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Too few calories?

dee95mfp
dee95mfp Posts: 16 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
I’m trying to lose a few pounds and nothing seems to be coming off for about two weeks now. I run 4 times a week, do Pilates and a bit of weight training. I’ve set my daily calories at 1,300 and some people have told me this is too low, what do you guys think? (I am 5’ 8 in and 11st 11pounds)

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  • dee95mfp
    dee95mfp Posts: 16 Member
    Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    At 5ft 8 your just within healthy BMI range so weight loss will be slow I'm the same height as you and currently sitting at 11 stone 12.6 and it SLOW!
  • JulieSHelms
    JulieSHelms Posts: 822 Member
    I'm also 5'8", weigh close to the same (170 lbs), and I eat 1400 calories (this already includes average exercise calories) to lose 1.5 lbs/week. It's a pretty predictable loss rate for me. I run several times a week and weight train 3-4x.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    dee95mfp wrote: »
    Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

    what makes you think your metabolism is slow?
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    dee95mfp wrote: »
    Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

    what makes you think your metabolism is slow?
    If I can have a wild guess - "not losing weight" :)
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,143 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    dee95mfp wrote: »
    Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

    what makes you think your metabolism is slow?
    If I can have a wild guess - "not losing weight" :)

    While having lost 8lbs...
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    dee95mfp wrote: »
    Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

    How slowly did you lose that 8 lbs? How much weight are you trying to lose? You said above you want to lose a few pounds, if it’s less than 20 then a reasonable rate of loss would be 0.5 lb/week, what did you choose for your rate of loss goal when you set up MFP?
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    dee95mfp wrote: »
    Yes, I’ve slowly lost 8lbs, think I’m battling a slow metabolism as well

    what makes you think your metabolism is slow?
    If I can have a wild guess - "not losing weight" :)

    While having lost 8lbs...
    Yeah, but that was before :/
    (I too find it fascinating.)
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
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  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    jmaly78 wrote: »
    You could be gaining muscle. Use your legs to run and they have to get stronger. Even if you aren't weight training.

    Gaining strength, likely. Gaining muscle, not so much. There's a difference.
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