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Stuck for ages, weight now coming off?

joolieb1
joolieb1 Posts: 140 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I lost 23 lbs counting calories but weight loss stopped altogether around the time I started running even though I was calorie deficient every day. I never ate more than my basic daily allowance to eat back exercise calories. Every day MFP told me what I might weigh in 5 weeks. It was becoming so frustrating. I allowed myself one day at Christmas to eat chocolate and not count calories. Even in the lead up and aftermath, if I ate it, it was counted. I also started to reduce my intake of carbs, notably white bread to stick under my carb goal on MFP. I have lost 3 lbs in 3 weeks - the very fact it's moving is major. Why is this, surely if I was calorie deficient, I should have been losing anyway? Confused

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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    weight loss is not linear.

    it is not unusual to not have any movement for weeks at a time, especially since you added in a new exercise.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Sounds like you got a "whoosh". WTG!
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