Help not losing any weight

ineedacarrot
ineedacarrot Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have been dieting since last October with some success of losing thirty pounds. I used new lifestyles diet which is shakes, puddings, protein bars and 1 lean and green meal. Exercised about four days a week. I lost the 30 rather quickly and have been walking on a plateau for SEVERAL months which prompted me to stop the shakes for a while and eat sensible. The weight is slowly coming back on and I can't have this as I still have to lose 30 more pounds. So I decided that I would try Medifast being that I have stopped using shakes for months now and amp up my exercise level. I am still not showing any weight loss after 2 weeks of controlling what I eat, only doing the shakes and one lean and green meal. This is very disheartening and frustrating. I stumbled on this site when researching this and hopefully I will get some good advice as I think I have already gotten. From what I understand I am not eating as much as I should. The Medifast program allows 1200 a day and if I am burning about 500 a day that leaves 700 calories in which according to many is too low and I would have to eat my calories back in order to be at 1200 by the end of the day. I'm a little scared of blowing my diet so if someone could help me I would be so grateful.

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  • anie8989
    anie8989 Posts: 50 Member
    To me it seems like your body adjusted to it's meals back when you lost the 30lbs fast, but it got used to it and now needs a change. I understand you want to lost the weight fast, but you can't just eat shakes and puddings your entire life to maintain your ideal weight.

    My suggestion is to eat sensibly, like more veggies and fruits with lean and gream meals, but don't over do it. Also, the calorie factor depends on your weight itself, like myself, I weight 257 and if I were to eat to maintain this weight I would have to eat about 2300 calories a day, but I want to lose weight, so I dropped 500 calories, which is down to 1800 a day. I've lost 4 lbs so far in the past month, not as much as I wanted to, but it's still something.

    Good luck, and keep looking toward your goals.
  • kellicci
    kellicci Posts: 409 Member
    You are correct and I'm gald you realized that if you eat 1200 and exercise away 500 that you're left with only 700 abd that's just not enough for most adults on a regular basis. It does depend on height and weight of course but it's probably fair to say you could be eating more than that. Also your body has gotten used to the shake routine and 1200 a day. So when you tried to eat sensibly and I assume upped you calories a little your body thought "Thank goodness, the famine is over now pack on some fat b/c it comes back every couple months!" If you've been dieting over a year you might need a break to re-set your metabolism. Try eating at maintenance or a 100-200 below for a few weeks then cut your calories again and see what happens.

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