Is it Me or Just my body?

OMGeeeHorses
OMGeeeHorses Posts: 732 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Alright! Well long story short started at 330, down to 294. Those 35lbs were hard to loose!! I have a messed up leg 549616_3502194564447_1086291259_n.jpg and well I am eating 1500 calories, I dropped down from 1800 as I wasn't loosing. When I dropped to the 1500 is when I broke my 1 month plateau at 300 and got to 294. I eat as healthy as I can with here and there sweets and well, I AM LOOSING NOTHING AGAIN!! its been 1 1/2 months and I just need to understand WHY WHY WHY!?!. I am loosing for a healthy lifestyle change and to better my leg pain. I mainly walk (track and road) and also swim laps (60-100) and drink the recommended amount of oz in water. I sometimes do eat over my sugar intake (32g). I am just stumped to why I am not melting fat off like everyone tells me a bigger woman would. I get a little frustrated because my husband thinks I am not pushing myself when working out! I can admit starting out I do walk a little slower because my leg needs to warm up and get the pain kinks out, but then I push myself to a brisk walk and sometimes try a fast jog. I can only do so much because my leg is still healing ( after 2 years!! August 2011-to now). I am not fed up and will not stop, just trying to understand if its me or my body? I could cut sweets our completely and slowly introduce them back in, but I noticed when I started out and ate nothing for sweets. I still didn't loose and when I ate a cupcake the next day I weighed myself and I lost 3lbs. *sighs* I eat eggs, oatmeal, some milk, grass fed beef, chicken ( all meats 4-6oz), Yogurt (Muller), cucumbers, spinach, yogurt classic ranch (bolthouse), tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, spaghetti squash, sauces and apples, mangoes, bananas, blueberries, strawberries and watermelon. Worst stuff I can say I eat/drink Starbucks vanilla frappe (bottles), 3 Chocolate glazed doughnuts, Cupcakes (125 calories) and ice cream. What would you recommend? SORRY ITS SO LONG :)

EDIT: I measure and weight everything on a scale and with measuring cups. PICTURE is of my leg damage so I didn't have to explain why I can't run and so forth :). Sorry its so big! I don't know how to change it and I am asking pretty much should I take out junkfood/sugary things (besides fruit) from my lifestyle and then add them back slowly later on to maybe help with my weight? ALSO I don't eat my calories back I do the In Place Of A Road Map and go off my TDEE and only eat the 1500 calories my body weight and body fat record me at.

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  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    It's not what you eat, it's how much of it you eat. You are likely underestimating your food intake. If you don't weigh and measure, and are doing a lot of eyeballing and guessing...you probably way off on your numbers.
  • chimanlifts1
    chimanlifts1 Posts: 23
    I'm not quite sure what that picture is, or what exactly it is that you're asking.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Do you weigh your food? Are you tracking everything? MFP has me eating between 1630 to lose 2 lbs a week and 2130 to lose 1 lb a week. If you put your information in with 1 or 2 lbs a week and eat the calorie goal it gives you (weigh and measure your food for accuracy) then you should start losing again. Exercise should be logged and those calories eaten back. That's how MFP is set up.

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