My plan...Comments?

Over the past four months, I've lost 15lbs and am currently weighing 155 lbs (yay!). This is my rough plan for the next few months...Tell me if it's good, bad, unrealistic, or if you have ways to improve it.

Eating plan: Eat 1200-1500 cals per day. Eat 1700 when I have a soccer game.

Exercise: Walk for 40 minutes - 1hour each day. Mild strength training exercises

Goals: July 9- 150 lbs

August 6- 145 lbs

August 27- 142 lbs

September 2008- Maintain weight for 1 month (is it a good idea to try to maintain it for a while? I'll have lost about 25 lbs by this point)

October 2008- start back up again

November 29- 135 lbs

February 15, 2009 (my birthday)- 127 lbs

Would I be correct in assuming the weight loss will get harder as I get closer to my final goal?

And is 127 lbs a good goal? I'm 5'7", 18 years old, medium body frame.

Hey, I think it looks pretty good with a few exceptions. You're 5'7 and medium body frame so I would shoot for more like 130-135lbs . Also, maybe no month of maintaining? I would wait until the end when you have your final weight and then maintain.  And, then since your 18 I would push for more around 1400-1500. I feel like 1200 is just so low for someone like you who is still growing.

Yes, the weight loss will get harder b/c the less weight you have to lose the harder. Believe me, I can pack on 10 lbs like that, but then so hard to lose!

Actually a month of maintaining is probably a good idea. Just so your body doesn't reach a plateau. I would wait till you get closer to your goal though.

Thanks guys-

I'm starting university in the fall though (should have mentioned that in the first place, haha) So I kind of thought maintaining for a month would help transition into uni as well...But who knows, haha

Yeah, 1200 might be a little low, I was kind of wondering about that.

I think I want to try to get to 127 (for some reason it just seems like the perfect number...haha) and then if it seems a little thin, I'll try to stay at about 130-135 ish.

to mee this seems like a perfect plan!

the plan looks good (pretty sustainable and sensible). You might want to start with more cals and gradually decrease as you lose weight though, since your BMR is likely to be higher when you weigh more. (1200~1500cals would be more appropriate a range when you're closer to your target).

Also, it might be a good idea to set a week's average so that you'll be able to keep track of how much you're keeping to or deviating from that average. This is so that you don't feel too bad if you go over (or under) your cal goals on some days, cause chances are they'll average out over the week. (The analysis function on CC allows you to do a nutrition analysis for the past 7 days, amongst other things, your daily calorie intake will also be computed (: )

Good luck!