confused how weight loss has stopped

cerise_noir wrote: »

Agreed with @extra_medium
OP, you need to weigh ALL solid and semi solid food, and only use cups and spoons for actual liquids. Weigh pre-packaged food, too as they can be off by about 20%.

Change your weight loss to .5lbs per week. If you weigh all your food, you will see losses.

1chana23 wrote: »

Just came across this thread and I had a similar question

I was also surprised as 900 calories sounds low -in fact the mfp app on the phone won't calculate your progress unless you eat a minimum of 1000 calories per day - it tells you that your body can go in starvation mode.

I was in a very similar situation to the OP (eating over 2000 calories a day) and had to drop to about 1400 based on the mfp tool recommendation. It sounded scary at first but since I was serious (this time) I measured and logged everything. A serving of rice (half a cup) is about a third of what I would eat before!

I found the daily habit of logging anything (literally everything) that went into my mouth to be the "A-ha" moment for weight loss. I could not guess at what I was eating, I had to measure to get it right.

Things that "seemed" healthy (store bought granola?) weren't really healthy (besides the correct measured serving of store bought granola is less than what I used to think was an appropriate serving)

There were some really good tips to my question - if I could rephrase - monitoring your food intake will be your best friend for weight loss and weight management once you get to your ideal weight. Listen to your body to find what works to get you satiated (something I'm still learning to do). If you haven't already - add lots of fibrous vegetables to your meals. Also add healthy fats and get your protein targets.

All the best!!

I have never seen the app mention 'starvation mode'
*starvation mode isn't really a thing, as in "If you eat so little your body will hold on to all its fat" thing...

extra_medium wrote: »

RoxieDawn wrote: »

As silly as this sounds, you have to eat in order to lose weight.. And while that sounds "out there in left field", your body will fight to help keep you alive (not to be dramatic) and eating too little compounds all your efforts to lose weight. I can write out a huge list of things that happen when eating too little, but hopefully from all the posts here, you realize that this is unnecessary to achieve your goal.

You must (and please listen to these ladies) eat the min 1200 and preferably with additional exercise calories if you do or will plan to exercise in the future..

What is most likely happening is that the 900 calories being quoted is an inaccurate count and the OP needs to weigh and log everything she eats. Your body can't hold on to weight if you're really in a deficit. Weight loss might slow down slightly over time in extreme cases, but it can't violate the laws of physics.

Also OP, as weight is lost, you have to update your weight in MFP and have it recalculate your calorie/macro goals. When you weigh less, your body requires fewer calories to maintain that weight and you have to create a new deficit by eating less or burning more. Just be sure to weigh and log everything and definitely don't eat 900 actual calories, it's way too low.