Tweaking calories?

nfowife

I am just finishing up my 4th week tracking and logging. I have been doing 1500 calories per day and exercising 3-4 days a week (400-500 cals burned per hrm) which I usually do eat those caloroes too. I need to lose about 25 lbs. The first week I lost 3 lbs, 2nd week I lost 2 lbs, and the past 2 weeks there has been no change. I'm not new to logging my food or counting so I don't think I'm grossly underestimating my intake or anything like that. Should I lower my calorie range more? I'm 5'3", 173 lbs.

clambert1273

can you open your diary... but you already have a fantastic loss for the month.. loss will taper off after the first couple of weeks.

ana3067

clambert1273 wrote: »

can you open your diary... but you already have a fantastic loss for the month.. loss will taper off after the first couple of weeks.

2nd.

cwolfman13

That's 5 Lbs in a month...that's pretty good. It's not linear so don't expect it to be. Most of my weight loss came in chunks. There are all kinds of things going on that can mask scale losses...most prominent is water retention/release and more/less waste in the system from weigh in to weigh in. Just track the general trend rather than the weigh in to weigh in number and make sure you're being consistent.

Also, being female, your fluctuations are going to be more pronounced than they are for men in most cases and it can really mess with the scale but that doesn't mean you're not losing fat.

LivingtheLeanDream

You're doing good! The first few weeks loss is more rapid as water weight goes, keep on going and you will keep losing ☺