3 months in - Very little fat loss??

You are eating at maintenance. You either are not measuring correctly, or overestimating how much you burn during exercise. It doesn't matter if you eat clean or not, calories are all that matters for weight. Weigh all of your solids on a digital scale, to the gram. Measure all liquids in cups/spoons.

If you cut your calories, then increase, as long as your not over your TDEE you will not gain weight. Open your diary so we can see how your logging is. Most of the time it's a combination of not logging correctly, or overestimating exercise. If you have not lost weight in a deficit, for 3 months, again, you are eating at maintenance.

You COULD...but I sure as hell wouldn't advise it.

Just for comparison: I am 5'7", fairly active, and I would cry if I followed your meal plan. For a couple of reasons.

1) Something is off with those numbers. My BMR is right around 1500-1550, so yours is presumably in that ballpark. 6 months of eating under your BMR = no bueno. Plus, just majorly un-fun.

2) As mentioned: BMR 1500-1550. At 1600, I'd be losing 2 pounds a week. I don't know where you are starting from, but if you're looking to lose 40-50 pounds, then presumably you're starting from a higher point than I'm at, so you should be able to eat far more and still lose. I eat anywhere from 1900-2400 (depending on the day -- like I said, I'm pretty active), net around 1550-1600 after subtracting 0.3-0.5 of my exercise calories, and lose steadily when I stick to that.

3) Where is your protein/fat? I'm not anti-carb IN ANY WAY (looooooove me some Moonpies and ice cream), but I aim for 130-150 g of protein per day and at least 50g of fat (I'm not as good at getting dietary fat -- hence the ice cream), and anything else I have left over goes for whatever I feel like. On the meal plan you have set out, I would be hangry and dragging arsch all day.

4) I live abroad now (2nd time around). Just as a heads-up: don't hate yourself for the weight you will almost inevitably gain when you move The experience is worth it. (And chances are the food is too.) Embrace it and then re-configure with a new plan

*Edited because I can't count to 4 properly...

I'd look at the composition of what you're eating. It looks heavy on carb and low on fat/protein. There's some good advice here.... absolutely weigh your food. With things like nuts I weight them out (especially Tamari Almonds..) otherwise you can easily eat more than 30gms worth! A good way to go is not to eat back your exercise calories. It takes a 3,500+ calorie deficit to lose 1lb. So, if your maintenance calories are say 1600 a day and you want to lose 1lb a week you would need to eat 1100 calories a day (without any exercise).

The first time I lost weight after a baby I didn't lose a lot of weight, but I looked completely different. I went from a size 12 to a size 4 and only lost about 15 lbs lifting weights.

There is about 20 weeks till September and you want to lose 40 lbs which would make it 2 lb/week. To do that you need a 1000 kcal deficit. So you need to up your activity and tighten your logging if you plan to go on with that plan. Also your TDEE will drop while you get lighter so keeping 1000 deficit gets harder and harder (keep in mind that eating under 1200 or even a bit more since you are not short can lead to loss of muscle mass and health problems in a long run). I think you need a reality check because you seem to think you are eating 1600 and noth losing weight. As I said in your other thread either your logging is WAY off (you say your TDEE is 2100) or your TDEE is in fact 1600. That's it. If you are sure about you logging then from 1600 TDEE getting 1000 deficit is not something to even consider. If that's the case only thing you can do is get higher TDEE with exercise.

lemonychild wrote: »

if your TDEE is 2100 your maintenance is at 2100. if you eat at below 2100, you will lose weight

@lemonychild Yes, however she says she's eating 1600 and not losing 3 months... I'd say it's logging issue.