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I think it is a great goal. Maybe after a while you will have to lower that goal. And you can absolutely have a bar of chocolate if it fits your calories. Good luck!

This is what I don't understand! Assuming you are a healthy weight now, for you to be 225 lbs means you were seriously over-eating. If you can still eat that much now, how are you able to maintain such a low weight? Are you constantly hungry? Aren't you miserable?

You are absolutely right, I will continue counting calories. Started again this morning actually. It's just not so easy getting back to it.

Thank you! :D

I know when I start exercising I retain water (I actually made a post about that) and I was definitely stressed before the vacation so it may have played a role. Maybe I didn't really lose 3 pounds. But even if I didn't, still, I didn't gain any weight while on vacation for 4 weeks!!

I hope this is true. I have noticed I can't eat as much food as before before feeling overly full. For instance, going to a restaurant planning to have a starter+main+dessert and actually skipping the dessert.

Great advice thank you! I was usually rather busy and had no kitchen available so I ate bread for breakfast (and made a conscious choice of buying a bread bun at the bakery instead of any of the delicious pastries!). I had a pastry only once and was hungry 2 hours later. Usually skipped lunch and had a nice dinner. I was…

So I wasn't clear. I know what CICO is, and I know that you can lose weight eating "junk food". I actually like counting calories because it means I can still eat my daily chocolate and lose weight. However, it is much easier to overeat when you are eating calorie-dense food (such as what I ate when I was on vacation). My…

Assuming you keep all your lean body mass = 205-53= 152 pounds. You want 10% body fat, pounds of body fat being x. x/(152+x)=0.1 x= 16.9 pounds Total body mass : around 169 pounds So you need to lose 36 pounds, assuming you keep the same lean body mass (which is a BIG assumption to make)

Starting weight : 165 Current weight (29 oct) : 147 November goal : 142 Ultimate goal : 125 November 5th : November 12th: November 19th : November 26nd : Total loss for November

Starting weight : 165 Current weight : 150 October goal : 145 Ultimate goal : 125 October 1st : 150.5 lbs October 8th: 149.5 lbs :) October 15th : 150.0 :( Noooo.... what is happening to me!!! October 22nd : 147.5 :) Yay!! October 29th : 147 :neutral: Well a loss is still a loss Total loss for October : 3.5 pounds Didn't…

Hi. Go and see a doctor ASAP! In the meantime eat at maintenance. Your hair may never be the same after this. My hair started falling when I was 9+ years into being a vegetarian. I wasn't even dieting but I had severe iron deficiency. Also biotin, zinc and I don't remember the others. You should do a blood test. Since you…

You are absolutely right! So let me start... OMG!!! it is so expensive!!!! US$214.00 ?! :o I can't even... Other than that, if you are trying to lose weight, they promise a 7 pound loss... it is certainly possible. But only 1-2 pounds will be fat loss. The rest will probably be water weight and will come back when you…

Heavily restricting calories can affect milk supply. But the OP seems to be eating a reasonable amount of food.

I have both a food scale and a heart rate monitor (fitbit). For weight loss, a food scale is undoubtedly the most important tool. So if I had to choose I would rather invest in a food scale (also it's cheap).

I will be back for this when the October challenge is over!

Starting weight : 165 Current weight : 150 October goal : 145 Ultimate goal : 125 October 1st : 150.5 lbs October 8th: 149.5 lbs :) October 15th : 150.0 :( Noooo.... what is happening to me!!! October 22nd : 147.5 :) Yay!! October 29th : Total loss for October : 2.5 pounds

Good job everyone! I see many of you are going beyond a 5-pound loss this month! Excited for my weigh-in tomorrow!

This seems so spot on! Thank you for that explanation. My belly seemed firmer before, so I pretended for a while I wasn't all that fat :smile: . I haven't lost that much, only 17 pounds, but it still represents over 10% of my body weight so it qualifies as big weight loss (at least in my mind) :) . I didn't know that…

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Lumpy! That describes my mid-section quite well!

This is not loose skin at all... it is FAT.

Thank you for your answers! Good to know this happens to other people. I don't think I will be seeing a woosh any time soon as I just dropped three pounds two days ago. Weight loss is weird! Another example: I tried on boots that I bought two years ago when I was the same weight I am now... they don't fit! At the same…

For me it helps. Some days I eat nutricious foods with low calories so that I can have treats other days - such as a 500kcal dessert. But I do believe that it is average that counts. So for some people it can help to eat the same amounts every day.

Yep. Like hair starting to fall off in huge amounts due to bad nutrition and your hormones going out of whack. Tested those - not fun

OP lost 26 pounds in 3 weeks. I don't think inaccurate logging is the issue here

Great job on your loss but it is not sustainable to lose this fast long term. Plus loose skin and muscle loss. Eat your TDEE -1000 to lose 2 pounds a week. they say to lose no more than 1% of your bodyweight a week. Good luck! Edit TDEE-1000 seems more reasonable actually.

Well if you lost fat and stayed (basically) the same weight then you have to have gained muscle! So congratulations on your recomp ;)

Hi. I agree with adding 500 kcal to your daily goal, BUT i would add those slowly. Eat 1400 calories a day for a week, see how that goes, then 1500 calories for a week, then... until you are at maintenance. If you increase your calories too fast you can see a bump in your weight than can be a bit scary.

Suggestion: eat more than 1200 kcal a day, even if that means losing less than 2 pounds a week.