Losing weight plea
andianneuk
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Hi my name is Anne and I'm 64 today. I walk twice a day usually 50mins 2 steep hills my fitbit logs 10,000/12,000 steps daily i eat 1100 calories daily trying to balance protein and carbs but i am only losing 1lb or less a week. Where am i going wrong can anyone help. I live in Scotland
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1lb per week is a good rate of loss. What are your stats - height and weight?4
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Losing 1lb or less a week is good, keep going! Remember slow and steady works, but that isn't that slow either.2
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1 lb a week is good. It tends to stay off too.1
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You might be going wrong on one or more of these areas:
Aiming for a too aggressive calorie goal, so you get too hungry, because you're not getting in proper nutrition.
Being hungry because of that above, so you end up eating unbalanced to get more energy, fast.
Not logging correctly, so you're in fact eating more than your think.
Overdoing exercise, eating strange foods and meals, at inconvenient times, and not eating food you like, so you only want to quit, and find ways to "sabotage" yourself.
Expecting unrealistic results, like a lower than healthy weight, or a loss of more than 1% of your body weight per week, or each week to show the same drop on the scale.0 -
Thank you for your advise and encouragement
My stats are height 63ins weight 172.2 aiming for 146
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andianneuk wrote: »Thank you for your advise and encouragement
My stats are height 63ins weight 172.2 aiming for 146
Thanks again
Yep because of your age and height, you're going to have a relatively low maintenance intake of around 1600 calories so you're losing as expected really. Patience is key.0 -
A pound a week is nothing to be discouraged from - you are doing great! Keep up the awesome work!1
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Thanks all i lost 3lb this week tweeked a few things trying to balanve protein 30% carbs 40-45% fat 20% how does that look?1
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andianneuk wrote: »Thanks all i lost 3lb this week tweeked a few things trying to balanve protein 30% carbs 40-45% fat 20% how does that look?0
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andianneuk wrote: »Thanks all i lost 3lb this week tweeked a few things trying to balanve protein 30% carbs 40-45% fat 20% how does that look?
Andianneuk, I find at our golden age it helps to increase protein. I set my protein to 1 gram per pound of body weight. It is hard to meet that goal, but it's the goal nonetheless. I have lost 100 pounds in two years and kept it off with that strategy. I feel like a pound a week is fantastic! Congratulations! It will be harder for us to build the lean muscle we need too, for strength as we age and for increased metabolism, and increasing protein will help with that!2 -
Guzy07 thank you for your reply and well done you. Should i then up my protein and lower my carbs and balance with healthy fats
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andianneuk wrote: »Should i then up my protein and lower my carbs and balance with healthy fats1
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