Too few calories?

dee95mfp

I’m trying to lose a few pounds and nothing seems to be coming off for about two weeks now. I run 4 times a week, do Pilates and a bit of weight training. I’ve set my daily calories at 1,300 and some people have told me this is too low, what do you guys think? (I am 5’ 8 in and 11st 11pounds)

janejellyroll

I think two weeks is too early to be thinking about making adjustments.

Depending on how much you're running, 1,300 probably *isn't* enough for you. But that won't stop you from losing weight if you're in a deficit.

Were you losing weight before the last two weeks?

dee95mfp

Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

yirara

Oh man, this will be interesting...

angelsja

At 5ft 8 your just within healthy BMI range so weight loss will be slow I'm the same height as you and currently sitting at 11 stone 12.6 and it SLOW!

JulieSHelms

I'm also 5'8", weigh close to the same (170 lbs), and I eat 1400 calories (this already includes average exercise calories) to lose 1.5 lbs/week. It's a pretty predictable loss rate for me. I run several times a week and weight train 3-4x.

TavistockToad

dee95mfp wrote: »

Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

what makes you think your metabolism is slow?

kommodevaran

TavistockToad wrote: »

dee95mfp wrote: »

Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

what makes you think your metabolism is slow?

If I can have a wild guess - "not losing weight"

yirara

kommodevaran wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

dee95mfp wrote: »

Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

what makes you think your metabolism is slow?

If I can have a wild guess - "not losing weight"

While having lost 8lbs...

WinoGelato

dee95mfp wrote: »

Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

How slowly did you lose that 8 lbs? How much weight are you trying to lose? You said above you want to lose a few pounds, if it’s less than 20 then a reasonable rate of loss would be 0.5 lb/week, what did you choose for your rate of loss goal when you set up MFP?

kommodevaran

yirara wrote: »

kommodevaran wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

dee95mfp wrote: »

Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

what makes you think your metabolism is slow?

If I can have a wild guess - "not losing weight"

While having lost 8lbs...

Yeah, but that was before
(I too find it fascinating.)

jmaly78

You could be gaining muscle. Use your legs to run and they have to get stronger. Even if you aren't weight training.

Jadub729

jmaly78 wrote: »

You could be gaining muscle. Use your legs to run and they have to get stronger. Even if you aren't weight training.

she isn't gaining muscle eating 1300 calories a day.

quiksylver296

estherdragonbat

jmaly78 wrote: »

You could be gaining muscle. Use your legs to run and they have to get stronger. Even if you aren't weight training.

Gaining strength, likely. Gaining muscle, not so much. There's a difference.

steveko89

estherdragonbat wrote: »

jmaly78 wrote: »

You could be gaining muscle. Use your legs to run and they have to get stronger. Even if you aren't weight training.

Gaining strength, likely. Gaining muscle, not so much. There's a difference.

No one is accidentally gaining appreciable muscle mass, certainly not in a deficit, and from a hormone standpoint, not if female either.