Genuinely stuck and need solid advice, please.

Not eating enough.

I think cutting out all the food you like is a mistake. Some people do it that way but personally I find that I'm less likely to give up if I don't go super hardcore all at once. Also if you open your diary we can help you more.

But mainly I just want to tell you to be patient. I know it's hard, especially when you feel like you 're working so hard at it, but this is going to take some time. Change small things that you can stick with forever, and see this as a permanent change you're making. If you can't see yourself never eating bread again, then don't cut it out because you'll just feel deprived. Instead try eating smaller portions and then start to swap out healthier foods. I switched from white bread and pasta to whole wheat and mostly from white potatoes to sweet potatoes (but I still have the white ones as a treat sometimes)-- these changes don't feel so drastic and make it easier not to fall off the wagon.

If not seeing a change on the scale is going to make you give up then put the scale away at first and use a measuring tape to track your progress. Just get on the scale every two weeks, or every month. Pay attention to the way your clothes fit. Try to set reasonable expectations. Good luck :flowerforyou:

it takes time to lose weight have PATIENCE!

2 days

i've got about same to lose as you but mfp gives me 1870 cals daily so dont understand why your allowance is so low?? Maybe I'm missing something...

Not eating enough.

pfft.

To the OP: The scale fluctuates. This morning I was 0.8 kg (that's 2 lb) heavier than I was yesterday morning - I did not go over my calorie goal by very much yesterday and anyways, it takes 3500 calories to make one lb of fat. I DEFINITELY didn't go over my calorie goal by that much! So obviously it's not weight I've gained. It's just weight I'm carrying.

Do you have sore muscles from the workout? If yes, you're probably retaining water. It will come off in one big drop in a day or two. Where are you in your menstrual cycle? the females often put on (again, mostly water) weight at certain points of the cycle - when and how much varies per person. For me it's about 2 lb about a week before; that then stays the same for 1,5 weeks. Then drops a LOT in one go.

One tip I would like to give you: if you want to stick with the calorie counting, make sure you're not hungry. It can be done with staying at a fairly low goal. You can eat almost endless amount of carrots instead of chips. Or cucumber sticks with pepper and salt (no dip!). You CAN have a physically full stomach and still be under your calorie goals; you just have to figure out which foods to eat and which not. chicken, fish, tomatoes, beans, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, cottage cheese and the like are your friends! On the other hand, cereal, bread, potatoes and rice you should be careful about. While they're healthy, and full of "the good stuff" you should watch the quantities of nuts and fruit. They're high in fats and sugar respectively. On the otehr hand, steak is good for you! particularly tenderloin, which has almost no fat and is pure protein. Just imagine: grilled tenderloin with green beans, cauliflower and broccoli: low cal and yum!

Not eating enough.

So, she has not lost weight since Monday as she has not eaten enough? That makes absolutely no sense.

Even with a lot of weight to lose you have to give it more than 3 days to see results. 2 weeks to a month you should see some inches lost or scale weight. Just keep doing what you had been doing.

Honestly, after a week, I wouldn't worry too much! maybe you might be better to weight every two weeks or every month and measure every month as well (I know if I weigh every week I can fluctuate by 2 or 3 lbs and I get very discouraged at even a .5lb gain, so I only weigh once a month, at the same point in my cycle.)

Your food choices seem pretty good, but you could always add more veg, eg I use frozen spinach in scrambled eggs (Birdseye do these, you just throw them in the microwave for 3 mins and then stir them into your eggs.) I also keep ziploc bags full of carrot sticks, cucumber sticks and apple slices in the fridge so I can grab a snack if I'm feeling nibbly.

Even if you can wean yourself off the squash and onto plain water (I often find even sugar free stuff triggers massive carb cravings in me) that would also be a huge step! You could also make soups yourself, Lidl and Aldi do a soup mix with veg and barley, it's really simple and filling, but still low cal! Fish is also great, as is lean red meat (I tend to have spinach with everything, but any fibrous greens are great, filling and healthy.) Or make simple, fresh salads with your fave ingredients, I love baby spinach, roasted red pepper (I roast whole ones, chop them and then reheat as needed), red onion, goats cheese and turkey or chicken.

If you're still feeling discouraged though, why don't you weigh and measure yourself now, plan a menu for four weeks, get out to exercise 3/4 times a week, make sure you get proper sleep and not think about weight or anything like that, and then see how you feel at the end? I bet you'll have lost inches and lbs and just feel so much better. If you haven't lost anything you can pop along to your dr and see if there's any underlying issues, if nothing else, being able to bring along your food and exercise diary can speed up the process (they'll know that you've tried diet and exercise).

patience - your body is adjusting. After a fortnight see how its worked. You might be eating a wee bit too little but you'll see by how you feel after sticking to it for at least a week, ideally 2.

While you should be eating a decent amount of nutritiously dense food for health reasons, what you are eating is not an issue for weight loss.

Weight loss is not linear - it is masked by water weight fluctuations that can be caused by a bunch of things including monthly cycles, change in macro mix and water retention in muscles due to exercise (very likely in your case).

Also, make sure you accurately weigh, measure and log all your food.

Quoted for emphasis. Listen to this.

Eat at a small deficit
Exercise for health
Time is your friend.

If you make things too hard for yourself you will never stick to it. Try eating what you normally eat and just make sure potion sizes are ok and replace high fat things with low cal options like cheese, milk etc. I understand that some people don't like fruit and veg and if you just don't like them there is no point trying to force yourself. Maybe once you get further down the line you can try things here and there and you might surprise yourself what you do like.

Log EVERYTHING, there is no point kidding yourself, it just shows on the scales and the waistline. Even if you don't like what you see on there it good to look and see where you are going wrong.

Exercise is good too but don't try to run before you can walk, work it up slowly an it will become a habit and part of your life rather than some chore you force yourself to do.

And most important of all put the scale away for at least 2 weeks maybe even a month and I guarantee when you step on them again you will get a nice surprise.

I don't know if you have friends on here yet but It definitely helps for motivation and accountability.

Feel free to friend me if you like.

Most of all Good Luck! :flowerforyou:

I advise you to add sat. fat and fibre to your tracking list. You need lots of fibre and as little as possible of sat. fats.

And also, with that amount of calories, you won't last two weeks, let alone the rest of your life. You'll also lose virtually no weight... Up your calories for a week to 1500 and see what happens...

Hi, you shouldn't cut out on carbs because you need it for energy but instead choose carbs of low GI value meaning the food is released into your blood stream slowly. Sweet potato is good, whole grains, noodles, basmati rice. You can find a web site which can help you with the low GI choices. Fruits we grew up on like apples, oranges, pears are low GI, banana is med GI, and watermelon is high GI. You really should be getting the 5 foods groups each day with the serving sizes for adults for a healthy diet. Good luck