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Ivanapoutine
Ivanapoutine Posts: 28 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have been struggling with losing weight since January. I feel like I am constantly adjusting and re-adjusting my plan and it’s been a bit discouraging but I’m still hanging on.
So here is my new plan,
I have approximately 40 lbs to lose. I am now sticking to a 1500 cal day with a minimum deficit of 750 cals for 6 days a week. I have a minimum of 10,000 steps and 6km. A minimum of a 85 “floor” hill climb 4 days a week. On the 7th day (Saturday usually) I like to have one splurge meal for dinner but only if it is within my total calories burned for the day (aka food eaten for the day is equal or less than what I burn). Oh and a minimum of 3 L of water everyday. Does this sound okay? I like having one meal that doesn’t feel as restrictive so I don’t have to panic when I see a menu or stick to salad. Please let me know. I really want something doable and that I know I can easily stick to. TIA!

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  • Cbean08
    Cbean08 Posts: 1,092 Member
    You won't know if it works until you try it but it looks fine on paper. Follow those guidelines you set for 2 weeks and assess at the end. If you are losing weight, then great, it's working.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    Are you doing steps or hills already? An 85 floor climb seems...impressive.
  • DaintyWhisper
    DaintyWhisper Posts: 221 Member
    As long as you stick to your calorie limit, it should work out! Your plan should include weighing most (all!) of what you eat if you don't do that already. I found that to be the most important tool when I was losing. That, and making sure I found the correct database entries when entering my food. Without weighing everything, it was so easy to guesstimate and still be way over in calories. Even with measuring cups, the calorie count was still off. You may lose some in the beginning, but the calorie difference becomes much more noticeable the further along you come in your weight loss. And can often become the difference in maintaining/gaining instead of losing. That's the only advice I can really offer. Other than that, everything else looks great!
  • Ivanapoutine
    Ivanapoutine Posts: 28 Member
    concordancia wrote: »
    Are you doing steps or hills already? An 85 floor climb seems...impressive.

    I have been doing it for the past 5 days. I live between two abandoned ski resorts so I decided to push myself to see if I could do it. I did it and it felt really good. It’s 85 floors according to Fitbit (that’s all I can go by) but I did it twice yesterday and felt really happy to get there. I tried running but I’m not sure if it’s because I have bradycardia but even after 2 months, I would lose my breath and my muscles would ache so easily. I also developed bursitis in my hip from running which sucks but hiking the elevation seems to be doable (lose my breath but gain it back quickly). It is super high up but I get the benefit of looking over the valley and the pride of doing it (sorry for the ramble)
  • Ivanapoutine
    Ivanapoutine Posts: 28 Member
    This is a photo from yesterday and my second hike up that day. #nationalpuppyday
  • Ivanapoutine
    Ivanapoutine Posts: 28 Member
    DaintyWhisper wrote: »
    As long as you stick to your calorie limit, it should work out! Your plan should include weighing most (all!) of what you eat if you don't do that already. I found that to be the most important tool when I was losing. That, and making sure I found the correct database entries when entering my food. Without weighing everything, it was so easy to guesstimate and still be way over in calories. Even with measuring cups, the calorie count was still off. You may lose some in the beginning, but the calorie difference becomes much more noticeable the further along you come in your weight loss. And can often become the difference in maintaining/gaining instead of losing. That's the only advice I can really offer. Other than that, everything else looks great!

    I do weigh all my food (when I can) and found out the hard way of why it is necessary. It is way different than measuring cups. It’s the night I eat out that is more difficult but as you stated, I try to find the closest thing in the database. I leave my food diary open and it’s not all “healthy” but I’m getting better. Tonight is my splurge meal however so it’s not going to be overly healthy lol.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,672 Member
    edited March 2018
    This sounds like it's likely to be effective if you can keep it going and it fits well into your life . . . but it's very detailed and structured.

    For some people, "detailed & structured", with lots of specific goals for activity, can be very helpful. For others, it may quickly feel rigid or confining. For some, the specific goals for activity are motivating but not obsessive. For others, if life gets in the way one day and they don't fully meet every target every single day, they decide they've failed and give up on the whole program.

    Not knowing your personality and outlook, it's hard for me to say whether this is a good plan for you, vs. a bit over-structured.

    Try it; see how it goes.

    Best wishes!
  • Ivanapoutine
    Ivanapoutine Posts: 28 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    This sounds like it's likely to be effective if you can keep it going and it fits well into your life . . . but it's very detailed and structured.

    For some people, "detailed & structured", with lots of specific goals for activity, can be very helpful. For others, it may quickly feel rigid or confining. For some, the specific goals for activity are motivating but not obsessive. For others, if life gets in the way one day and they don't fully meet every target every single day, they decide they've failed and give up on the whole program.

    Not knowing your personality and outlook, it's hard for me to say whether this is a good plan for you, vs. a bit over-structured.

    Try it; see how it goes.

    Best wishes!

    I’m a bit of both lol. I have slightly different “structures” for busy days or days where I can’t burn the calories. Overall, 3L water, 1500 cals with a minimum deficit of 750 6 days a week. I’m open with however I get there but so far, this feels doable. I managed to get up the hill today (probably shouldn’t have pushed it) with the beginnings of a flu. Now it’s lazy mopey time. But yes, I can fall off the wagon easily so giving myself some structure helps me to stay on track.
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