Changed my weight loss goal

BrendaBlis

I've been at a stand still for what seems like a couple months, I've been at 1200 calories since I started and have lost 17 pounds total. That was my loss set at 1 pound per week. I just changed it to a half a pound per week and it upped my calories.

Did I do the right thing to start losing again? :huh:

baisleac

In my opinion, yes.

melsinct

I've been at a stand still for what seems like a couple months, I've been at 1200 calories since I started and have lost 17 pounds total. That was my loss set at 1 pound per week. I just changed it to a half a pound per week and it upped my calories.

Did I do the right thing to start losing again? :huh:

I did the exact same thing after doing 1200 for 2 months (and losing 15 pounds) then plateauing for 2 months. I set MFP to lose 0.5 pounds a week, which is 1700 calories, and I started losing again.

bhb301

Helped for me!!

russelljclarke

You will plateau occasionally, for all sorts of reasons. What put me back on track was making sure my diet and exercise varied day-to-day. For example, if I was doing a lot of walking, I went to the pool. If I was eating a lot of salad, I introduced more fish or whole grains. Good luck!

BrendaBlis

Thank you guys! :flowerforyou: I will see how it goes.

MzMiller1215

That may make a difference. It wouldn't hurt to try.

lp0007

I have just changed to 0.5 loss too! Fingers crossed....

akaChuck

It seems like a lot of women switch to .5lb loss and it helps them a great deal-best of luck and congrats on your weight loss so far!!

BrendaBlis

Fingers crossed for ya lp0007, somethings gotta budge!

Thanks HayleyDunne! :flowerforyou:

lp0007

Oh wow! Am so astonished I thought I had to report! I switched my goal to 0.5 loss on Monday and I got on today and have lost 2 lbs!! Unbelievable! Have eaten so much more this week! The scale had not budged for the last 3 weeks!Let me know how you get on brendablis! X (sorry for the exclamation marks but you can see my excitement:laugh: )