Posts by becomingjessie

Original Post by r4eboxer:

Amen tisroc!!!! I dropped 42 lbs in a matter of 3 months previously starving myself ( I don't recommend) but my point is the body will use the stored fat. In my case it did not take long to let go of it. The thing that kept me sane is that I weighed myself only once a month. I was going to a weight loss doctor and did not own a scale so I only got weighed when I went. I remember a 15 lb loss the first month and 14 the second and 13 the third it then took me 3 months to lose the last 10. So you will lose the weight at 1200 a day. I predict you will step on the scale one day and see a big loss. Quit sweating it and keep counting calories and getting some activity.

Speak it!!!!  Are you male or F?  Men lose much faster them women.  I lost 13 the first month. I'm not sure I could lose that much this months since it is almost over and I have lost nothing.   I think my problem is the scale, it has so depressed me.  Did you measure yourself during the month to see if you had dropped inches? You said you would not recommend this to anyone, why?  I feel very satisfied on this 1200.

Original Post by tisroc:

By the logic you guys are using it would be impossible to starve to death because you can't lose weight on a low calorie diet.

No matter how her body is adjusting to her diet it is finding energy to run. If she was burning muscle you'd still see weight loss. The real answer is you are making mistakes on the logging of your calories or you are mistaken about your daily burn. There is no magical answer, there is no voodoo trick of the body. You aren't losing weight because you don't have a caloric deficit.

I'm making no statement on the health of a low calorie diet vs. a reasonable caloric deficit. But it is a logical fallacy to imply that too much of a caloric deficit results in no weight loss. You guys have warped truth into silliness.

Truth:

A diet that is too low on calories (The in) will result in a reduction in total calories burned (The Out). As a result of "The in" being too low "The out" will drop when their ceases to be a deficit you cease to lose weight.

Lie:

There is a daily caloric deficit of over 1000 for an extended period and the person fails to lose weight.

It has never happened in the history of the universe and it never will.

I needed to hear something different! Thank you. I would be extremely surprised if I was making a mistake in my calorie counting.  I do however wonder about the accuracy of my burn.  It seems to me that you agree that my metabolism has slowed down, right? What do you suggests?  Burn more, eat less, that is all I know how to do.   I don't understand all the middle stuff people are always talking about.  Even if I was eating too little and my body for a period of time tried to hold on to it's beloved fat, sooner or later it would have to say, "just let her have it". Right?

Someone else suggested I start measuring myself and I have been only on a monthly bases but I will do it more often and see what happens.  However a pound is a pound and muscle does not weigh more then fat.  A pound of muscle simple take up a lot less room then a pound of fat and that is why you can lose nothing and still drop in inches.

Original Post by fringe1000:

I understand, I really do. I seemingly do this weight loss stuff backwards. I started out low carb and when I started logging my calories I was shocked to see I was getting around 800 to 1000 a day. I upped my calories and lost a little and then got stuck. I realized when I did my analysis that I was only getting around 1100 a day. So I increased again. I am now averaging 1400 calories and I have to increase AGAIN to see where it gets me. It takes longer, but it is working. I just have the hardest time "doing what I know" factually, instead of cutting calories like we were always told in the past.

I agree we really have always been told the less we eat the more we lose. Can someone please get it out of my HEAD! So fringe 1000 are you losing at 1400 or are you going to have to up it some more. I have been on this wbsite for days trying to get some held because I think I forced myself in to a plateau.  I was eating way to little. Ah.....first to much, then to little.

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I’ve been on a 1200 program for two months. Lost 13 and then plateau!  I have been at 199 for three weeks.   I guess my body figure out what was going on.  I exercise and am an active mother of three toddlers.  I burn about 2290 and was eating 1200 which is over a 1000 calorie deficiency.  When I exercise I burn another 400cal, which means some days I had a calorie deficiency of 1400.  I now have realized how much I have messed my body up.  I plan to not go under 1300 now and plan to eat some 1500 or 1600 on the day I work out.  However I have heard that if you have high calorie day like 2200 or something it might get your body moving again.

WOW!!! That's like 10 pounds a month!  Sometimes I think weight comes off easier for different people.  I have been taking aerobic classes since Feb. and love to work a sweat. When I realized that alone was not getting the weight off I started counting calories.  I have also cut out sugar and white flour. I feel really good at 1200, I'm never hungry.  However I do notice when I go under I lose less.  Maybe I should try 1400 and see what happens.