1500 calories-not losing

annagh8108
annagh8108 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I’m currently 5’6 and somewhere from 138-141 lbs. I’d rather be closer or under 135 (arbitrary, I know), so I’ve tried to get my nutrition under control and having 1500-1600 calories. I have oats with protein powder and almond butter for breakfast, salad with toast for lunch, maybe another salad or something else for dinner. I’m pretty active and average 5 miles a day- I know I prioritize cardio over strength, but I’m working on that! I had been about 136 in the winter, but I got weighed at the drs last week and saw that I was 140. Last time my body fat was tested, it was about 20%. At my thinnest (fall of 2017), I was 125... I don’t feel the need to be that small again (I had 0 energy!) but I’d like to drop around 5 lbs- any advice??

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Do you use a food scale? With that little to lose, you're going to have to be exact on your calories.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1
  • Maxxitt
    Maxxitt Posts: 1,281 Member
    Because your weight is in the middle of "healthy" for your height, expect losses to be slow. If you have been trying to maintain a deficit for less than a month, it's probably too soon to tell how the body fat is going. 20% body fat is on the low side for women - but it's hard to get an accurate measure of that unless you go to some lengths (i.e., if you are not relying on impedance scales or self-measuring with calipers). If you are not weighing your food on a food scale (measuring liquids is fine) and being vigilant about which entries in the MFP data base you are using, you might be consuming more than you think. Also, weight fluctuates through the month and you might have been on the heavier side at the dr, and also were probably clothed which adds a pound or two.
  • annagh8108
    annagh8108 Posts: 2 Member
    Yes, but I’ll work to be more precise! I use almond butter in individual packets so I can track it- I guess that last .09 can make a difference haha
  • Emmapatterson1729
    Emmapatterson1729 Posts: 1,295 Member
    With already being a healthy weight, It's slow!

    Can always change things up a little and see if something helps.

    Like add in eating a high carb food after a workout. If already doing that, change to a high protein food after a workout.

    If you walk or jog for exercise, add in a short fast sprint or two in the middle of walk or jog.

    Could Flip meals and eating schedule around, instead of eating a light breakfast with larger dinner, flip to larger breakfast, with lighter dinner.

    These are things that help me out of a stall or have helped with those last few pounds.
  • toolzz
    toolzz Posts: 163 Member
    You could probably weigh 135 already...unless you weighed naked, first thing in the morning after going potty at the Dr's....
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