Weight Loss Stand Still

TXHunny84 · May 2011

Hi- I am 26 about to be 27 and am dieting to be back into my old size I was last summer. I lost 5 pounds in like a week or something fast like that...I had my calorie limit at 1000 and I tried to eat right at that and exercise so I'd lose weight. It worked for a week?.... Now I can't seem to budge below that number....and today I woke up and had added over a pound!??? I'm so confused. Do I need to eat more? Also are we supposed to go by calories consumed or net calories from after we exercise as the target for our caloric intake?...

I want to lose 5-6 more pounds this month if I can and I want to to it the right way. i want to lose fat not muscle.

Does anyone have any advise?:flowerforyou:

rileysowner · May 2011

At 1000 calories, unless you are very small, by that I mean short and light framed, you are way too low on calories. Your body is revolting and refusing to lose weight. On top of that, those 5 pounds in a week or so were probably very little fat, a fair portion of muscle and water weight. You need to increase your calories to something that will take off 1 pound a week or less, especially now that you have pushed so hard.

sockmontey · May 2011

I don't really concern myself with weight fluctuation since I seem to vary quite a bit. I changed my diet to higher protein and trying to drop a lot of those refined carbs and added some weight lifting since I'm trying to maintain/gain muscle while losing fat also. I'm not an expert, but I think that consuming too few calories in a day can slow metabolism.

robertf57 · May 2011

Your body weight can fluctuate +/- several pounds in a day! MEASURE EVERYTHING that passes your lips and your exercise calories and your body measurements. Stick to your plan. Don't be discouraged by the scale

TXHunny84 · May 2011

Thank you for the help! I'll work on eating more and cutting carbs and .....will try really really hard to not get on my scale so much :blushing:

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