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Falling_star

im set at 1200 calories a day, im 25 years old 5f1 and weight 147.6ibs. my weight loss has slowed down i have hardley lost any in past month despite still sticking to my daily allowence with odd day off. is my calories set to low? im just doing what mfp suggests, im worried that i have not set it up right and my body is going in to starvation mode.am i at the right calorie level?

bitterbrownie

you may need more calories as it sounds like you are reaching a plateau. although, when you say the odd day off, do you mean odd? or a few in a row?

well, even so, try upping your calories maybe? and then monitor your progress for a week or 2 - you won't gain enough to do any lasting damage, it'll come right off again!

good luck

thefishers4

It depends on if you want to lose alot of weight at a time like 2lbs a week or if you just want to lose 1lb a week. I was doing 2lbs and found that this was too much for me and I was always hungry. Now that I am at 1lb a week I am doing much better. Also, if you are active or not and how you put that on your goals depends too. I work at walmart but have decided that I am not going to change it for that because somedays I work hard and somedays I don't at work. You have to mess with things to figure out what is right for you. Also, if you keep to the same exercrise routine your body gets too used to it and decided to not lose as much so switch it up alittle. Hope this helps. XX

Falling_star

i dont really have a day off just go over my cals ocasionally not often, i have a desk job and go zumba once a week and i also started 30d shred on monday.
i will make my diary public for u to have a look
i have just uped to lose 1/2 ib a week instead of 1lb a week