So confused, ready to kill

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  • cedarghost
    cedarghost Posts: 621 Member
    Also, could you please define "stalling"? Weight loss is inconsistent at best and depending on what you are calling stalling, you may not need to change anything just yet. I can tell you right now, you aren't eating enough, but depending on how much weight you have to lose, you should be able to way under-eat at the cost of your metabolism and not worry about it for a while.
    You would just be creating a lot of work and some weight gain later when you have to fix your metabolism.

    2472 at light exercise and 2786 at moderate exercise.
    That's what I get for your TDEE using the calculator at: http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html.
    Even if you were to go 20% below that it would leave you at @2000 or 2288 a day. At somewhere close to that number, you would lose a pound a week.

    That being said do you know what your actual TDEE is form logging calories and weight loss, and how long have you been "stalling"? 1350 is not enough for you. It is probably the main reason you feel like your energy is low, and could very well be why you are stalling.
    Ask yourself how long you think you can keep eating 1350 a day without "falling off the wagon". Weight loss is not easy, but it shouldn't be as hard as we can make it by over-depriving ourselves.

    Thank you for both responses!
    To be honest, I haven't stalled for very long, but I did gain 2 pounds inexplicably and have held on to them for days. this was not following high sodium intake. I have been dieting for most of my adult life. I have found in the past that keeping my calories at 1500 and exercising moderately keep me at maintenance. I gain weight at 2000 calories. Why? I have no idea. Maybe at 43 years of age and after so many diets, I have an incredibly slow metabolism.
    The point of my post was that I want to find a reliable sweet spot where I lose consistently and I want the damn calculators to be at least close! I am working damn hard and I would like to eat more but am afraid of gaining. The truth is, I could find a calculator to fit whatever answer I wanted to get. I need to be patient and play with my calories and exercise to find that place that feels right.
    Thats exactly what you need to do. I have been at the same weight for 3 1/2 weeks. I'm not going to worry about it until I hit about 6 weeks. I know it gets frustrating, but sometimes we have to hang in there and tough it out. Sometimes we have to make small adjustments and then wait them out. That sucks, but that is the way it is. Luckily you have plenty of people here to support you!
  • Ofaatu
    Ofaatu Posts: 42 Member
    We have pretty much the same stats. Except I am 38. I stalled for 5 weeks, (at 1200) and only started losing again when I upped my calories to 1700 according to that spreadsheet on the road map. Took just over a week once I started consistently eating 1700 for the weight to see the scales move down again.
  • harlanJEN
    harlanJEN Posts: 1,089 Member
    I'd just use the MFP calculator...it's just as good as any other. I'd also do more cardio, and less weight lifting if losing fat is what you are after.

    MFP put me at 1290/ day. Seems awfully low.

    SIGH. yes, that is low. Weight lifting ..totally burns fat; totally maintains and builds muscle (dependent on training and nutrition) that requires/burns more calories.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/harlanJEN

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/mrsbigmack/view/finding-the-sweet-spot-452184

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