What's YOUR weight loss plan?

Simple. Eat clean, log my calories so I stay around my cut value (1875), lift heavy 3x a week, cardio 2-5x a week, and ENJOY LIFE! So far, it's given me the results I wanted, no reason to change!

I go to the gym about 3 or 4 times a week, net about 1300/1400 calories a day and do 30ds every day if possible

Eat less, do more.

yeah, I was looking for a bit more detail than that...lol

Okay. The body is a machine, and to function it requires energy. Chemical energy is consumed, and the body converts this mostly to thermal and kinetic energy. Chemical energy that is not converted into kinetic or thermal is stored by the body. In order to lose weight, one must use that store of fuel. As long as one consumes less energy than one expends throughout the day, one will lose weight.

Eat less, do more.

yeah, I was looking for a bit more detail than that...lol

Okay. The body is a machine, and to function it requires energy. Chemical energy is consumed, and the body converts this mostly to thermal and kinetic energy. Chemical energy that is not converted into kinetic or thermal is stored by the body. In order to lose weight, one must use that store of fuel. As long as one consumes less energy than one expends throughout the day, one will lose weight.

yeah thanks, I'm 25 pounds down so i get that concept, i was just curious to see how others were working their program as there are many different ways to get to the same place...

<shrugs> That's how I am working my program. I don't see why it needs to be complicated. I've been doing it for 100 days, so in that time at 2lb per week I should have lost 28.6lb. I've lost 31lb, within 4% of the projected figure. I'd say that's good enough.

Instead of going all out from the beginning, I've been making changes slowly. Before changing the way I ate, I began walking (I could only go about 10-15 minutes in the beginning)...then I cut out soda (I was a BIG, HUGE diet soda drinker). Eventually, I gave up fatty/salty snacks, wine (which I LOVE)...and try to eat as clean as possible by sticking to the calorie range suggested by MFP. When we eat out, I try to keep my calories under 500, which is hard, so we don't eat out too often anymore. I also wasn't a huge fan of breakfast, but now I have either yogurt with fresh fruit or oatmeal with fresh fruit. I'm slowly cutting back on the amount of (real) sugar I use in my morning coffee. So, that's it. I read a lot of the boards here and some Facebook pages to get ideas for eating in a more healthy way. I've lost 20 pounds in (almost) 3 months...slow and steady wins the race, right?

Consistently I've been logging on MFP and keeping my calories, for the most part, at or under 1200 calories. Also, I try to work out 4-5 times a day by running on the treadmill and lifting weights. Lately, these past 2 weeks, I've been following a "Couch to Half Marathon" regimen and following the suggested running and cardio for each day. Finding a new love for running.

Eat less, do more.

yeah, I was looking for a bit more detail than that...lol

Okay. The body is a machine, and to function it requires energy. Chemical energy is consumed, and the body converts this mostly to thermal and kinetic energy. Chemical energy that is not converted into kinetic or thermal is stored by the body. In order to lose weight, one must use that store of fuel. As long as one consumes less energy than one expends throughout the day, one will lose weight.

Why even respond? That's obviously not what the OP was asking... don't understand the need of so many people in this forum to be snarky/sanctimonious/patronising for the sake of it. Sigh.

I've been trying to eat between 1200-1500 calories per day. Exercise moderately (so 30 mins to an hour, usually jogging/cycling/exercise class) 4 times a week and as much walking as possible. Trying to limit my carbs to less than 100g a day, with varying degress of success. Also trying to limit sugar intake. aside from fruit. Lately have been eating a lot of soup. Have been losing between .5 and 1 kilo fairly consistently.

Next challenge is trying to cut out diet soda.

Eating enough bulk so as to feel satisfied at the end of my meals. I'm a volume eater so I need to get the most bang for my calorific buck. Lots of fibre and a decent amount of protein. No restrictions since it's so easy for me to take them to extremes. If I want something terrible then I sleep on it, and if I still want it in the morning it's mine, calories permitting. No weighing as I tend to get obsessive about the scale, I'm just going by how often I have to hitch my jeans up. I've also set my calories to lose 2 pounds a week (damnit, why can't I have metric for losing???) so I don't really fret when I'm over my calories by a few hundred as I'm perfectly happy with a pound a week, or even half.

I'd like to exercise more but I'm feeling a bit blah about it right now. I think I'm going to get an exercise bike or elliptical as I like to use the weather as an excuse not to exercise; it's always too cold or too hot. In a few months I'd like to join a gym, I'm just not very comfortable with them at the moment.

here's my approach:

physical-- stay beneath my daily cals, no matter what. eat all my favorites fruits and veggies, whole grains, vegan proteins! abstain from sugar and junk foods that set me off to cravings. measure everything. weigh myself once a week. exercise a few times a week. track on MFP every day. eat out no more than a couple times a week.

spiritual--attend 12 Step meetings (Overeaters Anonymous). pray when i feel overwhelmed. take it one day at a time. love myself today; no matter how much weight i lose, i am always just ME...if I don't love myself today i NEVER will. abstain from junk food--it's not really FOOD...

emotional: write or talk about feelings instead of eating over them. address resentments and anger instead of letting them fester. let other people do their thing and i do mine. remember not to take myself too seriously.

I'm basically following Bob Harper's The Skinny Rules. Dropped a lot of weight very quickly...now I'm slowing up, but still progressing. Unfortunately for me I have just the diet to help me along. I have a back injury that is in need of surgery and I am limited in my exercises. However, I receive physical therapy 3 times a week.... so I get a little bit of exercise.

Good luck in your weight loss journey.

Calories-current weight x 10 =2,540. minus 20%. and burn 500 cal per day. that would = 2 pd loss per week. In theory. I usually only manage 10% of my maintenance calories. I do burn 500 per day on average. I average the week.

Going to exercise around 3-4 days a week, and bump that up to 5 in a month or two once I adjust and get into a routine with the gym.

Also sticking to a 1200 calorie limit with no bread. Still eat oats for breakfast as I need carbs or else I get cranky, but being without bread has definitely made a difference to far - feel so much better and it's cut down my snacking too! Also up the veggies and get a few more superfoods in aswell as try and learn to love coconut water - if Miranda Kerr can drink it and look like she does then so can I haha!

My exercise plan is:
- 30-40 minutes of cardio
(treadmill on high incline & fast for walking 10 minutes, 10 minutes on bike with sprints throughout, 5 minutes on stair climber, 15 minutes elliptical trainer/rowing machine)
- circuit of weights

Diet plan:
Breakfast: Oats with trim milk & grated apple with green tea.
Lunch: 5 pieces of sushi (easiest thing accessible when working in a retail store when you can't eat there!)
Dinner: 100g chicken or fish & lots of veggies and cook that in varying ways - bake, stir-fry, grill salad, grill etc.
Snacks: Still yet to work out!
And LOTS of water.

I need to lose at least 20 pounds by December for Summer! xx