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raysheka16
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Hi am 23 with two kids weigh 203 and i need help
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raysheka16 wrote: »Hi am 23 with two kids weigh 203 and i need help
Help with what?1 -
eat less, move more
you're welcome10 -
Folks here will be glad to help you - we all started somewhere - but you need to communicate your needs a little better. Even if you "don't know what you don't know" you have to say that. How do you need help? What are your concerns? What are your goals?6
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One of the best places to start is by reading the "sticky posts" found at the top of the Getting Started forum. It will help you understand how to make the most out of MFP and how a calorie deficit works, etc. Start slow and get the hang of managing your food intake.6
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Are you trying to figure out how to exercise with kids? Take them to the park. Dance with them.
But always remember that weightloss depends on how much you eat. Health depends on what you eat and how consistently you move.2 -
Best help I can give is-
get a digital food scale.
Once you have it, weigh all your food. Meat veg, snacks, packaged. All things.
Liquids, measuring cups and spoons. Oils and dressings are high calorie, so don’t forget them.
Now you have your scale, learn how to log. There is a learning curve, but once you have the correct entry for an item it stays with you- no more searching.
Double check your entries, as there are a lot that are incorrect. The USDA data base is good for single items, the package or mfg website for prepackaged items.
Have a reasonable deficit, 1lbs a week would be good, and eat food you like.
No need for diet food or labeling food good, bad, junk, healthy or unhealthy,
All food has a nutritional value, work in meeting your nutritional goals, MFP’s are fine, treat protein and fat as minimal.
You can do that eating pizza, just not too much pizza, ice cream, just make sure it fits in with your cals and nutrition.
You don’t need to eat different than the family, you will probably do best, to start with eating smaller portions of what you usually eat, then tweaking as you progress.
Cheers, h.
ETA: Exercise is great for your health. If you do exercise, remember MFP is designed to log and eat those exercise cals back.
If you move more you need the fuel to sustain that movement.5 -
TavistockToad wrote: »raysheka16 wrote: »Hi am 23 with two kids weigh 203 and i need help
Help with what?
Am Eating good and exercise 30 mins to an hour and still not losing any0 -
garystrickland357 wrote: »Folks here will be glad to help you - we all started somewhere - but you need to communicate your needs a little better. Even if you "don't know what you don't know" you have to say that. How do you need help? What are your concerns? What are your goals?
Ok thanks i need to lose 75 lb i exercise everyday 30 mins to an hour and still nothing0 -
How many calories are you eating? And how many does MFP give you as a goal?
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »How many calories are you eating? And how many does MFP give you as a goal?
I eat 100 calories a day0 -
raysheka16 wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »How many calories are you eating? And how many does MFP give you as a goal?
I eat 100 calories a day
Is that a typo?
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If you mean you eat 1000 cals a day, please revise your goal. 1200 is the minimum that a woman should eat to get basic nutrition.
Change your goal in MFP to 1.5lbs a week until you get to 50lbs to lose, then change it again to 1lbs a week. Eat all those calories, plus your 30 min exercise calories.
If you are not losing, re-read the post above about using a scale and accurate logging.
Cheers, h.
ETA: re assess your calorie goal every 10lbs lost. The less one weighs, the less calories one needs.0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »raysheka16 wrote: »Hi am 23 with two kids weigh 203 and i need help
Help with what?
Ok thanks i need to lose 75 lb i exercise everyday 30 mins to an hour and still nothing0 -
fitoverfortymom wrote: »One of the best places to start is by reading the "sticky posts" found at the top of the Getting Started forum. It will help you understand how to make the most out of MFP and how a calorie deficit works, etc. Start slow and get the hang of managing your food intake.
Ok thanks i need to lose 75 lb i exercise everyday 30 mins to an hour and still nothing0 -
concordancia wrote: »Are you trying to figure out how to exercise with kids? Take them to the park. Dance with them.
But always remember that weightloss depends on how much you eat. Health depends on what you eat and how consistently you move.
Ok thanks i need to lose 75 lb i exercise everyday 30 mins to an hour and still nothing1 -
losing weight is about eating fewer calories than your body uses all day (doing all your normal day to day stuff and any exercise).
What you need to do is put your info info mfp. It will give you a calorie goal: Log your food. Log your exercise. Eat at least some of those calories. Win.
How much you eat is really key to this being a successful venture.1 -
I'm doing all of that and i only eat 1000 calories a day0
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »losing weight is about eating fewer calories than your body uses all day (doing all your normal day to day stuff and any exercise).
What you need to do is put your info info mfp. It will give you a calorie goal: Log your food. Log your exercise. Eat at least some of those calories. Win.
How much you eat is really key to this being a successful venture. [/quote
I'm doing all of that and i only eat 1000 calories a day0 -
how tall are you? height weight and age along with gender gives you your target calories.
Even at 5'0" (age 23, weight 203, female)you should be eating no less than 1300 a day.
too few calories can have a reverse effect on weight loss. too few and your body starts burning muscle and stores fat.
Too much carbs can also sidetrack weight loss even if you still only eat 1300 calories worth.14 -
how tall are you? height weight and age along with gender gives you your target calories.
Even at 5'0" (age 23, weight 203, female)you should be eating no less than 1300 a day.
too few calories can have a reverse effect on weight loss. too few and your body starts burning muscle and stores fat.
Too much carbs can also sidetrack weight loss even if you still only eat 1300 calories worth.
Op, listen to everyone else but this advice.
ETA: typo4
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