heybales wrote: »

As weight was lost, your TDEE would have lowered to match the new eating level the lack of donuts caused. Even that 9lbs year is wrong as the deficit would have become smaller.

Not sure how many calories is being taken for the donuts being gone, but eventually you'd be eating at maintenance, possibly before reaching the 50 or 20 lb mark.

Bingo. Keep in mind that the body is adaptable and with extended dieting, will reduce TDEE in other ways to adapt for reduced intake. Using your number of 3/4lbs a month, that means your weekly deficit is only ~650 calories. That's less than 100 calories a day! Keep in mind since you're eating less, you could easily make up that extra 100 calories a day on something else since your hunger will increase due to eating less. That 100 calories a day will disappear through extra intake, less activity/NEAT, metabolism lowering naturally as you lose weight, etc.. Probably pretty quickly I'd say. You might lose a few pounds initially but then I bet you'd even out.

Just my guess.

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