amyljl77 Member

My humble advice would be to start around 1500 or 1600. You will lose weight at 1200 but it will be hard to hit that everyday and you might give up. At 1500 you should start to lose and it will be easier for you to maintain. Once you get the hang of nutrition and exercising you can go lower if you feel comfortable. I lost…

Totally agree with Trog, I've lost about 40 lbs over the last year. Just reset my profile to lose the last 30 (because I'm never going back to my old weight!). What worked for me was finding foods that I loved and would eat even if I wasn't "dieting". So you don't really feel like you're watching what you eat. Plan for…

NO!!! While it's certainly safe to watch your weight during pregnancy or even maintain during the first few months restricting calories too much may put your baby at risk or even cause you to miscarry.

I lost 20 and noticed a small difference. At 30 my friends and family started mentioning it. At 45 I noticed a huge difference in clothes and random acquaintences will mention that I've lost weight. Keep going you'll get there!

Thank you for including 7 and 9. Those two drive me nuts only because I think they sabotage other people's weight loss...and I still see people telling others to UP their calories based on TDEE. Insane.

To your first, sentence : Obviously there's a calorie deficit. Slow clap. Secondly, I would disagree. I see a more rapid weight loss when I'm eating "clean" (or whatever you want to call it) even though I'm eating the same amount of calories as I was when eating meat and processed food. Third, when I calculated my TDEE it…

I maintained for most of the summer and then I went vegetarian (HEALTHY veg, not eating pasta and white rice all day) and cut out as many processed foods as possible and my weight loss has been steady again. I do body weight exercises, yoga, walk my dog everyday for a good 30 min and occasionally run. This isn't a diet but…

invest some time into finding things under 100 cal that are nutrient dense and you actually like to eat. My go tos are bananas, grapes, hummus and hard boiled eggs. I stay away from processed crap (FiberOne bars, nutrigrain bars, protein bars etc.) because I notice I'll be hungry again in an hour. Good luck!

My net most days is around 1250. I've been doing this since January (with a few breaks here and there) and I don't have a problem with energy levels. I run/walk 4-6 miles 3 or 4 times a week and lift weights. I would take a look at WHAT you are eating. I eat a lot of nutrient dense foods with healthy fats (I eat avocado…

I would also suggest only doing cardio every other day (3 or 4 times at the most a week) and concentrating on strength training on the days in between. This made a huge difference for me!

You're eating too many calories. Going over 6 days out of 30 (average of more than once a week) would be enough to keep me from losing weight! I go two weeks before I give myself a cheat day and I find I have to stay under 1500 calories (net) to lose weight.

I forgot to add: I also try to look up food and get an idea of the calories BEFORE I go out and plan what I'm going to order. It's a tad psychotic but it works ;)

when I know I'm going out to eat I save as many calories as I can throughout the day (without starving myself-that will backfire) and maybe even work out a little extra. I love salsa and it's low in calories, so I portion control the chips (count them out if you have to) and then usually order one of my favorite things al…

A hard boiled egg with a little mustard or BBQ sauce keeps me satisfied for awhile.

I knew the starvation people would come out of the woodwork! GRRRRR! I have lost 31 pounds eating 1200 NET calories per day. This is not starvation mode, otherwise I would be...starving. I am not. I'm smart about what I eat and make sure I eat nutrient dense foods with enough fat and protein to keep me satisfied (avocados…

People get really worked up about this issue on MFP, I've noticed. Here's my take: As long as it's working for you, you feel good and you're not constantly hungry, then I don't see a problem. My calorie goal has always been 1200. I've lost 30 lbs since the middle of January (two weeks of that I was laid up with the flu). I…

For me...no. I mix it up with machines, free weights and exercises using body weight (like push ups). I don't really pay attention to any particular program. My muscles are noticably defined and I've steadily lost weight. I would strongly suggest lifting weights! I've tried losing in the past with just cardio and it didn't…

This might be weird but I mash it up and spread it over a piece of wheat toast and then top it with basil, tomato and a little mustard. Very yummy!

Someone's going to "yell" at me for saying this, but I think you need to lower your calorie intake. I was confused as to wether you ate 1800 or 1500 calories a day and is that net or gross? Personally, there is no way I would lose if I was netting 1800 cals a day. 1500, maybe. I usually net 1000 to 1300 (I eat back my…

I get what your are saying but I think there are a lot of other factors that influence weight so you might have actually lost fat but are retaining water/gaining muscle?All I know is that I do the exact same thing almost every week since January (I was out for almost a month with the flu). Sometimes I lose and sometimes I…

Allow yourself one cupcake/tastetest/brownie per day and then find an exercise you like to work off the calories? That way you're not torturing yourself, you do get to have a treat but you're still burning off the calories. I think that approach is more realistic than abstaining. Sometimes what works for me is, instead of…

I just had to say I love your profile pic!

I forgot to add that I don't think 4 lbs for 47 days is all that bad! That's almost a lb a week. I agree with the other poster that you probably gained a couple lbs of muscle. Don't be discouraged and think long term. Even if you do exactly what you're doing in another month you will have lost 8 lbs....in another month, 12…

My advice would be: 1. log every bite. Even low calorie stuff can add up to 200 calories or more throughout the course of the day. Over the week that's 1400 calores!...and can actually make a difference on the scale. 2. Up your exercise. It's very hard for me to lose weight (even when I'm only eating 1200 calories a day)…

I make a moderately healthy meal for my family and then just modify it for myself. For example, I might make teriyaki salmon with a vegetable and then just add rolls and baked potatoes or something like that that the kids like but I just eat the salmon and vegetables. This way I'm only making one meal and it forces the…

I would suggest change what your eating while still remaining under your calorie goal. I don't eat anything that I don't actually like. I hate celery. So I'm not going to eat it just because it's low calorie. Work hard to find foods that you would eat even if you weren't dieting that are lower calorie. I still eat…

I ALWAYS verify or put in my own food. I usually check and make sure what's in the database jives with what's on the package or I google nutrition data (shape has a great website) to get an accurate count. You can also tell if something's legit before you add it by seeing how many confirmations it has. If there are zero,…

I can't lose weight unless I'm only eating 1300 - 1500 calories a day or less.

Im pretty new here (I started back up a few weeks ago) but I've noticed that people get really worked up about certain topics. I think part of the key to weight loss is learning what works for you and your body. While some people posted that they do fasts and it's great, I know that it would never work or be healthy for…

Some people might not think this is appetizing but I love Pacific Organic Butternut Squash soup. You can eat a whole bowl and it's only 90 calories. Yummy salty sweet goodness. I eat it all the time when I need to fill up and not use a lot of calories.