Remind me that what I know is actually true...

McCloud33
McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
edited November 10 in Motivation and Support
So I'm just frustrated. I lost 50lbs from january of last year untill may and then I maintained/bulked until December putting about 10 lbs back on (about half of that water weight, or so I think). I started counting cals again jan 1st and have been diligent about counting and staying on/under my calorie allotment. I weigh my food.

So here's the thing...the first 4 days I dropped 5 lbs (water weight I'm guessing from cutting back on the carbs), since then, I've only dropped 1 lb in two weeks, with a little bit of yoyoing up and down around 185. I know that I just have to give this time, but I'm an engineer by trade and I just want numbers to work like they're supposed to. My TDEE without any exercise should be around 2200 calories. On top of that I exercise 6 days a week averageing 40-50 min per session and should be burning at least 300-400 calories in each of those. And all of this eating 1500-1700 calories /day.

The numbers say I should be losing 1.5-2lbs per week, so if the first 5 lbs was all water I should be down 3-4 lbs in two weeks, not 1 right?!?!?

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  • sls2072
    sls2072 Posts: 28 Member
    Don't give up, you've done this before and perhaps there are just adjustments being made inside of your body that are simply not showing on the scale yet. Often times we measure our success by what number pops up on the scale. Do you feel good doing what your doing? I'll answer for you...ofcourse you do! Keep at it
  • lisac195
    lisac195 Posts: 54 Member
    edited January 2015
    First off. Congrats for jumping back in again and working to lose that ten pounds. Second I really don't think it has been long enough for you to worry about it yet. Keep doing what you are doing and it will happen. It does look like you are consistently eating less than your set calories each day. Are you eating back any of your exercise calories? Might be you aren't quite eating enough. You don't need to lose a lot so why hurry it and try to lose so much so quickly?
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    I'm eating back some exercise cals if I'm still hungry, but for the most part I'm satisfied. And I'm trying to drop from 191 as of January 1st to 170ish? so even at 1.5 lbs a week that still going to take me over three months and I know that the closer I get down to 170, the harder those pounds are going to be to lose, so in all reality, it will probably be more like 5 months.
  • Babbs1977
    Babbs1977 Posts: 42 Member
    edited January 2015
    It honestly sounds like you aren't eating enough. You want a minimum of 1200 NET calories in a day...if you're only eating 1500 to 1700 and exercising an hour a day, your body is hungry.

    I see a lot of days where you're either under 1000 net or barely over. That could definitely be your problem.
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    But it's not NET calories. The reason for the 1200 women/1500 men is to make sure that we're getting the vitamins/minerals/nutrients that we need. My body might be a little hungry, but isn't that kind of the point? To feed the body less than it wants so that it has to burn those excess calories from somewhere else (hopefully mostly fat)?
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    Here are my actual calories eaten before exercise adjusted.

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