Same diet/excercise plan going great for months, now suddenly I'm starving!?

it's your bodies way of saying feed me after such a long period eating not enough food maybe?

why 1200?

SezxyStef wrote: »

ZLARZ wrote: »

I've also noticed my weight loss has slowed down too. 1200 cals cuz I typed in I wanted to lose 2 lbs a week and thats what it told me to eat.

how much do you have to lose now? if less than 40lbs...time to change it to 1/2lb or 1lb a week

If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal

Without knowing how much you have to lose still it's difficult to speculate. But probably your body can only metabolize so much fat at a time. The closer you are to goal, the less fat stores you have, the more it has to take from other sources, like your muscle. The more it can't use your fat stores for energy, the less energy you have available.

jemhh wrote: »

A diet break may help:

http://strengthunbound.com/when-to-take-a-diet-break/

Excellent article. Thank you for posting it.

@ZLARZ You really are just hungry, 1200 is too aggressive if you only have 15lbs to lose. When I joined here 3 years ago I did the same thing you did and lost like 40lbs in 3 months eating at 1200 calories. After the 4th month I began to feel hungry all the time...because I WAS hungry all time. 1200 calories is not enough to sustain most people...and guess what? I gained back half the weight I lost because once I kept going over my calorie goal daily I'd say "I'm already over, might as well eat what I want. I'll start again tomorrow."

I'd set myself to lose 1lb a week and see if that helps me feel good.

You're kinda all over the place here.

In response to your last post, get enough sleep for sure. Inadequate sleep doesn't help.

2 lbs a week is too steep unless you have a ton of weight to lose. Otherwise, why not shoot for 4 lbs a week and just not eat anything at all? There are limits here. If you only want to lose a few tens of pounds, stick with 1 lb per week, and up your calories to 1700. If that's too high, adjust accordingly after some time has passed.

Cheat days can blow an entire week of progress if you go overboard. It's not hard to eat several thousand calories from pizza and Oreos. Instead, consider a relatively reasonable cheat meal instead of a full day.

I would agree with others, it's always easier to eat less calories in the beginning because your body starts eating your fat stores, once those are depleted your body needs more fuel. Also if you've become more active than you were in the past, your body requires more fuel as well. I think 1200 is too low for most people. Up your calories don't be afraid to, just up them with the appropriate foods! Lean protein, veggies, healthy fats like almonds, avocado, things like that.

I would suggest calculating your TDEE here is a good calculator:
http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

From there, determine how many less calories you need to eat to create a deficit. A lb = 3,500 calories. So if your goal is to lose 1 lb a week you would want to divide 3,500 by 7 days in a week (500 cals) and subtract that from your TDEE.

ie. My TDEE is 2161, I want to lose 1.5 lbs a week. I take that in cals (5,250) divide that by 7 days in a week for my daily cal deficit (750). Then subtract that from my TDEE 1411 calories.

These aren't hard and fast rules and everything works out better on paper so take it with a grain of salt, but should give you a better idea of how many calories you really should aim for. And 2 lbs a week is pretty difficult, especially when you only have 15-20lbs to lose. I would aim for 1-1.5 at the most. Too much too fast is not good for you.

Another thing to note, your a woman in your 30s, I notice that when it's close to my cycle, there is never enough food in my belly! Your hormones control your life a lot! Drink plenty of water, properly fuel your body and you'll get those 15-20 lbs off in no time!

Good luck to you!

ZLARZ wrote: »

I've got about 15-20 lbs left to lose.
Just so crazy I used to never get hungry but now I'm so hungry in between meals. I'm having to do more workouts at the end of the day to burn off the cals I ate for snacks. Healthy snacks tho.

Should I up my daily cal? It's been working do well til recently...

I second the suggestion to take a short break. Read into it and see what is suggested, but my personal suggestion is to eat like 1500 calories for a week and don't go over exercising to compensate, let your body have the extra fuel. That number *shouldnt* be higher than your maintenence, any gain would be water then you can get back to your plan. But you likely do need to slow down loss, everyone is correct that as you lose your body has less to draw from and will rebel against extreme deficits.

ZLARZ wrote: »

Init_to_winit wrote: »

I would agree with others, it's always easier to eat less calories in the beginning because your body starts eating your fat stores, once those are depleted your body needs more fuel. Also if you've become more active than you were in the past, your body requires more fuel as well. I think 1200 is too low for most people. Up your calories don't be afraid to, just up them with the appropriate foods! Lean protein, veggies, healthy fats like almonds, avocado, things like that.

I would suggest calculating your TDEE here is a good calculator:
http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

From there, determine how many less calories you need to eat to create a deficit. A lb = 3,500 calories. So if your goal is to lose 1 lb a week you would want to divide 3,500 by 7 days in a week (500 cals) and subtract that from your TDEE.

ie. My TDEE is 2161, I want to lose 1.5 lbs a week. I take that in cals (5,250) divide that by 7 days in a week for my daily cal deficit (750). Then subtract that from my TDEE 1411 calories.

These aren't hard and fast rules and everything works out better on paper so take it with a grain of salt, but should give you a better idea of how many calories you really should aim for. And 2 lbs a week is pretty difficult, especially when you only have 15-20lbs to lose. I would aim for 1-1.5 at the most. Too much too fast is not good for you.

Another thing to note, your a woman in your 30s, I notice that when it's close to my cycle, there is never enough food in my belly! Your hormones control your life a lot! Drink plenty of water, properly fuel your body and you'll get those 15-20 lbs off in no time!

Good luck to you!

I've never heard of this. I went to link and it said mine is 1749. So what do I do next. Sorry.so new to all this...

Change your goal on MFP to 1 lb per week. Use part of the extra calories to allow yourself a treat every day, and see if that helps you eliminate the cheat day.