Losing a pound a week over the long term is doable, yes?

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Losing a pound a week over the long term is doable, yes?

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Easily

Biggest first step for me was downloading a calorie app and logging everything. Once you see what you do daily, it makes it easier to plan going ahead.

Next biggest was giving up soft drinks. I don't like water, so it was really difficult. I use the Mio stuff and upped my intake to over a 100oz a day, everyday.

I have been losing 1-1.5lbs a week since March. Down almost 70lbs. So about 9 months. Just takes time and it's better not to rush it..

Or more but you will also gain weight at times. Highly recommend you only weigh yourself weekly. I’ve been dieting for four months and have lost 33 pounds. I also hit the gym for 2-3 hours a day, 3-4 days a week. Highly recommend the fitbod app if you want to lose weight but also build muscle tone. This app and dieting has literally saved my life. I am no longer type 2 diabetic and have much more energy.

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I'm an old fatty in menopause

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You were. Nice job!
And getting older is a lot of fun if you have the body you want

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Pretty much. Prolly lose more then that dur to water in the first week but absolutely

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Yeah, that initial loss is so rewarding. My wife started one of those pyramid scheme diets back in the fall. After a couple of weeks, I joined her. I was around 195 at some points last summer, and I'm only 5'7", so I needed to lose a good bit. When I weighed in when I started, I was just shy of 190. After 10 days or so, I was down 9 pounds.

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Next biggest was giving up soft drinks. I don't like water, so it was really difficult. I use the Mio stuff and upped my intake to over a 100oz a day, everyday.

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This was good for me too. I would typically have a couple of cups of coffee in the morning, then grab a diet Dr Pepper. I'd have another one in the afternoon, and maybe one more at night with some bourbon. I cut back to one a day, then eventually none. I also cut back on the drinking during the week. Instead of having a couple at night, I might have just one during the week and cut myself off after 2 on weekend nights. Started drinking more water, and eventually added in a few cups of green tea. Those seltzer waters were good too for me to wean off of soft drinks. Either La Croix or Polar. Replace one of the soft drinks with those instead. I too like a little flavor, and the carbonation plus flavor made it easier to give up soft drinks. I don't remember the last time I had a can.

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I honestly believe that it's 80% nutrition, 20% exercise, and 100% mental. Once I made the mindshift to "this is what I do now" (meaning daily exercise and healthy eating), I found success.

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This too. I had always heard abs were made in the kitchen. Didn't realize how true that was. I haven't done much exercising during this weight loss phase, and I'm down 27 lbs and starting to see a little definition. When I started out, I had set my goal at 20 lbs. After that initial loss, I'm averaging about 1.5 lbs a week. Some higher, some lower, but 1-2 a week is definitely attainable.

We just got a Peloton for Christmas. About to start working out a few days a week. My wife had kept saying she needed to go for walks when she gets off work instead of sitting down. With 3 kids, two in school and one in part time daycare, it was hard for her to go to a gym, and with it being so cold most days, she didn't have the motivation to go for a walk, plus it rains a good bit here. Now we have no excuse, and my oldest is a teenager and she was pretty excited when it was delivered yesterday. She's going to ride a few days a week as well to keep in shape for her sports.

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We just got a Peloton for Christmas. About to start working out a few days a week. My wife had kept saying she needed to go for walks when she gets off work instead of sitting down. With 3 kids, two in school and one in part time daycare, it was hard for her to go to a gym, and with it being so cold most days, she didn't have the motivation to go for a walk, plus it rains a good bit here. Now we have no excuse, and my oldest is a teenager and she was pretty excited when it was delivered yesterday. She's going to ride a few days a week as well to keep in shape for her sports.

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Quick warning if you went with the bike (which it sounds like you did). If you don't cycle now, I cannot recommend enough to start with the beginner classes to get your legs ready. The advanced classes will absolutely shred your thighs and make it more difficult to finish the program or get the number of workouts in. I would still sometimes do them, but would just stay seated until the end to make sure I at least got the work in and the pace I wanted.

i lost 7 lbs last week. rode 50 miles on my wife's peloton and didn't eat like a pig or drink sweet tea every day. it's pretty easy. and no beer except for a tall boy on sunday.

morning exercise sets the day off. if you push hard enough, the rest is easy.

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If that's not an anomaly you may have some kind of health issue

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Not really, if you are fat and eat pooly, you are likely carrying a significant amount of water weight. I'm probably around 12% BF right now and if I drink for a weekend I'm 5 lbs heavier at least on Monday than I am Wednesday.

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Biggest first step for me was downloading a calorie app and logging everything. Once you see what you do daily, it makes it easier to plan going ahead.

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This.

I lost 15 pounds in 2017 simply by tracking my calories and staying at ~1600 a day. Took about 3 or 4 months.

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Next biggest was giving up soft drinks. I don't like water, so it was really difficult.

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Did that about 10 years ago. Soft drinks are a yuuuge waste of your calorie budget.

My bad, for some reason I wasn’t thinking about an overweight person.