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I want in! Halloween is definitely a goal date of mine currently so I can feel great in a costume. Current/starting weight: 188 (5’4’’) Want to make it somewhere into the 150s Looking for more friends and support! Follow me and I’ll follow you back!

Hey, I'm about your weight with the same goal. A lot of people have mixed opinions on what's too aggressive but honestly, everyone's different. 2 pounds a week is something I have had success with. A lot of people have. The body can do incredible things when you treat it right. You workout as much as possible and you eat…

So do you see how much you lost over the course of a week and then just figure out how much you ate and how much you burned? I guess then I would add what I burned per day to what I ate and that would be my TDEE... It makes sense in my head just not in words now..

That's the thing.. I was 19 when I started to gain weight and I went on birth control for the first time back then too. I think my boobs were honestly still developing. TMI but my nipples got way larger... does that mean it was natural growth, not weight gain growth?

Yeah. Using the IIFYM calc, I think my TDEE is probably about 2300 since I workout hard for at least an hour everyday. That's why I'm so confused. How did eating an average of ~1700 a day yield a .16 loss per week? That is what is so confusing. I should have lost at least 2 pounds in those 18 days, I think my scale may be…

All the other calculators online give such higher TDEEs. That's always been my issue with the iifym website. Most websites puts my TDEE up near 2600. iifym puts me at 2250. That is an INSANE difference. I never understood this. I even make sure to use the mifflin jeor thing because I hear that's most accurate. Sailrabbit…

The calories that calculator gives you to cut.. do you know if those are net calories or total calories?

Wise words, thank you!

Yes to all of the above :(

I've lost and regained too many times! This time is my real chance I think to keep going. It's never too late for you either! I'm around 155 right now and if I had to guess I'm probably like a tight size 10, like maybe a 10. I'm hoping in the low 140s I can start to find my way into a size 8. I really really hope so.

Yeah. I just want to find myself feeling smaller in terms of how clothes look on me. I know that until I'm really much lighter I'm still going to have some problem areas, but I just want to lose this obvious fat that sticks out like a sore thumb.

I naturally don't carry weight in my upper body, when I was at a healthy weight before I gained, my arms were very slim. I didn't have Hilaey Duff arms. I wore an extra small in high school even. I'm 23 now and just carry around 25 pounds that don't belong on me. I do think my arms will be normal again... I just have to…

I do weights a lot. I work out my triceps like a boss. Just impatient :/ I'm trying to take off 20 pounds to reach my goal right now. Trying to make it there by early to mid July... Then I'll see where my arms are at

Thanks. Wish I saw that :( I still look pretty tight in size mediums

Oh thank you! I do expect to have some skin to deal with eventually. But I'm just trying to get this stubborn fat off. At least I know I'm dropping pounds, so I guess one day I'll see those arms come back.

Already doing all that. Just wanted to know when to see some change. I've already lost about 17 lbs. it just hasn't been enough to feel comfortable in my own skin yet. I'm still waiting for that shrink where I stop looking chubby and start looking just normal. I don't need to be a toothpick. I just want to be a size 8, not…

Thank you. These are great words of wisdom. The thing that makes me in such a hurry is that I am carrying about 40 pounds of unwanted weight, weight that didn't exist before I gained it all in a few months. I consider myself very heavy. I am 5'4'' and naturally slender. I am living in a body that does not feel like my own.…

Amen. :wink:

Thanks guys! I've definitely got all my starting measurements down. Im looking to take off 30 pounds and down the road 40. I'm 22 and 5'4''. But most importantly, I want to drop from a size 12/14 in jeans to a 6/8. I eat good choices for foods but I can't resist sugar in my coffee and a little dairy here and there.…

I'd like to know too. I want to look smaller and see the scale go down but weight training for me honestly makes me feel larger and so stuck. The inches come off sloooooowly. Help!

So the 1750 calories sounds good but that's less than my TDEE - 20%. I've calculated my cut intake intake to be about 1830. Can I still see that 1.5 lbs/week results if I eat that much? I'm working out 6 days a week so my Net is above my BMR and I'd be eating exactly 20% less than my TDEE

Thanks for the details! I calculated my TDEE on a bunch of websites including the one you gave me. I'm looking at about 2490 because I definitely do an intense 30 min cardio and 20-30 min strength training/squats/lunges about 6-7 days a week so my BMR seems to be at about 1520 which is what MyFitnessPal tells me as well.…