Lost 25 lbs in 3 weeks now nothing on 4th week
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Even at 1500 I always feel full and satisfied. That's with 3 meals and 3 snacks through the day. Just tried to add another 250 to it and I don t even know how I'm going to eat all that. Either you guys are messing with me or I just got a slow metabolism right now0
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »So what do you guys think my daily intake should be?
If you plug your stats into mfp., pick a proper activity level (meaning don’t pick sedentary if you work as a nurse or something on your feet all day), set it to lose 1 pound a week. If you do exercise, log that as well and eat at least a portion of those calories.
You will be eating quite a bit more. Which means more nutrients (which you need) and more room for the occasional “fun” food - because those moments will happen and you can enjoy them.
Also keep in mind that with higher intake, you will have more food passing through your body, more carbs, more sodium, just...more. Which is good. Fueling your body is a very good thing. But it also means all that water and food will be reflected in your scale weight. You will not be gaining fat.
That would be a very healthy and very sustainable way to go-and you will still lose fast enough to see progress-and when the time comes, you will have established healthy, sustainable eating habits that can carry you through the rest of your life - at your lower weight.
I work as a heavy equipment operator and dont get much activity. On my *kitten* pulling levers for about 12-14 hours a day. The most of my activity comes from turning my head and looking behind me 100 times a day. In the summer I get more activity because I get some daylight after work to be outside. Sedentary is probably accurate during winter months.
I wouldn't assume your job is the equivalent of sedentary. In fact I'd very much say it isn't. You are pulling levers and pushing pedals all day long, that burns calories. Given your rapid weight loss, even allowing for a large chunk of water weight the first week, you are clearly burning a lot of calories somehow, and my guess is it's your job. I'd probably set MFP to active.
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Even at 1500 I always feel full and satisfied. That's with 3 meals and 3 snacks through the day. Just tried to add another 250 to it and I don t even know how I'm going to eat all that. Either you guys are messing with me or I just got a slow metabolism right now
I really do get this. You’ve probably completely overhauled the way you eat and now you’re eating a whole lot of low calories/high volume foods (kind of the opposite of what you were eating before). That is good because those foods are usually full of nutrients and often fiber and other stuff that’s good for you.
Couple that with the extreme elation of the “honeymoon phase” and you probably genuinely feel quite satisfied.
Also-given your complete overhaul and rather extreme results, even if you’re not consciously thinking it, you’re likely hesitant to make any change to that.
250 calories is a couple TB of peanut butter. It’s also a larger portion of protein or gasp-some max & cheese or a baked potato (with fixings) or some ice cream or a cookie. Or a couple of apples/bananas throughout the day. Or a couple pats of butter or more cooking oil (fat isn’t bad for you-it’s actually critical for brain function).
I’m female, weigh 65-Ish pounds less than you, and I ate 1792 calories today. I’ll lose just under a pound a week. In addition to salad, soup, oatmeal, veggies (lots), I also had prime rib, a stuffed portobello mushroom and a cookie. Plus coffee.
I am WAY past any honeymoon phase though so I’m just mad I’m out of calories.16 -
Even at 1500 I always feel full and satisfied. That's with 3 meals and 3 snacks through the day. Just tried to add another 250 to it and I don t even know how I'm going to eat all that. Either you guys are messing with me or I just got a slow metabolism right now
Consider adding full-fat versions of things you're eating reduced fat versions of (like dairy foods), nuts or nut butters, avocados, fattier cuts of meat or fattier fish, using a bit more oil or butter on veggies/salads or in cooking, and things like that, that are calorie-dense but perhaps not as filling.
Some people find drinking calories less filling than eating them, so something like smoothies or juices could be a help.
If you've already got your nutrition dialed in pretty well on the low calories, it's also OK to add some less nutrient-dense treat foods to get to your calorie goal, too.
Losing as fast as you are, you don't have a fast metabolism. And a fast metabolism isn't really a thing, anyway (though some people do burn more calories than others, it's mostly behavioral).3 -
Mfp sedentary is an activity factor of 1.25. lightly active 1.4. active 1.6; very active 1.8 for 24 hours.
Sleeping is actually a less than 1 MET activity. Off the top of my head I think it is .95 because it approaches BMR as opposed to rmr.
Heavy equipment operator sits on his *kitten*, but he is wearing boots, dressed with hard hat on, alert, functioning, dealing with vibration, twisting and turning.
MET value is 2.0 for heavy equipment operator. More than driving for example. And more then standing in line quietly.
I don't know if I would go all the way to very active; but sedentary you're not.
A lb is worth about 3500 Cal. Add your lost lbs to what you've eaten and divide by days.
You get TDEE.
I will assume that will be too high a number due to logging errors and initial water weight loss.
So instead of cutting 15% from that number, cut 20%
Eat it. Move/exercise more. Figure out the balance between healthy food and fun food that you can keep to for the next five years.
You don't drop weight and forget about it and magically maintain.
Figure out the long term.
(What did you do when the guys wanted to go for pizza and beers or to watch a game? Is that going to be your answer during the next five years?)4 -
Mfp sedentary is an activity factor of 1.25. lightly active 1.4. active 1.6; very active 1.8 for 24 hours.
Sleeping is actually a less than 1 MET activity. Off the top of my head I think it is .95 because it approaches BMR as opposed to rmr.
Heavy equipment operator sits on his *kitten*, but he is wearing boots, dressed with hard hat on, alert, functioning, dealing with vibration, twisting and turning.
MET value is 2.0 for heavy equipment operator. More than driving for example. And more then standing in line quietly.
I don't know if I would go all the way to very active; but sedentary you're not.
A lb is worth about 3500 Cal. Add your lost lbs to what you've eaten and divide by days.
You get TDEE.
I will assume that will be too high a number due to logging errors and initial water weight loss.
So instead of cutting 15% from that number, cut 20%
Eat it. Move/exercise more. Figure out the balance between healthy food and fun food that you can keep to for the next five years.
You don't drop weight and forget about it and magically maintain.
Figure out the long term.
(What did you do when the guys wanted to go for pizza and beers or to watch a game? Is that going to be your answer during the next five years?)
Aha! I knew you would be along with MET info, dear @PAV8888, even though I forgot to tag you!
I have yet to meet a heavy machine operator who has to wear their hard hat in their vehicle, and I have met a lot! They get to take their hat off, roll up their sleeves, have air con...while I'm dying of heat in hard hat and full PPE head to toe out in the sun. Are you suggesting wearing a hard hat burns extra calories? Cos I will totally start wearing mine everywhere, if so!5 -
Yes most all of it came off really quickly in the beginning. 15 lbs on first week. That first week I was at 1700 calories a day. So how is 1500 too low of I don't feel hungry at all? I am eating good food to get my calories. I physically feel great. Best I have in years. But according some of you I should get a good life insurance plan. My body feels satisfied so how is that a bad thing?
One reason you lost so quickly in the first week is that you reduced the food in your digestive system, the stored glycogen in your muscles, and the water used to process both of these things. You didn’t lose 15 lbs of fat in a week. Now you are plateauing because your body is starting to adjust and replenish these things. Underneath the water and waste fluctuations you are probably still losing fat at a much more consistent rate.
I lost very quickly for my first two months (wasn’t trying, just worked out that way) and felt great for about six months, when I noticed my hair was getting thin all of a sudden because it had stopped growing new hairs back at the beginning of the diet. It isn’t always immediately obvious what damage you are doing. You also lose a larger percentage of muscle when losing too quickly, and your heart is a muscle!6 -
Nony_Mouse wrote: »Are you suggesting wearing a hard hat burns extra calories? Cos I will totally start wearing mine everywhere, if so!
Only works if it's pink!
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »Are you suggesting wearing a hard hat burns extra calories? Cos I will totally start wearing mine everywhere, if so!
Only works if it's pink!
Oh boo, it's silver paisley. Surely that's close enough?3 -
Yes most all of it came off really quickly in the beginning. 15 lbs on first week. That first week I was at 1700 calories a day. So how is 1500 too low of I don't feel hungry at all? I am eating good food to get my calories. I physically feel great. Best I have in years. But according some of you I should get a good life insurance plan. My body feels satisfied so how is that a bad thing?
When I started MFP, I had no idea what I was doing, so I wound up undereating. I had fast progress and felt absolutely great . . . until I didn't. I figured out what was wrong pretty quickly (thanks to lurking the forums) and was fortunately able to make adjustments before I suffered any lasting ill effects like hair loss. Still, I'm sure I lost more muscle than I wanted to and my energy absolutely tanked until I got things back in balance.
It's really common to feel energized and fantastic during the beginning of a very low calorie plan. This doesn't mean that you're eating enough.2 -
In no way am I diagnosing you, nor am I encouraging this, but what you are doing sounds a lot like anorexia. You will lose weight fast, but you could be damaging your organs, including your liver, kidneys, and heart by doing this. Whether or not it is anorexia (by which again, I am not suggesting, rather I think you should look into resources so you do not go down that path), you are toying with your muscles, bone density, organs etc. Losing weight this fast could put you on a fast-track to a cardiac event. Take it easy, count your calories, and gosh darn it, you have to account for calories lost during exercise.3
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Even at 1500 I always feel full and satisfied. That's with 3 meals and 3 snacks through the day. Just tried to add another 250 to it and I don t even know how I'm going to eat all that. Either you guys are messing with me or I just got a slow metabolism right now
There can be a honeymoon period. I felt supergood when I first started MFP. In fact, I felt like I did when I was on phen/fen in the 90s, but without the benefit of an amphetamine-like drug and a happy pill.
Fat goes down easily - use more butter or oil, or have some peanut butter or nuts.
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According to what "Google" and many articles says a safe and healthy weight for me is about 160. That would be 90 pounds I needed to lose. I was shooting for 200 and go from there. 175 would be about right for me . So that's 75 lbs from where I started. So by that chart above I should be shooting for 2lbs a week with 1000 calories deficit.
I don't any of this is a one size fits all recipe. Everyone is different2 -
Mfp sedentary is an activity factor of 1.25. lightly active 1.4. active 1.6; very active 1.8 for 24 hours.
Sleeping is actually a less than 1 MET activity. Off the top of my head I think it is .95 because it approaches BMR as opposed to rmr.
Heavy equipment operator sits on his *kitten*, but he is wearing boots, dressed with hard hat on, alert, functioning, dealing with vibration, twisting and turning.
MET value is 2.0 for heavy equipment operator. More than driving for example. And more then standing in line quietly.
I don't know if I would go all the way to very active; but sedentary you're not.
A lb is worth about 3500 Cal. Add your lost lbs to what you've eaten and divide by days.
You get TDEE.
I will assume that will be too high a number due to logging errors and initial water weight loss.
So instead of cutting 15% from that number, cut 20%
Eat it. Move/exercise more. Figure out the balance between healthy food and fun food that you can keep to for the next five years.
You don't drop weight and forget about it and magically maintain.
Figure out the long term.
(What did you do when the guys wanted to go for pizza and beers or to watch a game? Is that going to be your answer during the next five years?)
No way. Every equipment operator I know that's been doing it for more than 10 years if over weight. No way im considered active.3 -
Mfp sedentary is an activity factor of 1.25. lightly active 1.4. active 1.6; very active 1.8 for 24 hours.
Sleeping is actually a less than 1 MET activity. Off the top of my head I think it is .95 because it approaches BMR as opposed to rmr.
Heavy equipment operator sits on his *kitten*, but he is wearing boots, dressed with hard hat on, alert, functioning, dealing with vibration, twisting and turning.
MET value is 2.0 for heavy equipment operator. More than driving for example. And more then standing in line quietly.
I don't know if I would go all the way to very active; but sedentary you're not.
A lb is worth about 3500 Cal. Add your lost lbs to what you've eaten and divide by days.
You get TDEE.
I will assume that will be too high a number due to logging errors and initial water weight loss.
So instead of cutting 15% from that number, cut 20%
Eat it. Move/exercise more. Figure out the balance between healthy food and fun food that you can keep to for the next five years.
You don't drop weight and forget about it and magically maintain.
Figure out the long term.
(What did you do when the guys wanted to go for pizza and beers or to watch a game? Is that going to be your answer during the next five years?)
No way. Every equipment operator I know that's been doing it for more than 10 years if over weight. No way im considered active.
You can be active and still be overweight. They're not mutually exclusive states.8 -
According to what "Google" and many articles says a safe and healthy weight for me is about 160. That would be 90 pounds I needed to lose. I was shooting for 200 and go from there. 175 would be about right for me . So that's 75 lbs from where I started. So by that chart above I should be shooting for 2lbs a week with 1000 calories deficit.
I don't any of this is a one size fits all recipe. Everyone is different
But you were far overshooting 2 lbs/week, so clearly your deficit has been much larger, and now it's time to dial it down to 1 lb/week.
How many calories does MFP give you for 1 lb/week set at lightly active?0 -
If you set for 2lbs per week, you should def be eating back cals burned from exercise1
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true, but if he chose 0.5lbs/week, there is more wiggle room to lose more by creating a larger deficit than 250 cals1 -
Sometimes you lose a lot and then your body decides to hold onto water a while. As long as you are logging accurately you will get back to losing before long.2
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