Thoughts on my plan?

OP, I'm 5'4" and have been 145 at one point in my weight loss. I found at those stats, logging had to be extremely precise. I had to stop using the salad bar at lunch and start weighing out all lunches and pre-log for the day/week. I had to shave off 100 calories every day from my deficit, so I could enjoy socializing on Saturday and not wipe out my deficit. If you're truly eating 1500 calories or below, you should be losing. Even eating 1700, you should be losing .5 lbs per week.

I'm not tiny, I'm obese and pretty much sedentary unless I'm out walking or doing short sprints to boost heart rate. I'm under dr. supervision for the low calorie intake, so that's why I make it a point to measure accurately. Today is the exception because I'm going to inlaws and don't want to be lugging my scale and glass scale bowls with me to measure everything properly. Last week I was starting to inch into the dip in calories so I wasn't so hungry when I started to stay under 800 net calories a day. I chose to not eat after 3pm each day so that my exercises are always fasted... I either do them in the morning before I eat or in the evening 6 hours after i've eaten.

ashleyweatherholtzmathis wrote: »

I'm not tiny, I'm obese and pretty much sedentary unless I'm out walking or doing short sprints to boost heart rate. I'm under dr. supervision for the low calorie intake, so that's why I make it a point to measure accurately. Today is the exception because I'm going to inlaws and don't want to be lugging my scale and glass scale bowls with me to measure everything properly. Last week I was starting to inch into the dip in calories so I wasn't so hungry when I started to stay under 800 net calories a day. I chose to not eat after 3pm each day so that my exercises are always fasted... I either do them in the morning before I eat or in the evening 6 hours after i've eaten.

Alright, as long as your doctor is aware of all of that and he/she is okay with it, more power to you! This sort of stuff is important to note, though, because an 800 cal diet without doctor supervision could actually be quite dangerous to attempt. So anyone reading that: be warned, please

stephchadz wrote:

I'm not juicing?

Well, you've closed your diary now so I can't quote the actual entries, but there were a couple which said
something like "juicing, concord grapes, 8 grapes". Eat whole fruit in preference to juice (unless you're pureeing the
fruit yourself, in which case it's as healthy as the unpureed form). Frozen grapes are a great hot-day sweet snack.

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It was a big week in the office (just changed buildings), my grammys birthday and my sisters graduation
party, (both of which were at my house so we kept leftovers) but aside from those things I usually do well.

So you know where you're getting off-track, but are lamenting that you're not losing weight?
Pick one.

If you want to have a bunch of snacks & not-so-healthy stuff, have at it. Just don't expect that your nutritional
profile (or weight) will be so great after it's done. Accept it & move on, get back on track with healthier choices
and regular exercise.
The idea is not to starve or punish yourself or deny the tasty things forever, but to make a more balanced life -
for good.
I've been keeping fudgesicles in the freezer at work. 40 calories, CHOCOLATE!!!, cold on a hot bothersome
annoying day, which (the annoying part) my closest co-worker seems to give me every time she's there.
And for those really awful days, I have chocolate chip cookie dough.
I also recognize that neither is all that good for me (other than mood).

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now I'm just feeling attacked because I don't know everything there is to know about nutrition and had a not so good week.

Not trying to attack, trying to give advice (backed with links to solid info / sources) to help you learn why you're
stalled, or not doing as well as you seem to want.
It comes down to: you're eating more than your body needs.
The easiest way to change that is to eat fewer calories. The best way to do that & still feel full & satisfied is to
eat less of the high-calorie-low-nutrition stuff and more of the lower-calorie-higher-nutrition things.
It's a lot easier to have only 1 piece of cake (500 calories) than it is to exercise away the second (or more)
piece, esp. when you're small & exercise doesn't burn many calories.

ashley wrote:

I try to stay under 800 net calories a day. I also exercise for at least 15 minutes every day,
sometimes more when I'm up to it... I didn't believe in the starvation mode either, but my weight isn't
budging and I'm meticulous at weighing out all my food and making sure not to eat after 3pm.

Good start on the exercise. Increase it a few minutes/day every week.
And eating after any certain time is not what's causing you to plateau. It just happens. Keep eating to your calorie
goal, keep exercising, and you'll start losing again. If it lasts a while, cut 50 calories & add 5 minutes of exercise.

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Faithful_Chosen wrote:

why are you eating under 800 calories...?

She's not. She said "800 net". Given that most people underestimate what they eat and most machines overestimate
calories burned, ignoring exercise / net calories balances out the mistakes for most people. Net is worthless.
From her profile picture, she's just under 300 lb (from 365, BTW - good for you!) and depending
on the day, it looks like she has a goal of anywhere from 1100 (which is too low) to 1400 (which is a little low,
but not bad).

As an aside to Ashley - I love the Fiber One lemon bars too! It's so hard to eat just one.