I NEED HELP.

xomorganjc

I am in desperate need of advice! When I joined MFP, I weighed in at around 210 lbs. I am now at 174 lbs, having lost 36 lbs. In the beginning, it seemed easy and the weight was coming off pretty quickly but now I feel like I'm stuck. I have only lost around 1 lb the past week and a half, and am not completely satified. I want to see progress, but am not sure what I need to do differently.

I'm eating 1200 cals a day, and feel satified. I rarely ever reach the 1200 calorie mark. I eat plenty, the food choices I make are just very low calorie foods which is why it is difficult for me to reach my calorie goal. I haven't been getting much exercise in because I have been very busy with my new job. My new job is in an office, whereas before I worked with fast food and was moving around a lot more, so I was wondering if this could be part of the reason things have slowed down...

Help please!

ladyark

Hi!

First off Congrats on losing the 36lbs! Thats an accomplishment to be proud of...you are out of the 200's!!

I encourage you to eat at least your 1200 and no less. Especially if you arent exersicing....and if you do exercise i would eat just a little bit more.

A lb a week isint a bad loss but, if you arent burning calories then that could be why you are stalling. Try to make it a priority to walk or get some form of exercise in a day.

Keep on making good food choices and it will come off...slow and steady is the best way.

Good Luck!