Whats a good goal to set?

[XizorAndy]

I'm new at this, just got a fitbit One and Aria this week and I have them linked with MyFitnessPal.

I need to loose at least 50kg(110lbs), preferably 70kg (154lbs) to get near or to reach my suggested BMI.

I'd like to get the 50kg gone by this time next year if possible, so about 1 kg a week.

Is that going to be too ambitious? I've been around this weight for about 15 years now so I know its not going to be easy to change habbits. Last time I tried to look after myself I went to the gym and got a hiatus hernia and was sick for ages, so I'm paranoid about doing that again, so I've got myself a treadmil to do walking and jogging on. 

I was trying to work out how to set the goals and looking around I get a few different suggestions.

MyFitnessPal suggests:

Net Calories Consumed: 1920

Carbohydrates 240g 50%

Protein 96g 20%

Fat 64g 30%

This shows on the mfp screen as Goal (1920) + food - exercise = net

Fitbit Food Plan says

Harder
0.9 kg Lose per week
Estimated date 25 Jul 2015
-1,000 cals Daily calorie deficit

When I go to the dashboard after the midnight roll over it says 2677cals to eat.

I am using MPF primarily to log food because the barcode scanner makes it easy to check something before I eat it as wel as log from it.

Now I understand, burn more than I input, but there seems to be a decent descrepancy between 1920 and 2677. 

I haven't quite worked out what I am mean to be aiming for, am I looking for, do I am for just being under budget on the fitbit dashboard, or do I want to be -1000 under budget on the dashboard, if I look at MFP, do I want to be at -1000net or just anything 0 or less in the net value.

[Odyssey13]

@XizorAndy  Your decision to lose weight and get healthier is a good one. Have you checked with your health care professional about this? It's always best to let them know you're changing things and they may have some recommendations for you.

Since you're trying to lose a fair amount of weight, prehaps your insurance would pay for a consultation with a nutritionalist (evidently they aren't called nutritionists now!) to get you started with the right amount of calories, fats, carbs, fiber and such.

If you're pre-diabetic, which could be determined by blood work up for your A1C (three month fasting blood glucose test), you'd want to keep those carbs lower. Fat should be lower too, especially if you have high cholesterol. That can also be determined by a blood test.

There are a lot of people on the forums and quite a few lost over one hundred pounds. Maybe they will see your post and let you know how they did it.

Good luck in your endeavor and please keep us posted!

Welcome to the forums.

[XizorAndy]

In...sur..ance...? Strange word, don't know it 😜

I complained to my doc a month or so ago that I never seemed to loose weight and he mentioned gastric banding. That made me much more motivated to get on top of things myself and is one of the reasons of setting myself up with this stuff to keep myself motivated and thinking about it.

He didn't do any blood tests but found my blood pressure was high. Its never been high before and the scare helps 😛

So if I assume that things are bad, should I aim at low carb, low fat, higher protein.

Also, happy to have anyone add me as a friend

[LewWagner]

ZizorAndy,

Not too ambitious from my viewpoint.  I had to lose 130 lbs and in a little less than 9 months, I have lost all but 11 lbs.  I'll probably meet my target weight of 170 lbs in early to mid August - Three months shorter than one year. I'm burning around 2,700-3,000 calories a day with my exercising. It does require a certain amount of determination (some call it OCD) to stick to the drill, avoid pasta and chocolate and candy, etc.

It all depends on your dietary intake, how you exercise, any physical issues you might have, and what "burn rate" you are experiencing from your exercise. 

I started out with the following nutritionist-provided dietary goals:

Cal  2,000

Fat  65

Chol  300

Sodium  2,400

Carbs  150

Fiber  25

Sugar  90

Protein 50

I find now that, I'm actually intaking the following amounts:

Cal  1,178

Fat  55

Chol  223

Sodium  2,047

Carbs  139

Fiber  16

Sugar  67

Protein 52