Progress pic & question

That's awesome progress

I assume, at 1400 calories, you're aiming for approximately a pound a week, which it seems like you're hitting. That is great progress! You look fabulous!

You would need to drop an additional 500 calories per day to lose an additional pound per week. That would put you at 900 calories per day which I do not recommend.

I think it's great you're making progress! Thats a step in the right direction! What i would say, however, is that we can safely expect to lose 1% of our total body weight per week and at your current size you should be able to lose much much more than you have been.

Based on the calorie goal you listed of 1,400 I would assume that there are some inaccuracies in your logging. I would re-evaluate, purchase a food scale, and become more strict with my logging.



P.S. this is not to say that you aren't making progress. You should be proud of what you've accomplished.

There is less leeway as you get smaller. At first portion control and measuring by volume can work. But weighing with a kitchen scale helps with accuracy. You could try that. Personally, I wouldn't drop down from 1400 to 1200 if I were you. One pound a week on average is super. Think about the big picture. You've lost 30 pounds so you should be proud of your progress so far.

Awesome progress on the 30lbs so far.
One of the first things that stuck out to me was the different poses in your pictures.

Totally disregard this if you're already doing it but....
I'm a huge advocate of progress pictures, they help us see the change that we can't see day to day. With that being said taking them under the same conditions (or as close as possible), is how you can get the most out of them. Ideally with the same lighting, same pose, same outfit etc.

Losing 30 pounds in 6 months is honestly pretty good. I think our culture and media skew what is a reasonable expectation for weightloss so that people who are doing a really good job end up thinking they are failing somehow. You aren't failing, this is how you do it....just stick with it (which you should be able to do) and you will get there.

As for putting on muscle explaining why you haven't lost weight I'm afraid that is very very unlikely. In absolutely optimum conditions a woman can put on maybe like 5 pounds of muscle in a year...that is eating above maintenance and lifting heavy training hard. If you are in a calorie deficit and doing "some" strength training that isn't happening. If anything its more likely you've lost a little muscle which happens with weight loss.