Please help a desperate girl here xD eating 1200 calories, anyone have experience on 5:2 diet?

bellacelina2

Soo ive been eating 1200 calories since last year and lost 16 kgs! I am now 57 kgs, but for a month now ive reached plateau or starvation mode? im a bit unsure.. but my weight wont drop, and if I eat a little over 1200, I gain weight the next day! My mentabolism is sooo bad atm. So ive decided to maybe start the 5:2 fasting plan? To get my weight loss started again. Eat. 1200 calories 5 times a week and then 500 two times a week, is that safe? or should i switch up to 1300 calories 5 times a week and 500 two times a week? ( by the way I dont workout, like at all, only go for walks. ) Thanks so much:)<3

bluesheeponahill

You need to supply more info.

apullum

Starvation mode is a myth. Your metabolism is not "bad."

Fasting does not do anything special for weight loss. Weight loss requires only a calorie deficit.

Gaining weight "the next day" indicates normal water weight fluctuation, not fat gain.

How tall are you?

bellacelina2

im 158 cm, 57 weight been struggling to lose weight latley, even though i eat 1200 calories

bellacelina2

my plan is eating 1200 calories 5 times a week, and 500 calories 2 times a week. I was wondering if it is safe to do so?

kimny72

bellacelina2 wrote: »

Soo ive been eating 1200 calories since last year and lost 16 kgs! I am now 57 kgs, but for a month now ive reached plateau or starvation mode? im a bit unsure.. but my weight wont drop, and if I eat a little over 1200, I gain weight the next day! My mentabolism is sooo bad atm. So ive decided to maybe start the 5:2 fasting plan? To get my weight loss started again. Eat. 1200 calories 5 times a week and then 500 two times a week, is that safe? or should i switch up to 1300 calories 5 times a week and 500 two times a week? ( by the way I dont workout, like at all, only go for walks. ) Thanks so much:)<3

You are already a healthy weight for your height, so you should only be expecting to lose @ 0.5lbs or so per week. That can really easily hide behind water weight fluctuations for weeks at a time, so you need to be really patient.

The calories you listed for 5:2 would only average out to 1070 cals per day, which is too low.

Can you temporarily make your food log public?

bellacelina2

Hey kimny:) ive made it public now, thanks so much for the reply:)) If i want to do the 5:2, how many calories should I eat on the 5 days I´m not eating 500 calories? I can try to go up to 1300 calories, and 500 on those two days, would that be safe? My goal is to loose 10 more kgs:)<3 @kimny72

kimny72

bellacelina2 wrote: »

Hey kimny:) ive made it public now, thanks so much for the reply:)) If i want to do the 5:2, how many calories should I eat on the 5 days I´m not eating 500 calories? I can try to go up to 1300 calories, and 500 on those two days, would that be safe? My goal is to loose 10 more kgs:)<3 @kimny72

You need to average at least 1200 cals per day, that would be 8400 calories per week, so 1480 calories on regular days and 500 cals on the two non-consecutive fast days.

I'm at a disadvantage with your food diary, because I don't recognize the foods or the measurements unfortunately. Sorry about that! Are you weighing out all your portions? Are you double checking that the database entries you are choosing show the correct calories (many are user entered and the info is incorrect)? Do you log cooking oils, beverages, condiments, bad days, etc?

bellacelina2

Yeah I apologize for that, its all in Norwegian! I log in everything correctly, specially since I dont really eat dinnerish food that needs measurements, i usually just eat yoghurt etc for dinner:) And I do log bad days, forinstance if ive eaten mcdonalds for dinner, i eat forinstance only a banana for breakfast^^. If I do 1480 on regular days and 500 cals on others, will i still lose weight every week? or will it be a slow progress? Because atm if i eat only 100 calories over 1200 calories, I gain weight the next day, so im very scared for increasing calories! Thank you sooo much for answering, I really appreciate it:D ive been panicking since i havent been able to lose weight in 1 month at all haha! So im happy for ur reply:))<3 @kimny72

kimny72

When you gain weight over night, it is probably water weight. There is no reason why should gain fat eating over 1200 cals, you're just not small enough for your calorie needs to be that low. I really don't think you need to change anything, just be more patient

Not sure, but this post might help:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1

kshama2001

bellacelina2 wrote: »

Yeah I apologize for that, its all in Norwegian! I log in everything correctly, specially since I dont really eat dinnerish food that needs measurements, i usually just eat yoghurt etc for dinner:) And I do log bad days, forinstance if ive eaten mcdonalds for dinner, i eat forinstance only a banana for breakfast^^. If I do 1480 on regular days and 500 cals on others, will i still lose weight every week? or will it be a slow progress? Because atm if i eat only 100 calories over 1200 calories, I gain weight the next day, so im very scared for increasing calories! Thank you sooo much for answering, I really appreciate it:D ive been panicking since i havent been able to lose weight in 1 month at all haha! So im happy for ur reply:))<3 @kimny72

I had fun looking through your diary

I find it improbable that you had 4 nectarines in a row that were exactly the same weight, and I saw some days that looked incomplete. I am not saying this to question you or pick on you, but as you get closer to your goal weight, loss is difficult, and it is really important to log accurately and completely.

How many pounds away from your goal weight are you? If I converted correctly, I think you are currently 125 pounds and 5'1"?

Also, if you have a jump on the scale one day, it may have nothing to do with what you ate the day before. Our weight goes up and down for water retention reasons unrelated to calories, especially if you are a woman with a menstrual cycle. I gain when I ovulate, as well as premenstrually.

Keep an eye on your weight loss trend, and don't get fixated on the day-to-day fluctuations. You can use an app like Happy Scale to create a trend line that will smooth out the fluctuations.

Psychgrrl

Losing another 10kg will put you .3 above "underweight" for your BMI (at 18.8 with 18.5 and under being "underweight). Not a healthy place to be for most people.

Maybe ask yourself why you think you need to lose more weight at this point. There are healthier ways to change the way your body looks when you are a healthy weight. Which, as @kimny72 already pointed out. Please take care of yourself!

EmBeatie

Why are you "desperate" when your weight is fine for your height? The thinner and closer you get to your target weight, the harder it gets to lose weight, obviously. Even if you never lose any more weight from now on, would it really matter?

Panini911

Before playing with timing of your meals, i'd recommend concentrating on improving your logging and using a weight trending app.

as mentionned your fruits are always the same weight which is unlikely (banana, nectraine). Your numbers would indicate your are seriously under eating which is hopefully not the case.

as mentioned, you are already well within normal healthy range for your height. so you need to look at a 0.5lb (or 0.25kg)/week rate of loss. Which is hard as it's masked by day to day adn week to week water fluctuations. you did NOT put on weight overnight, that's just water fluctuations. I HIGHLY recommend a weight trending app (I use happy scale for Iphone) and not being worried about day to day DATA POINTS. that is all teh weight that day is, a data point. Look at TREND OVERTIME.

and patience.

And while it doesn't matter for weight loss, i'd HIGHLY recommend increasing your protein intake as it's quite low.

apullum

It's concerning that you consider yourself "desperate" to lose weight when you are already at a healthy weight for your height. It's also concerning that you describe panicking and being scared about normal water weight fluctuations and the idea of gaining weight. These things all suggest that you may want to talk to a professional about your body image.

bellacelina2

I post correctly what I eat but I admit sometimes im lazy with things ive weighted before, with the nectarines, i weighted one which was 100 grams, and since they all look exactly the same in size, and i would still be 100 under 1200 calories, i just put 100 grams on all of my nectarines, same story with bananas, but I can try to be more acurate, that is a good tip, thanks:)

I have a tendency to eat a lil less than 1200 calories, but only like 50 to 100 under, sometimes 200 under. Its because im desperate to lose weight, I feel that 57 kg is too much for me and I look wayy to big atm and then I really mean wayy to big, so I want to reach a weight of 47kg to look like my ideal weight. But my weight dont really drop anymore(ive lost 16 kgs so far), but as you said, It gets harder the lower u get. Which is why im considering going up to 1300 calories for a week, then back to 1200 calories, or do the 5:2 diet. What do you guys recommend?

Thank you very much for replying, I reeally apreciate it:))<3 @Panini911 @EmBeatie @Psychgrrl @kshama2001 ohh and kshama, correct im around 125 pounds, my goal is 103 pounds:)<3 I will follow your tips to weight my food more correctly, been a bit lazy latley, bad habit!

paperpudding

47 kg seems really low and when I put it in a BMI chart with your height, it gives a BMI of 18.8, only just into healthy range.
Borderline of underweight.

I would be re thinking your goal weight - not sure why you want to go that low.

staticsplit

Like others have said, you seem to be too aggressive with your deficit and your goal weight is on the border of underweight, which is likely too low. Eat nutrient dense food, do some exercise you enjoy, focus on health and happiness rather than minor fluctuations on the scale? If you're unhappy with your shape, you could always look into strength training. I have stayed the same weight since October but dropped a dress size because of re-composition, and I think I look better now than when I was borderline underweight in the past. That would require upping the protein in your intake. Why the mega rush? If you take it slower, it's likely to be more sustainable longterm.

KNoceros

+1 for what the previous post says