15-ish lbs in 7-ish weeks?

caitiedid5 wrote: »

And I am, but I wanted to point out that I am focusing on healthy calories, not just random junk. (I see too many people try to make McDonald’s fit into their calorie count and I was just saying that I am putting down the junk and the sweets and am getting on track with good food.)
Anyway, I probably shouldn’t have posted at all. I am just frustrated and I apologize for getting snippy.

There is two levels to this.

Discussion that is specific to the OP, and discussion that is pertinent to the silent majority that may be reading but not posting. Or who may run into this thread a "few" months down the road. In many cases even after many of us have stopped using MFP!

There are many people in this world who fail to achieve caloric goals consistently enough to achieve the results they seek, even when they try to do so.

Some fail BECAUSE they are trying to fit McDonald's every day. And it proves to be too many calories for the level of satiation that it offers them.

Others fail BECAUSE they try to eat "clean" in a manner that ultimately proves too difficult for them. And they give up.

Others fail BECAUSE they end up acting as if eating "clean" is all that matters and thus fail to control calories. And of course you CAN eat "clean" and still eat a number of calories that does not allow you to achieve your goals.

Your response indicates that you believe that trying to make McDonald's fit into your calorie count will somehow hinder your goals.

Your goals will be hindered if you try AND FAIL to make McDonald's fit into your calorie count.

If you try AND SUCCEED to make it work out for you, then eating McDonald's, healthy, or un-healthy will not hinder your WEIGHT related goals and may, or may not, hinder any health related goals.

By the way, I can assure you, that my DAILY McDonald's black coffee fits perfectly fine into my caloric goals.

Most of the time my less than daily Vanilla Cone (200 to 300 Cal depending on server), McMuffin (all three locally available varieties (300 to 470 Cal depending on sandwich and amount of raw onions I get them to add), or McDoubles (sub 400 Cal) also fit fine in my standard 2500 to 3,000 Cal day.

Overall though, I do try to control my saturated fat %, as well as my consumption of red meat and nitrates, so may often skip a sandwich in favour of an ice cream cone That said I had beets, at home, today. They are also high in nitrates

None of this has an effect on the total calories consumed which ultimately depend on how good of a choice each food item proves to be for your needs at the time and given the calories it costs!

I am down 15.6 lbs in 25 days doing keto, cardio, body weight exercises, and weight lifting. Keto is the only thing that I can lose weight on. I also do intermittent fasting (IF) but not every day. However, I have about 113 lbs still to lose, so I am sure that is why my fat/weight loss is fast.

Not to belabor the calories point, as this is a different offshoot, but you said, that you're 5' 9", 168lbs, and "plan to stick between 1,200-1,500 calories a day". When you enter in a .5lb a week weight loss goal into MFP how many calories does it suggest? I ask because that seems way too low, but I could be wrong (well, the 1,200 definitely is).