Help! Am I doing this wrong??

13.5lbs in 5 weeks is amazing!! Sounds like you're doing everything right and you just need to keep it at. As the saying goes you didn't gain all the weight overnight, you won't lose it overnight.

Be patient, keep doing what you're doing and the rest of the weight will come off.

Ps-use one of the online TDEE calculators to estimate your actual daily calorie burn. That may give you a better understanding. Your BMR is in the neighborhood of 1780/day (I guessed at age, height but the biggest factor is gender & weight) meaning your total burn is probably about 2300-2700 depending on how much exercise you do. So to be eating 1500 about the best you can expect is to lose 2 pounds per week.

amyleigh1782 wrote: »

I am nowhere NEAR the weight MFP said I may be in *5 weeks.

The 5 weeks is only an estimate based on that specific day, not how you have eaten every day.

amyleigh1782 wrote: »

Am I expecting too much?

Yes you are expecting too much! It doesn't matter what makes up your calorie goal, just that you stay within it, so eating 1/4 of the carbs you were eating makes absolutely zero difference to the figure on the scale, except for maybe some water weight when you initially change your diet. 14lbs is a significant loss, so no you shouldn't be losing more.

You need to be patient and stick at it, if you want this to last long term you need to accept that it's a slow and steady process for a lifestyle change and not a quick fix.

Anything over 2 lbs a week is really good. Any more than that and is most likely just water weight, or even worse, muscle loss! What do your macro's look like, what kind of foods are you eating? A calorie is a calorie, but macros and the quality of the food you eat can sometimes determine what happens with those calories. For example, too many carbs and junk food can lead to less fat burn because your body has an abundance of carbs for energy and never taps into your fat reserves, but too little carbs can leave you depleted of energy (until you get into ketosis, but that is a totally different subject). If you want to speed things up a little some cardio is always a good thing. Not only will it speed up your progress, but it is good of your overall cardiovascular health. Use a step counter and if you are under 10,000 steps at the end of the day go for a walk or jog in place while you watch tv to get to 10,000. I'm a big proponent of strength training and I credit that to a lot of my progress, but not everyone has time for that.

amyleigh1782 wrote: »

Not UNHAPPY, just unsure and worried that I will fail....again. I am trying to make sure I do this the right way this time so that I do not regain the weight. I was a junior Olympic athlete til I was 16, and I know that 13lbs is a good drop, but I have not ever lost without working out.

This is the first time in my life I am completely changing my diet and lifestyle. I am a tad scared I guess, thats all.

My normal day consists of

English Muffin
Black coffee -sometimes with 1/4 cup soy milk
Chobani 100 calorie flip
Raw broc and carrots
grapes or apples
4 oz chicken with veggies /sometimes rice
popsicles
I usually get between 7-12 thousand steps in.

Thanks for all the responses! I am not trying to sound ungrateful for what I have lost, I don't want to sound silly. I am simply trying to make sure I do this the best way possible!!

is that ALL you are eating? I doubt that is even 1500 calories and it looks VERY low in protein. You are going to lose quite a bit of muscle mass if you continue like that.