Sonyavdg Member

I weigh everyday - but using an app/website that calculates a moving average (such as happy scale or trendweight). My day to day fluctuations can swamp my rate of loss over a week

I try to be active enough that my TDEE is around 2000 and to eat around 1600.

I find that the extra calories I get from doing 10,000 - 13,000 steps a day makes a big difference to how satisfied I can feel while maintaining a deficit. For me it is the difference between about 1200 and 1600 calories which makes a huge difference to satiety

Wellington

It depends what motivates you. Just getting one was an incentive for me to finally do something about my weight which I had been unhappy about for at least 5 years. But maybe asking for it (it was a requested Christmas present) is evidence that I had reached that point anyway. I'm a bit of a geek so having data to play…

Calories in calories out is the only way. How you do that is up to you. I was drinking 1 - 3 beers most days. For me adding 200 - 300 calories a day from exercise, and reducing alcohol to make up another 200 - 300 a day (on average) was the easiest way to get a 500 calorie deficit. It leaves room for a drink or two a…

Today I hit a million steps since Christmas when I got my Fitbit

I have the charge (not HR) and it seems to be very accurate. As of this morning, my deficit as calculated by trendweight (based on actual weight lost) and my 30 day average deficit based on Fitbit calories burned and MFP logging for calories eaten are within 20 calories a day of each other.

C5K or C25K is couch to five k - a walk/run program that gets you from basically sedentary to running 5 km. The structured plan has been around for years but now there are a bunch of apps that give you audio cues on when to run and when to walk.

It really depends on what you are eating and what size you are. A very average rule of thumb I have seen is 100 calories a mile (there are lots of calculators that will be more accurate). If you are eating at precisely maintainance without walking you would lose 1/2 pound a week with walking. But 250 calories isn't a lot…

3.8 kg (about 8lbs)

Hi Hannah - Sonya from Wellington

I've used the couch to 5k as well. If you have a smart phone there are a bunch of apps that will give you the prompts on when to run and when to walk