I know thats too much too fast but I'm upping my cals this week(to 2700 from 2000) and I pretty sure alot of it was water weight as have been drinking at least 3/4 of a gal a day so. still felt good to see that on scale.WOO HOO
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At your size and like you said water weight i see no problem.

I wouldn't increase you cals too much too fast. 250cals per 1-2wk would be my goal.

Congrats!

Using th BMR formula I need 3761 cals to maintain my body weight. At 2000 cals I was afraid my body would go into stavation mode and screw up my metabolism.Thought 2700 would be ok....you think thats too many cals?

Using th BMR formula I need 3761 cals to maintain my body weight. At 2000 cals I was afraid my body would go into stavation mode and screw up my metabolism.Thought 2700 would be ok....you think thats too many cals?

Not at all just don't increase your cals to quickly.

OK...Thanks Canada

Hey, 8lbs. is a GREAT start!!!:claphigh:

But yea, I would up your cals. alittle just so you don't shock your system.

KEEP IT UP!!!:flex:

Great job. The main thing to do is to track everything you eat. Also I was always tempted to celebrate my weight loss with a big meal, as if that made any sense.

Pretend you have 2 mice and you want to perform a weight loss experiment on them. Mouse A has a pretty good diet and you pretty much try to feed it the correct amounts of food but you slip up sometimes and dont log it or weigh it. He runs on his wheel when he wants and sometimes not at all.
Mouse B has a strictly regimented diet and you measure out and log every scrap of food he eats. He also has a strict schedule for running on his wheel that he has to stick to.
It is obvious which mouse is going to lose more and which one is not. If you carefully track everything you eat and workout consistently, then you can always make fine tuning adjustments along the way should you need it. If you stick with what you are currently doing you should expect to continue the weight loss for some time.
I did about the same as you calorie wise and lost 100 lbs in just a year.

Great start!!

Another tip is dont eat other peoples cooking if you can avoid it. They will sabotage your efforts, most likely out of kindness but still there is that risk. It was something new for my parents to try vegetables without butter on them at Christmas, they had never had them plain like that before and the are in their 80's. Control of the food supply is a powerful tool.

Pretend you have 2 mice and you want to perform a weight loss experiment on them. Mouse A has a pretty good diet and you pretty much try to feed it the correct amounts of food but you slip up sometimes and dont log it or weigh it. He runs on his wheel when he wants and sometimes not at all.
Mouse B has a strictly regimented diet and you measure out and log every scrap of food he eats. He also has a strict schedule for running on his wheel that he has to stick to.
It is obvious which mouse is going to lose more and which one is not. If you carefully track everything you eat and workout consistently, then you can always make fine tuning adjustments along the way should you need it. If you stick with what you are currently doing you should expect to continue the weight loss for some time.
I did about the same as you calorie wise and lost 100 lbs in just a year.

Great start!!



Great post.

Congradulations. If you've only had one week on the 2000 calorie diet, you might go back up quickly, but I agree with the others, too. You don't want to shock your system by drastic changes. Progress should be measured week to week more than day to day, and month to month is better than week to week. Sounds like you've got some good perspective on this. Good start, and keep up the good work.

Great job. The main thing to do is to track everything you eat. Also I was always tempted to celebrate my weight loss with a big meal, as if that made any sense.

Pretend you have 2 mice and you want to perform a weight loss experiment on them. Mouse A has a pretty good diet and you pretty much try to feed it the correct amounts of food but you slip up sometimes and dont log it or weigh it. He runs on his wheel when he wants and sometimes not at all.
Mouse B has a strictly regimented diet and you measure out and log every scrap of food he eats. He also has a strict schedule for running on his wheel that he has to stick to.
It is obvious which mouse is going to lose more and which one is not. If you carefully track everything you eat and workout consistently, then you can always make fine tuning adjustments along the way should you need it. If you stick with what you are currently doing you should expect to continue the weight loss for some time.
I did about the same as you calorie wise and lost 100 lbs in just a year.

Great start!!

Another tip is dont eat other peoples cooking if you can avoid it. They will sabotage your efforts, most likely out of kindness but still there is that risk. It was something new for my parents to try vegetables without butter on them at Christmas, they had never had them plain like that before and the are in their 80's. Control of the food supply is a powerful tool.

I track everything in my meal journal and put it on fitday at night for the breakdown, same with my workouts and cardio.http://www.sternfannetwork.com/forum/images/smilies/Animations/bowdown.gif Great job losing the 100lbs man. Thanks everyone for the great advice