I want to lose weight fast. At the moment im at a 1700 calorie

>>39565436
>At the moment im at a 1700 calorie defecit
That's way too much. You're going to yo-yo like crazy when you hit your goal weight.

>>39565449
how do you know if that's too much, he didn't give us his starting weight.

>>39565436
jogging 20 minutes a day doesn't mean much, track how far you're actually going and put a number on it, and speed yourself up/go faster overtime. it's really easy to plateau on cardio.

>>39565461
>how do you know if that's too much, he didn't give us his starting weight.
Because no matter your weight, a 1700 calorie deficit is low as shit.

>>39565449
Im 5'7" and I started at 196lbs. Ive got some muscle on me, but its still a lot of fat. I dont remember how I cane up with that defecit exactly, its just what MyFitnessPal recommended when I put in my goal weight and whatnot. I started to get serious late in the summer, I used to go every M/W/F to do a small workout and job + the defecit and went down to 183lbs in about a month. However, people have told me it was just water weight. I kept it off though. School has just gotten in the way

>>39565461
I remember when I started I would hit a mile in about 8 minutes, but after I started increasing the time I jogged I stopped looking at the distance.

>>39565476
MyFitnessPal recommended a 1700 calorie deficit? Are you sure you don't mean it recommended a daily intake of 1700 calories? Because that's very different.

>>39565487
Fuck, youre completely right. My bad, im still fairly new to diet changes. It recommended I eat 1700 caloriew a day.

>>39565469
he was talking about intake

>>39565496

which makes way more sense

>>39565496
Alright, that sounds a lot more reasonable.

Working out while cutting will reduce the amount of muscle mass you lose, but if you start working out, you might need to increase your intake a bit more.
Optimally, you should be working out while cutting to maintain muscle.