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Do I need to eat more? Or am I eating badly?

liap
liap Posts: 13 Member
edited February 4 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello all. I am a new mum to a ten month old (2nd baby) and I have plateaued for a few months now 4 kilos from my pre baby weight.i was hoping I could get some advice on my eating/need too eat more of if I need to totally overhaul. I think I may be stuck in a diet rut! Any advice would be greatly appreciated

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  • liap
    liap Posts: 13 Member
    Any help would be great, any at al. Hmm
  • joshdann
    joshdann Posts: 618 Member
    I looked at your diary and it seems that you're doing okay on your macros. If your weight loss is stalled and you are truly logging *everything* you eat then no, you don't need to eat more. Your maintenance needs have adjusted to your current intake. You might want to exercise more to create a larger deficit... or any deficit at all. Focus on strength training, especially this close to your goal. perhaps drink a little more water. The last few kg will take the longest, but strength training will help improve your look even if the scale doesn't drop as much or as fast as you'd like.
  • liap
    liap Posts: 13 Member
    Thank you! I will try some weights
  • JazmineYoli
    JazmineYoli Posts: 547 Member
    I personally believe you should eat more considering you are working out. If you search MFP for "1200 plateau" you should find plenty of threads with people going through the exact same thing. I went through it myself and slowly upped to 1650 calories. The weight fell off again. Also as the previous user suggested, add some weights to your workouts.
  • liap
    liap Posts: 13 Member
    I'll search on that thanks! I need to do something!
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    The last few pounds is always the hardest and slowest. You should be aiming for no more than .5 lb / week loss at this point. From your diary it looks like you aren't weighing things. There are lots of "generic' entries. Those are the places where your small deficit can all but disappear. A scale would help immensely.

    In terms of your calorie intake it's hard to say, I can see that you are not eating back any of your calories which is normally recommended if you are following the MFP plan as designed but as far as how much you should eat it will depend on your height, weight and age which you did not provide.
  • liap
    liap Posts: 13 Member
    i am 171 cm and 63.5 kilos. i think thats 5ft 6 and 140 pounds?
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