A whole year to lose 6kg?

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According to http://weighwhatwhen.com/

That’s at 1600kcal a day.

Does that sound right?
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  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.

    is 2100 maintenance?

    it sounds like very slow loss to me, given your starting weight, but 1600 cals is a reasonable amount, so why don't you try it? are you still planning to fast 2 days a week?
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited May 2018
    It doesn't sound right unless you are extremely short. Are you sure you have entered your stats correctly? I'm slightly lighter than you, entered my stats, set calories to 1600 and once a month 2100 and it gave me a prediction of 12 kg a year (which is very close to what I usually lose yearly).
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.

    is 2100 maintenance?

    it sounds like very slow loss to me, given your starting weight, but 1600 cals is a reasonable amount, so why don't you try it? are you still planning to fast 2 days a week?
    I wasn’t necessarily planning to do that every week (husband isn’t keen on it anyway) just from time to time. Next time I plan to do is in the run up to my birthday so I can eat a bit more on my birthday (15th May) and conversly so I don’t want to eat too much on my birthday and ruin it lol.

    I already eat 1600kcal a day generally at the moment but I’m trying to predict the future lol. Some weeks I’ve lost a kg other weeks I’ve lost nothing and I’ve only been losing for 2 months and not been consistent (3 weeks of that I was closer to a 2000kcal average, some weeks a 1000kcal average) but my overall has been 10kg but I know that’s mostly water weight and it’s going to slow loads as time goes on and I want to know what I can expect.
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    It doesn't sound right unless you are extremely short. Are you sure you have entered your stats correctly? I'm slightly lighter than you, entered my stats, set calories to 1600 and once a month 2100 and it gave me a prediction of 12 kg a year (which is very close to what I usually lose yearly).
    I put 167cm and 109kg. Maybe it thought I meant lbs but I definitely selected metric.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    It doesn't sound right unless you are extremely short. Are you sure you have entered your stats correctly? I'm slightly lighter than you, entered my stats, set calories to 1600 and once a month 2100 and it gave me a prediction of 12 kg a year (which is very close to what I usually lose yearly).
    I put 167cm and 109kg. Maybe it thought I meant lbs but I definitely selected metric.

    You're about my height, so your results shouldn't be too far off. I selected metric too and gave me 12 kg for a year. Check that you entered your height and year of birth correctly.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.

    is 2100 maintenance?

    it sounds like very slow loss to me, given your starting weight, but 1600 cals is a reasonable amount, so why don't you try it? are you still planning to fast 2 days a week?
    I wasn’t necessarily planning to do that every week (husband isn’t keen on it anyway) just from time to time. Next time I plan to do is in the run up to my birthday so I can eat a bit more on my birthday (15th May) and conversly so I don’t want to eat too much on my birthday and ruin it lol.

    I already eat 1600kcal a day generally at the moment but I’m trying to predict the future lol. Some weeks I’ve lost a kg other weeks I’ve lost nothing and I’ve only been losing for 2 months and not been consistent (3 weeks of that I was closer to a 2000kcal average, some weeks a 1000kcal average) but my overall has been 10kg but I know that’s mostly water weight and it’s going to slow loads as time goes on and I want to know what I can expect.

    a weight trending app will tell you? libra or happy scale
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    It doesn't sound right unless you are extremely short. Are you sure you have entered your stats correctly? I'm slightly lighter than you, entered my stats, set calories to 1600 and once a month 2100 and it gave me a prediction of 12 kg a year (which is very close to what I usually lose yearly).
    I put 167cm and 109kg. Maybe it thought I meant lbs but I definitely selected metric.

    You're about my height, so your results shouldn't be too far off. I selected metric too and gave me 12 kg for a year. Check that you entered your height and year of birth correctly.

    Kg a month is still pretty slow going. Might try cutting calories some more in that case. I feel kind of overfull with 1600 on OMAD anyway. I want to be finished with the losing phase in 2 and a half years so I can get pregnant again. So I need to be losing 2kg a month at least.
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.

    is 2100 maintenance?

    it sounds like very slow loss to me, given your starting weight, but 1600 cals is a reasonable amount, so why don't you try it? are you still planning to fast 2 days a week?
    I wasn’t necessarily planning to do that every week (husband isn’t keen on it anyway) just from time to time. Next time I plan to do is in the run up to my birthday so I can eat a bit more on my birthday (15th May) and conversly so I don’t want to eat too much on my birthday and ruin it lol.

    I already eat 1600kcal a day generally at the moment but I’m trying to predict the future lol. Some weeks I’ve lost a kg other weeks I’ve lost nothing and I’ve only been losing for 2 months and not been consistent (3 weeks of that I was closer to a 2000kcal average, some weeks a 1000kcal average) but my overall has been 10kg but I know that’s mostly water weight and it’s going to slow loads as time goes on and I want to know what I can expect.

    a weight trending app will tell you? libra or happy scale
    Nah happy scale just overestimates my current rate of loss and then depresses me when I plateau.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    It doesn't sound right unless you are extremely short. Are you sure you have entered your stats correctly? I'm slightly lighter than you, entered my stats, set calories to 1600 and once a month 2100 and it gave me a prediction of 12 kg a year (which is very close to what I usually lose yearly).
    I put 167cm and 109kg. Maybe it thought I meant lbs but I definitely selected metric.

    You're about my height, so your results shouldn't be too far off. I selected metric too and gave me 12 kg for a year. Check that you entered your height and year of birth correctly.

    Kg a month is still pretty slow going. Might try cutting calories some more in that case. I feel kind of overfull with 1600 on OMAD anyway. I want to be finished with the losing phase in 2 and a half years so I can get pregnant again. So I need to be losing 2kg a month at least.

    In my experience, 1 kg a month averages out to about 1800 net calories. This calculator may be taking the statistical slow down seen in studies, but that's mostly because people tend to get bored of dieting and start eating more than the calories they set out to eat in the beginning. 6 years of tracking, which included eating at maintenance for a while every year, puts me at around 7800-8000 calories deficit per kg, which is faster than what this calculator gave me. I wouldn't worry about this calculator. Just get a trending app and record your daily weight.
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.

    is 2100 maintenance?

    it sounds like very slow loss to me, given your starting weight, but 1600 cals is a reasonable amount, so why don't you try it? are you still planning to fast 2 days a week?
    I wasn’t necessarily planning to do that every week (husband isn’t keen on it anyway) just from time to time. Next time I plan to do is in the run up to my birthday so I can eat a bit more on my birthday (15th May) and conversly so I don’t want to eat too much on my birthday and ruin it lol.

    I already eat 1600kcal a day generally at the moment but I’m trying to predict the future lol. Some weeks I’ve lost a kg other weeks I’ve lost nothing and I’ve only been losing for 2 months and not been consistent (3 weeks of that I was closer to a 2000kcal average, some weeks a 1000kcal average) but my overall has been 10kg but I know that’s mostly water weight and it’s going to slow loads as time goes on and I want to know what I can expect.

    a weight trending app will tell you? libra or happy scale
    Nah happy scale just overestimates my current rate of loss and then depresses me when I plateau.

    not losing for a couple of weeks, or gaining weight is all part of normal weight loss.. if you're in it for the long run, then you need to accept that and get over it.
    I want a prediction that takes that into account instead of overestimates.
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    It doesn't sound right unless you are extremely short. Are you sure you have entered your stats correctly? I'm slightly lighter than you, entered my stats, set calories to 1600 and once a month 2100 and it gave me a prediction of 12 kg a year (which is very close to what I usually lose yearly).
    I put 167cm and 109kg. Maybe it thought I meant lbs but I definitely selected metric.

    You're about my height, so your results shouldn't be too far off. I selected metric too and gave me 12 kg for a year. Check that you entered your height and year of birth correctly.

    Kg a month is still pretty slow going. Might try cutting calories some more in that case. I feel kind of overfull with 1600 on OMAD anyway. I want to be finished with the losing phase in 2 and a half years so I can get pregnant again. So I need to be losing 2kg a month at least.

    In my experience, 1 kg a month averages out to about 1800 net calories. This calculator may be taking the statistical slow down seen in studies, but that's mostly because people tend to get bored of dieting and start eating more than the calories they set out to eat in the beginning. 6 years of tracking, which included eating at maintenance for a while every year, puts me at around 7800-8000 calories deficit per kg, which is faster than what this calculator gave me. I wouldn't worry about this calculator. Just get a trending app and record your daily weight.
    I’m worried I’m going to accidentally eat too much early on when my extra mass gives me more tdee and thus more potential deficit and then once I’m smaller and have much less tdee to cut from I won’t be able to do anything about it and I’ll be stuck losing weight for 10 years and won’t get to have any more kids.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.

    is 2100 maintenance?

    it sounds like very slow loss to me, given your starting weight, but 1600 cals is a reasonable amount, so why don't you try it? are you still planning to fast 2 days a week?
    I wasn’t necessarily planning to do that every week (husband isn’t keen on it anyway) just from time to time. Next time I plan to do is in the run up to my birthday so I can eat a bit more on my birthday (15th May) and conversly so I don’t want to eat too much on my birthday and ruin it lol.

    I already eat 1600kcal a day generally at the moment but I’m trying to predict the future lol. Some weeks I’ve lost a kg other weeks I’ve lost nothing and I’ve only been losing for 2 months and not been consistent (3 weeks of that I was closer to a 2000kcal average, some weeks a 1000kcal average) but my overall has been 10kg but I know that’s mostly water weight and it’s going to slow loads as time goes on and I want to know what I can expect.

    a weight trending app will tell you? libra or happy scale
    Nah happy scale just overestimates my current rate of loss and then depresses me when I plateau.

    not losing for a couple of weeks, or gaining weight is all part of normal weight loss.. if you're in it for the long run, then you need to accept that and get over it.
    I want a prediction that takes that into account instead of overestimates.

    how can it? an app doesn't know at which time of your cycle you retain water, it doesn't know that you ate a high sodium meal, or you did a workout that gave you DOMS , or you ate more carbs than normal, or you've been so busy at work you haven't drunk enough water....
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.

    is 2100 maintenance?

    it sounds like very slow loss to me, given your starting weight, but 1600 cals is a reasonable amount, so why don't you try it? are you still planning to fast 2 days a week?
    I wasn’t necessarily planning to do that every week (husband isn’t keen on it anyway) just from time to time. Next time I plan to do is in the run up to my birthday so I can eat a bit more on my birthday (15th May) and conversly so I don’t want to eat too much on my birthday and ruin it lol.

    I already eat 1600kcal a day generally at the moment but I’m trying to predict the future lol. Some weeks I’ve lost a kg other weeks I’ve lost nothing and I’ve only been losing for 2 months and not been consistent (3 weeks of that I was closer to a 2000kcal average, some weeks a 1000kcal average) but my overall has been 10kg but I know that’s mostly water weight and it’s going to slow loads as time goes on and I want to know what I can expect.

    a weight trending app will tell you? libra or happy scale
    Nah happy scale just overestimates my current rate of loss and then depresses me when I plateau.

    not losing for a couple of weeks, or gaining weight is all part of normal weight loss.. if you're in it for the long run, then you need to accept that and get over it.
    I want a prediction that takes that into account instead of overestimates.

    how can it? an app doesn't know at which time of your cycle you retain water, it doesn't know that you ate a high sodium meal, or you did a workout that gave you DOMS , or you ate more carbs than normal, or you've been so busy at work you haven't drunk enough water....
    It should assume I’m probably only losing at about 10-50% of the rate I appear to be or something? Weight loss should always be underestimated and weight gain overestimated just to be safe.

    i'm not a software developer for a weight trending app, so telling me that wont really help you...?
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.

    is 2100 maintenance?

    it sounds like very slow loss to me, given your starting weight, but 1600 cals is a reasonable amount, so why don't you try it? are you still planning to fast 2 days a week?
    I wasn’t necessarily planning to do that every week (husband isn’t keen on it anyway) just from time to time. Next time I plan to do is in the run up to my birthday so I can eat a bit more on my birthday (15th May) and conversly so I don’t want to eat too much on my birthday and ruin it lol.

    I already eat 1600kcal a day generally at the moment but I’m trying to predict the future lol. Some weeks I’ve lost a kg other weeks I’ve lost nothing and I’ve only been losing for 2 months and not been consistent (3 weeks of that I was closer to a 2000kcal average, some weeks a 1000kcal average) but my overall has been 10kg but I know that’s mostly water weight and it’s going to slow loads as time goes on and I want to know what I can expect.

    a weight trending app will tell you? libra or happy scale
    Nah happy scale just overestimates my current rate of loss and then depresses me when I plateau.

    not losing for a couple of weeks, or gaining weight is all part of normal weight loss.. if you're in it for the long run, then you need to accept that and get over it.
    I want a prediction that takes that into account instead of overestimates.

    how can it? an app doesn't know at which time of your cycle you retain water, it doesn't know that you ate a high sodium meal, or you did a workout that gave you DOMS , or you ate more carbs than normal, or you've been so busy at work you haven't drunk enough water....
    It should assume I’m probably only losing at about 10-50% of the rate I appear to be or something? Weight loss should always be underestimated and weight gain overestimated just to be safe.

    i'm not a software developer for a weight trending app, so telling me that wont really help you...?

    You asked a question and I answered it. All I asked was if the prediction I got above seemed reasonable because it seemed really slow to me. Although I guess it’s 20% of my current rate so could be right. It’s not a whole different ballpark or anything.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    what does 'plan A with cheat days' mean?

    It’s 1600kcal and once a month 2100kcal sorry.

    is 2100 maintenance?

    it sounds like very slow loss to me, given your starting weight, but 1600 cals is a reasonable amount, so why don't you try it? are you still planning to fast 2 days a week?
    I wasn’t necessarily planning to do that every week (husband isn’t keen on it anyway) just from time to time. Next time I plan to do is in the run up to my birthday so I can eat a bit more on my birthday (15th May) and conversly so I don’t want to eat too much on my birthday and ruin it lol.

    I already eat 1600kcal a day generally at the moment but I’m trying to predict the future lol. Some weeks I’ve lost a kg other weeks I’ve lost nothing and I’ve only been losing for 2 months and not been consistent (3 weeks of that I was closer to a 2000kcal average, some weeks a 1000kcal average) but my overall has been 10kg but I know that’s mostly water weight and it’s going to slow loads as time goes on and I want to know what I can expect.

    a weight trending app will tell you? libra or happy scale
    Nah happy scale just overestimates my current rate of loss and then depresses me when I plateau.

    not losing for a couple of weeks, or gaining weight is all part of normal weight loss.. if you're in it for the long run, then you need to accept that and get over it.
    I want a prediction that takes that into account instead of overestimates.

    how can it? an app doesn't know at which time of your cycle you retain water, it doesn't know that you ate a high sodium meal, or you did a workout that gave you DOMS , or you ate more carbs than normal, or you've been so busy at work you haven't drunk enough water....
    It should assume I’m probably only losing at about 10-50% of the rate I appear to be or something? Weight loss should always be underestimated and weight gain overestimated just to be safe.

    i'm not a software developer for a weight trending app, so telling me that wont really help you...?

    You asked a question and I answered it. All I asked was if the prediction I got above seemed reasonable because it seemed really slow to me. Although I guess it’s 20% of my current rate so could be right. It’s not a whole different ballpark or anything.

    it seems really slow to me too... i said that upthread.
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    It doesn't sound right unless you are extremely short. Are you sure you have entered your stats correctly? I'm slightly lighter than you, entered my stats, set calories to 1600 and once a month 2100 and it gave me a prediction of 12 kg a year (which is very close to what I usually lose yearly).
    I put 167cm and 109kg. Maybe it thought I meant lbs but I definitely selected metric.

    You're about my height, so your results shouldn't be too far off. I selected metric too and gave me 12 kg for a year. Check that you entered your height and year of birth correctly.

    Kg a month is still pretty slow going. Might try cutting calories some more in that case. I feel kind of overfull with 1600 on OMAD anyway. I want to be finished with the losing phase in 2 and a half years so I can get pregnant again. So I need to be losing 2kg a month at least.

    In my experience, 1 kg a month averages out to about 1800 net calories. This calculator may be taking the statistical slow down seen in studies, but that's mostly because people tend to get bored of dieting and start eating more than the calories they set out to eat in the beginning. 6 years of tracking, which included eating at maintenance for a while every year, puts me at around 7800-8000 calories deficit per kg, which is faster than what this calculator gave me. I wouldn't worry about this calculator. Just get a trending app and record your daily weight.
    I’m worried I’m going to accidentally eat too much early on when my extra mass gives me more tdee and thus more potential deficit and then once I’m smaller and have much less tdee to cut from I won’t be able to do anything about it and I’ll be stuck losing weight for 10 years and won’t get to have any more kids.

    set MFP to lose 2lb per week... eat that amount plus exercise cals. use your real life weight loss after 6 weeks to see if you're eating too much or not enough.

    sounds like you're way overthinking everything and making life more difficult for yourself than it needs to be
    I enjoy thinking about it. It’s exciting. I’m 2kg away from my second of 11 goals and when I get there I’m getting a 2oz silver coin. It’s so close yet so far. I’m already way ahead of my initial plan which makes me happy but I’m also nervous about falling behind long term so I want to keep on top of things.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,254 Member
    Try: https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/bwp/index.html
    Click on "Switch to Expert Mode"

    All these things are predictions. And they cannot predict, for example, how much more active you will become as you lose weight.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    OP maybe play around with this.

    https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/bwp/index.html

    You are requesting something that really cannot take every predictor of what happens during an individuals weightloss. You are worrying about things into the future that may or may not even happen to you. If you religiously stick to your deficit everyday/weeks you will reach your goal. Weight loss is not linear as you already know, I would make a plan C or D (what ever you want to call it) to have refeeds/diet breaks during your weight loss. I'll post that link here as well, read the first couple of pages and the video.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p1
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Try: https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/bwp/index.html
    Click on "Switch to Expert Mode"

    All these things are predictions. And they cannot predict, for example, how much more active you will become as you lose weight.

    Right but I am assuming all predictions are based on that staying the same.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Try: https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/bwp/index.html
    Click on "Switch to Expert Mode"

    All these things are predictions. And they cannot predict, for example, how much more active you will become as you lose weight.

    jinx.
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    OP maybe play around with this.

    https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/bwp/index.html

    You are requesting something that really cannot take every predictor of what happens during an individuals weightloss. You are worrying about things into the future that may or may not even happen to you. If you religiously stick to your deficit everyday/weeks you will reach your goal. Weight loss is not linear as you already know, I would make a plan C or D (what ever you want to call it) to have refeeds/diet breaks during your weight loss. I'll post that link here as well, read the first couple of pages and the video.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p1

    It’s super scary though isn’t it. Like I’m doing OMAD and my husband is taking me out to eat at freaking 5 guys tomorrow and I logged what I’m going to have and I know it fits in 1600kcal and it’s fine but I feel like no way, I can’t lose weight this week if I had 5 guys. And I know I’ll gain some from the sodium making it feel even more real that I won’t be able to lose this week and I just can’t believe it but when I don’t lose I’m going to feel like “no way I am gaining!! *kitten* I need less calories!” I feel so torn like should I cut them again or should I just stick with this and potentially stay fat forever. I should just tell him to cancel but I’m also really looking forward to it.

    Looking at predictions is kind of calming. Like I should not gain weight. Even eating 5 guys. If I’m religious about counting every calorie (or overestimating) I should be ok. But it’s also scary because you see that people slow down in weight loss so much and if I don’t lose fast now when I’m super fat then I won’t have any chance of keeping up with my plan of half a kilo a week.
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    OP maybe play around with this.

    https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/bwp/index.html

    You are requesting something that really cannot take every predictor of what happens during an individuals weightloss. You are worrying about things into the future that may or may not even happen to you. If you religiously stick to your deficit everyday/weeks you will reach your goal. Weight loss is not linear as you already know, I would make a plan C or D (what ever you want to call it) to have refeeds/diet breaks during your weight loss. I'll post that link here as well, read the first couple of pages and the video.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p1

    It’s super scary though isn’t it. Like I’m doing OMAD and my husband is taking me out to eat at freaking 5 guys tomorrow and I logged what I’m going to have and I know it fits in 1600kcal and it’s fine but I feel like no way, I can’t lose weight this week if I had 5 guys. And I know I’ll gain some from the sodium making it feel even more real that I won’t be able to lose this week and I just can’t believe it but when I don’t lose I’m going to feel like “no way I am gaining!! *kitten* I need less calories!” I feel so torn like should I cut them again or should I just stick with this and potentially stay fat forever. I should just tell him to cancel but I’m also really looking forward to it.

    Looking at predictions is kind of calming. Like I should not gain weight. Even eating 5 guys. If I’m religious about counting every calorie (or overestimating) I should be ok. But it’s also scary because you see that people slow down in weight loss so much and if I don’t lose fast now when I’m super fat then I won’t have any chance of keeping up with my plan of half a kilo a week.

    If you weigh your food you won't be overestimating. The occasional outing like going to 5 Guys just causes temporary weight fluctuation, but its water. The predictions are just predictions as no calculator can take the place of what is happening to you individually.

    Overthinking and having a lot of anxiety over this is not going to make things in your weight loss work better or faster. Also family, social events, holidays etc are going to be a part of your life now and way into weight management, so I would work on handling these better.

    Nothing I or anyone else here can ease your mind on this as its something you will have to work through over time.
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    candistyx wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    OP maybe play around with this.

    https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/bwp/index.html

    You are requesting something that really cannot take every predictor of what happens during an individuals weightloss. You are worrying about things into the future that may or may not even happen to you. If you religiously stick to your deficit everyday/weeks you will reach your goal. Weight loss is not linear as you already know, I would make a plan C or D (what ever you want to call it) to have refeeds/diet breaks during your weight loss. I'll post that link here as well, read the first couple of pages and the video.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p1

    It’s super scary though isn’t it. Like I’m doing OMAD and my husband is taking me out to eat at freaking 5 guys tomorrow and I logged what I’m going to have and I know it fits in 1600kcal and it’s fine but I feel like no way, I can’t lose weight this week if I had 5 guys. And I know I’ll gain some from the sodium making it feel even more real that I won’t be able to lose this week and I just can’t believe it but when I don’t lose I’m going to feel like “no way I am gaining!! *kitten* I need less calories!” I feel so torn like should I cut them again or should I just stick with this and potentially stay fat forever. I should just tell him to cancel but I’m also really looking forward to it.

    Looking at predictions is kind of calming. Like I should not gain weight. Even eating 5 guys. If I’m religious about counting every calorie (or overestimating) I should be ok. But it’s also scary because you see that people slow down in weight loss so much and if I don’t lose fast now when I’m super fat then I won’t have any chance of keeping up with my plan of half a kilo a week.

    If you weigh your food you won't be overestimating. The occasional outing like going to 5 Guys just causes temporary weight fluctuation, but its water. The predictions are just predictions as no calculator can take the place of what is happening to you individually.

    Overthinking and having a lot of anxiety over this is not going to make things in your weight loss work better or faster. Also family, social events, holidays etc are going to be a part of your life now and way into weight management, so I would work on handling these better.

    Nothing I or anyone else here can ease your mind on this as its something you will have to work through over time.
    did I ask you to “ease my mind”. Can a girl not share her feelings around here?
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    candistyx wrote: »
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Try: https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/bwp/index.html
    Click on "Switch to Expert Mode"

    All these things are predictions. And they cannot predict, for example, how much more active you will become as you lose weight.

    Right but I am assuming all predictions are based on that staying the same.

    So then either run a new model where you increase activity halfway through, or accept that you're going to have to redo your charts when you become more active.