Confused if I should raise calories? Plateau?

How much weight do you have left to lose?

If you lost 2 lbs over the past month, that's an average of .5 lbs per week, which isn't bad depending on how far you have left to go. Weight loss is not going to be completely linear - you may hold on to some weight for a few weeks and then lose a few lbs all at once, or you could gain a lb one week and the next week be down 1.5 lbs. The important thing is that you are on a downward trend over time.

P.S., there is no reason to worry about starvation mode or "kickstarting" your metabolism. That's not really a thing, at least not in the context you're imagining it.

Since you lost 2 pounds, I would not change anything at this point.

Our bodies are not so efficient that what we do in one day automatically shows results the next day.

Your profile shows you are within 3 pounds of your goal weight. Your new smaller body burns less energy now than it did 40 pounds ago. Meaning that accuracy is very important now in order to have a deficit. Use a food scale, for everything solid. Expect to lose .5-1 pound a week at most, but a more reasonable # is 1-2 pounds a month.

kelhea wrote: »

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, I don't really know how to explain it...
So I've hit a bit of a plateau with my weight loss. I've loss almost 45 pounds now and have gone back and forth with a pound for the last month now. What's confusing me is last night I ate well over my calories (+500) and this morning I have lost 2 pounds. Now I know that it could be that im not eating enough and that's why eating over kick started the metabolism but I have my calories already set at 1500-1700 a day (still exercising) and my bmr is 1514. So I'm quite hesitant to eat 2000 every day. Any suggestions if I should up my calories or if this was a one time thing? Or any suggestions on getting rid of a plateau? Again sorry if this makes no sense!

This happens and is pretty common ... IMO, stick with your calories at a deficit. Sometimes I stay the same weight for weeks, and then I will drop 3 lbs in two days. I know people make it sound like the body works like a machine or with the predictable precision of a mathematical formula: X calories = Y loss per 7 days. Doesn't really seem to go that way -- at least for me. (I've lost over 100 lbs btw. Just keep doing what you're doing. Keep records, too -- over time you'll see trends, which I think helps when it feels like nothing is happening.)

Also, think of it this way: if the scale moves down this week (and stays down), it's probably because of what you did the previous week or two, not necessarily the previous 24 hrs.

Have you recalculated your deficit calories since your 45 pound loss?