Lost 6 lbs in 10 days - overweight - here is what I did.

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Anonymous wrote:Good job, OP. I've lost 27 lbs in about 6 months, but I started out a healthy (not overweight) weight. I just wanted to be super skinny and toned.

My advice- increase your workouts. 1 mile is a great start but 3-4 miles 3-4 times a week and weightlifting on off days will really give you some great definition.

Personally, I think you're losing out by cutting coffee. Coffee is very healthy and also suppresses appetite.

PP can you please provide details on your regimen? 27 pounds in 6 months, congrats!

Sure, I aim for 1000-1400 calories per day while losing weight (I do periods of maintenance, for example, through the holidays).

Work out at least every other day very aggressively. For example, run 5-7 miles, kickboxing, orangetheory once a week, and weightlifting at least once a week.

Sleep at least 8 hours.

Key to my diet is eating 600 calories or less during the morning and workday.

This is disordered. Eating 1000 cal a day while running 5 to 7 miles is not healthy by any stretch.

I agree 1000 to 1400 calories is a diet for skinny models. No idea what this person is trying to do.

Read the bolded.

This person is not healthy & I would not follow his/her advice unless you want to look sick (& quite possibly end up in the ER).

I'm the person that posted that regimen. You all are overreacting. I don't restrict all the time. I restrict for a period of 2-4 weeks and then am normal again. As for what I'm trying to do, I am trying to be a size 2 with 17% body fat. It's working.

New poster here...you are going to get pilored PP ... the comments above make me think about 2 other threads 1/ how gen X and millennial see a perfect body. And how people now see skinny as unhealthy and stronger as the new ideal; 2/ the comments about french and Japanese women. And the regular misunderstanding I see about the amount thin french or Japanese women eat (yeah, closer to 1000 cal each time they see themselves going above a size 2 _ I am the french woman who keeps trying to tell dcum that cigarettes is not the key reason why french women are skinnier, it is that they really onteat much)

Anyway, was just chiming in to say that I hear you PP, if you want to be a size 0-2 you need to have regular 1000-1400 calories days... no mistery..andthats not necessarily a good idea for certain body types

But to be treanpsarent, adding to my previous post : that s exactly what I am doing.. going through regular1200-1400 cal a day for 1-2 weeks whenever I go above my goal weight of 116.. and it works.

How tall are you?

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I bet she is 5 5

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Op here, down to 169lb. 11lb lost in a month. Now, my daily routine includes 16:8 fasting and 1600 calorie diet. This time I feel that I will be able to sustain it for a long time. Old jeans are fitting great again. I expect to hit a gym soon to build muscles.

Pp, as promised I did not celebrate. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here, down to 169lb. 11lb lost in a month. Now, my daily routine includes 16:8 fasting and 1600 calorie diet. This time I feel that I will be able to sustain it for a long time. Old jeans are fitting great again. I expect to hit a gym soon to build muscles.

Pp, as promised I did not celebrate. Thank you.

Good job, I am genuinely glad for you!

On the other hand, many diets allow for one splurge meal a week. I used to do it, too. For some, it makes it easier to hold on until they can have smth they crave. Others, though, can find it hard to get back on track. My progress has stalled so I am trying not to splurge. See what works for you.

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In terms of diet vs exercise, I don’t think it’s true that diet is always the main thing.

DH is down 15 lbs since Christmas by not snacking and doing 65 min on the Peloton 5 times a week. He’s burning 700-800 calories per workout. Otherwise he hasn’t changed his diet, but he’s still losing weight.

It’s all about a calorie deficit, whether you get it from diet or exercise.

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Anonymous wrote:Why decaf? Never thought black regular coffee was a problem. Is the green tea decaf, too?

Why would regular black coffee be a problem,from a calorie standpoint?

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Anonymous wrote:In terms of diet vs exercise, I don’t think it’s true that diet is always the main thing.

DH is down 15 lbs since Christmas by not snacking and doing 65 min on the Peloton 5 times a week. He’s burning 700-800 calories per workout. Otherwise he hasn’t changed his diet, but he’s still losing weight.

It’s all about a calorie deficit, whether you get it from diet or exercise.

Not sure what your point is because you mentioned not snacking (diet) and exercise. Eat less, move more. Duh.

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Anonymous wrote:Working out is great but still, weightloss is about 80% diet and 20% exercize.

“You can’t out-exercise a bad diet"

Where do you get this number from? The percentage?

Indeed, where are actual facts for this? We are not talking about your arteries and other health issues, but about weight. If I eat Five Guys today and then exercise for five hours and hard core, I bet you I can out-exercise the possible weight gain.

Probably not worth it for Five Guys.

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Anonymous wrote:In terms of diet vs exercise, I don’t think it’s true that diet is always the main thing.

DH is down 15 lbs since Christmas by not snacking and doing 65 min on the Peloton 5 times a week. He’s burning 700-800 calories per workout. Otherwise he hasn’t changed his diet, but he’s still losing weight.

It’s all about a calorie deficit, whether you get it from diet or exercise.

Not sure what your point is because you mentioned not snacking (diet) and exercise. Eat less, move more. Duh.

But he’s not following a strict diet otherwise. You all are talking about really strict diets. We had Mexican takeout last night.

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Anonymous wrote:In terms of diet vs exercise, I don’t think it’s true that diet is always the main thing.

DH is down 15 lbs since Christmas by not snacking and doing 65 min on the Peloton 5 times a week. He’s burning 700-800 calories per workout. Otherwise he hasn’t changed his diet, but he’s still losing weight.

It’s all about a calorie deficit, whether you get it from diet or exercise.

Of course, you can lose weight just by excercise. But diet is a lot more effective. Look at the table:

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/a19982520/weight-loss-80-percent-diet-20-percent-exercise/

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Anonymous wrote:Op here, down to 169lb. 11lb lost in a month. Now, my daily routine includes 16:8 fasting and 1600 calorie diet. This time I feel that I will be able to sustain it for a long time. Old jeans are fitting great again. I expect to hit a gym soon to build muscles.

Pp, as promised I did not celebrate. Thank you.

Good job, I am genuinely glad for you!

On the other hand, many diets allow for one splurge meal a week. I used to do it, too. For some, it makes it easier to hold on until they can have smth they crave. Others, though, can find it hard to get back on track. My progress has stalled so I am trying not to splurge. See what works for you.

Thank you for your kind words. I splurged a bit at Ikea today. But, still no sugary or salty processed food yet. If your progress has stalled, then I recommend writing down the daily activtiies. It will help you remember how to plan in advance.

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Anonymous wrote:In terms of diet vs exercise, I don’t think it’s true that diet is always the main thing.

DH is down 15 lbs since Christmas by not snacking and doing 65 min on the Peloton 5 times a week. He’s burning 700-800 calories per workout. Otherwise he hasn’t changed his diet, but he’s still losing weight.

It’s all about a calorie deficit, whether you get it from diet or exercise.

Not sure what your point is because you mentioned not snacking (diet) and exercise. Eat less, move more. Duh.

But he’s not following a strict diet otherwise. You all are talking about really strict diets. We had Mexican takeout last night.

Op here. Workout boosts metabolism through the roof. So, your DH is able to lose weight. I am considering exercise to be added to the routine. The key for me in losing weight has been logging food intake throughout the day.

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Anonymous wrote:I lost 6 lbs because I am overweight 41 M. I would like to share what I did:

1. Drink twice as much water.
2. No processed food period.
3. Walk/Run 1 mile a day without any break.
4. Green Tea once a day.
5. Skip Coffee, Salt, and Sugar as much as possible. I drank decaf coffee only.
6. Delay morning breakfast at least to 10 am.

I used to be 180. Now I am 174. Any thoughts or recommendation to maintain and lose more weight?

Most of what you lost was just water weight. A pound is 3500 calories so unless you ate 21,000 less calories than you normally would have in a ten day period, it wasn't actual weight loss. However all the habits you are moving to are good ones and they will over time lead to weight loss. You should feel a lot less bloated.

Wrong. Some day (soon, I hope) it will become more common knowledge that losing/gaining weight is extremely complex, much more so than this calories in/calories out mindset.

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Anonymous wrote:In terms of diet vs exercise, I don’t think it’s true that diet is always the main thing.

DH is down 15 lbs since Christmas by not snacking and doing 65 min on the Peloton 5 times a week. He’s burning 700-800 calories per workout. Otherwise he hasn’t changed his diet, but he’s still losing weight.

It’s all about a calorie deficit, whether you get it from diet or exercise.

Of course, you can lose weight just by excercise. But diet is a lot more effective. Look at the table:

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/a19982520/weight-loss-80-percent-diet-20-percent-exercise/

I think the thing with exercise is unless you are running 1-3+ hours per day, cycling 4+ hours per day, swimming 4+ hours per day, doing a rigorous two week through hiking backpacking trip, or something to that effect, it's just really challenging to create meaningful caloric deficits that are not easy to out eat with exercise. Think about a 3 mile run. Most people burn on average 0.69*bodyweight calories per mile. If you are a 130 lb woman, then you are taking about 270ish calories in that 3 miles. 270 calories can be easily consumed in a snack. If you do a 10 mile run, then you end up burning ~900 calories. That becomes a lot more challenging to out eat. If you average ~10+ miles a day, then you are really adding up to have a serious caloric dent, along with whatever additional calories are required for tissue repair and recovery, which becomes a lot more of a thing if you are running that much.

You generally have to have the time, motivation, and fitness to really put in that volume of exercise (especially without injury) which is generally not congruent with people's lifestyles. So exercise really has to be done at a pretty high volume/high level of fitness to really burn meaningful amounts of calories. I've noticed people often do not lean down from running without adjustments to diet until they start putting in serious miles, usually somewhere in the 50-80+ miles per week range, often chasing a big personal goal like a sub-3 hour marathon.

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Anonymous wrote:I lost 6 lbs because I am overweight 41 M. I would like to share what I did:

1. Drink twice as much water.
2. No processed food period.
3. Walk/Run 1 mile a day without any break.
4. Green Tea once a day.
5. Skip Coffee, Salt, and Sugar as much as possible. I drank decaf coffee only.
6. Delay morning breakfast at least to 10 am.

I used to be 180. Now I am 174. Any thoughts or recommendation to maintain and lose more weight?

Most of what you lost was just water weight. A pound is 3500 calories so unless you ate 21,000 less calories than you normally would have in a ten day period, it wasn't actual weight loss. However all the habits you are moving to are good ones and they will over time lead to weight loss. You should feel a lot less bloated.

Wrong. Some day (soon, I hope) it will become more common knowledge that losing/gaining weight is extremely complex, much more so than this calories in/calories out mindset.

Post a scientific article that says this. Then I’ll believe it. The truth is calories in and out are what matter for real fat loss. No, I’m not talking about how you gain 2lbs overnight due to too much salt the day before or when you lose 2 lbs overnight due to removing bloat.