How will my carb intake affect weight and fat loss?

My apologies if this is obvious but I am really illiterate when it comes to nutrition as I am just beginning to lose weight.

I currently weigh 248, and I lost about 2.5 pounds just by 1000 calorie deficit and exercise (about 150g carbs, 60g fat) However I also want to lose body fat, is calorie deficit enough? Do I need cut on carbs? fats? I also looked up the keto diet and I am really confused by all the different answer. Some say high carbs will limit body fat loss, and low carbs will help me burn fat quicker. Others say that keto will not make any different. I even heard people say a calorie is a calorie and nutrition will not effect my weight/fat loss.

What nutrition will be best for fat and weight loss if it matters at all, I really don't know. Also I will appreciate an explanation of how carbs will affect fat loss(if it matters)

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I want to lose 1-2lb a week: Do I have the right idea?

I just want to double-check here that I know what I'm doing to lose weight. I'll just lay this all down into simple bullet points:

• I am a 5"5 woman who weighs 174lb.
• My TDEE says that I will stay the same weight if I eat 1842 calories a day.

1lb = 3500

• So, if I want to lose 1lb a week, this means I have to cut 500 calories every day.
• This means that I can EITHER: eat 1592 calories and burn 250 calories through exercise each day.
• OR I can eat 1342 calories each day to successfully lose 1lb a week

2lb = 7000 calories

• If I want to lose 2lb a week, this means I have to cut 1000 calories every day.
• This means I can EITHER: eat 1342 calories and burn 500 calories through exercise every day
• OR I can eat 842 calories everyday to successfully lose 2lb a week (BUT I won't do this 842 calorie one because that's too extreme - I will do the bullet point above though).

Do I have the right idea for my weight loss regime? I aim to switch between losing 1lb and 2lb each week.

Thanks!

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My 2019 NEY Resolution

Hi all!

First, before I post this I want to acknowledge that weight loss isn’t easy! I certainly understand that it’s a difficult journey that looks different for everyone and I by no means am trying to gloat or brag, but I am really excited!

In January 2019 I was diagnosed with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis with stage 1 fibrosis and was told that the only course of action was to lose weight. I’m 29 and the amount of scarring on my liver was/is pretty concerning and my doctor told me that I could be looking at a liver transplant by 40 if I didn’t make meaningful changes. I thought then was a good time to set a New Years resolution and to stick with it.

I didn’t set a number on the scale that I wanted to hit, but instead set my resolution to commit to my physical, financial and mental health. I’ll spare the details of my financial and mental health given the sub, but it all did play into my weight loss goal. Therapy really helped me understand that anxiety is a major factor in my diet!

Through my diet and exercise I was able to shed just under 50 pounds by the end of 2020 and officially hit my 50 pounds lost mark today! Im really excited and just wanted to post it here as I don’t have too many people in my life that would truly want to celebrate.

I’m still going strong and want to work towards some races with a goal of doing a 10k by the end of 2021! Thanks for reading and have a great day!

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Has anyone else focused on losing and being healthier without being super focused on the metric of exact weight, particularly at the start of their journey?

Happy New Year everyone!

I’m an almost 24 year old female who has been some degree of overweight since starting college. I think I had pretty bad food habits well before that as well - I just happened to be an active high school athlete which kept it off. I’ve also struggled with a devastating cycle of binging/heavy restricting probably since I was 16. I’ve had several stints in the last few years of losing 30+ lbs (I’m 5’9) very quickly through extreme restriction and looking and feeling great, then gaining back a bit, feeling shitty about it and eating back the rest of the weight.

This year, I think it would be good for me to shift the focus from just “lose weight as quick as I can” to improving my overall relationship with food and movement (with the goal of weight loss being a side effect). I want to break the binge/restrict cycle and become a healthy adult who doesn’t obsess about food. I plan on adding movement gradually, counting calories with compassion (using a calorie goal “window” rather than limit and not obsessing about the 5 calorie difference between 2 brands of hummus), and focusing on my mental health in conjunction with physical health.

My question is: has anyone else lost weight without a hyper-fixation on their exact weight loss?

I meant to weigh myself this morning to get an exact “starting weight” and realized my scale needed batteries. I briefly thought about throwing the towel in on dieting and waiting until I could go to the store this weekend, get batteries, and start next Monday. But the reality is: I know I have between maybe 50-70 lbs to lose - does it really matter exactly what lb I start at? Probably not - I know how to diet and calorie count and I know I’ll be creating a deficit regardless.

My thought process is, whether I lose 4 lbs or 7 lbs this month doesn’t matter as much as working on a healthier food mindset. And whenever I obsessively weigh myself, I get very very focused on the number and will start starving to watch it go down quicker. I know I will need to eventually weigh myself to adjust my calorie window as I get smaller, but is it completely stupid to start without an exact weight for the first couple months?

Feel free to give criticism - I’m happy to hear both why I’m right or wrong! Thanks for reading my novel.

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Ask a bestselling weight loss author and weight loss expert (PHD) anything.

My mom is the author of two bestselling weight loss books and has a PHD on the processes in the brain that contribute to difficulty in losing weight.

In this video (link below) she shares seven secrets and debunks myths about exercising FOR weight loss that a lot of people who are trying to lose weight may not realise.

Feel free to ask her relevant SERIOUS questions in the videos' comments.

She has spend her entire career as a scientist researching better ways to lose weight and keep if off and has even lost almost 30 kilos (66 pounds) and kept it off for over 20 years.

Here is her latest youtube video. She is also willing to answer serious relevant questions in the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t_n1aQEf3o&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=SalisInstitute

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Why hasn't anyone noticed my weight loss?

First time poster, long time onlooker. I'm 21F and 5'11", and for about the past 7 years I've had a slow but steady weight gain caused by emotional eating, social drinking, and general lack of understanding about proper nutrition and health. However, I made substantial diet and exercise changes over the past 6 months that have led to a loss in weight as well as an increase in overall health and self-esteem. This summer I was about 190lb at my highest weigh in, and this week I hit 148lb.

While I am internally proud of myself for this change and am not suggesting that I should place value on the compliments of others, I find it odd that not a single one of my family members have mentioned anything about my weight loss. For some of them, I weigh 40 lbs less than the last time they saw me, and yet they haven't even slightly hinted at any recognition of something different.

Are they just being polite? Are people still really taboo about mentioning anything even remotely about women's weight changes? Am I overthinking this?

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Starting Over

Hello! I am a 23F. I am currently weighing 184 lbs, and am starting over from a year ago. In the beginning of 2020 I was weighing 180lbs. I was working out 5 days a week, working 40 hour weeks, and going to nursing school full time. Two of my classmates and I decided to try keto. We were three most over weight students in the class and honestly, it didn’t feel good. I used that as motivation, started meal prepping, didn’t cheat on my diet, and eventually got down to 159 pounds in only two months. Since I was so busy, I never saw my friends or family from dec 2019 until early March of 2020, when they all saw my weight loss. I felt really good. I fit into clothes I never thought I would. I was ready to fit into bold outfits for Coachella as a reward to myself for doing it. And I bought myself a really nice pair of jeans I never thought I could wear. Fast forward to today which is Jan 4, 2021, I am now weighing 184 pounds, again. Slowly because of the quarantine, getting laid off, getting depressed, not going to school, I gained so much weight. I had tried going back on keto and I did, for a week or so, and then would mess up again. I don’t look the same. I don’t like taking pictures, and I hate looking at pictures of myself of early 2020. Today is the day I start again. I am back on my fasting, back on keto, and started working out at home. I don’t want to feel bad about myself anymore. It’s also more than just about how I look but how I feel, and I just haven’t been feeling good. I hope to one day post a progress picture later on in the year. And I hope to use this as a way to hold myself accountable. It’s hard to start over, but I know I’m not alone. This is the first time I post on here lol. If anyone else is in my position, I hope this serves as a motivation for you to start as well. We got this!

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