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cindyjoesousa
cindyjoesousa Posts: 87 Member
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Im a 54 yr old female..Started mfp Jan 2012..have lost 85 pounds..started at 281 pounds..now at 196 pounds..still need to lose another 36 pounds.have my settings set to lose 1 pound a week...have hit a plateau over the last couple months..don't lose anything for a couple weeks..lost one..been two weeks again, still nothing..in reading everyones posts, it seems maybe I need to raise my calories back up a little..I changed my settings from sedentary work to lightly active..it gives me an extra 130 calories/day..when should I notice a difference?

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  • CrimeanGurl
    CrimeanGurl Posts: 103
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    How clean is your diet? You can only do so much by counting calories. What about the exercise?
  • cindyjoesousa
    cindyjoesousa Posts: 87 Member
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    I eat a healthy balance fruit, vegetables, proteins, carbs..low fat..low sugar..exercise 5-7 days a week..I work 12 hr shifts 3 days a week so on those days I usually only exercise 30 minutes..all other days I get at least 60 minutes in..
  • GauchoMark
    GauchoMark Posts: 1,804 Member
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    have you re-calculated your BMR since you lost all that weight?
  • cindyjoesousa
    cindyjoesousa Posts: 87 Member
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    When you say have I recalculated my BMR..are you referring to mfp settings?
  • cindyjoesousa
    cindyjoesousa Posts: 87 Member
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    Mark..I think you may have helped me stumble onto something..I have NEVER figured my BMR..until now..I just Googled how to calculate BMR..According to my calculations my body probably thought I was starving it..I was only giving myself 1400 calories/day and should be giving myself 1650/day to lose 1 pound a week..I changed my activity level on mfp today which raises my calories to 1530 a day..its still under but maybe I'll start to lose again..thank you so much..will let you know after a week.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
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    Give it more than a week - especially if you've been undereating for a significant amount of time. Give it a month.
  • cindyjoesousa
    cindyjoesousa Posts: 87 Member
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    Im going to try it for awhile and see how it goes..
  • cindyjoesousa
    cindyjoesousa Posts: 87 Member
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    How have you lost 120 pounds? and over what period of time?

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