Losing more than expected...a bit wordy

IDK if I'm overestimating my calories, but I'm only set to a half pound a week (so...250 cal deficit) and have been going between 30 and 130 cals over my goal nearly every day and still I'm seeing a loss of about a pound a week. The last time I entered my weight here was on 10/22. I weighed 183.4. Today is 11/2. I weigh 182.0. Now that is a pound and a half (my scale only does 0.2 lb increments) in a week and a half.

This means, I'm really only at a 220 to 120 cal deficit, but I'm still managing a pound a week when MFP says I should only be managing a half pound per week. Of course, I'm only looking at 1.5 weeks for this, but it feels good to think about it this way. :bigsmile:

OK, so I look at this in the perspective of the overall time/weight since I've been on MFP...

Look: 13.8 weeks and a loss of 14 lbs.

Again, I get a pound a week. For the first month, I was trying the whole 1200 cal, lose 2 lbs per week idea, and I've since come to my senses that 1200 cal is not reasonable for me (the fatigue, confusion, lack of concentration, etc etc). I'm up to just over 1300 cals as my goal to reach 0.5 lbs per week. I'm logging what little exercise I do, and I'm logging everything that goes in my mouth.

I'm not sure what I'm doing here, but it's working better than expected. :glasses: It's good enough to be able to lace my corset ALL.THE.WAY. and to be able to fit into one I bought too small.