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puttynadine
puttynadine Posts: 42 Member
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1 lb of weight loss works for me
I burn of 240 kal
Yesterday I burned 500 cal and I didn't loose
Says if you burn 500 Kal you can loose up to 2lbs I didn't 😑😐🙄😒 I want to loose before Christmas

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    A 500 calorie per day deficit equates to 3500 calories per week deficit which on average over time results in about a 1 Lb per week rate of loss. However, this isn't a linear process...your expectations are completely unrealistic. You aren't going to lose exactly 1 Lb per week...body weight isn't a static figure and there will be weeks with smaller losses, no losses, bigger losses, and gains. Weight loss is an overall trend over time...it looks like this on a graph.

    Weight-Loss-Reality-Feature-1024x538.png

    The blue is the up and down fluctuations that happen during weight loss...the red is the overall trend over time...like way more time than a mere two weeks before Christmas.

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I guess I'm confused...you're only trying to lose 1 Lb? Normal weight fluctuations can be anywhere from 1-5 Lbs or more...I don't think 1 Lb is remotely worth fussing about and isn't going to make any difference in how you look.
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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    puttynadine wrote: »
    I'm trying to loose 2lbs in one day that's my goal
    But if I can't ill just do 1lbs

    That would be a 3,500 calorie deficit in one day to equal the calories in one pound of fat.

    For example if you need 2,000 calories a day to maintain your current weight you would have to eat NOTHING and exercise away another 1,500 calories. Hope you can see that's not going to happen?

    500 calorie deficit a day for SEVEN days = 3,500 to (on average, over an extended period of time) lose 1lb a week.
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  • Redordeadhead
    Redordeadhead Posts: 1,188 Member
    puttynadine wrote: »
    I'm trying to loose 2lbs in one day that's my goal
    But if I can't ill just do 1lbs

    You should be aiming for 1-2lbs per WEEK, not per day. You're not going to get from 194 to 180 by Christmas.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,686 Member
    It took all of us a while to realize that, I think. I know my expectations were nuts, in retrospect.

    The main thing is, she’s hung in for a couple of months when many with those same expectations would have thrown up their hands and said ,” Fate wants me to remain overweight. I can’t lose weight. Poor poor pitiful me”, and they just …..quit.

    All props to Nadine for sticking with it.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    You can not lose 2 pounds, or even 1 pound in 1 day.

    That is INSANE.

    And will wind you up in the HOSPITAL.

    And with an EATING DISORDER.

    If you are currently 194, you should be targeting about 1.5 pounds PER WEEK.

    no more than 10% of your body weight per week loss.

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