Weight loss and perseverance

Here is another thing to remember about weight loss and metabolism. Just being heavier means you burn more calories doing what you normally do. As you lose weight, that caloric burn goes down. It takes more energy for your body to move the larger mass around.

If you burn 3000 calories per day when you are 300 lbs, the same level of activity at 200 lbs will only burn 2300 calories. This is why you need to continue to decrease caloric intake and/or increase physical activity as you lose weight in order to continue to your weight loss goal.

Most on-line calculators include inputs for current body weight so that you can more accurately calculate your burn rate as the weight loss progresses.

The equation always remains simple, burn more than you take in and you will lose weight. What you eat is irrelevant.

Staying healthy with a balanced diet is a different discussion.