Will I still lose?

Hi everyone, I am still new to this. I have been at it for alittle over 2 wks, lost 5.6 lbs so far and feel really good about that. My question is... Will I still lose weight eating what I want, while staying under or at my calorie goal? This seems way to easy! LOL
Thanks in advance

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Yep. Weight loss is all about how much you eat. Of course, people think that's saying "eat McDonalds and pizza all day every day under your calories!", but you definitely want to focus on nutrition as well.

Absolutely. But keep in mind that you should still aim to get adequate nutrients to keep your body running strong. Personally, i follow the 90/10 rule. 90% of my foods come from nutrient dense foods and the rest fun.

what they said. Nutrition kind of comes first for me or I keep to minimums because im also interested in health as well as weight loss. Be pepared for your weight loss to slow and not to panic.

Thanks for asking this, I was wondering myself!

I'm starting off taking baby steps

I can't cut out everything at once so I am focusing on making better choices and cutting my portions in half. In the past I have tried to cut everything and all I did was binge and give up. I have been walking almost everyday and will be adding more to increase weight loss. This has been fun

Yep, that's the way it works.

Amazing, isn't it?

Ninkyou wrote: »

Yep, that's the way it works.

Amazing, isn't it?

LOL It seems way to easy! Why did it take me so long?!

MK24551 wrote: »

I'm starting off taking baby steps I can't cut out everything at once so I am focusing on making better choices and cutting my portions in half. In the past I have tried to cut everything and all I did was binge and give up. I have been walking almost everyday and will be adding more to increase weight loss. This has been fun

Honestly, unless you have a medical condition, there is no need to cut out anything, just reduce the quantity. For me, I replaced more starchy carbs with proteins/fats because the proteins and fats fill me up more. I still eat candy/chocolate but I eat it in smaller quantities.

MK24551 wrote: »

Ninkyou wrote: »

Yep, that's the way it works.

Amazing, isn't it?

LOL It seems way to easy! Why did it take me so long?!

I wondered the exact same thing.

You don't have to be miserable to lose weight. It took me a while to wrap my head around that.

Sounds like you have a good approach. For many changing cold turkey can cause a 'rubber band' effect and you actually end up worse off than when you started. Dial it down day by day, week by week, then hold strong once you've gotten to a nutrition plan you can live with.

psulemon wrote: »

MK24551 wrote: »

I'm starting off taking baby steps I can't cut out everything at once so I am focusing on making better choices and cutting my portions in half. In the past I have tried to cut everything and all I did was binge and give up. I have been walking almost everyday and will be adding more to increase weight loss. This has been fun

Honestly, unless you have a medical condition, there is no need to cut out anything, just reduce the quantity. For me, I replaced more starchy carbs with proteins/fats because the proteins and fats fill me up more. I still eat candy/chocolate but I eat it in smaller quantities.

Thank u! This is a new and exciting journey for me

My guess is nutrition will mean more and more to you as you go. As you track your foods and see how many calories or macros the junk foods eat up you will likely want to eat better foods so you don't kill your goals too quickly each day.

Also, the closer you get to your goal the harder it will become too lose weight. Nutrition will become even more important at that point.

That's great you are quickly losing weight. Keep up the great work!

MK24551 wrote: »

Ninkyou wrote: »

Yep, that's the way it works.

Amazing, isn't it?

LOL It seems way to easy! Why did it take me so long?!

That's what I've been asking myself since I started here!

In the past, I always cut out so many things I loved to eat because I didn't think I could lose weight while still eating them. Eventually, I'd eat them, feel like a failure, and give up. But since I started weighing/measuring food, logging it into MFP, and staying within my calorie goals, I've worked them right into my meal plans and lost weight! (...and I sound like an infomercial, LOL). Best of luck to you!

overlook237 wrote: »

MK24551 wrote: »

Ninkyou wrote: »

Yep, that's the way it works.

Amazing, isn't it?

LOL It seems way to easy! Why did it take me so long?!

That's what I've been asking myself since I started here! In the past, I always cut out so many things I loved to eat because I didn't think I could lose weight while still eating them. Eventually, I'd eat them, feel like a failure, and give up. But since I started weighing/measuring food, logging it into MFP, and staying within my calorie goals, I've worked them right into my meal plans and lost weight! (...and I sound like an infomercial, LOL). Best of luck to you!

thank you!

I've been doing this for 3 months now and I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that I can eat "junk food" and still lose weight. I've always just had this idea that I have to eat only salad and celery in order to lose weight. I've eaten chocolate every day for the past 3 months (some days a significant amount!) and I've still lost 30 pounds.

Yes.

Ninkyou wrote: »

MK24551 wrote: »

Ninkyou wrote: »

Yep, that's the way it works.

Amazing, isn't it?

LOL It seems way to easy! Why did it take me so long?!

I wondered the exact same thing.

You don't have to be miserable to lose weight. It took me a while to wrap my head around that.

I think it's because we are so used to having people look at us eating a snickers bar and they just have to comment crap like, "oh, I thought you were on a diet"

rocknlotsofrolls wrote: »

Ninkyou wrote: »

MK24551 wrote: »

Ninkyou wrote: »

Yep, that's the way it works.

Amazing, isn't it?

LOL It seems way to easy! Why did it take me so long?!

I wondered the exact same thing.

You don't have to be miserable to lose weight. It took me a while to wrap my head around that.

I think it's because we are so used to having people look at us eating a snickers bar and they just have to comment crap like, "oh, I thought you were on a diet"

That's been happening to me. I love it when they say that and I get to reply "Yes I am! 2lbs lost last week" then their face falls, no more smug grins, except the one from me.

laropmet wrote: »

rocknlotsofrolls wrote: »

Ninkyou wrote: »

MK24551 wrote: »

Ninkyou wrote: »

Yep, that's the way it works.

Amazing, isn't it?

LOL It seems way to easy! Why did it take me so long?!

I wondered the exact same thing.

You don't have to be miserable to lose weight. It took me a while to wrap my head around that.

I think it's because we are so used to having people look at us eating a snickers bar and they just have to comment crap like, "oh, I thought you were on a diet"

That's been happening to me. I love it when they say that and I get to reply "Yes I am! 2lbs lost last week" then their face falls, no more smug grins, except the one from me.

Love doing this too. I had a muffin at work the other day and everyone was like 'you can't eat that!' "Er, yes I can. 17lb lost in 8 weeks *kitten*!"

Haha.

It's all about moderation. Eat what you want, just stick to your calorie goal. And obviously eat healthy too.

psulemon wrote: »

Absolutely. But keep in mind that you should still aim to get adequate nutrients to keep your body running strong. Personally, i follow the 90/10 rule. 90% of my foods come from nutrient dense foods and the rest fun.

That^^^

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