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Thanks for all of the solid advice, everyone - a lot of this is simply my own impatience. Once I started getting all of this excess weight off, I wanted it GONE...but it will take more time.
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Why not?
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I'm under a doc's care and will see him tomorrow to go over this. My feeling is that I just have an extremely efficient metabolism, and need to work inside those limits.
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My problem is whenever I try "maintenance" levels, my weight shoots up several pounds in a few days. I don't want to lose the ground I've gained, so I stopped doing that. [MFP mods fixed the quote]
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Good advice!
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I weigh and measure everything - thus my confusion. But also the pace of my weight loss is no doubt a factor, dropping 3lbs a week for 38 weeks is not sustainable, and not what I'm shooting for - but after nine months, even a half pound loss per week requires drastic calorie cuts. [MFP mods fixed the quote]
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Male, 6'2, 313 down from 425 over the past nine months. I give myself between 1600-2000 cal/day depending on workouts that vary between 1700-3200 cal each day, so negative net from -100 to -1200 per day. I drop 2-3 pounds per week, but expect slower going now that I am closer to goal. My regular morning workout is 3000 hip…
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Thanks for the advice - I am spending more time strength training now, so a loss of 65 by Thanksgiving is probably not as wise as my original goal of April 2020. My objective here is to NOT be one of the 80% who put everything back on within a few years, building an enjoyable, sustainable active life around this whole…
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Absolutely. Obesity is like a Cloak of Invisibility. The hardest thing for me to deal with lately is actually being greeted by folks who used to look right past me.
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Over 30 years ago I started yo-yoing. Up ten piounds, down five, up thirty, down twenty...until I was 180 pounds overweight. Cannot count how many times I restarted! Last November it "clicked" that unless I took control of my life, I would leave my wife a widow in a very short time. So this time I took a serious leap and…
