Lose 5lbs + in July 2019
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@dawnbgethealthy Now you're confusing me! When you say:
"I am using what MFP shows as calories remaining each day as my deficit. Without working out or activity there would be 0 deficit with this method."
Did you use MFP to calculate calories for maintenance? or for a .5? or 1? pound loss per week? If MFP calculates your calories for weight loss, then you eat all those remaining calories to lose at that predicted rate. For example, I am 54, 5'4" weigh 133. I have MFP set for sedentary and 0.5 pound loss a week. MFP says eat 1250 calories. If I don't exercise and eat 1250 calories, I should lose 0.5 pounds a week. I like to eat more, so I exercise. Typically eat around 1500 a day and burn about 500 a day in exercise. (MFP adds in those calories and says I can eat 1750). That means I usually have about 250 or so calories remaining....which means with those 250 + built in 250 deficit already calculated, I have a 500 calorie/day deficit which results in closer to 1 lb lost per week.
How do you calculate yours?2 -
Hi. I'm Trina. 54 and 5'4"
Down to my last 5 pounds, so hoping to lose 2-3 in July.
Original starting weight - 199 (June 2018)
July starting weight - 134.5
July goal - <=132
Ultimate goal - 128
1st - 134
5th - 133.5 (did OK over July 4th!)
7th- 133.5 (holding)
11th - 132
14th - 132.5 (chocolate cake has been on the menu...so not bad )
19th - blipped up earlier in the week, but back down!
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Current July loss: 2 lb
End July loss: ????
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Connie7355 Member
July 12, 2019
63 years old; 5’7” tall
Original starting weight 2015 -236
Starting Weight June, 2018 - 219.4
July 2019 starting weight - 186.6
July goal - 182.6
Ultimate goal - 170 for now
1st - 186.6
5th - 185.6
12th -185
19th - 187.2
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Total loss for July +.6
Vacation got me. Too much frozen custard.2 -
@dawnbgethealthy Now you're confusing me! When you say:
"I am using what MFP shows as calories remaining each day as my deficit. Without working out or activity there would be 0 deficit with this method."
Did you use MFP to calculate calories for maintenance? or for a .5? or 1? pound loss per week? If MFP calculates your calories for weight loss, then you eat all those remaining calories to lose at that predicted rate. For example, I am 54, 5'4" weigh 133. I have MFP set for sedentary and 0.5 pound loss a week. MFP says eat 1250 calories. If I don't exercise and eat 1250 calories, I should lose 0.5 pounds a week. I like to eat more, so I exercise. Typically eat around 1500 a day and burn about 500 a day in exercise. (MFP adds in those calories and says I can eat 1750). That means I usually have about 250 or so calories remaining....which means with those 250 + built in 250 deficit already calculated, I have a 500 calorie/day deficit which results in closer to 1 lb lost per week.
How do you calculate yours?
Yes. The MFP calorie allowance already calculates a deficit for your desired rate of loss and figures in your declared activity level.
I posted how I calculate on Friday. And that number is pretty close to what MFP calculates for me. What I've learned about that MFP calorie allowance for me is that it's off by around 230 calories based on several other online calculators.
I'm targeting a 1 lb loss per week. If I eat the full MFP allowance with no exercise, I will only lose 0.5 lbs per week. So I watch my earned calories from exercise. I try to get 200-ish through exercise each day and not eat them back.
MFP gives me 1174 calories. If I subtract the 230 I know it's off, that's too low. So I watch calories earned and shoot for the 230 so that I can eat 1174 and hit my goal. I tend not to eat back any calories over the 230. Although, if I blow past my allowance, I will try to get more exercise calories to offset it.
The thing to remember about deficits is that the deficit is between calories to maintain current weight and the number of calories calculated to lose at the desired weight. MFP already does that.
I would never have tried to second guess MFP if my results weren't matching my desired rate of loss.
All that said, if you look at my progress, I'm still going at a very slow rate - and that's on me. To get the 1 lb per week requires a very disciplined approach. Understanding that is what keeps me here. I'd have given up in April if I didn't stop to analyze what was going on.
I am 61 and post-menopausal. I am no longer chasing or caring for growing kids. I am a teleworker - which means I walk 15 feet to my office. My job is demanding enough that I could easily sit at that desk for 8-10 hours and only move for bathroom breaks. I am short. I am very close to goal. I am not a gym rat by nature. Lucky for me, I am not a binge or emotional eater.
I had been fairly stable at 150 for many years. I had hit peaks of 180-200 in my teens, late 20's, mid-40's, and mid 50's. I was edging up again and hit 160 just before Christmas. There's a physical trigger there. Anything over 150 puts pressure on my hyatial hernia. So here I am. Again.
I'm no stranger to this. But I am still shell shocked at the difficulty this time. The echoes of my mother, aunts, and grandmothers are sounding loud and clear. It gets harder the older you get. I am determined that this will be the last time. I will get to the 130's where I know I can maintain - and yes, maintenance will be roughly what I'm eating now. But at 135, I will have a buffer for more changes, injury, or illness without making my stomach hurt.
Once I adjust my lifestyle to maintain that,, because it will take an increased activity level, I will also be stronger and healthier which will support prevention - and recovery with the inevitable setbacks of age.
140 will be my new warning bell. I can sustain the effort to drop 5-10. I never want to have to look at 20+ to go again. Here I am, a "woke" 60+ year old and *still* learning about my body.6 -
Original starting weight - 184
July starting weight - 148.8
July goal - 144
Ultimate goal - 140
1 - 148.8
8 - 151.4 TOM day 1
A bit loose with my calories the past five days. Was off work for the holiday, which always throws me off my schedule. A couple a dinners out a few days days at the pool/lake was all it took to take a hit. I’m super bloated today and generally not feeling well. Lots of Midol and working with a heating pad across my abdomen today. Tomorrow will be better! 😊
9 - 149.6
10 - 148.8
11 - 148.2
19 - 147.8
It’s been almost 2 weeks since I checked in - the two weeks weren’t horrible, but I had way too many “don’t care, I’m eating what I want” moments. Summer is the hardest season for me and weight loss. I’ve found my second wind and my motivation has ramped back up. Thank goodness!
I bought a dress for a wedding in 3 weeks and IT’S A 6!!! A true 6, and to be sure I tried on several labels. Gap is generous so those size 4 jeans - I figured they were really an 8. 😝
I need to make sure that dress still fits in 3 weeks, so no more “don’t care” days.
I wrapped up ChaLEAN Extreme/PiYo and started Turbo Fire, but was not feeling that at all. Switched to 21 Day Fix Real Time and I’m loving it, which is surprising because when I tried the original I couldn’t get into it. It is kicking my butt - sore everyday in the best kind of way!
Hope you guys are having a great weekend!
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Running July total: -1 lbs5 -
Female, 5'3", 58 years old
I will be weighing daily, it keeps me accountable and motivated and shows trends
Starting weight October 28.18 - 191
July goal (since I hit 160 3 times in June) is 155
Ultimate goal 115
July 01 - 163.1 - Still up from eating ribs in June, I will have to lay off those for at least a few months
July 02 - 165.6 - !!! that is more than I was at the beginning of June. Hopefully just a blip.
July 03 - 162.0
July 04 - 160.8
July 05 - 162.5 - oh well, 25 more days to hopefully get out of the 160s
July 06 - 162.5
July 07 - 162.2
July 08 - 163.5 - Not sure why or how, but I will stay the course. I have been "good", and I don't feel heavier : - )
July 09 - 163.2 - Hoping for a woosh this week, staying determined.
July 10 - 161.0 - I actually was 162.0 at 5am, but went back to bed and lost a pound lol. Not sure which one is right, I usually weigh very early in the morning, but I will take it for now. Seeing the scale move down keeps me motivated.
July 11 - 160.9 - Flirting with that number again, hit it in May and June, expected to get into the 150s back in April. Really trying hard.
July 12 - 161.7
July 13 - 162.5 - Really feeling leaner for the most part this month, but have had quite a bit of stomach bloating over the last few weeks, with nothing but water so I am not really sure what to attribute it to. One glass of water to start the morning and I can blow up like a beach ball, and it is not soft. I have been drinking more than one glass of water starting in February, I get in 2 litres minimum a day now - although I still do not like water at all. I definitely do not like the bloating. Our bodies are made of salt and water, so it doesn't really make sense.
July 14 - 162.7
July 15 - 163.4 - Dang
July 17 - 161.9
July 18 - 161.3 - getting hopeful : - )
July 19 - 162.1
July 20 - 160.4
Running loss/gain: Loss 2.75 -
Connie7355 wrote: »Total loss for July +.6
Vacation got me. Too much frozen custard.
Nothing wrong with that. I'm sure you gave yourself permission to enjoy yourself, and that's awesome. You know it's a temporary gain, and you're back on track now. Right on!
I love vacations! Nothing wrong with a little decadence now and then. Go off the rails from time to time to reset the happiness. I'm assuming you like custard. I'm more into the savory things, and boy howdy did I ever! I added about 4.5 pounds to my mass in about as many days. It will come back off! It's just a little side trip on the journey, and it's WORTH IT.
What I was less excited about was losing the six pounds I lost the last few days when I got overrun with what may or may not have been a norovirus. Yuck. Feeling better now, and hope to be back to near 100% in a few days. Ate food ad added two pounds of mass back. It's amazing how much food weighs in that little tunnel that isn't actually part of you but passes from your mouth, through your body, and out the other end.
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@kmfeig87 and @LisaW57
Okay ladies, that is making sense, we are already at a deficit with the goals set by MFP.
Mine is set at 1200, so I'm not sure how much that deficit is each day? How do you know?
Yes, I have been going along seeing what is left over after the day of calories in and calories out and using that as what I understood to be the deficit. I guess that with this new understanding that some months I have perhaps had a deficit of 100,000 instead of 25,000. I have been eating in and around 1200 for 8 months. Like really, I should be very slender by now lol.
One day I was laid up and couldn't work out, I ate my 1200 calories and MFP calculated that if I kept doing that I would gain 7 pounds in 5 weeks. Hmm. No wonder I was confused. Some days I work out so much (like ice skating for 2 hours) that MFP says that I will be into the 140s in 5 weeks (that was back in March). So you can understand my confusion with the deficit.
Okay, I just googled it on lifespan fitness, and to maintain my current weight at my age, and height I should be at 2128 calories per day, so I suppose that I am close to 1,000 calories per day deficit eating at 1200. You would think that I would have a 2 pound loss per week at that number instead of 1-2 pounds per month. Maybe this month will be different. 1373 basal metabolic rate is the number that I come up with from the calculator, so does that mean that the deficit eating at 1200 is 173 per day? Haha, I just confused myself again.
I am with you @LisaW57 it is much harder once we get older. Truthfully, I am finding it easier post-menopausal than during full-blown menopause. The fat certainly sits in different areas now though!
Even after this talk, I am still going to be aiming for minimum of 300+ calories as left over each day which would show me losing 1 pound every 11 or 12 days. Move more, eat less. I really have settled nicely into a 1200 cal lifestyle, basically eating 1/2 of everything (1/2 a sandwich, 1 piece of toast instead of 2, 1/2 a steak etc.).
Even though the calculator says that I would maintain 160 at 2128 calories, I don't believe it : - )
Thanks for trying to help me understand : - )1 -
@dawnbgethealthy (and @LisaW57 )
If your BMR is 1373, then eating 1200 would leave you with a 173 deficit if you laid in bed all day!
When you calculated maintenance calories using lifespan fitness, I'm assumng you used an activity level to account for your exercise.
MFP allows you to give an exercise level, or you can set to sedentary and enter your exercise calories (manually or with a tracker) each day. I use sedentary, and let my FitBit add/subtract calories.
MFP also sets a minimum of about 1200 calories. When I set my rate of loss to 0.5 / week and sedentary, it calculates 1250 as target calories. Obviously, if I set my rate of loss to 2 lbs a week it would not give me a target of 500 calories....You can see the effect if you change your rate of loss and see how the calories change.
Don't know if that helps!3 -
@mtaratoot it sure does come back on fast, doesn’t it?? But you’re right it can come back off just as fast. Just have to jump back on that wagon. Good luck and thanks for your support!! It means a lot!!3
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Female, 5'3", 58 years old
I will be weighing daily, it keeps me accountable and motivated and shows trends
Starting weight October 28.18 - 191
July goal (since I hit 160 3 times in June) is 155
Ultimate goal 115
July 01 - 163.1 - Still up from eating ribs in June, I will have to lay off those for at least a few months
July 02 - 165.6 - !!! that is more than I was at the beginning of June. Hopefully just a blip.
July 03 - 162.0
July 04 - 160.8
July 05 - 162.5 - oh well, 25 more days to hopefully get out of the 160s
July 06 - 162.5
July 07 - 162.2
July 08 - 163.5 - Not sure why or how, but I will stay the course. I have been "good", and I don't feel heavier : - )
July 09 - 163.2 - Hoping for a woosh this week, staying determined.
July 10 - 161.0 - I actually was 162.0 at 5am, but went back to bed and lost a pound lol. Not sure which one is right, I usually weigh very early in the morning, but I will take it for now. Seeing the scale move down keeps me motivated.
July 11 - 160.9 - Flirting with that number again, hit it in May and June, expected to get into the 150s back in April. Really trying hard.
July 12 - 161.7
July 13 - 162.5 - Really feeling leaner for the most part this month, but have had quite a bit of stomach bloating over the last few weeks, with nothing but water so I am not really sure what to attribute it to. One glass of water to start the morning and I can blow up like a beach ball, and it is not soft. I have been drinking more than one glass of water starting in February, I get in 2 litres minimum a day now - although I still do not like water at all. I definitely do not like the bloating. Our bodies are made of salt and water, so it doesn't really make sense.
July 14 - 162.7
July 15 - 163.4 - Dang
July 17 - 161.9
July 18 - 161.3 - getting hopeful : - )
July 19 - 162.1
July 20 - 160.4
July 21 - 159.9 - Well, that is a first! I fluctuate quite a bit usually, but I am very happy to have touched this number.
Running loss/gain: Loss 3.26 -
Hi. I'm Trina. 54 and 5'4"
Down to my last 5 pounds, so hoping to lose 2-3 in July.
Original starting weight - 199 (June 2018)
July starting weight - 134.5
July goal - <=132
Ultimate goal - 128
1st - 134
5th - 133.5 (did OK over July 4th!)
7th- 133.5 (holding)
11th - 132
14th - 132.5 (chocolate cake has been on the menu...so not bad )
19th - blipped up earlier in the week, but back down!
21st - 130.5 New low today!
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Current July loss: 3.5 lb
End July loss: ????4 -
@kmfeig87 -- that last five pounds is SO hard. I had finally got there, but that annoying last few pounds was hiding behind a shrub, and it jumped me when I walked past. Now I'm trying to see if we can be friends, because I'm still able to maintain, but it's just a little heavier than I'd like to see. What will next week hold? Stay tuned to find out. For now....
Heaviest weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
Original MFP starting weight (January 2018) - 168.2
June 30 starting weight - 148.2 (ten-day rolling average weight 145.5)
July goal - 143
Ultimate goal - Range between 142 - 148
I report scale weight and (ten day average weight).
June 30 - 148.2 (145.5)
July 7 - 148.0 (147.9)
July 14 - 146.4 (147.7) -- interpolated from July 11 and July 16 weight.
July 21 - 145.2 (146.0)
July 28 -
Total loss for July: Well, what do you know? It actually looks like I've lost three pounds! Oh. Wait. That's just one-day scale weight. My ten-day average is up a half pound. I get it. Looking at my weight TRENDS, it explains in pictures what I wrote above.
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Happy Sunday Everybody! Try to spend some time with the people you love. I'm spending time listening to Christian worship music because I love Jesus. Romans, 10:9-10.
Any who....
This past week has been okay. Ups and downs, nothing I can't bounce back from. Not too focused on weight-loss at the moment just trying to make sure I'm eating correctly--which I am however, IF (intermittent fasting) has not been great. I've been snacking, albeit on healthy food, just non stop snacking...On peanut butter no less! Then I realized it the hormones. I've calmed down a bit since I started (TOM) and am ready to get back on track! My 20 yr High School Reunion is this coming Saturday 7/27--I'm not going--but it's a great motivation to lose weight in case I bump into a classmate this week in my area. I hated high school. Yuck!
7/21: TOM D-3(ish)
7/27:Next Weigh-in:
7/31:
Lowest weight June 29th~July 1st: 179.8 (gained a few lbs since then...)
Goal weight for July: return to 179 or lower! (Being Realistic!)
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8.4lbs lost for July so far4 -
Original starting weight - 255
July starting weight - 249.6
July goal - 243.6
Ultimate goal - 180
1st - 249.6
8th - 248.4
15th - 246
22nd - 243.6
29th -
Total loss for July -
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61 years old; 5'2"
Original starting weight - 158.5 (12/30/2018)
June ending weight 148.3 (June loss 1.3 lbs)
July starting weight - 148.2
July goal -145.2 (adjusted)
Ultimate goal - 135.0
I generally do a Friday weigh-in. I've pinned the weekly weigh-in days for the challenge. Friday/Monday weigh-in will be interesting
📌 1st - 148.2 (Trend Weight 149.2)
3rd - 148.7 (Trend Weight 149.1)
4th - 148.1 (Trend Weight 149.0)
5th - 148.1 (Trend Weight 148.9)
6th - 148.3 (Trend Weight 148.8)
📌 8th - 147.8 (Trend Weight 148.6)
12th - 148.2 (Trend Weight 148.5)
13th - 149.3 (Trend Weight 148.6)
14th - 150.6 (Trend Weight 148.8) UGH!
📌 15th - 149.5 (Trend Weight 148.9)
19th - 148.5 (Trend Weight 149.0)
📌 22nd - 148.3 (Trending 148.8)
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Thoughts: Trending back down after my spike. It could have been better. Saw 147.8 on Saturday, but I had barely eaten on Friday. Yesterday was pizza and ice cream with the grandkids - I'll never pass that up 💚
I need to get back on the exercise & step routine. It's not as bad as it looks. I left the Fitbit on the charger all day Saturday, and forgot to time & log the extra cleaning both days. I don't log regular cleaning that's done throughout the day, but I did try to remember to capture the heavier stuff as I try to downsize and declutter.
July Game Plan & Goals:- Continue weekly meal planning Off my game.
- Log daily in MFP - focus on daily calorie deficit goal of 500
- No calorie intake after 8pm
- Hit Fitbit step goal of 5000, then increase to 6000 - 7 day average 2387 ⬇
- Hit active minutes goal of 25 minutes daily, then increase to 30 - 7 day average 0 ↔
- Hit strength building exercise goal of 6 days, then increase to 7 - 7 day average 0 ⬇
90 Day Progress: This really demonstrates the spikes where I fall off on activity.
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Original starting weight -242
July starting weight - 153.8
July goal- 153.8
Ultimate goal - 121
1st-153.8
8th- 151.6
19th- 157.6
22nd- 152.2
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Total loss for July-
Vacation carb bloat deflating quickly! I still have to get through TOM this month.
I would absolutely love to end this month at 150 but that might be a big ask.
I’m feeling really focused and committed. Let’s end July strong!!!5 -
@dawnbgethealthy
Always great to see that number for the first time! Every new decade is super motivating.3 -
Original Starting Weight- 195.2 lbs
July Starting Weight- 168.4 lbs
July Goal- 163.4 lbs
Ultimate Goal- 145.2 lbs
1st- 168.4 lbs
8th- 166.2 lbs
15th- 164.8 lbs
22nd- 164.6 lbs ---> Ate at maintenance 5 out of 7 days last week. It was nice to take a little break and at least I didn't gain (trust in the power of CICO).
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Total loss for July -6
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