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NerdyScienceGrl wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »NerdyScienceGrl wrote: »Hi! 👋
Someone left the back door unlocked, so I snuck in to check out the group. In 2018 and 2019, I lost 65 lbs, regained some during the height of the pandemic stress, and lost that but am working on another 35ish lbs.
I really have no goal weight in mind — my ultimate goal is to land somewhere reasonable and sustainable where chronic inflammation and pain isn’t such a chore.
(insert string of profanities) i keep TELLING them to lock that door!
good grief, just ANYONE can wander in!
how do you think *I* got in.
oh, pav let me in. that's right. hm. He probably regrets that now....
😂🤣
I thought I smelled cheeseburgers …what can I say? 🤪
Hurrying to change my screen name to ANYONE 😇
hmmm i forgot to have a cheeseburger.
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Hi,
Ive been using MFP on and off for a while now and started in prep for my wedding after I was told that I may not be able to get the suit waistcoat I wanted as I was too big. I was weighing in over 21st but started watching my calories at19 stone and in the 11 months to the wedding ended up down to 16st 2lb. I got the waistcoat I wanted lol.
Then came the gradual relaxing of how strict I was "Im on my honeymoon its fine", Its just a takeaway ive been good for so long" and then Lockdown hit and my mental health took a dip too. Now we (In the UK) can go back outside and go to the gym etc I started my routine again. I had to after realising I was back at over 19st. I'm on my way back down again but thought Id drop in and say hey!5 -
Welcome!3
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@NerdyScienceGrl, glad you followed the trail of breadcrumbs!
@kentp1985, welcome from a fellow Brit!2 -
Wow GatorHfx, those are some impressive numbers! Gives me hope! Hey NerdyScienceGirl, I never lock the door so come on in any time. Just make sure you throw the ball for Captain, my mini doxie, or he won't quit barking.3
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lauriekallis wrote: »Hi @chrissyiojijoij - you are a person of few words!
Hi. I wrote some stuff but got nervous and deleted it hahacallsitlikeiseeit wrote: »lauriekallis wrote: »Hi @chrissyiojijoij - you are a person of few words!
what chrissy lacks in words, I make up for in them
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chrissyiojijoij wrote: »lauriekallis wrote: »Hi @chrissyiojijoij - you are a person of few words!
Hi. I wrote some stuff but got nervous and deleted it hahacallsitlikeiseeit wrote: »lauriekallis wrote: »Hi @chrissyiojijoij - you are a person of few words!
what chrissy lacks in words, I make up for in them
Lol. Thanks.
Don’t be afraid to share here….no one ever judges or shames you….everyone here has had a lot to lose or are still losing….please join us!2 -
conniewilkins56 wrote: »chrissyiojijoij wrote: »lauriekallis wrote: »Hi @chrissyiojijoij - you are a person of few words!
Hi. I wrote some stuff but got nervous and deleted it hahacallsitlikeiseeit wrote: »lauriekallis wrote: »Hi @chrissyiojijoij - you are a person of few words!
what chrissy lacks in words, I make up for in them
Lol. Thanks.
Don’t be afraid to share here….no one ever judges or shames you….everyone here has had a lot to lose or are still losing….please join us!
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HI! They are good people here. No one has ever given me any shade, and they've been endlessly supportive.2
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I’ve been lurking for nearly three years. Thought it was finally time to join the party. I’ve been overweight all my life. My highest weight was 310. I joined MFP at 263. Currently I’m at 175 lbs. and have maintained that weight for over a year through the pandemic. But I still need to lose at least 25-30 lbs. Lately I’ve had some annoying exercise related medical problems. Foot stress fracture and now hip bursitis. I’m seeing a sports medicine orthopedist at the grand old age of 74. So now Connie has competition in the Grand Dame of Larger Losers department.6
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I’ve been lurking for nearly three years. Thought it was finally time to join the party. I’ve been overweight all my life. My highest weight was 310. I joined MFP at 263. Currently I’m at 175 lbs. and have maintained that weight for over a year through the pandemic. But I still need to lose at least 25-30 lbs. Lately I’ve had some annoying exercise related medical problems. Foot stress fracture and now hip bursitis. I’m seeing a sports medicine orthopedist at the grand old age of 74. So now Connie has competition in the Grand Dame of Larger Losers department.
I love this!….bring it on!…I am sure you have read my “ story “ if you have been lurking here….175 pounds is amazing!….my goal is 199 and the we will see how much skin I have hanging around if I want to lose more!….so happy you are joining us….jump in conversations anywhere and never be afraid to share….a huge welcome to you!1 -
No I haven’t lost 175 lbs. yet. Ive lost about 145 over time. I weigh 175 lbs. now. My doctor is happy where I am. I’m short -5’2” and shrinking so I need to lose more.
Let’s not get into loose skin. Naked I look like one of those Shar-Pei dogs! Luckily my husband of 46 years says he will keep me.
Another thing we have in common is we live in the south. I’m in Texas where it’s still humid and near 90 ever day. Been here 30 years and still hate summer. Winter is magnificent though.3 -
No I haven’t lost 175 lbs. yet. Ive lost about 145 over time. I weigh 175 lbs. now. My doctor is happy where I am. I’m short -5’2” and shrinking so I need to lose more.
Let’s not get into loose skin. Naked I look like one of those Shar-Pei dogs! Luckily my husband of 46 years says he will keep me.
Another thing we have in common is we live in the south. I’m in Texas where it’s still humid and near 90 ever day. Been here 30 years and still hate summer. Winter is magnificent though.
I meant it is amazing that you weigh 175… I am 5’9” and I will never weigh 175!…I will be married 47 years in Nov……I used to go north in Feb. just to cool off!1 -
Oops - I’ve been married 47 years too. Just had another anniversary recently.2
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Welcome Yoolypr!
Fun to read about the similiarities between Connie and you, and to have you two meet here!
I am 5'9" and currently weight in the low 170s. But, I really want to get down to 150ish so have another 25 pounds to go (which is really really challenging me after losing 105lbs).
Glad you are bringing your experience to the table - the more people we can learn from and lean on the better.2 -
Hey, I'm shorter!!!🙀 172.25 cm, so there!2
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Oh, yes, I love lurkers ❣️🤷🏻♂️1
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Hello Everyone,
I'm Jen. I have been searching for groups like this and found this one on the message boards. The posts and encouragement from NovusDies to others made me want to check out this group. I have always been a roller coaster yo-yo dieter and have always been slightly overweight all my life. A few years ago I joined Spark People and learned the math behind calories and it finally "clicked". Of course, I went on the 1200 calorie diet that was suggested. I stuck with it, since I was a yo-yo dieter, I was used to going on a diet and limiting what I could and could not eat. I actually lost 51 pounds and was ONE pound away from reaching my healthy goal weight. Unfortunately, I got tired of eating the same thing all the time -salad for lunch and skinless chicken breast and broccoli for dinner- so I stopped tracking calories and walking. Over time since I went back to my old-habits I put on the weight again. I also have quit smoking since then, so I have additional weight from that now as well. Another factor to gaining my weight was the abusive marriage I was in, which continued after the divorce. My son is now 18 which has allowed me to basically end 90% of all contact with my ex. Needless to say, I am at the heaviest I have ever been and I got back up to my pregnancy weight.
I am not sure how much to share, which to be honest it is a tad bit uncomfortable, however, changes cant be made unless I admit there is a problem, right? I am finally over being angry and depressed at myself for gaining weight like this, and I am ready to get healthy. I have lost 6 pounds (by just tracking and eating at home), but I have 85 pounds to go at the moment, so this is going to be a long process for me.
I am going to continue calorie counting since it makes sense to me and the math clicks with me. Well to a point, I understand I need a deficit to lose weight and I understand that my BMR is the constant "control group" and the calories-in that I eat daily would be the variable or "test group" which is compared against the BMR. It gets a little foggy when I think in terms of CICO to create the deficit because my brain wants to add that up. For example calories-in would be 1500 and calories-out thru exercise would be 300 that leaves me at a net of 1200. My brain thinks that is still a positive number and I need to exercise and burn 1800 to add the numbers together to create a 300 calorie deficit (1500 minus 1800). However, I think I need to add the BMR number to my net calories of 1200 and compare that. Let's have the BMR be 1700 that would create a 500 calorie deficit against my net calories of 1200. I think I understand it that way, but in a flash, everything can go foggy again. I just need to continue to learn more and over time I will understand this better.
I read in the message boards this lady who is a retired dietician says that as adults we don't spend money nilly-willy without looking at our checkbook balance, so we need the same principle when it comes to calorie counting and the amount of food we eat daily. That totally made sense to me and made me realize that I will need to count and track calories for the rest of my life.
I am not going on the 1200 calorie diet this time around. I am actually trying to learn how to set my "maintenance" calories now. Which is difficult since I am not sure exactly how to do that. However, what I have done is taken the healthy weight range for my BMI that MFP says I should have, and then I plugged those numbers in the BMR calculator. So I took BMR numbers for 130, 140 and 150 pounds and times that by 1.25 to set my calorie range. Right now I have my calorie range goal set at 1500 per day.
I also plan to make sure I always net 1200 calories as I am getting ready to start getting back on my treadmill. There was a couple of times I woke up when I was on the 1200 calorie and I got so weak I could not stand up and felt like I was going to pass out the second I got out of bed. Those two incidents happened when it was that time of the month and I was also walking 3 miles a day on my treadmill. I think my body wasn't getting enough calories because I was afraid to eat back my exercise calories. Needless to say, I don't want to do that again, and there was other times if I was late eating a meal I would start to feel weak and get the shakes, so this time I plan on making sure I always net 1200 a day.
Wow, I have typed a lot more than I planned to. I am planning to lose 2 pounds a week, that is my weekly goal and from what I have read 2 pounds (at the maximum) a week is a safe number to lose. Which at that rate this is going to take about 10 months to a year to lose, so I am in the long haul and looking to find a group with people needing to lose weight over a period of time.
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Welcome to the group. I’ve lost 100+ lbs am am working on the last 25. The best advice I can give you is to take your time and make small changes at first. That way you’ll develop habits you can sustain for life. This has to be a lifelong change not a temporary diet.3
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Welcome to the group. I’ve lost 100+ lbs am am working on the last 25. The best advice I can give you is to take your time and make small changes at first. That way you’ll develop habits you can sustain for life. This has to be a lifelong change not a temporary diet.
@Yoolypr Thank you! Congrats on your loss, that is impressive! I think you hit the nail on the head, I need to develop healthy habits that are sustainable for life. Yesterday I noticed how I think in terms of food, I have "diet food" and "regular food". I can't think like that anymore. Food is food, and I just need to have a constant calorie range I stick with.2 -
It’s pretty much a head game. Nothing is off limits as long as it’s in moderation and within your daily calories. Of course it’s better if you eat good nutritious food rather than squandering the calories on things not so good for you. I’m still working on the habits after three years.
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It is such a head game! I'm at the same spot as you Yoolypr. Lost 100 - need to lose another 25 - and the head is playing games all the time
But staying in touch with this group - and checking in to at least read and connect on some level everyday - even on the bad ones - keeps me in the game, even when I find myself sidelined. I think...lol...but that is part of the game! You never really know anything, just keep on trying and having faith.2 -
My best advice before understanding exactly what the numbers mean is to maybe just try to aim for your daily GOAL calories as defined by MFP and guided setup.
Not much more than them. Not much less than them.
For an individual with enough lbs available to lose, 1000 Cal deficits are probably fine in the beginning. After a few weeks I would double check to make sure that the speed of loss rate is not indicating either a much larger or a much smaller actual deficit... and adjust to keep real deficits somewhere close to not much more than the 25% of total daily energy expenditure rate range.
The numbers MFP uses are based on population averages. Some of us track to the population means and some of us don't. Also, learning how to log actually has a bit of a learning curve.
Being willing to make adjustments is a good thing... and a good attitude to adopt...2 -
Hello Everyone
New to FTP - Well 10 days in - And looking to settle in for the long haul!
My Details are:
45 Yrs Old Female
165cm height
SW 129.0 Kg
CW 126.1 Kg
GW#1 99 Kg
GW#2 80 Kg (Or Thereabouts)
Have set my KJ budget to lose somewhere between 0.5 Kg and 1.0 Kg - depending on how much exercise I add in.
So far doing well - have lost the initial water and pre-p weight and am now settling into what looks like my actual weight loss - average 100grams per day at present.
Have done the calorie budget before (maaaaaany years ago) and it worked very well for me back then, so this is more about getting back on that horse and making some meaningful improvements to my diet and exercise routines.3 -
Welcome! Hope you find this group helpful and supportive.3
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(drops by to wave hello!)2
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Hello @TheKookyKiwi, you've stumbled upon a great group, full of wise and wonderful people who will give you so much support!3
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TY for the responses team
I had a bit of a surprise weigh-in this morning. Wondering what you all make of it.
Been clocking in daily losses of about 100 - 300 grams the last several days. Had thought I'd found my "groove".
And exercise for me is low intensity walking - usually strutting about the farm checking on, or bringing in the herd, feeding animals etc.
Yesterday I logged about 50 minutes (normally 30 ish per walk) - so nothing outrageous
And my dinner plans fell through so had a breakfast option for dinner rather than the anticipated cafe eating.
This morning - clocked in a 1kg loss!! Like holy moly batman!
I'm fighting with myself this morning. There's a part of me that says woohoo! But then there's that part of me that says .. ok .. be reasonable now .. doing that too often isn't going to be healthy.
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