Ten pounds

OP- It took me about a year- BUT I don't have a lot of wiggle room and I would lose a pound or so then maintain for a while- then lose a little more- EVERYBODY is different- let it takes as long as it takes and do your best!

GoldenEye_ wrote: »

Everyone is so quick to say you should lose at a rate of no more than 0.5 lbs a week for 10 lbs, but what if it's the last 10 to a healthy weight range or even the middle of their healthy bmi or something else?

Anyway, I am 5'8", have a bmi of around 20.5, follow a lifting program and eat around 1350-1500 kcal a day (exercise calories included). I don't feel deprived and am losing at a rate of 1 lbs a week this month. Make sure to keep weighing your food, log it and get as close to logging the right amount you burn during exercise as possible. I feel weight loss is less lineair than it used to be at this point. How long have you been stuck at the same weight?

We are quick to point it out because too fast weight loss leads to a lot of muscle loss along with the fat. Ideally we want to lose fat and hold on to as much muscle as possible.
You are at a low BMI already, your calories sound too little for your height so you will be losing alot of muscle right now despite following a lifting programme. The next thing will be hair falling out, brittle nails and general bad health...that is par for the course eventually when eating too low calories.

OP 0.5 1lb per week loss maximum should be your aim. If you are not losing weight then you need to look at your calorie intake, everything you eat should be weighed as its really easy to be eating more than we think we are.

GoldenEye_ wrote: »

RunRutheeRun wrote: »

GoldenEye_ wrote: »

Everyone is so quick to say you should lose at a rate of no more than 0.5 lbs a week for 10 lbs, but what if it's the last 10 to a healthy weight range or even the middle of their healthy bmi or something else?

Anyway, I am 5'8", have a bmi of around 20.5, follow a lifting program and eat around 1350-1500 kcal a day (exercise calories included). I don't feel deprived and am losing at a rate of 1 lbs a week this month. Make sure to keep weighing your food, log it and get as close to logging the right amount you burn during exercise as possible. I feel weight loss is less lineair than it used to be at this point. How long have you been stuck at the same weight?

We are quick to point it out because too fast weight loss leads to a lot of muscle loss along with the fat. Ideally we want to lose fat and hold on to as much muscle as possible.
You are at a low BMI already, your calories sound too little for your height so you will be losing alot of muscle right now despite following a lifting programme. The next thing will be hair falling out, brittle nails and general bad health...that is par for the course eventually when eating too low calories.

OP 0.5 1lb per week loss maximum should be your aim. If you are not losing weight then you need to look at your calorie intake, everything you eat should be weighed as its really easy to be eating more than we think we are.

Yeah, no, sorry. Other than my lifting program I'm living a very sedentary life. My hair is definitely not going to fall out at an average of 1425 kcal a day. I might lose a little more muscle at this point as I'm only very slowly building up to eating more calories, but you're exaggerating a little bit now.

Anyway, I'm not the one asking for help here. I was just saying that her/him wanting to lose 10 lbs might not mean she/he is even in a healthy weight range and that maybe some more stats are needed before giving such advice.

I'm not actually exaggerating about the issues that come with long term eating low calorie, there are loads of people on here who can confirm these things happen. In your case its likely that 1425 is probably ok saying you are sedentary, although your BMR must be higher than that because of your height. Is that the number MFP gave you to lose say 0.5lb a week?