Wanting out of the 180s

Hey there fellow weight losers:) I'm Sara and I'm sick of being in the 180s. I've been calorie counting, going to start weighing my food ( just bought a kitchen scale ) so I hope that helps. I eat 1400 call a day workout on the weekdays, 30 mins. Any other ideas thanks

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I am in the same boat. I would like to friend you so we can share our ideas. I hope you will accept.

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Just make sure you get enough sleep, be as accurate as possible with your counting, and push yourself with your exercise. If you feel challenged thats a good spot to be at push past that comfort zone and you will succeed. I ve bern on here almost 50 days and i am just about to get under 170lbs. If you want to you can add me. Its always good to have a support system to vent to and cheer you on! Good luck!

unknown

The food scale will be very enlightening. Once you're really eating that 1400, you should start seeing some change.

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Oh and drink plenty of water!

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Food scales to help alot! Its a real eye opener

unknown

Guuuuuurl... Me too! I swear when I hit 175 i am buying pants. I want pants!

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Do whatever works for you

I started at 189 in January, I don't have a workout regime. I had been gradually increasing walking and using it instead of other modes of transport before I started logging, then I got a Fitbit, synced up, and I find it much easier to understand in terms of calories burned compared with the TDEE method, so I am now eating more than I was with TDEE approach pre-Fitbit. I have been doing this for about 2-3 months, eating more or less all of my burned calories less the 500cal deficit, and consistently losing around 1lb a week, so eating back those calories hasn't hampered me.

I'm just saying this because everyone has different ways and sometimes you might get a lot of, "Work out 3x a week", or "Lift heavy", all of which will be beneficial and especially if you want to obtain a certain look, but any exercise will help to increase calorie burns.

I'm currently 163 and eat a very varied diet and also get plenty of chocolate and take out

Knowing how much I'm burning helps to determine if I go for higher calorie options, or if I want to try and burn more. It's not just about take out of course, I like to have proper mayo, avocado, bananas, etc, I don't want to cut these kind of things from my diet just for the sake of calories so instead I just walk a lot

This also applies to how you eat. I've accepted that I work well with 2 big meals and snacks, and I like full cream milk and demerara sugar in my coffee, that's not changing, so I make it work within my calories. I never feel restricted so this will make it easier to maintain once I reach goal. Actually I like full fat most things, I was brought up on 'diet' foods and that didn't end well, whereas I find it much better to incorporate full fat foods in my diet in a sustainable way.

Good luck!

unknown

I started at 221, so I'm really happy to be at 185 now! But yes, I am looking forward to getting closer to goal.

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I started mid-January at 185, and am now at 158. I'm also on about 1400 cals.
My best tip is to be consistent and patient. You can have off-days where you eat more (those keep you sane and allow you to be social), but if you have more days where you stick to your goal, you'll lose weight. I tend to have lean week days, to allow me to eat more on the weekend. Also, find an exercise that you like or can learn to like.

Good luck!