Ladies that are losing 2lbs/week, what is your secret?
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SolidGoaled
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Just wondering, those who are losing consistently, what are you doing? How many calories per day? How many/what type of workouts per week? What are you eating? What are you NOT eating?
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I'm curious about this, too.0 -
I would like to know the secret also0
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same here0
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Primal diet, just trying to stay busy but not working out. I eat anywhere from 1900-1200 calories a day just depending on what i have going on,how hungry I am etc. My food diary is open, and if you wanna learn more about primal diet go to marksdailyapple.com. I've lost 73 lbs in 7 months.2
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In some cases, depending on their settings, you can view their food log.0
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me too....please tell0
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I lost 2 lbs per week for about the first 10 weeks of my weightloss. All I did was set my MFP profile to 'lose 2 lbs per week' and then ate the calories it told me to eat. No starving, I like food so I ate all that was allotted to me. After the first 10 lbs I also made an effort to start being more active (cleaned my house more, walked on the treadmill, etc). At that point I also started eating my exercise calories. Then eventually I moved on to adding more exercise to my day. No special foods other than just trying to make slightly better choices than I used to. Still ate carbs. Still ate frozen meals. Still had cereal and other various 'crap', just in moderation and along with those other slightly healthier choices. The main thing was sticking to the MFP given calorie goal.6
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Great question. Do you think they are out there?0
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i'm loosing between 2-3lbs per week just from eating healthier and exercising every day.3
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I've been losing at least 2 a week for 9 weeks. My secrets:
I eat when I'm hungry...I eat between 1250-1700 calories each day
I drink water
I eat what I want.
I sleep at least 8 hours a night
I work out.
really, it's no secret...
One thing to remember about the scale that people tend to forget: Your scale doesn't know it's "weigh in" day, neither does your body, so if you aren't losing today, just keep what you're doing, it will come off eventually.
Good Luck!4 -
I'm not that large, so losing two pounds a week (when I'm lucky and motivated) involves working my *kitten* off to run a large calorie deficit. I guess there's no secret involved.1
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Eating LOTS of fruit and veggies, very VERY little processed foods. Weight loss is coming along nicely AND I feel great! I do tend to go "off" diet on the weekends and still allow myself to have pizza....it's my one true love, other than my husband, of course.5
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their "secret" is averaging 1000 less calories a day then what they burn.
shhhh!10 -
I've been on here for 6 weeks now and I have lost 20 lbs so far. I'm on 1200 calorie plan. I try to work out at the gym 4 days a week (30-60 mins elliptical and weights). On the "off" days, I've been cleaning my house and staying active. You can burn a LOT of calories cleaning! I used to come home after work and sit on the couch and watch tv, and now I am much more active.4
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I tend to lose about 2 pounds per week. You can view my diary, it is open. I eat a light but protein heavy breakfast which keeps me full til lunch time. I try to keep my lunch and supper around 500-600 calories each. I've been doing it for 4 months now and its become pretty darn easy. I've lost 44 pounds so far, but I also had a lot to lose. I suspect it will slow a little the closer I get to my goal. I do work out 5-6 times a day for 1 hour, typically burning 400-700 calories during my workout.2
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I think it depends on your body, really. I weigh a lot more than most of you, so I lose more weight a little easier (at first).2
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cutting carbs and processed foods and most sugars (still having some fruit)... working out 5 days a week, at least an hour each day...1
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I've been losing at least 2 a week for 9 weeks. My secrets:
I eat when I'm hungry...I eat between 1250-1700 calories each day
I drink water
I eat what I want.
I sleep at least 8 hours a night
I work out.
really, it's no secret...
One thing to remember about the scale that people tend to forget: Your scale doesn't know it's "weigh in" day, neither does your body, so if you aren't losing today, just keep what you're doing, it will come off eventually.
Good Luck!
^ This is literally the best advice anyone could give.
I have followed MFP's suggestion of 1280 cals for the most part, and I still eat all three meals and have room for a snack ( I eat frozen yogurt often ).
I will tell you one thing...I have made it mandatory for me to drink at least like two 10oz cups of water every hour during my work day so I am drinking a LOT of water; i havent weighed myself since I started drinking that much water and when I hopped on the scale today I was 10 lbs lighter! I couldn't believe it!
Just make better eating choices and be active, it will come off!2 -
Well, I'm losing about 2 lbs a week continuously. I did some research on "negative calorie foods" and loaded up the week day diet. Things like apples, broccoli, spinach, etc. I usually make a salad for lunch with fat free dressing, sunflower kernels and some type of protein (staying away from any fish because I'm new to the office and don't want to be the stinky lunch girl) or a stir fry with cabbage, onions, green peppers and meat, and yogurt, fat free cottage cheese, apple pears/tangerines/bananas or some type of fruit, and I eat breakfast around 9:30--either sugar free or lower sugar oatmeal or cream of wheat. I'm really big on the Special K cereal bars too. A lot of the foods I eat are what I consider volume foods (love to eat and that doesn't go away). Large portions, low calories!
I think the key to the success I'm having is my workout routine. I get up in the mornings at 4:00 and start working out on the elliptical around 4:30/5:00 and I don't stop until I've reached 60 minutes. I get about 2 hours of exercise on weekends too. On the weekends, I usually stick with egg whites and laughing cow cheese for breakfast and then what ever we are doing for lunch and dinner---but I keep it simple and snack on popcorn.
Today I noticed--my jacket will button, my necklace is too long, and I'm standing and sitting straight in my chair.
Here's a list!
Negative Calorie Vegetables
Asparagus
Beet Root
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery Chicory
Hot Chili
Cucumber
Garden cress
Garlic
Green Beans
Lettuce
Onion
Radish
Spinach
Turnip
Zucchini
Negative Calorie Fruits
Apple
Blueberries
Cantaloupe
Cranberry
Grapefruit Honeydew
Lemon/Lime
Mango
Orange
Papaya
Peach Pineapple
Raspberry
Strawberry
Tomato
Tangerine
Turnip
Watermelon3
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