Trying to lose 25-30lbs

Let me be more clear-when I said near my calories, I meant if I wasn't getting AT LEAST 1000-1100 calories per day I don't seem to lose the weight.

VCLanc wrote: »

It looks like we are in the same weight ballpark. Today's weight is 138 lbs. I joined weight watchers (WW) online last week and am aiming for 122 lbs. I am using both the WW and My Fitness Pal (MFP) app. I have found if I don't get near my calories for the day (per MFP app), I don't lose weight. Perhaps my body thinks I'm starving??? Also, make sure you are drinking enough water. I keep a 24 oz Tervis container filled with water with me all the time and use Dasani Drops to flavor it. I aim for 3-4 glasses of water from this container per day. MFP app also has me set for 1200 calories, though I am only trying to get to 122 lbs. (I think I'm older than you - 48 yr old tomorrow - and in menopause so my metabolism has slowed incredibly!!).

Starvation mode is a very common myth- it's completely untrue. Your body will NOT hold on to fat because you're eating too few calories. If you're not losing weight you're consuming more calories than you burn (which could be for a number of reasons). Are you logging accurately and consistently using a food scale?

Also, 1000-1100 calories a day is far too low. 1200 is the minimum recommended daily calorie intake- if you consistently eat less than this then you're setting yourself up for all sorts of health problems.

OP- what you're doing at the moment sounds like a great plan. 1200 is very low so do make sure that you eat your exercise calories back (50% is a general rule of thumb, as calorie burns are often overestimated). Make sure you log your calories and use a food scale and you'll be fine

When within 25 pounds of goal, one should aim for .5 pound/loss a week. It will be very slow. It will be frustrating. But given time it will work.

ellieliam9796 wrote: »

murp4069 wrote: »

Are you losing weight with what you are currently doing?

Yes I have lost 8lbs but it seems to have stopped now

how often do you weight yourself? Have you lost weight within the last 3 weeks? If so, then you just need to continue on with what you're doing. Weight loss isn't linear

ellieliam9796 wrote: »

I'm abit obsessed with my weight and I weigh myself nearly every day I know I shouldn't but I just end up doing it. I've lost 8lbs in just over a month

KrisiAnnH wrote: »

ellieliam9796 wrote: »

murp4069 wrote: »

Are you losing weight with what you are currently doing?

Yes I have lost 8lbs but it seems to have stopped now

how often do you weight yourself? Have you lost weight within the last 3 weeks? If so, then you just need to continue on with what you're doing. Weight loss isn't linear

That's a great loss!

Do you use an app like happy scale which balances out the fluctuations in weight?

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ellieliam9796 wrote: »

I'm abit obsessed with my weight and I weigh myself nearly every day I know I shouldn't but I just end up doing it. I've lost 8lbs in just over a month

KrisiAnnH wrote: »

ellieliam9796 wrote: »

murp4069 wrote: »

Are you losing weight with what you are currently doing?

Yes I have lost 8lbs but it seems to have stopped now

how often do you weight yourself? Have you lost weight within the last 3 weeks? If so, then you just need to continue on with what you're doing. Weight loss isn't linear

8lbs in a month is the maximum recommended rate of loss! (2lbs a week is the most you should be aiming for). Congrats on your loss! You're doing great already.

Just remember, if you're weighing yourself everyday you'll see fluctuations from one day to the next- sometimes up to as much as 5lbs. You wont have gained 5lbs overnight- it'll be water weight. So don't panic if that does happen. As ThatLittleBit suggested weight trend apps are a good idea if you weigh everyday

Do not let people tell you that "starvation mode" is a myth. My husband (6'4" linebacker build) was desperate to loose weight and for many years under ate. when he finally got with a nutritionist (before websites like this existed) and logged his food, he found that he was eating 1400 to 1600 calories a day, all healthy foods. she told him no less than 1800, and had him shoot for 2200 a day. He lost 30 lbs in 3 months, eating more than he had before, keeping it healthy.

That said, starvation mode doesn't happen in a day. But chronically under eating will send your body into a tailspin.