Looking for suggestoins

LilyBentley2013
LilyBentley2013 Posts: 25 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been stalling on weight loss for a little while and now I'm starting to get ready to just throw in the towel.

I'm thinking about going vegan again so if possible, try to suggest within there.

I've been trying to eat 1200 calories / day, formerly losing at 1500, I think, then the weight loss slowed to a crawl. I just checked, no loss on my inches in place of my scale.

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  • asciiqwerty
    asciiqwerty Posts: 565 Member
    how long have you been stalled?
  • LilyBentley2013
    LilyBentley2013 Posts: 25 Member
    I want to say three or four weeks now.
    I was progressing at a pound every two weeks on 1,500 calories, and then it stretched on and on so I moved down to 1,200.
  • jynxxxed
    jynxxxed Posts: 1,010 Member
    Eat more and switch up whatever exercise routine you've got going on. Eat back exercise calories - especially at that small of a deficit.
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    How much have you lost? Recalculate your BMR under the apps and your calories will adjust accordingly to fit your goals. Also if you exercise eat back at least 1/3 - 3/4 of your exercise calories.
  • asciiqwerty
    asciiqwerty Posts: 565 Member
    that's not so long really, especially as our weights fluctuate monthly naturally

    you've had really good losses on 1500 which is quite a healthy level

    did you recalculate your targets as you lost weight? keeping the same loss target and deficit? the advice is to recalculate every 5lb or so

    either way, 1lb every 2 weeks is a good healthy loss that is linked to a 250Cal/day defict, and getting that reliably is brilliant

    whereas 1200 calories/day is not healthy for most people

    weight loss is neither linear nor fast

    my advice for what it's worth is based on my intention to only do this once, I intend to do it slowly, steadily, healthily and right
    no short cuts, no fixes

    i would suggest that you re-calculate your goals for your current weight and excercise level
    i suspect that your target calorie intake will increase back towards 1500

    i'm loosing progressively at 1500, slowly, but progressively, many ladies taller than me are managing to lose on more than that, but the actual numbers will all depend on your stats
    but i often see no movement or upward movement on the scale for a week or so, especially around my period, this is just part of being human

    please reconsider, and re-work your cals
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

    don't weigh so often if you're finding the scale is driving you, focus on feeling better and being more active
    you may also consider it useful to try getting really accurate about your logging for a couple of weeks, if you were to use food scales instead of cups, grapes, servings, lengths, burritos, packages.... you may be supprised
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1234699-logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1270280-food-weighing-scale-miracles

    good luck with your journey
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    I looked at your diary from April 1 to now and your sodium is frequently quite high (like almost 1000 over or more) and your protein is pretty low, maybe look at what you are eating and figure out what you can change.
  • LilyBentley2013
    LilyBentley2013 Posts: 25 Member
    Argh. I'll give a real reply when I'm not mobile again. I love my iphone for games but I hate trying to browse the internet again.
    I did recently notice that the sodium was high though and was in fact going to try working on that. It's hard with the protein because every time I exercise it adds more for me to eat. I don't want to eat meat all day because that will kill my calories for other things. It's hard trying to make all the numbers play nice. :(

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