Stuck

Difficult to understand what you're saying here:

• You weren't overweight but you lost some weight by restricting cals
• You're now at normal weight (so, you were overweight before?)
• You're eating 1500 cals and your weight is not moving

I think what that means is:

• You were overweight
• You lost weight and now your somewhere around normal weight
• Your maintenance calories are about 1500

If all that is correct then, to lose more weight you need to drop your net cals to below 1500. But, if your close to normal weight you should keep the deficit pretty minimal and therefore weight loss will be slow (at close to normal weight aggressive loss programs tend to reduce lean body mass as much (if not more) than fat).

Theo166 wrote: »

hopeloveandoreos wrote: »

Sorry about not being clear. This last summer I had lost to underweight, so my doctor made me gain until I am now in the middle of a healthy weight range.

You are not making sense, it sounds like you are where you are supposed to be, and that's a good place to be stuck.

If you want to move back to being underweight, speak to your DR first.

+1

From your profile, you're a 20 yr old female. I'm going to make an assumption that your are normal weight, but don't like how you look. If that's the case, you will do better by starting some weight training to get better definition. In the end you will be much healthier than trying be underweight.

I think I'm starting to understand.

You lost weight to dangerous levels (underweight).
Your doctor made you gain weight back to a healthy level.
You're unhappy with how your body looks/feels, so you want to lose weight again, but can't seem to.

May I suggest a) talking with your doctor about this, and b) look into recomposition (maintaining weight but losing fat by building muscles using a progressive lifting program).

recomposition:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1

Progressive lifting programs:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

hopeloveandoreos wrote: »

I feel large and I want to be healthy, so I only want to lose about 10 lbs. I don't want to maintain on only 1500, but if that's what I have to do I will, but is there anyway that I could maybe slowly increase my calories without gaining and possibly even lose? Any type of method or calorie shifting plan?

Since you don't seem to be reading the replies to you, I've got some magic pills in the trunk of my car I'll sell you, but they are very expensive.

If you can't afford the magic answer, read the replies.

hopeloveandoreos wrote: »

I feel large and I want to be healthy, so I only want to lose about 10 lbs. I don't want to maintain on only 1500, but if that's what I have to do I will, but is there anyway that I could maybe slowly increase my calories without gaining and possibly even lose? Any type of method or calorie shifting plan?

Reverse dieting, where a person gradually adds more calories to their intake is a technique used by some to find their maximum calorie input without weight gain (loss is very, very unlikely). It may be applicable to you because people often report that they can eat much more than they anticipated, probably due to a corresponding increase NEAT when a person ups their calories.

But, IMPORTANT - It seems like you are in a difficult place and I share the concern that others are expressing in this thread that your perception of your body and what is healthy for you may be skewed. I strongly recommend that you talk to your doctor about your weight and diet.