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Day 23 - lost only 1kg, Am I doing good?

bluehairedkpopguy
bluehairedkpopguy Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
54kg / 156cm height
I'm planning to lose 8 more kgs but I don't know if I'm doing good or? The fact that I've lost only 1kg makes me feel depressed.. And I'm eating 1200 calories per day (most of the time only 1100 because of my busy schedule and I don't really feel like eating, I swear I'm not starving)

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  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    54kg = 119lbs, 156cm = 5'11. Assuming those are correct, you're already WAY underweight. Losing should be the last thing on your mind right now.
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    How are you measuring and logging your food? When I first started out I was woeful at .ogging accurately and would often be eating more than I thought I was.
    Make sure you weigh all solids on a digital scale as eyeballing and measuring cups won't be accurate. This includes packages food which can weigh up to 20% more than indicated on the package. Use measuring cups and spoons for liquids (make sure you include all sauces, oils, spreads etc).
    When entering data check against places like the USDA database or the package nutrition label to ensure accuracy. There are some shocking entries out there.
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    54kg = 119lbs, 156cm = 5'11. Assuming those are correct, you're already WAY underweight. Losing should be the last thing on your mind right now.

    A BMI of 22.2 is not way underweight. Losing 8 more kgs would put her at 18.9 which is be bottom of healthy..
  • bluehairedkpopguy
    bluehairedkpopguy Posts: 6 Member
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    54kg = 119lbs, 156cm = 5'11. Assuming those are correct, you're already WAY underweight. Losing should be the last thing on your mind right now.
    Wait, underweight? Last time I checked my BMI I'm still average and about to hit overweight
  • bluehairedkpopguy
    bluehairedkpopguy Posts: 6 Member
    Lillymoo01 wrote: »
    How are you measuring and logging your food? When I first started out I was woeful at .ogging accurately and would often be eating more than I thought I was.
    Make sure you weigh all solids on a digital scale as eyeballing and measuring cups won't be accurate. This includes packages food which can weigh up to 20% more than indicated on the package. Use measuring cups and spoons for liquids (make sure you include all sauces, oils, spreads etc).
    When entering data check against places like the USDA database or the package nutrition label to ensure accuracy. There are some shocking entries out there.

    Ohh thank you for the advice!
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    54kg = 119lbs, 156cm = 5'11. Assuming those are correct, you're already WAY underweight. Losing should be the last thing on your mind right now.

    156cm = 5'1"
  • bluehairedkpopguy
    bluehairedkpopguy Posts: 6 Member
    Sammun wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    54kg = 119lbs, 156cm = 5'11. Assuming those are correct, you're already WAY underweight. Losing should be the last thing on your mind right now.

    5'1
    Not 11

    That's right! I didn't notice that, thanks for correcting
  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    Sammun wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    54kg = 119lbs, 156cm = 5'11. Assuming those are correct, you're already WAY underweight. Losing should be the last thing on your mind right now.

    5'1
    Not 11

    Well crap, you're right :smile: I'm a little sleep-deprived, don't mind me.
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    bluehairedkpopguy wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    54kg = 119lbs, 156cm = 5'11. Assuming those are correct, you're already WAY underweight. Losing should be the last thing on your mind right now.
    Wait, underweight? Last time I checked my BMI I'm still average and about to hit overweight

    No, that OP couldn't convert right from metric. Not underweight at all.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    bluehairedkpopguy wrote: »
    54kg / 156cm height
    I'm planning to lose 8 more kgs but I don't know if I'm doing good or? The fact that I've lost only 1kg makes me feel depressed.. And I'm eating 1200 calories per day (most of the time only 1100 because of my busy schedule and I don't really feel like eating, I swear I'm not starving)

    You don't have much weight to lose, so that rate of loss is actually really good. You shouldn't be aiming for anymore than 1/2 a kg per week, and preferably only a 1/4. Yes, I know that sounds dismally small, but you're already in your healthy weight range, and your body is going to fight you all the way on those last kgs. It will actually fight less if you take it more slowly, and chances are you will get to goal sooner, or around the same time, as you would trying to lose faster. And you won't drive yourself nuts doing it.

    Other than that, reiterating what Lilymoo said, weigh your food, ensure you're using accurate database entries. Be meticulous.
  • misnomer1
    misnomer1 Posts: 646 Member
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  • jelleigh
    jelleigh Posts: 743 Member
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    54kg = 119lbs, 156cm = 5'11. Assuming those are correct, you're already WAY underweight. Losing should be the last thing on your mind right now.

    156 cm is 5'1 not 5'11. Big difference
  • bluehairedkpopguy
    bluehairedkpopguy Posts: 6 Member
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    bluehairedkpopguy wrote: »
    54kg / 156cm height
    I'm planning to lose 8 more kgs but I don't know if I'm doing good or? The fact that I've lost only 1kg makes me feel depressed.. And I'm eating 1200 calories per day (most of the time only 1100 because of my busy schedule and I don't really feel like eating, I swear I'm not starving)

    You don't have much weight to lose, so that rate of loss is actually really good. You shouldn't be aiming for anymore than 1/2 a kg per week, and preferably only a 1/4. Yes, I know that sounds dismally small, but you're already in your healthy weight range, and your body is going to fight you all the way on those last kgs. It will actually fight less if you take it more slowly, and chances are you will get to goal sooner, or around the same time, as you would trying to lose faster. And you won't drive yourself nuts doing it.

    Other than that, reiterating what Lilymoo said, weigh your food, ensure you're using accurate database entries. Be meticulous.

    Thank you for replying!
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    You are small, so your weight loss will be slow. 1 kg in 23 days is perfect. Even 1 kg a month is a good loss for someone your size.
  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    jelleigh wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    54kg = 119lbs, 156cm = 5'11. Assuming those are correct, you're already WAY underweight. Losing should be the last thing on your mind right now.

    156 cm is 5'1 not 5'11. Big difference

    I was corrected after and acknowledged it, thanks :smile:
  • bluehairedkpopguy
    bluehairedkpopguy Posts: 6 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    You are small, so your weight loss will be slow. 1 kg in 23 days is perfect. Even 1 kg a month is a good loss for someone your size.

    Ohh is that so? Thank you for the reply! :smiley:
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    bluehairedkpopguy wrote: »
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    You are small, so your weight loss will be slow. 1 kg in 23 days is perfect. Even 1 kg a month is a good loss for someone your size.

    Ohh is that so? Thank you for the reply! :smiley:

    Yep!

    I would reset your rate of lose to 0.25kg per week, which will actually give you more to eat. Even though you are losing at that rate now, there could be a couple of reasons for that:

    1) inaccurate logging, in which case you will need to tighten up on that if you change your weight loss setting (if you make your diary public, we can have a look and see if that might be the case);

    2) your body is recognising that you are underfeeding it for the amount of fat stores you have, and is compensating by slowing down other things, such as incidental movement (all that stuff that you do outside of conscious exercise, and you likely won't even notice it's happening). If that is the case, your body will respond to more food by increasing that movement again. Example: you have a 500 calorie deficit, your body responds by reducing your movement and you burn, let's say 250 cals a day less. So your deficit is actually only 250 cals. But, if you only have a 250 cal deficit to start with, your body doesn't reduce that movement, and you get to eat more and lose at the same rate anyway. Make sense?

    Either way, you're doing fine and losing at an appropriate rate for your size. I'm just all about eating the maximum I can whilst still losing ;)
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