Weight loss

penguinmama87 wrote: »

sultank101 wrote: »

Is it okay if I just want to focus on a calorie deficit and have whatever I want but as long as I'm in a deficit . I'm 19 years old . I weigh 90kg and I'm 174 cm tall. I find it hard to weightlift and eat adequate protein . My goal right now is to be in a 500 calorie deficit and another 500 calories burnt daily through walking .I know I will lose muscle .but I also know if I get to my goal weight which is around 62 kg...I can build all that lost muscle and build even more muscle . Can you guys tell me if what I'm doing is wrong or should I continue with it?I also lost 17 kg last year but gained it back .

Honestly, your goals are your business. You can do what you like. The people here, your doctors, or whoever else you talk to, can tell you what may or may not happen, but you're the one who decides what you do with that information.

My thought is to start simple and slow, and then if you want to and feel good about it you can start doing other things. I have found as I track my food and lose weight that I wanted to do some exercise and so I started. And it was easier because there was less of me and I was feeling more energetic. And I noticed that while I'm not strict on macros my protein was lower than I wanted so I started focusing on it then. I'm not up to super high levels but I am hitting my target more often than I was a month ago. And while I've done mostly cardio (running and walking) I am beginning some strength training too. But now it seems like a fun thing to do, rather than an awful boring chore.

But if I had tried that all at the beginning, it probably would have been a real challenge to do so much at one time on top of my other life responsibilities.

So, take it one day (or week, or month), at a time, reassess later, and then adapt your goals if you want to.

penguinmama87 wrote: »

sultank101 wrote: »

penguinmama87 wrote: »

sultank101 wrote: »

Is it okay if I just want to focus on a calorie deficit and have whatever I want but as long as I'm in a deficit . I'm 19 years old . I weigh 90kg and I'm 174 cm tall. I find it hard to weightlift and eat adequate protein . My goal right now is to be in a 500 calorie deficit and another 500 calories burnt daily through walking .I know I will lose muscle .but I also know if I get to my goal weight which is around 62 kg...I can build all that lost muscle and build even more muscle . Can you guys tell me if what I'm doing is wrong or should I continue with it?I also lost 17 kg last year but gained it back .

Honestly, your goals are your business. You can do what you like. The people here, your doctors, or whoever else you talk to, can tell you what may or may not happen, but you're the one who decides what you do with that information.

My thought is to start simple and slow, and then if you want to and feel good about it you can start doing other things. I have found as I track my food and lose weight that I wanted to do some exercise and so I started. And it was easier because there was less of me and I was feeling more energetic. And I noticed that while I'm not strict on macros my protein was lower than I wanted so I started focusing on it then. I'm not up to super high levels but I am hitting my target more often than I was a month ago. And while I've done mostly cardio (running and walking) I am beginning some strength training too. But now it seems like a fun thing to do, rather than an awful boring chore.

But if I had tried that all at the beginning, it probably would have been a real challenge to do so much at one time on top of my other life responsibilities.

So, take it one day (or week, or month), at a time, reassess later, and then adapt your goals if you want to.

So how much weight do you have to lose to reach your weight goal ?

Let me do some conversions here (I normally think in pounds):

I started on MFP this time at about 206 pounds (93.4 kg) and am now at 183 (83 kg), so 23 lbs (almost 10.5 kg) down.

My goal weight is 135 lbs (61 kg), but that's subject to change. I just decided to go for smack dab in the middle of the normal BMI range for my height. I'm 5'6" (167 cm) and female.

If I messed up the conversions I apologize! I know it's hard for me to follow sometimes when I'm reading threads so I decided to just post both numbers.

janejellyroll wrote: »

Here's the thing: it's a lot harder to build muscle than it is to lose it, which is why many will recommend that you do what you can to preserve your muscle while you're losing weight rather than focusing on rapid weight loss followed by trying to rebuild muscle. 1,000 a day is a steep deficit. There's really no solid reason to make this a punishing process.