When does weight loss pause?

justjean

Hello, I've been losing around 1lb a week. I would like to reach my target weight of 128lbs mid May. I know weight loss can stall for people as they get closer to their ideal weight and I was wondering if there is a way to keep things going at 1lb a week so I can meet my goal on time. Two years ago, I was at a perfect weight, but I was walking almost all day everyday and eating anything and everything I wanted. This worked for me since I was so active. Now I have been eating 1200 calories a day and am only lightly active.

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RoadsterGirlie

We are all different. For me, it never stopped or slowed down. If I continued to eat the way I did in Weight Loss mode (ie 1400 calories a day with more on the weekends), I would weigh 100 lbs (not a good thing! lol)

When I hit my goal, I learned maintenance. I slowly increased my calorie intake to around 2000 a day with more on the weekends. This process took me about six months to figure out exactly how I much I need to not lose, and not to gain.

justjean

At 1,200 calories, I don't feel very hungry or starving, do you think when I'm at my ideal weight, I should start eating more calories anyway?

justjean

Well that would make sense, I guess I'll have to start working out when it plateaus haha.