Thoughts on weight loss plateau for the petite lady!

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  • mtwtm
    mtwtm Posts: 3 Member
    How do you function at only 30g of carbohydrates per day? That is an extremely low amount of carbs, of course you're going to gain it all back. How about replacing some of the meat, cheese, butter, and oil with fruits, vegetables, and beans? They are naturally low calorie foods and you can eat more of them. Every nutrition textbook I've ever read says that low carb diets are not beneficial and can sometimes harm your health. You definitely need more natural fiber.
  • kirstengeffen
    kirstengeffen Posts: 103 Member
    Welcome to the club!! I'm 4"11 too and hear EXACTLY what you're saying :/ it's a giant pain... I literally feel stuffed eating 1200 calories and only seem to gain weight even though I'm a long distance runner and see a personal trainer several times a week.

    petite women seem to defy scientific laws...
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    edited October 2015
    I'm 5'1" and lost 50 pounds eating 1300-1400 calories per day. Yes, we need fewer calories than our taller counterparts, but not to the point of starving ourselves.

    Look at it this way: We may be losing more slowly in absolute terms, but in relative terms we're right on pace with larger people. 0.5lbs/week loss for us is the same percentage of body weight being lost every week as 1lb/week is for a larger man.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Your maintenance should be something like 1500 at the moment, even without exercise, so you should be losing on the calories you are eating (or even 1200). At that narrow a margin any inaccuracies in the logging can really mess you up, and you eat a lot of calorie dense foods and seem to use various estimate (egg=70 cal, fruit by estimated size, not sure how the calories for the "Chinese" meals were calculated, so on). That's not criticism, for some things, like restaurant meals, it's impossible to be precise, but it's something to be aware of.

    That said, if you are certain your logging isn't off, I'd see a doctor, as maintaining on the calories you are eating wouldn't be just due to height, and you are going to be low on nutrients and protein given the few days of your log I looked at, which is always the risk with low calories. Discussing your logs and frustration with a dietitian might be helpful too in figuring out what might help, if you were to get a referral (not sure how it works in the UK).
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