5’4, 140 lbs … IF, one hour if vinyasa a day

[Anonymous]

If you’re 140 pounds you’re not going to eat that little! You made it to 140 pounds with a lot of eating. It’s realistic to think you’ll consume this few calories. Are you never going to celebrate a birthday, go to a happy hour, have an Easter brunch, go out to dinner, etc?

A lot of these posts by overweight people have the same thing in common. The posts all claim the poster will eat a very low number of calories and the same foods every day forever. Except that’s not realistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m doing an IF 16:8 fast (only eating between 12:30-8:30 about 1200-1300 calories) and work out doing an hour of power vinyasa every day. What kind of weight loss would you expect in 2-3 months if I stick with this?

Same height and weight and I'd probably lose 15 pounds without much exercise at that calorie level. I've done it multiple times over the last ~10 years (my appetite and thus my weight are all over the map, and when I'm not exercising much I don't really get hungry). I'm very muscular though so if your body type is different you may react differently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'4 and would probably lose 20 pounds in 3 months at 140 pounds if I could tolerate eating so little. (I weigh 115 and eat over 2000/day for maintenance)

Omg. Are you a construction worker? 2000 calories maintains 190 for me. I’m envious.

[Anonymous]

A lot of weight loss with that few calories. Sounds super hard

[Anonymous]

When I was thirty I would lose 20 pounds doing that. At 50, I’d be lucky to lose even a couple. I’m 5’4” and weight 147 — I weighed 121 in my thirties and ate way more and exercised less! I’m slowly morphing into Mrs Claus.

[Anonymous]

I would cut the IF as a tactic unless you really think it works for you, OP. It can be a good guardrail if you find you have trouble with willpower, but there is no evidence that it helps with weight loss otherwise.

I used to be you, and now weigh a very fit 125. I alternate running with hot power yoga, and eat a very clean diet.

One caution - you need to use a tool that will help you with the diet. IF and restriction is not enough to get you where you need... you need to be sure you are eating ENOUGH (I don't think 1200-1300 is enough) and the right macros. I eat 1800-1900 when I am working to lose and about 2000 in maintenance. At 1200-1300, my body thinks it is starving and packs on the bloat.

[Anonymous]

none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was thirty I would lose 20 pounds doing that. At 50, I’d be lucky to lose even a couple. I’m 5’4” and weight 147 — I weighed 121 in my thirties and ate way more and exercised less! I’m slowly morphing into Mrs Claus.

LOL! So true I am 59 years old, also 5'4 and also weigh 140 pounds. I lost 20 pounds in the last year when I realized that the 1 lb per year weight gain since I started early menopause at the age of 44 really added up. However, I don't feel fat at 140. I feel that if I lost more weight, my face would look older.

Your calorie intake looks really low. When I lost my 20 pounds, I used the weight watcher method of eating a lot of low points or zero point foods along with exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I was thirty I would lose 20 pounds doing that. At 50, I’d be lucky to lose even a couple. I’m 5’4” and weight 147 — I weighed 121 in my thirties and ate way more and exercised less! I’m slowly morphing into Mrs Claus.

LOL! So true I am 59 years old, also 5'4 and also weigh 140 pounds. I lost 20 pounds in the last year when I realized that the 1 lb per year weight gain since I started early menopause at the age of 44 really added up. However, I don't feel fat at 140. I feel that if I lost more weight, my face would look older.

Your calorie intake looks really low. When I lost my 20 pounds, I used the weight watcher method of eating a lot of low points or zero point foods along with exercise.

I should add to that when I was younger and pre-baby, I weighed 129 and at that weight was very thin, because I was very fit. Even post baby, I hovered at around 130 to 135. It was just menopause that killed my metabolism.

[Anonymous]

You will absolutely lose more than a couple of pounds with such a low caloric intake! I would say 8-10 pounds because that is what Noom suggested my caloric intake should be if I wanted to lose 8 pounds in 2 months. I couldn’t do it unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP again. I was also 5’4” and 140 lbs. now I’m about 115 lbs.

Ok thanks and what is your routine, diet etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would cut the IF as a tactic unless you really think it works for you, OP. It can be a good guardrail if you find you have trouble with willpower, but there is no evidence that it helps with weight loss otherwise.

I used to be you, and now weigh a very fit 125. I alternate running with hot power yoga, and eat a very clean diet.

One caution - you need to use a tool that will help you with the diet. IF and restriction is not enough to get you where you need... you need to be sure you are eating ENOUGH (I don't think 1200-1300 is enough) and the right macros. I eat 1800-1900 when I am working to lose and about 2000 in maintenance. At 1200-1300, my body thinks it is starving and packs on the bloat.

Yes, can you tell me your running/walking routine and macros.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re 140 pounds you’re not going to eat that little! You made it to 140 pounds with a lot of eating. It’s realistic to think you’ll consume this few calories. Are you never going to celebrate a birthday, go to a happy hour, have an Easter brunch, go out to dinner, etc?

A lot of these posts by overweight people have the same thing in common. The posts all claim the poster will eat a very low number of calories and the same foods every day forever. Except that’s not realistic.

I’m actually not overweight. I want to lose vanity weight but I’m a size 2/4 and S. I would be concerned you have an earring disorder unless you’re really young or no kids. And in that case, I would probably chill. I was 120 at your age too. 40’s and 3 kids can be a game changer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:none.

I think a lot of people haven’t taken a power yoga class. It’s the same intensity a boot camp or fitness class with small weights. You wear weighted bala bands and move the entire time. 7 days a week. It’s not nothing. My husband is a college football player and says it’s a good workout. A lot of men do it and are sore and drenched after. It’s not laying around and stretching.

[Anonymous]

Although this is not being done in a heated room, the continuous string of movements causes the body to sweat a lot. Vinyasa is actually one of the best types of yoga to burn calories. It can burn an average of 400 to 500 per hour.