people set to lose 1/2lb a week!

Clarecbear82
Clarecbear82 Posts: 364 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
How much do you have to lose and why did you choose that amount?

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  • helloburger
    helloburger Posts: 243 Member
    Im set to half a pound a week, but previous I lost 1lb a week away :)

    Dont worry what MFP predicts you to lose, just do what you can and enjoy the results
  • SarahMorganP
    SarahMorganP Posts: 921 Member
    I have about 50 more pounds to lose, already lost 45lbs. I chose it because when I had it set to 1lb a week I was only given 1300 calories to eat. It was getting too hard for me to stay under that. I am now given 1600 calories and that is MUCH better for me. And the strange thing is I find myself staying closer to 1300 than 1600 now that I changed it! LOL I just like seeing that I still do have 300 more calories for the day...even if I'm not going to use them. I'm just strange like that.

    I also don't really care to lose the weight fast. I just want it to stay off forever!
  • yankeedownsouth
    yankeedownsouth Posts: 717 Member
    I have mine set to .5 pound because I only had 12 pounds to lose when I started. 1 pound a week only gave me 1200 calories, and I was hungry all the time and not losing weight.
  • DippyDoDar
    DippyDoDar Posts: 11
    I choose to lose 2lb a week
  • beccadaniixox
    beccadaniixox Posts: 542 Member
    Only have 4 pounds left to lose!
    I did it since I'm so close to the end, I'm getting used to higher amount of calories for when I get to maintain next! :)
  • luv_lea
    luv_lea Posts: 1,094 Member
    Because I don't have very much more to go so I wanted to up my calories a bit.
  • dictations
    dictations Posts: 199
    I'm set to lose 1lb per week, but I've been losing 1.2lb per week so I'm SUPER happy about that.
  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
    I set mine at 1/2 lb for much the same reason as Sarah........because at 1 lb, my calorie count would go to 1200, and NO WAY can I do that (nor do I want to.)

    I have progressively lost at LEAST that 1/2 lb, and that's fine with me. My total weight loss goal was about 40 lbs.......I've lost 20 of that, so in 5 months, I'm halfway there. This is REALLLLY working for me.......it's not hard, I don't stress about it, I eat what I want (within reason), and I'm moving more.

    I want this to be a lifetime change.........so need to deal in reality :glasses:
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    I'll probably lose about 8 more lbs or so... not exactly sure yet. I didn't choose the 1/2 lb so much as I chose 1400 calories per day, this was based on a few different websites and calculators... seemed to be the magic number for me.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I am set at that amount mostly because now that I've met my original goal I can't decide if I want to lose more or not. Which really just means that I would like to get a little smaller, but I don't want to work any harder at it. :ohwell:
  • RubyDarling
    RubyDarling Posts: 171 Member
    Mine is set to lose 2lbs a week, and I'm losing between 1.8-2.2lbs a week.

    With that setting, I am on 1200 cals a day, but I exercise a fair bit and eat back most of my exercise cals so I'm rarely hungry. The only tough days are my rest days when I have to stick to 1200 total cals.

    ETA: oops, sorry I thought the topic was 1 to 2lbs a week, not 0.5lbs.
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