Motivation - help!

bfraser1982

I started my weight loss journey using MFP in November 2018 with 60lbs to lose, well now I am 2/3rd of the way there, I’ve lost 40lbs, have stuck rigidly to my 1200/day and enjoyed the process and the weight loss, my mindset to food has changed and I even managed to lose weight after a week’s girls trip to NYC making yummy sensible choices, I feel very proud of myself!

However, while I am definitely not plateau-ing scales wise, I just feel a little unmotivated, none of my clothes fit any more, I have a vacation coming up and need to buy new everything (and I have infant twins to clothe too, buying new stuff for me just isn’t a financial priority) and I feel like I’m going to turn into a rice cake soon, and I actually feel reasonably happy with the weight I am now at. Friends and colleagues keep saying to me ‘you can’t have any more to lose, you’ll waste away’ etc, which is ridiculous as while I am now in healthy weight range (currently 152lbs, 5'7'' female) I could do with losing more.

I am wondering if I should change my ideal loss per week (currently 2lbs) to 1lb to allow me a few more cals/day… I cannot wait to get to my goal so I can switch up to maintenance, and also though it absolutely works for weight loss, 5 months of 1200 cals is starting to get me down. I need a kick up the bum, my journey is NOT over! Help!

If you read this far, thank you

tinkerbellang83

bfraser1982 wrote: »

I started my weight loss journey using MFP in November 2018 with 60lbs to lose, well now I am 2/3rd of the way there, I’ve lost 40lbs, have stuck rigidly to my 1200/day and enjoyed the process and the weight loss, my mindset to food has changed and I even managed to lose weight after a week’s girls trip to NYC making yummy sensible choices, I feel very proud of myself!

However, while I am definitely not plateau-ing scales wise, I just feel a little unmotivated, none of my clothes fit any more, I have a vacation coming up and need to buy new everything (and I have infant twins to clothe too, buying new stuff for me just isn’t a financial priority) and I feel like I’m going to turn into a rice cake soon, and I actually feel reasonably happy with the weight I am now at. Friends and colleagues keep saying to me ‘you can’t have any more to lose, you’ll waste away’ etc, which is ridiculous as while I am now in healthy weight range (currently 152lbs, 5'7'' female) I could do with losing more.

I am wondering if I should change my ideal loss per week (currently 2lbs) to 1lb to allow me a few more cals/day… I cannot wait to get to my goal so I can switch up to maintenance, and also though it absolutely works for weight loss, 5 months of 1200 cals is starting to get me down. I need a kick up the bum, my journey is NOT over! Help!

If you read this far, thank you

Yes as you get closer to goal it's a good idea to drop your rate of loss down. It could also be worthwhile taking a small break from your deficit, good for the body and the mind.

quiksylver296

YES!!! I don't know how you didn't freak out and binge, eating at 1200 in all this time. 1200 is for smaller, older, sedentary females.

Take a small diet break, eating at maintenance for a week or four. Then go back to it, choosing to lose one pound per week (or even 0.5 lbs).