Weight Plateau Help - Increase Calories?
jodycreed
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I currently weigh 440 lbs. I have been stuck at this weight for 2 weeks now. I am currently eating approx. 1200-1500 calories a day. When I started my weight loss journey I was losing about 2lbs a week. Not anymore. I am eating very clean: Lean meats and veggies and drinking 3-4 liters of water a day. Do I really need to increase my calories to lose more weight? It just seems counter intuitive to eat more. I figure the greater the deficit the better.
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You don't have to eat or drink anything special, or starve yourself, but you do have to be patient and eat at a consistent calorie deficit. If you do that, you lose weight. Ignore weight fluctuations. Weigh all your food.3
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All of my food is weighed.1
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You won't lose more by eating more. Plateaus are normal and due to water retention.
1200-1500 seems very low for someone your size though.16 -
You're right, it is counterintuitive. Are you eating back your estimated exercise calories?
If so you may be overestimating the calories burned. If no, you may be retaining water. At your size, there is no possible way that a 1200-1500 calorie level daily would not force your body to turn to fat stores for energy. Trust the tried and true method of logging EVERYTHING you eat accurately and you will lose fat.3 -
2 weeks of no loss is not a plateau. Have patience.8
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I buy my meals from a local meal prep company. Only lean meats and veggies, and everything is logged into myfitnesspal. I really am logging everything. I just figure with what I am eating I should see more movement.1
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I buy my meals from a local meal prep company. Only lean meats and veggies, and everything is logged into myfitnesspal. I really am logging everything. I just figure with what I am eating I should see more movement.
Some weeks you will see a drop, some weeks stay the same and some weeks you will even see a gain. But if you compare month to month, looking longer term than 1-2 weeks: the trend will be downward from eating at a deficit.
The temporary stall is tied to weight. Could be due to hormones, sodium, stress, lack of sleep, doing more physical activity than normal and so forth. But water weight is temporary.4 -
I'd be pretty skeptical of the meal prep company. If you're 440 and eating 1200-1500 cals I would expect to see movement weekly. Idk tho, I know the heavier you are the more water you can hold too so maybe stick it out another couple weeks and see?1
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You're male and only eating 1200 calories?
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It's definitely not the meal prep company.0
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RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »You're male and only eating 1200 calories?
That is correct.0 -
Are you in a position yet where you are able to start increasing your daily activity in the house? And/or engage in joint friendly movement/exercise?0
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I had assumed female based on the 1200-1500 and name Jody. (Which can be male or female.)
Are you under a doctor's constant supervision for the very low calorie diet? The recommended safe MINIMUM for a male is 1500/day.2 -
I buy my meals from a local meal prep company. Only lean meats and veggies, and everything is logged into myfitnesspal. I really am logging everything. I just figure with what I am eating I should see more movement.
Are you logging here or someplace else? I see non-complete or no food logged days in your diary. If you aren't weighing everything you are eating you really should start doing so.
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If you are not being super active or burning anything more than just sitting I would definitely add that in and feel free to eat back what you burn. If you weigh 440 i wouldn't think your body should be in starvation mode, because there is plenty there to burn off and use. I also see people on weightloss shows who are at 1200 calories for months and they lose every month. So, i would say add in activity and lots of water.0
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StaciMarie1974 wrote: »I had assumed female based on the 1200-1500 and name Jody. (Which can be male or female.)
Are you under a doctor's constant supervision for the very low calorie diet? The recommended safe MINIMUM for a male is 1500/day.
I am a dude! (thanks mom)
No a doctor is not monitoring my calorie intake.0 -
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If you are 440 pounds and really only eating 1200 calories a day you would be losing weight. You are eating more than you think.4
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RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »You're male and only eating 1200 calories?
That is correct.
That is not sustainable. You will struggle to give your body what it needs and it will use your muscle as fuel making it harder to continue to lose weight.
The amount of fat you're eating is very low.4 -
http://eatmore2weighless.com/weight-loss-calculator/ Here you can Calculate what your burn and how many calories a day you should be eating to lose weight in a healthy way.
TDEE is Total Daily Energy Expediture - how many calories you use every day doing your normal routine with exercise
BMR is Basal Metabolic Rate - the amount of Calories you need to just lay in bed and breathe.
I think you will find you are way under. You can eat more and healthier and lose weight.3
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