenge.
You don't have enough weight to lose to sustain such a rapid weight loss in a healthy way. You will not be able to get all the nutrients and energy your body needs by eating so few calories. Being undernourished is neither a goal nor an admirable challenge.5 -
Okay, so... I’m hearing everyone say that a 2lb/wk weight loss goal is “bad”, but not why.
A 2lb/week goal isn't "bad" for everyone. But, for your height/weight it is not really a reasonable goal. For someone like myself or others who are well over 100 lb. overweight for their height, sure. Weight loss is something that takes time to do it the healthy way, not something you should "fast-forward" by making unhealthy choices.1 -
Because you can lose weight on a regular deficit without adding exercise. 800 calories is not a lot, and you will lose a few pounds and then fall off the wagon. Why not put your stats into MFP and eat what they recommend. It works for so many people here. It is not a quick fix but it works.0
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Okay, so... I’m hearing everyone say that a 2lb/wk weight loss goal is “bad”, but not why. If one pound is good, two pounds is great! That’s why it’s a goal! It’s s challenge.
You are going to be losing a lot more than just fat. You will be losing muscle. Energy. Mental clarity. Probably hair. Probably your period. Breaking nails.
Such a low calorie goal will not allow you to get enough of the necessary nutrients/vitamins/etc that your body needs to thrive and be healthy.
It is also not sustainable. You won't be learning a way of eating that you can maintain once you hit your goal weight, so once you've lost the weight it will more than likely come right back, and then some.
We all want to lose weight fast, and have instant gratification, but when it comes to weight loss we need patience. You didn't put that weight on overnight, it's certainly not going to come off overnight.5 -
Okay, so... I’m hearing everyone say that a 2lb/wk weight loss goal is “bad”, but not why. If one pound is good, two pounds is great! That’s why it’s a goal! It’s s challenge.
Here is a guide !
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal5 -
You are just going to gain everything back two fold - you are not teaching yourself anything but how to starve yourself. 1200 is the amount you want to eat to lose.
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